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Tim Tolman

Timothy Lee Tolman

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 20, 1956 in Santa Monica, CA
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 12th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1981
Teams (by GP): Astros/Tigers 1981-1987

Final Game: August 16, 1987
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Standard Batting

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
1978	22	HOU-min	Rk,A	46	150	147	2	49	7	6	0	5	1	1	3	2	.333	.347	.463	.809		68		0	0	0			AST,DYB · GULF,FLOR
1979	23	HOU-min	A	131	422	422		122	13	3	1						.289	.289	.341	.630		144							DYB · FLOR
1980	24	HOU-min	AA	139	572	481	67	142	37	4	7	73	4	6	80	50	.295	.391	.432	.824		208		1	2	8			CBS · SOUL
1981	25	HOU-min	AAA	137	584	479	85	154	28	8	14	99	14	3	89	45	.322	.426	.501	.927		240		5	2	9	0		TUC · PCL
1981	25	HOU	NL	4	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-27	1	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1982	26	HOU-min	AAA	125	561	473	93	143	31	6	15	82	10	3	77	50	.302	.399	.488	.887		231		2	4	5	4		TUC · PCL
1982	26	HOU	NL	15	30	26	4	5	2	0	1	3	0	0	4	3	.192	.300	.385	.685	98	10	1	0	0	0	0	/739
1983	27	HOU-min	AAA	7	30	24	4	9	2	0	1	6	0	2	3	2	.375	.467	.583	1.050		14		2	0	1	1		TUC · PCL
1983	27	HOU	NL	43	63	56	4	11	4	0	2	10	0	1	6	9	.196	.270	.375	.645	83	21	1	0	0	1	0	/37
1984	28	HOU-min	AAA	102	425	363	63	106	27	7	9	54	1	0	53	37	.292	.380	.479	.859		174		2	1	6	1		TUC · PCL
1984	28	HOU	NL	14	17	17	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.176	.176	.235	.412	19	4	0	0	0	0	0	/937
1985	29	HOU-min	AAA	40	177	149	30	45	10	1	4	27	0	2	24	26	.302	.395	.463	.859		69		1	0	3	1		TUC · PCL
1985	29	HOU	NL	31	46	43	4	6	1	0	2	8	0	1	1	10	.140	.178	.302	.480	34	13	0	1	1	0	0	/379
1986	30	DET-min	AAA	139	563	484	68	144	23	4	11	71	11	4	67	61	.298	.382	.430	.812		208		4	0	8	2		NVL · AA
1986	30	DET	AL	16	43	34	4	6	1	0	0	2	1	1	6	4	.176	.293	.206	.499	39	7	0	0	2	1	0	/D93
1987	31	DET-min	AAA	111	447	379	65	119	30	2	15	63	9	7	55	51	.314	.397	.522	.919		198		3	1	9	1		TOL · IL
1987	31	DET	AL	9	21	12	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	7	2	.083	.429	.167	.595	71	2	1	1	0	1	1	/9D7
1988	32	NYM-min	AAA	127	492	426	55	119	22	3	8	55	4	2	56	64	.279	.365	.401	.767		171		4	2	4	5		TID · IL
1989	33	TOR-min	AAA	122	500	420	63	106	33	2	6	57	8	3	71	71	.252	.363	.383	.747		161		4	2	3	0		SYR · IL
7 Yrs				132	228	196	21	33	10	0	5	24	1	3	24	31	.168	.262	.296	.558	58	58	3	2	3	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	280	241	26	41	12	0	6	29	1	4	29	38	.168	.262	.296	.558	58	71	4	2	4	4	1

HOU (5 yrs)				107	164	150	14	26	8	0	5	21	0	2	11	25	.173	.233	.327	.560	59	49	2	1	1	1	0
DET (2 yrs)				25	64	46	7	7	2	0	0	3	1	1	13	6	.152	.339	.196	.534	51	9	1	1	2	2	1

