| Bobby Tolan | ||
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| Center fielder | ||
| Born: November 19, 1945 Los Angeles, California |
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| Batted: Left | Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | ||
| September 3, 1965 for the St. Louis Cardinals |
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| September 19, 1979 for the San Diego Padres |
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| AVG | . A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the Outfielder in Baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers over Minnesota Twins (4-3 Sandy Koufax, MVP The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Baltimore Orioles (4-3 Willie Stargell, The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 265 | |
| HR | 86 | |
| Hits | 1121 | |
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Robert Tolan (born November 19, 1945 in Los Angeles, California) is a former center and right fielder in Major League Baseball. In Baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H) sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. The 1967 World Series matched the St Louis Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox, with the Cardinals winning in seven games for their second championship in four The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate The Hutch Award is a Major League Baseball award given to an active player who best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire to win The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award is the older of two annual awards in Major League Baseball given to one player in each league who has Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the Outfielder in Baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position Position description Outfielders must cover large distances so speed instincts and quickness to react to the ball are key
Tolan, who batted and threw left-handed, played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1965-68), Cincinnati Reds (1969-73), San Diego Padres (1974-75, 1979), Philadelphia Phillies (1976-77) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1977). The St Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards " or "the Redbirds " are a professional Baseball team based in St The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego California since their founding in 1969 The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tolan was a reserve outfielder during his years with the Cardinals, with whom he won a World Series title in 1967. The 1967 World Series matched the St Louis Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox, with the Cardinals winning in seven games for their second championship in four Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP He also played on the 1968 National League champions; however, the Redbirds lost to the Detroit Tigers in the World Series in seven games, after leading three games to one. The Year of the Pitcher In Major League Baseball, the trend throughout the 1960s was of increased pitching dominance caused by enforcing a larger strike zone (top of armpit The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA The 1968 World Series featured the defending champion St Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers, with the Tigers winning in 7 games for their first championship The day after the final game of this Series Tolan was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for veteran outfielder Vada Pinson. Vada Edward Pinson Jr ( August 11 1938, Memphis Tennessee - October 21 1995, Oakland California) was an American
Batting second behind Pete Rose in the Reds lineup, Tolan in 1969 hit . Champions Major League Baseball The most notable part of the 1969 season were the Miracle Mets World Series: New York Mets Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 309 and established career highs in home runs and runs batted in (21 and 93 respectively). In this, the first year both leagues were split into two divisions, the Reds finished third in the National League West, four games behind the division-winning Atlanta Braves. The National League Western Division, or NL West, is one of the three divisions of Major League Baseball 's National League. The "Big Red Machine," which also featured future Hall of Famers Johnny Bench and Tony Perez (and would later feature a third, Joe Morgan), was just beginning to take shape. Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is a former American Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to Atanasio Pérez Rigal, more commonly known as Tony Pérez (born May 14, 1942 in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba) is a former player in Joe Leonard Morgan (born September 19, 1943 in Bonham Texas) is a former Major League Baseball Second baseman who was inducted into
In 1970, Tolan batted a career high . Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium 316 with 16 home runs and 80 RBIs, and led the National League in stolen bases with 57 (the only time former Cardinal teammate Lou Brock did not lead the National League in steals between 1966 and 1974) for a Reds team that won the National League West title for their first postseason berth since the 1961 World Series. In Baseball, a stolen base occurs when a Baserunner successfully advances to the next base while the Pitcher is delivering the ball to Home plate Louis Clark "Lou" Brock (born June 18, 1939, El Dorado Arkansas) is an American former player in Major League Baseball Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-0 Frank Robinson, Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers The 1961 World Series matched the New York Yankees (109-53 against the Cincinnati Reds (93-61 with the Yankees winning in 5 games to earn their 19th championship The Reds swept the Pittsburgh Pirates in the NLCS in three games; in the second game, Tolan scored all three runs in a 3-1 victory, including a fifth-inning home run off starter Luke Walker. The National League Championship Series was a match-up between the Eastern Division champion Pittsburgh Pirates and the Western Division champion Cincinnati James Luke Walker (born September 2, 1943 in DeKalb Texas) is a former Pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between However, the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Reds in the World Series in five games. The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The 1970 World Series matched the American League champion Baltimore Orioles against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds, with Tolan went 4-for-19 in the Series, including a home run off Mike Cuellar in Game Two. Miguel Angel Cuellar Santana (born May 8 1937 in Santa Clara Cuba) best known as Mike Cuellar (/ˈkweʎar/ is a former left-handed Starting
