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Frank Bolling
Frank Elmore Bolling

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.
School Spring Hill College

Debut April 13, 1954
Final Game September 15, 1966
Born November 16, 1931 in Mobile, AL

Brother of Milt Bolling

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 22 DET AL 117  368   46   87  15  2   6   38   3  5  36  51  .236  .302  .337   77  124   6   3       0   5
 1956 24 DET AL 102  366   53  103  21  7   7   45   6  2  42  51  .281  .354  .434  107  159   7   5   1   2   4 MVP-27
 1957 25 DET AL 146  576   72  149  27  6  15   40   4  9  57  64  .259  .327  .405   97  233   8   1   3   2  15
 1958 26 DET AL 154  610   91  164  25  4  14   75   6  4  54  54  .269  .328  .392   92  239   4   9   1   4   9 MVP-16
 1959 27 DET AL 127  459   56  122  18  3  13   55   2  2  45  37  .266  .339  .403   99  185   7   2   2   7   6
 1960 28 DET AL 139  536   64  136  20  4   9   59   7  4  40  48  .254  .308  .356   78  191   6   0   2   2  10
 1961 29 MLN NL 148  585   86  153  16  4  15   56   7  3  57  62  .262  .329  .379   93  222  10   3   1   3  25 AS
 1962 30 MLN NL 122  406   45  110  17  4   9   43   2  2  35  45  .271  .333  .399   99  162   4   3   3   4   7 AS
 1963 31 MLN NL 142  542   73  132  18  2   5   43   2  1  41  47  .244  .299  .312   77  169  17   3   3   3  11
 1964 32 MLN NL 120  352   35   70  11  1   5   34   0  1  21  44  .199  .245  .278   47   98   8   4   3   2   8
 1965 33 MLN NL 148  535   55  141  26  3   7   50   0  4  24  41  .264  .295  .363   84  194  17   1   6   0  11
 1966 34 ATL NL  75  227   16   48   7  0   1   18   1  1  10  14  .211  .244  .256   38   58   3   4   3   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1540 5562  692 1415 221 40 106  556  40 38 462 558  .254  .313  .366   85 2034  97  38  28  30 114
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        585   73  149  23  4  11   58   4  4  49  59  .254  .313  .366   85  214  10   4   3   3  12
 Career High    154  610   91  164  27  7  15   75   7  9  57  64  .281  .354  .434  107  239  17   9   6   7  25
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 22 DET AL  413  300   37   3.3    97| .236  .263| .302  .338| .337  .384| .639  .723|  77  .387 -12.0  -1.2  37%
 1956 24 DET AL  422  281   60   5.7   107| .281  .268| .354  .351| .434  .410| .788  .760| 107  .579   3.7   0.4  75%
 1957 25 DET AL  644  460   73   4.3   102| .259  .266| .327  .339| .405  .402| .732  .741|  97  .489  -3.8  -0.4  30%
 1958 26 DET AL  681  472   81   4.6   104| .269  .270| .328  .339| .392  .410| .720  .749|  92  .530  -6.6  -0.7  60%
 1959 27 DET AL  520  354   65   4.9   103| .266  .267| .339  .339| .403  .408| .742  .748|  99  .553  -1.3  -0.1  50%
 1960 28 DET AL  584  420   58   3.7   104| .254  .267| .308  .341| .356  .408| .664  .749|  78  .415 -18.8  -1.9  63%
 1961 29 MLN NL  658  473   70   4.0   100| .262  .263| .329  .328| .379  .409| .708  .737|  93  .425  -5.3  -0.5  70%
 1962 30 MLN NL  452  312   55   4.7   100| .271  .266| .333  .333| .399  .404| .732  .737|  99  .516  -0.6  -0.1  50%
