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Tim
Talton		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 215
 
Born: January 14, 1939 in Usa, NC, PIKEVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1967    1968   
All-Star Selections 1969    1970    1971    1975   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 7 9 9 3 4 3 5 6 6
1967 28 OAK AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 8 10 9 3 4 3 5 6 6
1968 29 OAK AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 8 10 9 3 4 4 6 7 6
1969 30 OAK AL $ 2,907,143   9 9 8 3 4 3 8 10 9 3 4 3 6 7 6
1970 31 OAK AL $ 3,421,429   9 9 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 3 4 3 6 7 7
1971 32 OAK AL $ 3,592,857   9 9 8 2 3 3 8 10 9 3 4 3 6 7 7
1972 33 OAK AL $ 3,592,857   9 9 8 2 3 3 8 10 10 3 4 3 6 7 7
1973 34 DET AL $ 1,500,000   8 8 8 2 3 3 8 9 9 3 4 3 6 7 7
1974 35 DET AL $ 1,500,000   8 8 8 1 1 1 8 9 9 3 4 4 5 7 6
1975 36 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 6 8 7 3 4 3 5 6 6
1976 37 SDP NL $ 1,500,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 3 3 4 4
1977 38 MIL NL $ 876,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
1978 39 OAK AL     2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,592,857   9 9 8 3 4 4 8 10 10 3 4 4 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 27 OAK AL 146 525 55 137 34 6 7 59 0 1 32 77 .261 .305 .389 .693 51.7 8.7
1967 28 OAK AL 131 466 60 132 34 3 5 50 0 2 23 73 .283 .318 .401 .720 51.3 10.5
1968 29 OAK AL 140 447 49 135 32 3 5 57 1 2 27 81 .302 .343 .421 .764 57.9 13.0
1969 30 OAK AL 135 423 50 132 36 6 11 74 1 0 20 66 .312 .342 .504 .845 63.6 15.0
1970 31 OAK AL 124 414 63 135 31 4 7 62 0 2 36 59 .326 .379 .471 .850 66.6 16.2
1971 32 OAK AL 103 326 44 99 17 1 7 53 1 1 21 43 .304 .345 .426 .771 44.1 8.8
    AAA   2 9 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .667 1.111 2.0  
1972 33 OAK AL 137 473 49 131 28 1 3 42 1 2 40 60 .277 .332 .359 .691 51.3 6.7
1973 34 DET AL 88 313 36 89 28 0 2 38 0 0 22 46 .284 .331 .393 .724 38.0 5.4
1974 35 DET AL 106 389 65 131 34 4 4 57 0 2 24 46 .337 .375 .476 .851 61.0 12.9
1975 36 SDP NL 115 427 62 140 27 3 3 67 1 3 25 44 .328 .365 .426 .792 57.7 12.1
1976 37 SDP NL 91 282 26 85 12 2 2 35 0 0 18 46 .301 .345 .379 .725 36.4 7.0
1977 38 MIL NL 88 193 20 61 10 0 0 26 2 0 8 38 .316 .345 .368 .713 21.0 4.7
1978 39 A   114 384 36 94 20 1 3 25 3 6 45 67 .245 .324 .326 .650 40.8  
12 Years Sim 1404 4678 579 1407 323 33 56 620 7 15 296 679 .301 .343 .420 .762 600.6 121.0
1 Years AAA 2 9 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .444 .444 .667 1.111 2.0  
1 Years A 114 384 36 94 20 1 3 25 3 6 45 67 .245 .332 .326 .657 40.8  
2 Years Minors 116 393 38 98 22 1 3 25 3 6 45 69 .249 .334 .333 .667 42.8  
162 Game Average 539 66 162 37 3 6 71 0 1 34 78 .301 .343 .420 .762 69.3  
Career Highs 146 525 65 140 36 6 11 74 2 3 40 81 .337 .379 .504 .851 66.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3919 489 1220 282 26 51 555 4 13 250 519 .311 .353 .436 .789 556.5
vs LH   759 90 187 41 7 5 65 3 2 46 160 .246 .288 .339 .626 71.6
Home 687 2260 266 675 151 18 16 267 5 6 151 310 .299 .342 .403 .745 293.6
Away 717 2418 313 732 172 15 40 353 2 9 145 369 .303 .343 .436 .779 334.5
RISP   1243 0 372 85 9 21 521 0 0 90 172 .299 .340 .433 .773 176.3
Pinch Hitting   239 34 78 17 1 4 47 1 0 19 25 .326 .374 .456 .830 38.2
Close/Late   603 68 185 45 2 11 94 0 0 51 77 .307 .362 .443 .804 91.0
Mar/Apr 207 711 96 219 42 6 8 98 2 1 38 109 .308 .346 .418 .763 95.2
May 241 764 100 239 60 4 12 110 2 3 52 106 .313 .357 .449 .806 112.8
June 220 733 81 207 50 9 11 111 0 3 42 107 .282 .322 .420 .742 92.5
July 241 825 99 247 49 6 10 101 2 2 54 104 .299 .342 .410 .752 109.5
August 263 905 99 264 67 3 8 108 0 3 53 122 .292 .329 .399 .727 111.4
Sep/Oct 232 740 104 231 55 5 7 92 1 3 57 131 .312 .363 .428 .791 106.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1966 27 OAK AL C 130 126 1127.7 825 44 7 1 .992 6.94 95 24 .253 1 3.1
