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Milt Bolling
Milton Joseph Bolling

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 10, 1952
Final Game July 28, 1958
Born August 9, 1930 in Mississippi City, MS

Brother of Frank Bolling

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 21 BOS AL  11   36    4    8   1  0   1    3   0  1   3   5  .222  .282  .333   65   12   0           0   0
 1953 22 BOS AL 109  323   30   85  12  1   5   28   1  4  23  41  .263  .318  .353   77  114  13           3   4
 1954 23 BOS AL 113  370   42   92  20  3   6   36   2  4  47  55  .249  .337  .368   85  136  13   3       4   3
 1955 24 BOS AL   6    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200    4    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1956 25 BOS AL  45  118   19   25   3  2   3    8   0  1  18  20  .212  .319  .347   68   41   3   1   1   1   3
 1957 26 TOT AL  92  278   29   63  12  1   4   19   2  2  18  59  .227  .276  .320   64   89   4   3   0   2  13
         BOS AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
         WSH AL  91  277   29   63  12  1   4   19   2  2  18  59  .227  .277  .321   65   89   4   3   0   2  12
 1958 27 DET AL  24   31    3    6   2  0   0    0   0  0   5   7  .194  .306  .258   53    8   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      400 1161  127  280  50  7  19   94   5 12 114 188  .241  .313  .345   75  401  36   7   1  10  23
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        470   51  113  20  3   8   38   2  5  46  76  .241  .313  .345   75  162  15   3   0   4   9
 Career High    113  370   42   92  20  3   6   36   2  4  47  59  .263  .337  .368   85  136  13   3   1   4  13
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 21 BOS AL   39   29    3   2.8   103| .222  .269| .282  .350| .333  .393| .615  .743|  65  .326  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1953 22 BOS AL  362  259   34   3.5   107| .263  .275| .318  .352| .353  .405| .671  .758|  77  .393 -11.2  -1.1  20%
 1954 23 BOS AL  437  301   44   3.9   108| .249  .278| .337  .355| .368  .406| .705  .761|  85  .462  -7.3  -0.8  33%
 1955 24 BOS AL    7    6    0   0.0   110| .200  .277| .200  .358| .200  .412| .400  .770|   4  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1956 25 BOS AL  141  101   14   3.7   116| .212  .281| .319  .365| .347  .429| .666  .794|  68  .383  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1957 26 TOT AL  305  237   22   2.5    98| .227  .261| .276  .333| .320  .393| .596  .726|  64  .264 -14.0  -1.4  50%
         BOS AL    1    2    0   0.0   104| .000  .270| .000  .343| .000  .407| .000  .750|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         WSH AL  304  235   22   2.5    98| .227  .261| .277  .332| .321  .393| .598  .726|  65  .268 -13.7  -1.4  50%
 1958 27 DET AL   37   26    3   3.1   104| .194  .269| .306  .339| .258  .409| .564  .749|  53  .353  -1.9  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1328  959  120   3.4   106| .241  .273| .313  .350| .345  .405| .658  .755|  75  .379 -43.1  -4.4  29%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 21 BOS AL SS 11 22 41 1 6 .984 .962 5.73 4.29 1953 22 BOS AL SS 109 174 321 23 71 .956 .966 4.54 4.52 1954 23 BOS AL SS 107 186 370 32 73 .946 .960 5.20 4.31 3B 5 5 7 1 0 .923 .960 2.40 3.08 1955 24 BOS AL SS 2 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 4.05 1956 25 BOS AL SS 26 31 59 5 11 .947 .959 3.46 4.10 4.48 4.98 17 181.0 3B 11 6 20 3 2 .897 .949 2.36 2.78 2.71 3.22 8 86.3 2B 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 4.70 6.75 5.40 0 4.0 1957 26 WSH AL 2B 53 126 143 5 36 .982 .980 5.08 4.84 5.63 5.39 51 430.0 SS 37 42 89 6 17 .956 .963 3.54 4.43 5.10 5.11 24 231.3 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.30 0 3.0 1958 27 DET AL SS 13 14 21 2 7 .946 .964 2.69 4.17 4.57 4.96 6 69.0 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.70 9.00 5.40 0 3.0 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.60 4.50 3.15 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1956 25 BOS AL 2B 1 1 2 1 0 .750 .968 3.00 4.70 6.75 5.40 0 4.0 1957 26 WSH AL 2B 53 126 143 5 36 .982 .980 5.08 4.84 5.63 5.39 51 430.0 1958 27 DET AL 2B 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 4.70 9.00 5.40 0 3.0 1954 23 BOS AL 3B 5 5 7 1 0 .923 .960 2.40 3.08 1956 25 BOS AL 3B 11 6 20 3 2 .897 .949 2.36 2.78 2.71 3.22 8 86.3 1957 26 WSH AL 3B 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.80 0.00 3.30 0 3.0 1958 27 DET AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.60 4.50 3.15 0 2.0 1952 21 BOS AL SS 11 22 41 1 6 .984 .962 5.73 4.29 1953 22 BOS AL SS 109 174 321 23 71 .956 .966 4.54 4.52 1954 23 BOS AL SS 107 186 370 32 73 .946 .960 5.20 4.31 1955 24 BOS AL SS 2 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 2.00 4.05 1956 25 BOS AL SS 26 31 59 5 11 .947 .959 3.46 4.10 4.48 4.98 17 181.0 1957 26 WSH AL SS 37 42 89 6 17 .956 .963 3.54 4.43 5.10 5.11 24 231.3 1958 27 DET AL SS 13 14 21 2 7 .946 .964 2.69 4.17 4.57 4.96 6 69.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 305 470 904 70 185 .952 .963 4.50 4.37 47 481.3 2B* 55 128 147 6 36 .979 .980 5.00 4.83 51 437.0 3B* 18 11 28 5 2 .886 .951 2.17 2.86 8 91.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 378 609 1079 81 223 .954 .965 4.47 4.37
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Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1953 AL-13-6
1954 AL-13-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

April 29, 1957: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Russ Kemmerer and Faye Throneberry to the Washington Senators for Bob Chakales and Dean Stone.

February 25, 1958: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Pete Mesa (minors).

March 27, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Vito Valentinetti to the Detroit Tigers for Pete Wojey and $20,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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