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Ty
Waller		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: March 14, 1957 in Usa, CA, FRESNO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1982   
Gold Glove 1987    1989   
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
1980 23 CLN NL     4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1981 24 CLN NL     7 7 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1982 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1983 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1984 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1985 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1986 29 CLN NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1987 30 CLN NL $ 1,800,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1988 31 CLN NL $ 1,900,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1989 32 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 8 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1990 33 PIT NL $ 2,000,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,000,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 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
1980 23 AAA   57 230 28 62 6 1 14 36 6 1 10 44 .270 .300 .487 .787 34.1  
    A   80 316 42 91 9 5 10 36 20 2 33 62 .288 .355 .443 .798 52.2  
1981 24 AAA   137 522 64 135 13 5 21 66 17 1 42 102 .259 .314 .423 .737 72.7  
1982 25 CLN NL 7 17 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 .294 .333 .294 .627 1.9 0.3
    AAA   137 596 100 221 20 5 22 85 21 5 27 59 .371 .398 .532 .930 113.6  
1983 26 CLN NL 66 207 28 61 6 2 6 22 7 5 10 29 .295 .327 .430 .757 27.2 5.0
1984 27 CLN NL 90 240 48 66 4 1 4 16 27 4 7 40 .275 .293 .350 .643 26.0 4.4
1985 28 CLN NL 113 396 48 110 12 1 11 49 28 11 17 40 .278 .305 .396 .702 48.0 8.8
    AAA   4 18 3 7 0 0 2 3 3 0 1 5 .389 .421 .722 1.143 5.2  
1986 29 CLN NL 152 540 68 162 18 4 8 70 22 9 24 81 .300 .329 .393 .721 63.6 10.6
1987 30 CLN NL 141 564 73 157 25 4 15 86 24 4 20 65 .278 .302 .417 .719 68.7 11.2
1988 31 CLN NL 101 322 39 90 6 0 6 37 16 3 18 43 .280 .314 .354 .668 35.7 4.6
1989 32 PIT NL 152 563 63 157 22 5 7 54 21 6 26 85 .279 .308 .373 .681 61.1 9.5
1990 33 PIT NL 153 605 82 194 27 5 11 50 49 13 24 84 .321 .347 .436 .783 87.1 18.0
9 Years Sim 975 3454 452 1002 120 22 68 386 195 55 147 468 .290 .318 .397 .714 419.3 72.4
4 Years AAA 335 1366 195 425 39 11 59 190 47 7 80 210 .311 .348 .485 .833 225.6  
1 Years A 80 316 42 91 9 5 10 36 20 2 33 62 .288 .355 .443 .798 52.2  
5 Years Minors 415 1682 237 516 48 16 69 226 67 9 113 272 .307 .349 .477 .827 277.7  
162 Game Average 573 75 166 19 3 11 64 32 9 24 77 .290 .318 .397 .714 69.7  
Career Highs 153 605 82 194 27 5 15 86 49 13 26 85 .321 .347 .436 .783 87.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2228 298 657 79 15 49 276 138 40 99 319 .295 .323 .410 .733 294.9
vs LH   1226 154 345 41 7 19 110 57 15 48 149 .281 .307 .373 .680 140.4
Home 488 1689 227 495 60 10 34 191 100 32 79 239 .293 .323 .401 .724 218.1
Away 487 1765 225 507 60 12 34 195 95 23 68 229 .287 .312 .393 .705 217.2
RISP   835 0 233 28 4 14 301 0 0 39 104 .279 .304 .372 .676 93.4
Pinch Hitting   33 3 9 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 5 .273 .314 .273 .587 3.1
Close/Late   426 74 119 18 4 8 44 0 0 18 56 .279 .307 .397 .704 49.8
Mar/Apr 136 491 55 150 18 4 8 54 27 9 22 81 .305 .333 .407 .741 65.4
May 162 565 72 157 19 3 11 59 25 8 28 79 .278 .311 .381 .691 66.9
June 165 548 75 162 17 5 15 61 31 12 23 70 .296 .321 .427 .748 74.0
July 154 527 63 142 24 3 7 66 30 9 24 58 .269 .299 .366 .665 58.2
August 190 714 99 223 22 4 16 83 45 13 27 101 .312 .338 .422 .759 99.5
Sep/Oct 168 609 88 168 20 3 11 63 37 4 23 79 .276 .301 .373 .674 71.2
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
