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Bobby Tolan played 13 major-league seasons (1965-1979) as a OF (1,005), 1B (130). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 13 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 20 | SLN | 17 | 69 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .188 | .415 | 21 |
| 1966 | 21 | SLN | 43 | 93 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .172 | .513 | 47 |
| 1967 | 22 | SLN | 110 | 265 | 35 | 67 | 6 | 32 | 12 | 19 | 43 | .253 | .679 | 101 |
| 1968 | 23 | SLN | 92 | 278 | 28 | 64 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 13 | 42 | .230 | .607 | 88 |
| 1969 | 24 | CIN | 152 | 637 | 104 | 194 | 21 | 93 | 26 | 27 | 92 | .305 | .821 | 136 |
| 1970 | 25 | CIN | 152 | 589 | 112 | 186 | 16 | 80 | 57 | 62 | 94 | .316 | .860 | 138 |
| 1972 | 27 | CIN | 149 | 604 | 88 | 171 | 8 | 82 | 42 | 44 | 88 | .283 | .720 | 112 |
| 1973 | 28 | CIN | 129 | 457 | 42 | 94 | 9 | 51 | 15 | 27 | 68 | .206 | .555 | 59 |
| 1974 | 29 | SDN | 95 | 357 | 45 | 95 | 8 | 40 | 7 | 20 | 41 | .266 | .703 | 103 |
| 1975 | 30 | SDN | 147 | 506 | 58 | 129 | 5 | 43 | 11 | 28 | 45 | .255 | .644 | 85 |
| 1976 | 31 | PHI | 110 | 272 | 32 | 71 | 5 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 39 | .261 | .627 | 84 |
| 1977 | 32 | PHI|PIT | 64 | 90 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .189 | .529 | 46 |
| 1979 | 34 | SDN | 22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .190 | .476 | 33 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | OF | 17 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | OF | 26 | 22 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1966 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | OF | 80 | 47 | 118 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 1967 | 1B | 13 | 8 | 107 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 1968 | OF | 67 | 56 | 116 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 1968 | 1B | 9 | 7 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 7 |
| 1969 | OF | 150 | 149 | 362 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 1970 | OF | 150 | 146 | 349 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| 1972 | OF | 149 | 148 | 401 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 1973 | OF | 120 | 116 | 279 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| 1974 | OF | 88 | 84 | 161 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 1975 | OF | 120 | 114 | 230 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1B | 27 | 10 | 106 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| 1976 | 1B | 50 | 41 | 354 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
| 1976 | OF | 35 | 20 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1B | 25 | 11 | 122 | 7 | 1 | 10 |
| 1977 | OF | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1B | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1979 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Bobby Tolan won: TSN All-Star 1970 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1972, 1970.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 16 | 17 / 336 | 0 |
| 1972 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 21 | 6 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.