Tolan missed the 1971 season after rupturing his Achilles tendon playing basketball. Champions Major League Baseball World Series MVP Roberto Clemente All-Star Game, July 13 at The Achilles tendon (or occasionally Achilles’ tendon) also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendocalcaneous, is a Tendon of the posterior Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m He came back in 1972, winning both the Comeback Player of the Year award and the Hutch Award after batting . Labor strife and more moving 1972 was tainted by a players' strike over pension and salary arbitration The Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award is the older of two annual awards in Major League Baseball given to one player in each league who has The Hutch Award is a Major League Baseball award given to an active player who best exemplifies the fighting spirit and competitive desire to win 283 with 82 RBIs and 42 stolen bases. His Reds again defeated the Pirates in the NLCS (this time with the winning run scoring on a wild pitch by Bob Moose, after the Reds entered the ninth inning trailing by a run) to win the pennant; however, they were defeated by the Oakland Athletics in the World Series in seven games. The National League Championship Series was played between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates from October 7 to In Baseball, a wild pitch (abbreviated WP) is charged against a Pitcher when his pitch is too high too short or too wide of Home Robert (Bob Ralph Moose Jr ( October 9, 1947 - October 9, 1976) was a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1967 to 1976 The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. The 1972 World Series matched the American League champion Oakland Athletics against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds, with
1973 was a disastrous year for Tolan: his batting average plummeted to . Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over New York Mets (4-3 Reggie Jackson, 206, he had several squabbles with management, went AWOL for two days in August, and broke team rules by growing a beard. In Military terminology desertion is the Abandonment of a " Duty " or post without permission from one's Government or superior On September 27, the team suspended Tolan for the remainder of the season; though they won yet another division title, they lost to the New York Mets in the NLCS. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again "Mets" redirects here For the medical term see Metastasis. At the end of the season the Reds traded Tolan to the Padres for pitcher Clay Kirby. After the trade the Major League Baseball Players Association filed a grievance on Tolan's behalf. The Major League Baseball Players Association (or MLBPA) is the union of professional major-league baseball players A grievance is a wrong or hardship suffered which is the grounds of a Complaint. During the 1974 season, in which he batted . Champions Major League Baseball 1974 World Series: Oakland Athletics over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-1 Rollie Fingers 266 in 95 games, he learned that he had won his grievance. He demanded that the Reds publicly apologize to him because his name had been slandered.
Tolan was released by the Padres after batting . 255 in 1975. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Pete Rose, MVP He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies as a free agent, and in 1976 batted . In Professional sports a free agent is a team player whose contract with a team has expired and the player is able to sign a contract with another team if that player Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over New York Yankees (4-0 Johnny Bench, MVP 261 as a part-time outfielder. The Phillies won the National League East title to earn their first post-season appearance since the “Whiz Kids” were swept by the New York Yankees in the 1950 World Series. The National League East Division is one of Major League Baseball 's six divisions The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. The 1950 World Series matched the defending champion New York Yankees against the Philadelphia Phillies. However, Tolan’s former team, the Reds, defeated the Phillies in the NLCS.
Tolan played professionally in Japan in 1978. Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of Baseball in Japan. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2 Bucky Dent, MVP He was also Tony Gwynn's first batting coach while employed in the Padres' farm system. Anthony Keith Gwynn (born May 9 1960 in Los Angeles California) is a former Right fielder in Major League Baseball, statistically one of the best and In sports a farm team, feeder team or nursery club, generally refers to a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players with an Tolan also was player-manager of the St. Petersburg Pelicans, a team in the Senior Professional Baseball Association, in the two years of the league's operation, 1989-1990. Player-manager is a sports term used to described a manager of a team who is also registered to play for the team The St Petersburg Pelicans were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The Senior Professional Baseball Association was a winter baseball league based in Florida for players age 35 and over (with a minimum age of 32 for catchers Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Oakland Athletics over San Francisco Giants (4-0 Dave Stewart, Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Oakland Athletics (4-0 José Rijo, MVP
In his major league career, Tolan batted . 265 with 86 home runs and 497 runs batted in, in 1,282 games played. Games played (most often abbreviated as G or GP) is a Statistic used in Team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has
Tolan is married to Marian Trahan and they have a son Robert Tolan who plays professional baseball in the Washington Nationals organization. The Washington Nationals is an American professional baseball team based in Washington D
Tolan's uncle, Eddie Tolan, was a sprinter who won two Gold Medals in the 1932 Summer Olympics. Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan ( September 29, 1908 &ndash January 30/31 1967 was an American athlete and sprinter and Sprints are short running races in athletics. They are roughly classified as events in which top runners will not have to "pace themselves" but can run as fast as The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1932 See post 38
See also
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
| Preceded by Lou Brock |
National League Stolen Base Champion 1970 |
Succeeded by Lou Brock |
| Preceded by Al Downing |
NL Comeback Player of the Year 1972 |
Succeeded by Davey Johnson |
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