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Wayne Tolleson

Jimmy Wayne Tolleson

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 22, 1955 in Spartanburg, SC
School: Western Carolina University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1981
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Yankees/WhiteSox 1981-1990
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: September 30, 1990
Relatives: Father of Steven Tolleson
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 25 TEX AL 14 25 24 6 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 .167 .200 .167 .367 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 /56
1982 26 TEX AL 38 78 70 6 8 1 0 0 2 1 1 5 14 .114 .173 .129 .302 -13 9 1 0 3 0 0 6/54
1983 27 TEX AL 134 521 470 64 122 13 2 3 20 33 10 40 68 .260 .319 .315 .634 78 148 8 2 7 2 0 *46
1984 28 TEX AL 118 378 338 35 72 9 2 0 9 22 4 27 47 .213 .276 .251 .528 46 85 12 3 9 1 0 *4/658
1985 29 TEX AL 123 355 323 45 101 9 5 1 18 21 12 21 46 .313 .353 .381 .733 101 123 6 0 9 2 0 645
1986 30 TOT AL 141 546 475 61 126 16 5 3 43 17 10 52 76 .265 .338 .339 .677 84 161 6 2 13 4 0 65/487
1986 30 CHW AL 81 310 260 39 65 7 3 3 29 13 6 38 43 .250 .342 .335 .677 83 87 3 0 9 3 0 56/87
1986 30 NYY AL 60 236 215 22 61 9 2 0 14 4 4 14 33 .284 .332 .344 .676 86 74 3 2 4 1 0 6/54
1987 31 NYY AL 121 398 349 48 77 4 0 1 22 5 3 43 72 .221 .306 .241 .547 49 84 3 0 6 0 0 *6/5
1988 32 NYY AL 21 69 59 8 15 2 0 0 5 1 0 8 12 .254 .338 .288 .626 79 17 1 0 1 1 0 45/6
1989 33 NYY AL 80 160 140 16 23 5 2 1 9 5 1 16 23 .164 .255 .250 .505 44 35 3 1 3 0 0 564
1990 34 NYY AL 73 83 74 12 11 1 1 0 4 1 0 6 21 .149 .210 .189 .399 13 14 0 0 2 1 0 64/5
10 Seasons 863 2613 2322 301 559 60 17 9 133 108 41 219 384 .241 .307 .293 .600 66 680 40 8 53 11 0
162 Game Avg. 162 491 436 57 105 11 3 2 25 20 8 41 72 .241 .307 .293 .600 66 128 8 2 10 2 0
TEX (5 yrs) 427 1357 1225 156 307 32 9 4 50 79 27 94 180 .251 .305 .301 .607 69 369 27 5 28 5 0
NYY (5 yrs) 355 946 837 106 187 21 5 2 54 16 8 87 161 .223 .298 .268 .565 56 224 10 3 16 3 0
CHW (1 yr) 81 310 260 39 65 7 3 3 29 13 6 38 43 .250 .342 .335 .677 83 87 3 0 9 3 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 25 TEX AL 25 -3 0 0 1 -1 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /56
1982 26 TEX AL 78 -11 0 -1 0 -6 1 2 -14 -1.4 -9 -0.9 -0.5 $ 6/54
1983 27 TEX AL 521 -14 -2 -1 2 -4 5 16 2 0.2 6 0.6 -0.4 $ *46
1984 28 TEX AL 378 -23 2 1 -1 -2 3 12 -7 -0.8 -6 -0.6 -0.2 $ *4/658
1985 29 TEX AL 355 -3 -2 -1 1 -2 4 11 7 0.7 10 1.0 -0.3 $135,000 645
1986 30 CHW AL 310 -3 0 0 2 0 1 10 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $ 56/87
1986 30 NYY AL 236 -5 1 -1 1 7 3 7 13 1.3 6 0.6 0.7 $ 6/54
1987 31 NYY AL 399 -23 -1 -1 0 2 6 13 -3 -0.3 -6 -0.6 0.3 $385,000 *6/5
1988 32 NYY AL 69 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $410,000 45/6
1989 33 NYY AL 160 -11 0 0 1 -3 0 5 -8 -0.9 -5 -0.5 -0.4 $ 564
1990 34 NYY AL 83 -9 1 1 0 1 1 3 -2 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $425,000 64/5
10 Seasons 2614 -106 -1 -3 7 -7 24 82 -3 -0.6 3 0.3 -0.9 $1,355,000
TEX (5 yrs) 1357 -54 -2 -2 3 -15 13 42 -14 -1.5 0 0.0 -1.5 $135,000
NYY (5 yrs) 947 -49 1 -1 2 8 10 30 1 -0.1 -7 -0.7 0.6 $1,220,000
CHW (1 yr) 310 -3 0 0 2 0 1 10 10 1.0 10 1.0 0.0 $

