Wayne Tolleson
[edit] Biography
Wayne Tolleson (Jimmy Wayne Tolleson) was born on November 22, 1955 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He made his Major League debut on September 1, 1981 for the Texas Rangers. In 1983, his rookie year, he hit .260 with 3 home runs and 20 RBI. Tolleson played for the Texas Rangers, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 10 year career.
Most people believe that Wayne Tolleson's best season was 1983, when he stole 33 bases.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1981
| TEX
| A
| 14
| 24
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .167
| .200
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| 38
| 70
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 2
| .114
| .173
| .129
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 134
| 470
| 64
| 122
| 3
| 20
| .260
| .319
| .315
| 13
| 2
| 40
| 68
| 2
| 7
| 33
| 0
| 8
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| 118
| 338
| 35
| 72
| 0
| 9
| .213
| .276
| .251
| 9
| 2
| 27
| 47
| 3
| 9
| 22
| 0
| 12
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| 123
| 323
| 45
| 101
| 1
| 18
| .313
| .353
| .381
| 9
| 5
| 21
| 46
| 0
| 9
| 21
| 0
| 6
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| 60
| 215
| 22
| 61
| 0
| 14
| .284
| .332
| .344
| 9
| 2
| 14
| 33
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 3
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| 81
| 260
| 39
| 65
| 3
| 29
| .250
| .342
| .335
| 7
| 3
| 38
| 43
| 0
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 3
|
| 1986
| TOT
| A
| 141
| 475
| 61
| 126
| 3
| 43
| .265
| .338
| .339
| 16
| 5
| 52
| 76
| 2
| 13
| 17
| 0
| 6
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| 121
| 349
| 48
| 77
| 1
| 22
| .221
| .306
| .241
| 4
| 0
| 43
| 72
| 0
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 3
|
| 1988
| NY
| A
| 21
| 59
| 8
| 15
| 0
| 5
| .254
| .338
| .288
| 2
| 0
| 8
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1989
| NY
| A
| 80
| 140
| 16
| 23
| 1
| 9
| .164
| .255
| .250
| 5
| 2
| 16
| 23
| 1
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 3
|
| 1990
| NY
| A
| 73
| 74
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 4
| .149
| .210
| .189
| 1
| 1
| 6
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 863
| 2322
| 301
| 559
| 9
| 133
| .241
| .307
| .293
| 60
| 17
| 219
| 384
| 8
| 53
| 108
| 0
| 40
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1981
| TEX
| A
| 3B
| 6
| 4
| 47.2
| 5
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| TEX
| A
| SS
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1981
| TEX
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| SS
| 26
| 23
| 198
| 47
| 68
| 5
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| TEX
| A
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 2B
| 112
| 107
| 945
| 246
| 315
| 16
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| SS
| 26
| 20
| 168
| 22
| 57
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .988
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| DH
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| 2B
| 110
| 94
| 853.2
| 191
| 276
| 10
| 61
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .979
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| DH
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| SS
| 8
| 2
| 23.2
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 10
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| SS
| 81
| 67
| 588.1
| 96
| 182
| 8
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| DH
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| 2B
| 29
| 19
| 177.2
| 44
| 65
| 4
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1985
| TEX
| A
| 3B
| 11
| 3
| 38
| 9
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .895
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 3
| 1
| 10
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| SS
| 56
| 53
| 471.1
| 87
| 177
| 5
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1986
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 7
| 5
| 43
| 5
| 10
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| OF
| 2
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 65
| 60
| 541.2
| 37
| 113
| 7
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .955
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| DH
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| SS
| 18
| 10
| 92
| 13
| 25
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| 1986
| CHI
| A
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1986
| TOT
| A
| 3B
| 72
| 65
| 584.2
| 42
| 123
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .954
|
| 1986
| TOT
| A
| SS
| 74
| 63
| 563.1
| 100
| 202
| 6
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| SS
| 119
| 108
| 948.2
| 162
| 321
| 15
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1987
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| NY
| A
| SS
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1988
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 12
| 9
| 75.1
| 20
| 33
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1988
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 10
| 8
| 67
| 8
| 21
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .935
|
| 1989
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 13
| 2
| 37
| 6
| 15
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 28
| 20
| 186.1
| 14
| 38
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .912
|
| 1989
| NY
| A
| DH
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1989
| NY
| A
| SS
| 28
| 12
| 130
| 25
| 54
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .975
|
| 1990
| NY
| A
| 2B
| 13
| 6
| 65
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| NY
| A
| DH
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1990
| NY
| A
| SS
| 45
| 13
| 162
| 43
| 72
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| 1990
| NY
| A
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 3.2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 293
| 238
| 2164.2
| 524
| 720
| 31
| 158
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 410
| 308
| 2788
| 497
| 964
| 39
| 204
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .974
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 141
| 101
| 953.1
| 80
| 208
| 17
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 2
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 3
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1977).
- Selected by Texas Rangers in the 8th round of the free-agent draft (June 6, 1978).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with Dave J. Schmidt to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Ed Correa, Scott Fletcher and a player to be named later (November 25, 1985); Texas Rangers received Jose Mota (December 11, 1985).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Ron Kittle and Joel Skinner to New York Yankees in exchange for Ron Hassey, Carlos Martinez and a player to be named later (July 30, 1986); Chicago White Sox received Bill Lindsey (December 24, 1986).
- Granted free agency (November 4, 1988).
- Signed by New York Yankees (December 18, 1988).
- Released by New York Yankees (October 5, 1990).
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