NL (5 yrs)				107	164	150	14	26	8	0	5	21	0	2	11	25	.173	.233	.327	.560	59	49	2	1	1	1	0
AL (2 yrs)				25	64	46	7	7	2	0	0	3	1	1	13	6	.152	.339	.196	.534	51	9	1	1	2	2	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1981	25	HOU	NL	4	8	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.467	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/79
1982	26	HOU	NL	15	30	-0	-0	-0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/739
1983	27	HOU	NL	43	63	-2	-1	0	1	-1	-2	-0.3	2	-0	-0.1	.494	.498	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/37
1984	28	HOU	NL	14	17	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/937
1985	29	HOU	NL	31	46	-4	-1	0	0	-1	-5	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.482	.497	-0.5	-0.0	-4	$	/379
1986	30	DET	AL	16	43	-2	-0	0	1	-1	-4	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.477	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/D93
1987	31	DET	AL	9	21	-0	0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/9D7
7 Seasons				132	228	-12	-2	-0	2	-4	-15	-1.6	7	-8	-0.9	.487	.499	-1.2	-0.1	-11	$

HOU (5 yrs)				107	164	-9	-2	-0	2	-2	-10	-1.1	5	-5	-0.6	.489	.499	-0.9	0.1	-8	$
DET (2 yrs)				25	64	-3	-0	0	-0	-2	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.3	.479	.498	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1981	25	HOU	NL	8	7	0	0.0	88	.125	.125	.257	.125	.321	.125	.368	.250	.689	-27	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.143	.000	.000
1982	26	HOU	NL	30	22	3	3.7	88	.182	.192	.256	.300	.318	.385	.372	.685	.690	98	.438	0.0	0.0	.636	.346	.192	.0
1983	27	HOU	NL	63	48	5	2.8	91	.196	.196	.255	.270	.322	.375	.378	.645	.700	83	.319	-1.2	-0.1	.553	.268	.179	.0
1984	28	HOU	NL	17	14	1	1.9	87	.214	.176	.254	.176	.317	.235	.369	.412	.687	19	.194	-1.8	-0.2	.286	.059	.059
1985	29	HOU	NL	46	39	2	1.4	92	.129	.140	.257	.178	.324	.302	.382	.480	.706	34	.115	-4.1	-0.4	.368	.163	.163	.0
1986	30	DET	AL	43	32	3	2.5	100	.194	.176	.262	.293	.330	.206	.408	.499	.737	39	.243	-2.6	-0.3	.448	.206	.029	.0
1987	31	DET	AL	21	13	2	4.1	102	.091	.083	.260	.429	.328	.167	.418	.595	.746	71	.413	0.4	0.0	.833	.667	.083
7 Yrs				228	175	16	2.5	93	.172	.168	.257	.262	.323	.296	.385	.558	.708	58	.259	-10.6	-1.1	.485	.240	.128	1.7
162 Game Avg.				280	215	20	2.5	93	.172	.168	.257	.262	.323	.296	.385	.558	.708	58	.259	-10.6	-1.1	.485	.240	.128	2

HOU (5 yrs)				164	130	11	2.3	90	.174	.173	.256	.233	.321	.327	.377	.560	.698	59	.245	-8.4	-0.9	.461	.213	.153	.0
DET (2 yrs)				64	45	5	3.0	101	.167	.152	.261	.339	.329	.196	.411	.534	.740	51	.296	-2.2	-0.2	.561	.326	.043	.0

NL (5 yrs)				164	130	11	2.3	90	.174	.173	.256	.233	.321	.327	.377	.560	.698	59	.245	-8.4	-0.9	.461	.213	.153	.0
AL (2 yrs)				64	45	5	3.0	101	.167	.152	.261	.339	.329	.196	.411	.534	.740	51	.296	-2.2	-0.2	.561	.326	.043	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1981	25	HOU	NL	8	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.40	100%
1982	26	HOU	NL	30	3.3%	10.0%	13.3%	10.0%	60%	0.75	8.7	26.0	8.7	1.11	73%
1983	27	HOU	NL	63	3.2%	14.3%	9.5%	9.5%	55%	1.50	6.2	28.0	5.6	0.46	73%
1984	28	HOU	NL	17	0.0%	17.7%	0.0%	5.9%	33%		5.7			1.75	82%
1985	29	HOU	NL	46	4.4%	21.7%	2.2%	6.5%	50%	10.00	4.3	21.5	5.4	0.27	67%
1986	30	DET	AL	43	0.0%	9.3%	14.0%	2.3%	17%	0.67	8.5		17.0	0.67	72%
1987	31	DET	AL	21	0.0%	9.5%	33.3%	4.8%	100%	0.29	6.0		12.0	2.00	52%
7 Yrs				228	2.2%	13.6%	10.5%	6.6%	46%	1.29	6.3	39.2	8.2	0.65	71%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.1%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.65	6.3	40.5	8.3	1.08	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	25	HOU	NL	-1.3	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.48	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.81	-1.4	0.07	2
1982	26	HOU	NL	0.0	0.0	30	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.01	-0.1	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	1.03	-1.1	1.19	7
1983	27	HOU	NL	-1.2	-0.1	64	-1.0	1.0	-2.1	1.49	-0.3	-0.4	-1.7	-0.2	1.00	-1.5	1.94	30
1984	28	HOU	NL	-1.8	-0.2	17	-0.3	0.0	-0.4	.88	-0.1	-0.2	-2.5	-0.3	0.81	-2.1	1.10	10
1985	29	HOU	NL	-4.1	-0.4	48	-0.1	1.0	-1.1	1.20	-0.5	0.4	-3.0	-0.3	1.04	-4.4	1.42	17
1986	30	DET	AL	-2.6	-0.3	46	0.0	0.7	-0.6	1.13	-0.1	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	1.03	-1.6	1.82	1
1987	31	DET	AL	0.4	0.0	22	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.15	0.1	-0.3	-0.4	-0.0	1.03	0.4	1.65	1
7 Yrs				-10.6	-1.1	235	-2.0	3.3	-5.2	1.19	-1.2	-0.5	-13.3	-1.4	1.00	-11.6	1.55	68