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 TEX AL 25 3B 6 4 4 47.2 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 -0 -13 2.45 2.17 .950 2.95 2.93
1981 TEX AL 25 SS 2 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -90 0.00 0.00 4.95 5.00
1982 TEX AL 26 SS 26 23 18 198.0 120 47 68 5 20 .958 -5 -32 5.23 4.42 .965 4.87 4.84
1982 TEX AL 26 3B 4 0 0 8.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -45 2.25 0.50 .955 3.04 3.05
1982 TEX AL 26 2B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.30
1983 TEX AL 27 2B 112 107 98 945.0 577 246 315 16 69 .972 -5 -6 5.34 5.01 .981 5.36 5.32
1983 TEX AL 27 SS 26 20 16 168.0 80 22 57 1 12 .988 1 7 4.23 3.04 .963 4.75 4.72
1984 TEX AL 28 2B 109 94 79 853.2 477 191 276 10 61 .979 -1 -2 4.92 4.28 .980 5.24 5.21
1984 TEX AL 28 SS 7 2 0 23.2 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 -0 -10 3.80 1.43 .962 4.75 4.71
1984 TEX AL 28 3B 5 0 0 10.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 4.50 1.00 .950 2.79 2.72
1984 TEX AL 28 CF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -160 0.00 0.00 3.00 3.00
1984 TEX AL 28 OF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -160 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.50
1985 TEX AL 29 SS 81 67 52 588.1 286 96 182 8 37 .972 -1 -3 4.25 3.43 .964 4.64 4.60
1985 TEX AL 29 2B 29 19 15 177.2 113 44 65 4 11 .965 -0 -3 5.52 3.76 .982 5.29 5.24
1985 TEX AL 29 3B 12 3 2 38.0 19 9 8 2 0 .895 -0 -16 4.03 1.42 .953 2.84 2.82
1986 TOT AL 30 SS 74 63 52 563.1 308 100 202 6 38 .981 9 20 4.82 4.08 .967 4.53 4.49
1986 TOT AL 30 3B 72 65 57 584.2 173 42 123 8 11 .954 -1 -1 2.54 2.29 .948 2.74 2.71
1986 CHW AL 30 3B 65 60 54 541.2 157 37 113 7 9 .955 2 3 2.49 2.31 .948 2.74 2.71
1986 CHW AL 30 SS 18 10 5 92.0 39 13 25 1 3 .974 -1 -9 3.72 2.11 .967 4.53 4.49
1986 CHW AL 30 OF 2 0 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -150 4.50 1.00 .980 2.48 2.35
1986 CHW AL 30 CF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .990 2.70 2.80
1986 CHW AL 30 LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -300 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1986 NYY AL 30 SS 56 53 47 471.1 269 87 177 5 35 .981 10 26 5.04 4.71 .967 4.53 4.49
1986 NYY AL 30 3B 7 5 3 43.0 16 5 10 1 2 .938 -2 -61 3.14 2.14 .948 2.74 2.71
1986 NYY AL 30 2B 3 1 1 10.0 5 3 2 0 1 1.000 -1 -96 4.50 1.67 .980 5.13 5.07
1987 NYY AL 31 SS 119 108 92 948.2 498 162 321 15 64 .970 2 2 4.58 4.06 .970 4.59 4.54
1987 NYY AL 31 3B 3 1 0 8.0 5 0 5 0 2 1.000 1 120 5.62 1.67 .952 2.81 2.73
1988 NYY AL 32 2B 12 9 7 75.1 54 20 33 1 7 .981 1 10 6.33 4.42 .982 5.11 5.08
1988 NYY AL 32 3B 10 8 6 67.0 31 8 21 2 2 .935 -0 -4 3.90 2.90 .954 2.71 2.69
1988 NYY AL 32 SS 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -300 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.60
1989 NYY AL 33 3B 28 20 15 186.1 57 14 38 5 5 .912 -3 -17 2.51 1.86 .943 2.73 2.70
1989 NYY AL 33 SS 28 12 10 130.0 81 25 54 2 10 .975 0 1 5.47 2.82 .971 4.79 4.74
1989 NYY AL 33 2B 13 2 2 37.0 21 6 15 0 5 1.000 -0 -3 5.11 1.62 .981 5.23 5.18
1990 NYY AL 34 SS 45 13 5 162.0 117 43 72 2 22 .983 1 9 6.39 2.56 .973 4.74 4.69
1990 NYY AL 34 2B 13 6 4 65.0 28 14 14 0 4 1.000 -0 -2 3.88 2.15 .984 5.23 5.18
1990 NYY AL 34 3B 3 0 0 3.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -65 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.73
10 Seasons SS 409 308 245 2788.0 1500 497 964 39 204 .974 6 2 4.72 3.57 .968 4.64 4.61
8 Seasons 2B 292 238 206 2164.2 1275 524 720 31 158 .976 -7 -4 5.17 4.26 .981 5.29 5.25
9 Seasons 3B 143 101 84 953.1 305 80 208 17 20 .944 -5 -6 2.72 2.01 .948 2.75 2.74
2 Seasons OF 3 0 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -154 2.57 0.67 .980 2.44 2.40
2 Seasons CF 2 0 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -96 1.80 0.50 .990 2.88 2.90
1 Season LF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -300 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
10 Seasons TOT 847 647 535 5913.0 3082 1103 1892 87 382 .972 -7 -1 4.56 3.54 .971 4.57 4.50
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1983 AL  33 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1986 AL  13 (4th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1983 AL  10 (9th)
1985 AL  12 (5th)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1983 AL  16 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1986 AL  9 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1985 AL  .972 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2891), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198529Texas Rangers$135,0001985 USA Today survey
198630Detroit Tigers$275,0001986 USA Today survey
198731New York Yankees$385,0001987 USA Today survey
198832New York Yankees$410,000USA Today, 4/1/88
199034New York Yankees$425,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,630,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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