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Tom Bolton
Thomas Edward Bolton

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 175 lb.

Debut May 17, 1987
  vs. MIN 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 30, 1994
Born May 6, 1962 in Nashville, TN

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1980. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1987 25 BOS AL   1   0  29   0   0   0   5  0   61.7   83   33   30   5   27   49   2   3   287   2   0  4.38  4.56  104 1.784
 1988 26 BOS AL   1   3  28   0   0   0   8  1   30.3   35   17   16   1   14   21   0   2   140   1   1  4.75  4.13   87 1.615
 1989 27 BOS AL   0   4   4   4   0   0   0  0   17.3   21   18   16   1   10    9   0   1    83   1   0  8.31  4.13   50 1.788
 1990 28 BOS AL  10   5  21  16   3   0   2  0  119.7  111   46   45   6   47   65   3   1   501   3   1  3.38  4.11  122 1.320
 1991 29 BOS AL   8   9  25  19   0   0   4  0  110.0  136   72   64  16   51   64   1   3   499   2   0  5.24  4.31   82 1.700
 1992 30 TOT      4   5  37   9   0   0   9  0   75.3   86   39   38   9   37   50   4   5   345   3   2  4.54  3.85   85 1.633
         BOS AL   1   2  21   1   0   0   6  0   29.0   34   11   11   0   14   23   2   2   135   1   1  3.41  4.23  124 1.655
         CIN NL   3   3  16   8   0   0   3  0   46.3   52   28   27   9   23   27   2   3   210   2   1  5.24  3.61   69 1.619
 1993 31 DET AL   6   6  43   8   0   0   9  0  102.7  113   57   51   5   45   66   7   5   462  10   1  4.47  4.29   96 1.539
 1994 32 BAL AL   1   2  22   0   0   0   3  0   23.3   29   15   14   3   13   12   0   1   109   1   0  5.40  5.00   93 1.800
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .477  31  34 209  56   3   0  40  1  540.3  614  297  274  46  244  336  17  21  2426  23   5  4.56  4.24   93 1.588
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   8  53  14   0   0  10  0  138.3  157   76   70  11   62   86   4   5   622   5   1  4.56  4.24   93 1.588
 Career High     10   9  43  19   3   0   9  1  119.7  136   72   64  16   51   66   7   5   501  10   2  3.38  4.56  122 1.320

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1992 30 TOT     16   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  16   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons       16   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        142    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  51  .000  .000  .000 -100    0  10   0   0   0   0
 Career High     16   14    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5                           0   1   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1992 30 TOT      15   15    0   0.0    95| .000  .262| .000  .328| .000  .386| .000  .715|-100  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
         CIN NL   15   15    0   0.0    95| .000  .262| .000  .328| .000  .386| .000  .715|-100  .000  -3.8  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        15   15    0   0.0    95| .000  .262| .000  .328| .000  .386| .000  .715|-100  .000  -3.8  -0.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 25 BOS AL P 29 3 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.41 0.67 1.75 1.84 0 61.7 1988 26 BOS AL P 28 1 10 0 0 1.000 .965 0.39 0.67 3.27 1.78 0 30.3 1989 27 BOS AL P 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 0.65 1.56 1.87 4 17.3 1990 28 BOS AL P 21 4 21 1 1 .962 .954 1.19 0.59 1.88 1.78 16 119.7 1991 29 BOS AL P 25 1 15 2 3 .889 .958 0.64 0.58 1.31 1.80 19 110.0 1992 30 TOT P 37 3 14 1 1 .944 .955 0.46 0.58 2.03 1.85 9 75.3 BOS AL P 21 0 6 1 1 .857 .952 0.29 0.56 1.86 1.71 1 29.0 CIN NL P 16 3 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.69 0.60 2.14 1.94 8 46.3 1993 31 DET AL P 43 6 15 2 2 .913 .955 0.49 0.56 1.84 1.79 8 102.7 1994 32 BAL AL P 22 3 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.52 2.32 1.74 0 23.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 25 BOS AL P 29 3 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.41 0.67 1.75 1.84 0 61.7 1988 26 BOS AL P 28 1 10 0 0 1.000 .965 0.39 0.67 3.27 1.78 0 30.3 1989 27 BOS AL P 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.75 0.65 1.56 1.87 4 17.3 1990 28 BOS AL P 21 4 21 1 1 .962 .954 1.19 0.59 1.88 1.78 16 119.7 1991 29 BOS AL P 25 1 15 2 3 .889 .958 0.64 0.58 1.31 1.80 19 110.0 1992 30 TOT P 37 3 14 1 1 .944 .955 0.46 0.58 2.03 1.85 9 75.3 BOS AL P 21 0 6 1 1 .857 .952 0.29 0.56 1.86 1.71 1 29.0 CIN NL P 16 3 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.69 0.60 2.14 1.94 8 46.3 1993 31 DET AL P 43 6 15 2 2 .913 .955 0.49 0.56 1.84 1.79 8 102.7 1994 32 BAL AL P 22 3 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.27 0.52 2.32 1.74 0 23.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 209 22 89 6 9 .949 .956 0.53 0.60 1.85 1.80 56 540.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 209 22 89 6 9 .949 .956 0.53 0.60 1.85 1.80 56 540
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1990   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3     2   0   2   3 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1990   ALCS  BOS OAK     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1990 AL-.667-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the 1980 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1980.

July 9, 1992: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Billy Hatcher.

November 30, 1992: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

December 10, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

March 15, 1994: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

March 29, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 11, 1994: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1987Boston Red Sox$62,500
1990Boston Red Sox$135,000
1991Boston Red Sox$290,000
1992Boston Red Sox$525,000
1993Detroit Tigers$475,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,487,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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