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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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 Awards
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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 25 HOU NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 HOU NL 0 0 38% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1983 27 HOU NL 0 0 13% 17 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1984 28 HOU NL 0 0 67% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1985 29 HOU NL 0 0 33% 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1986 30 DET AL 1 0 33% 21 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 31 DET AL 0 0 33% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1 0 30% 66 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 3B 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 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 -27 1 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 19 38 34 4 6 2 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 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 0 5 24 1 3 24 31 .168 .262 .296 .558 58 58 3 2 3 3 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1981 25 6 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1982 26 15 32 27 5 6 2 0 1 4 0 5 3 .222 .344 .407 .751 4 15
1983 27 43 65 57 5 12 4 0 2 12 0 7 9 .211 .292 .386 .678 7 43
1984 28 14 18 18 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .278 .500 1 14
1985 29 31 46 43 4 6 1 0 2 8 0 1 10 .140 .178 .302 .480 2 31
1986 30 16 43 34 4 6 1 0 0 2 1 6 4 .176 .293 .206 .499 2 16
1987 31 9 21 12 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 2 .083 .429 .167 .595 1 9
7 Yrs 134 237 203 25 35 10 0 5 27 1 26 31 .172 .269 .296 .565 17 132
162 Game Avg. 162 287 245 30 42 12 0 6 33 1 31 37 .172 .269 .296 .565 21 132

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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