Frank Bolling

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: November 16, 1931 in Mobile, AL us

Died: July 11, 2020 in Mobile, AL

Buried: Spring Hill Memorial Gardens, Mobile, AL

High School: McGill Catholic HS (Mobile, AL)

School: Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL)

Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 22-148d, 11,070th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1966 (Age 34-303d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Francis Elmore Bolling

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Relatives: Brother of Milt Bolling

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

5562

1415

106

.254

692

RBI

556

OBP

.313

SLG

.366

OPS

.679

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	DET		BAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
2	2	Apr 14	DET		BAL	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
3	3	Apr 15	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
4	4	Apr 17	DET	@	BAL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
5	5	Apr 18	DET	@	BAL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
6	6	Apr 19	DET		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
7	7	Apr 20	DET		CHW	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
8	8	Apr 23	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
9	9	Apr 24	DET		CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
10	10	Apr 25	DET		CLE	L,9-10	CG	49	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
11	11	Apr 30	DET	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	43	12.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	DET	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
13	13	May 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	47	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
14	14	May 2 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	18	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	2B
15	15	May 8	DET	@	CHW	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	2	4	1	7	2	2B
16	16	May 9 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
17	17	May 9 (2)	DET	@	CHW	T,0-0	CG	35	10.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
18	18	May 11	DET		WSH	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
19	19	May 12	DET		WSH	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
20	20	May 13	DET		NYY	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
21	21	May 14	DET		NYY	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
22	24 (2)	May 16 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-8	GS	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
23	26 (1)	May 18	DET		PHA	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
24	27	May 19	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
25	28	May 21	DET		CHW	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
26	29	May 22	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
27	30	May 23	DET		CHW	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
28	31	May 25	DET		BAL	W,5-4	GS	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
29	32	May 26	DET		BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
30	33	May 27	DET		BAL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	34	May 28	DET	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
32	35	May 29	DET	@	CLE	L,0-12	GS	31	6.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
33	36	May 30	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
34	37	May 31 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	47	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
35	38	May 31 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	39	Jun 1	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
37	40	Jun 2	DET	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
38	41	Jun 3	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
39	42	Jun 4	DET	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
40	43	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
41	44	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
42	45	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
43	46	Jun 7 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
44	47	Jun 7 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	53	11.1	4	3	0	7	3	2B
45	48	Jun 8	DET	@	NYY	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
46	49	Jun 9	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
47	50	Jun 10	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
48	51	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,16-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
49	52	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
50	53	Jun 12	DET	@	PHA	L,2-4	GS	26	7.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
51	54	Jun 13 (1)	DET	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	3	3	0	6	0	2B
52	56 (1)	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
53	57	Jun 16	DET		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
54	58	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
55	59	Jun 18	DET		PHA	L,1-2	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
56	60	Jun 19	DET		PHA	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
57	61	Jun 22	DET		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
58	62	Jun 23	DET		NYY	L,4-9	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
59	64 (1)	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
60	65	Jun 26	DET		WSH	W,5-4	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
61	67 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
62	69 (1)	Jun 30	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	21	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	70	Jul 2	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	2B
64	71	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS	30	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
65	72	Jul 4	DET	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
66	73	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CLE	L,6-13	CG	53	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	2B
67	74	Jul 5 (2)	DET		CLE	W,1-0	CG	37	11.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
68	75	Jul 6	DET		CHW	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
69	76	Jul 7	DET		CHW	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
70	77	Jul 8	DET		CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
71	81 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
72	85 (3)	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
73	86	Jul 18 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
74	87	Jul 19	DET	@	NYY	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
75	88	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,12-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
76	89	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
77	90	Jul 21	DET	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
78	91	Jul 22	DET	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
79	92	Jul 23	DET	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
80	93	Jul 24	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	38	8.1	4	2	0	6	0	2B
81	94	Jul 25	DET	@	WSH	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
82	95	Jul 27 (1)	DET		PHA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
83	96	Jul 27 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	2	2B
84	97	Jul 28	DET		PHA	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
85	98	Jul 29 (1)	DET		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
86	99	Jul 29 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
87	100	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
88	101	Jul 31	DET		BOS	L,0-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	2	4	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
89	102	Aug 1	DET		BOS	L,8-10	CG	43	9.0	6	3	0	9	3	2B
90	103	Aug 2	DET		WSH	L,6-11	CG	47	9.0	3	5	2	10	2	2B
91	104	Aug 3	DET		WSH	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
92	105	Aug 4	DET		WSH	W,6-2	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
93	106	Aug 5	DET		WSH	L,1-4	GS	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
94	107	Aug 6	DET		NYY	L,3-4	GS	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
95	108	Aug 7	DET		NYY	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
96	109	Aug 8	DET		NYY	W,10-8	CG	48	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
97	110	Aug 10	DET		CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
98	111	Aug 11	DET		CLE	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
99	112	Aug 12	DET		CLE	L,1-10	GS	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
100	113	Aug 13	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	GS	43	12.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
101	115 (1)	Aug 15 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
102	116	Aug 15 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,8-7	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PR 2B
103	117	Aug 17	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	6	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	2B
104	123 (5)	Aug 22	DET		CHW	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
105	124	Aug 24	DET	@	BOS	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
106	129 (4)	Aug 29 (1)	DET	@	PHA	W,14-3	GF	29	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	2B
107	131 (1)	Aug 31	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
108	132	Sep 1	DET	@	WSH	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
109	133	Sep 2	DET	@	WSH	L,6-16	GF	18	4.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
110	137 (3)	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-1	GF	15	4.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
111	143 (5)	Sep 12 (1)	DET		WSH	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	2B
112	145 (1)	Sep 14	DET		NYY	L,0-11	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	2B
113	146	Sep 16	DET		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
							113gm		904.0	248	232	13	493	54