1982 25 CLN NL 2B 6 4 40.0 10 15 0 3 1.000 5.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 26 CLN NL 3B 46 43 392.3 9 103 4 5 .966 2.57 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    SS 12 10 91.0 10 27 1 5 .974 3.66 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 3 0 6.0 6 0 0 2 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 27 CLN NL 3B 44 40 354.3 21 102 4 10 .969 3.12 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    SS 17 8 95.7 12 50 2 5 .969 5.83 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 14 5 61.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 10 4 47.0 14 13 0 4 1.000 5.17 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 5 0 9.0 12 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 28 CLN NL 3B 57 50 465.7 29 113 6 7 .959 2.74 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    2B 47 44 378.0 67 139 1 23 .995 4.90 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    SS 6 3 36.7 5 16 0 2 1.000 5.16 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 6 4 36.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 5.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 29 CLN NL 3B 152 150 1294.7 82 286 5 30 .987 2.56 0 0 .000 0 4.3
1987 30 CLN NL 3B 140 135 1221.0 64 306 10 33 .974 2.73 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 31 CLN NL 2B 81 60 571.3 123 228 5 41 .986 5.53 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    3B 8 6 60.0 5 19 0 4 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 6 6 50.0 8 19 1 6 .964 4.86 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 2 0 13.0 17 1 1 4 .947 12.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 32 PIT NL 3B 146 145 1281.0 78 270 4 20 .989 2.44 0 0 .000 0 4.5
    2B 4 0 9.7 1 7 0 0 1.000 7.45 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 33 PIT NL 2B 110 106 938.7 161 381 12 72 .978 5.20 0 0 .000 0 4.6
    3B 22 22 198.3 14 49 1 2 .984 2.86 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 14 10 99.7 16 38 3 8 .947 4.88 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    CF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 5.0 8 2 0 1 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 616 591 5267.6 302 1248 34 111 .979 2.65 0 0 .000 0 21.4
  2B 260 218 1987.7 376 783 18 143 .985 5.25 0 0 .000 0 10.6
  SS 55 37 373.0 51 150 7 26 .966 4.85 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  CF 23 10 114.7 25 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  1B 15 0 39.0 50 3 1 9 .981 12.23 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   970 856 7784.9 804 2184 60 289 .980 3.45 0 0 .000 0 34.2
Career Highs   152 150 1294.7 200 470 16 83 1.000 5.58 0 0 .000 0  
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
1982 25 CLN NL 12 20 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 .200 .238 .200 .438
1983 26 CLN NL 8 22 2 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 .182 .217 .182 .399
1984 27 CLN NL 13 51 3 13 2 0 0 5 5 0 1 7 .255 .269 .294 .563
1985 28 CLN NL 15 53 11 18 2 0 1 4 5 0 3 6 .340 .386 .434 .820
1986 29 CLN NL 4 12 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .417 .462 .500 .962
Career Post-Season Batting 52 158 21 44 5 0 1 11 14 2 7 18 .278 .313 .329 .642
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
1990-5-.321
 At-Bats
1990-3-605
 Hits
1990-1-194
 Singles
1986-4-132
1989-8-123
1990-1-151
 Stolen Bases
1990-4-49
 Caught Stealing
1990-7-13
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Johnny Vergez (964)
  2. Tom O'Malley (954)
  3. Art Howe (940)
  4. Lou Piniella (932)
  5. George Archie (927)
  6. Jimmy O'Connell (910)
  7. Dale Mitchell (910)
  8. Gerald Perry (908)
  9. Wayne Krenchicki (908)
  10. Gino Cimoli (908)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 55th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1980
Injured on 7/6/1980 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 4 days
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
Injured on 8/27/1982 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 9/23/1982, off Jeff Lahti (LAD)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Hit first career homerun on 4/17/1983, off Mike Mcqueen (CLE)
Injured on 3/20/1985 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Tampa Bay on 8/3/1987
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1987
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,900,000 through salary arbitration
10/3/1988: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Pittsburgh on 2/8/1989 (Going to CLN: P Ken Hill. Going to PIT: 2B Ty Waller)
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1989
 
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