    1B 7 0 10.7 16 0 0 1 1.000 13.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 28 OAK AL C 112 97 890.0 754 53 6 0 .993 8.16 65 25 .385 0 6.0
    1B 5 4 36.0 39 4 0 4 1.000 10.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1968 29 OAK AL C 122 101 947.0 740 56 3 1 .996 7.56 78 38 .487 0 6.1
    1B 9 4 42.0 48 3 0 4 1.000 10.93 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1969 30 OAK AL C 109 84 793.3 591 46 6 2 .991 7.23 70 25 .357 0 5.0
    1B 14 4 51.7 57 10 1 6 .985 11.67 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1970 31 OAK AL C 110 102 934.3 678 36 7 0 .990 6.88 78 24 .308 0 4.9
    1B 9 0 19.0 25 1 1 1 .963 12.32 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 32 OAK AL C 97 80 739.3 521 36 7 1 .988 6.78 74 23 .311 0 5.0
    1B 6 0 14.7 19 3 0 4 1.000 13.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 33 OAK AL C 125 108 1002.7 735 58 9 0 .989 7.12 119 42 .353 0 6.3
    1B 2 2 18.0 25 2 0 1 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1973 34 DET AL 1B 50 44 392.7 490 30 3 38 .994 11.92 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    C 20 18 155.0 93 9 0 0 1.000 5.92 20 7 .350 0 0.7
1974 35 DET AL C 85 72 659.3 364 32 6 0 .985 5.41 82 27 .329 0 3.9
    1B 11 7 67.0 88 7 0 5 1.000 12.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1975 36 SDP NL C 103 102 889.7 418 45 7 3 .985 4.68 77 25 .325 0 3.4
    1B 7 2 22.0 33 0 0 5 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1976 37 SDP NL 1B 86 84 679.0 841 74 4 86 .996 12.13 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    C 2 2 17.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 38 MIL NL C 48 29 301.3 119 21 3 1 .979 4.18 36 11 .306 0 1.7
    1B 13 6 60.0 93 3 0 10 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1063 921 8456.6 5844 436 61 9 .990 6.68 794 271 .341 1 46.3
  1B 219 157 1412.6 1774 137 9 165 .995 12.18 0 0 .000 0 2.5
  LF 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1286 1079 9883.3 7619 573 70 174 .992 7.46 794 271 .341 1 48.8
Career Highs   139 126 1141.3 847 74 9 86 .996 11.88 119 42 .487 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1967 28 OAK AL 3 11 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .364 .364 .727 1.091
1970 31 OAK AL 15 46 4 11 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .239 .280 .304 .584
1971 32 OAK AL 7 29 3 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 .276 .276 .310 .586
1976 37 SDP NL 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .182 .100 .282
Career Post-Season Batting 29 96 9 24 6 1 0 7 0 0 4 13 .250 .277 .333 .611
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1970-9-.294*
 Doubles
1966-6-34
1967-9-34
1968-9-32
1969-5-36
1970-10-31
 Triples
1966-8-6
1969-5-6
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 15th overall pick, by Oakland in 1966
Had first career hit on 4/3/1966, off Don Nottebart (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 5/11/1966, off Milt Pappas (CLE)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1967
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 7/31/1968
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,907,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,421,429 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,592,857 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/5/1973 to a 4-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 5/21/1973
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Minnesota on 8/3/1974
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 2/1/1975 (Going to SDP: P Steve Kline, C Tim Talton, P Al Fitzmorris. Going to DET: P Lou Marone)
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Milwaukee on 4/3/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $876,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/3/1978 to a minor league deal
Injured on 7/17/1978 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3-4 weeks
 
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