Wally Joyner

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 2 in · 185 lb

BornJune 16, 1962 · Atlanta, GA, USA

MLB debutApril 8, 1986

Final gameJune 14, 2001

Seasons16 (1986–2001)

California Angels 1986–1991; Kansas City Royals 1992–1995; San Diego Padres 1996–1999; Atlanta Braves 2000; Anaheim Angels 2001

Percentile snapshot

1997 season — qualified batters

135

12.6

518

8.4

455

4.9

149

44.1

47.6

32.2

RBI

55.2

37.8

95.1

19.6

.327

93.7

OBP

.390

SLG

.486

67.1

OPS

.876

74.8

wRC+

134.7

81.8

OPS+

135.4

81.8

wOBA

.386

76.2

sWAR

2.9

60.1

of 144 qualified 1997 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

116.2

73.5

OPS+

117.1

74.8

sWAR

27.0

95.9

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1986	154	674	593	82	172	27	3	22	100	57	58	5	2	.290	.348	.457	.805	116.2	119.2	.352	2.3
1987	149	653	564	100	161	33	1	34	117	72	64	8	2	.285	.366	.528	.894	132.4	137.1	.379	3.6
1988	158	663	597	81	176	31	2	13	85	55	51	8	2	.295	.356	.419	.775	116.7	119.5	.345	2.2
1989	159	654	593	78	167	30	2	16	79	46	58	3	2	.282	.335	.420	.755	112.3	114.3	.341	1.8
1990	83	358	310	35	83	15	0	8	41	41	34	2	1	.268	.350	.394	.744	111.3	110.9	.340	1.0
1991	143	611	551	79	166	34	3	21	96	52	66	2	0	.301	.360	.488	.848	133.8	133.8	.378	3.4
1992	149	633	572	66	154	36	2	9	66	55	50	11	5	.269	.336	.386	.723	102.4	101.1	.334	1.1
1993	141	573	497	83	145	36	3	15	65	66	67	5	9	.292	.375	.467	.842	119.7	121.4	.373	2.1
1994	97	417	363	52	113	20	3	8	57	47	43	3	2	.311	.386	.449	.835	114.7	113.1	.372	1.4
1995	131	550	465	69	144	28	0	12	83	69	65	3	2	.310	.394	.447	.842	118.7	119.6	.373	2.0
1996	121	510	433	59	120	29	1	8	65	69	71	5	3	.277	.377	.404	.781	113.9	111.9	.353	1.6
1997	135	518	455	59	149	29	2	13	83	51	51	3	5	.327	.390	.486	.876	134.7	135.4	.386	2.9
1998	131	494	439	58	131	30	1	12	80	51	44	1	2	.298	.370	.453	.824	121.3	122.6	.363	1.9
1999	110	386	323	34	80	14	2	5	43	58	54	0	1	.248	.363	.350	.713	91.3	88.5	.327	0.0
2000	119	260	224	24	63	12	0	5	32	31	31	0	0	.281	.365	.402	.767	96.5	95.8	.343	0.2
2001	53	161	148	14	36	5	1	3	14	13	18	1	1	.243	.304	.351	.656	74.3	72.9	.295	-0.4

Career totals

2,033

232nd-most career G

8,115

276th-most career PA

7,127

286th-most career AB

973

390th-most career R

2,060

264th-most career H

409

178th-most career 2B

204

368th-most career HR

RBI

1,106

221st-most career RBI

833

241st-most career BB

825

.2890

433rd-highest career batting average

OBP

.3623

425th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4396

OPS

.8019

486th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1987-10-03	CLE @ LAA Gameday	3	3	3	0	3	3	2	12
1991-06-28	TEX @ LAA Gameday	5	3	4	2	1	5	0	9
1988-07-27	ATH @ LAA Gameday	4	3	3	0	2	6	2	9
1993-07-23	KC @ DET Gameday	4	2	3	0	2	6	0	9
1986-05-12	BOS @ LAA Gameday	5	2	3	0	2	4	0	9

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.