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	25	HOU	NL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	26	HOU	NL	0	38%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1983	27	HOU	NL	0	13%	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	20%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1984	28	HOU	NL	0	67%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1985	29	HOU	NL	0	33%	5	0	1	0%	0	1	1	2	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1986	30	DET	AL	1	33%	21	1	1	50%	1	1	1	2	20%	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	31	DET	AL	0	33%	10	0	0		0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				1	30%	66	1	3	25%	1	3	2	5	31%	11	8	2	2	1	1	3	1	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1981	25	HOU	NL	8	25%	1			2	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	26	HOU	NL	30	77%	5			7	1	0	0	1.19	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	4	1	25%	22	2	9%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1983	27	HOU	NL	63	76%	11			30	4	2	4	1.94	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		11	1	9%	7	1	14%	51	8	16%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	0
1984	28	HOU	NL	17	71%	3			10	1	0	0	1.10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1985	29	HOU	NL	46	87%	6			17	3	1	2	1.42	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	5	1	20%	38	6	16%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1986	30	DET	AL	43	93%	6			1	0	0	0	1.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	8	0	0%	7	3	43%	29	2	7%	4	2	50%	5	4	80%	0
1987	31	DET	AL	21	81%	1			1	0	0	0	1.65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	5	2	40%	16	1	6%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
7 Yrs				228	80%	33			68	9	3	6	1.55	5	0	5	0	5	2	3	0	4	3	75%	45	3	7%	28	8	29%	165	19	12%	16	8	50%	11	5	45%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			81%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1981	25	4	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	-27	1	0	0	0	0	0
1982	26	19	38	34	4	6	2	1	3	0	0	4	3	.176	.263	.324	.587	70	11	1	0	0	0	0
1983	27	62	101	90	8	17	6	3	13	0	1	10	12	.189	.267	.356	.623	78	32	2	0	0	1	0
1984	28	76	118	107	10	20	7	3	13	0	1	10	15	.187	.254	.336	.591	69	36	2	0	0	1	0
1985	29	107	164	150	14	26	8	5	21	0	2	11	25	.173	.233	.327	.560	59	49	2	1	1	1	0
1986	30	123	207	184	18	32	9	5	23	1	3	17	29	.174	.245	.304	.549	55	56	2	1	3	2	0
1987	31	132	228	196	21	33	10	5	24	1	3	24	31	.168	.262	.296	.558	58	58	3	2	3	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	25	6	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1982	26	15	32	27	5	6	2	1	4	0	5	3	.222	.344	.407	.751	4	15
1983	27	43	65	57	5	12	4	2	12	0	7	9	.211	.292	.386	.678	7	43
1984	28	14	18	18	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.278	.500	1	14
1985	29	31	46	43	4	6	1	2	8	0	1	10	.140	.178	.302	.480	2	31
1986	30	16	43	34	4	6	1	0	2	1	6	4	.176	.293	.206	.499	2	16
1987	31	9	21	12	4	1	1	0	1	0	7	2	.083	.429	.167	.595	1	9
7 Yrs		134	237	203	25	35	10	5	27	1	26	31	.172	.269	.296	.565	17	132
162 Game Avg.		162	287	245	30	42	12	6	33	1	31	37	.172	.269	.296	.565	21	132

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