 1963 31 MLN NL  606  442   52   3.2    88| .244  .253| .299  .315| .312  .378| .611  .693|  77  .405 -15.4  -1.7  66%
 1964 32 MLN NL  387  303   24   2.1    94| .199  .264| .245  .322| .278  .393| .523  .715|  47  .231 -25.1  -2.7   0%
 1965 33 MLN NL  577  427   54   3.4    94| .264  .259| .295  .323| .363  .392| .658  .715|  84  .413 -12.8  -1.3   0%
 1966 34 ATL NL  245  190   14   2.0    99| .211  .268| .244  .327| .256  .404| .500  .731|  38  .201 -19.2  -2.0  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     6189 4434  643   3.9   100| .254  .264| .313  .333| .366  .400| .679  .734|  85  .449 -117.3 -12.2  51%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 22 DET AL 2B 113 248 232 13 54 .974 .976 4.25 4.84 1956 24 DET AL 2B 102 223 260 11 72 .978 .973 4.74 4.74 4.87 5.44 99 891.7 1957 25 DET AL 2B 146 394 401 16 112 .980 .980 5.45 4.84 5.40 5.39 144 1325.3 1958 26 DET AL 2B 154 342 445 12 109 .985 .978 5.11 4.68 5.25 5.26 154 1350.3 GG 1959 27 DET AL 2B 126 281 340 8 81 .987 .976 4.93 4.73 5.03 5.29 126 1111.0 1960 28 DET AL 2B 138 375 377 17 93 .978 .979 5.45 4.66 5.50 5.46 137 1230.0 1961 29 MLN NL 2B 148 326 489 10 112 .988 .976 5.51 4.89 5.61 5.51 145 1307.3 AS 1962 30 MLN NL 2B 119 252 298 6 70 .989 .974 4.62 4.68 5.05 5.30 112 980.3 AS 1963 31 MLN NL 2B 141 326 379 14 107 .981 .974 5.00 4.59 5.13 5.21 137 1237.0 1964 32 MLN NL 2B 117 212 255 7 68 .985 .973 3.99 4.61 4.85 5.22 94 867.0 1965 33 MLN NL 2B 147 310 393 17 90 .976 .974 4.78 4.71 4.99 5.28 141 1268.7 1966 34 ATL NL 2B 67 134 150 5 35 .983 .978 4.24 4.68 5.00 5.33 57 511.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 22 DET AL 2B 113 248 232 13 54 .974 .976 4.25 4.84 1956 24 DET AL 2B 102 223 260 11 72 .978 .973 4.74 4.74 4.87 5.44 99 891.7 1957 25 DET AL 2B 146 394 401 16 112 .980 .980 5.45 4.84 5.40 5.39 144 1325.3 1958 26 DET AL 2B 154 342 445 12 109 .985 .978 5.11 4.68 5.25 5.26 154 1350.3 1959 27 DET AL 2B 126 281 340 8 81 .987 .976 4.93 4.73 5.03 5.29 126 1111.0 1960 28 DET AL 2B 138 375 377 17 93 .978 .979 5.45 4.66 5.50 5.46 137 1230.0 1961 29 MLN NL 2B 148 326 489 10 112 .988 .976 5.51 4.89 5.61 5.51 145 1307.3 1962 30 MLN NL 2B 119 252 298 6 70 .989 .974 4.62 4.68 5.05 5.30 112 980.3 1963 31 MLN NL 2B 141 326 379 14 107 .981 .974 5.00 4.59 5.13 5.21 137 1237.0 1964 32 MLN NL 2B 117 212 255 7 68 .985 .973 3.99 4.61 4.85 5.22 94 867.0 1965 33 MLN NL 2B 147 310 393 17 90 .976 .974 4.78 4.71 4.99 5.28 141 1268.7 1966 34 ATL NL 2B 67 134 150 5 35 .983 .978 4.24 4.68 5.00 5.33 57 511.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B*1518 3423 4019 136 1003 .982 .976 4.90 4.72 1346 12080.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1518 3423 4019 136 1003 .982 .976 4.90 4.72
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1961-1 MLN NL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1961-2 MLN NL   *   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
 1962-1 MLN NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-2 MLN NL       3   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/4      2  12   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .083  .083  .167 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1961-1 (2B)
1961-2 (2B)
1962-1 *
1962-2 *

Gold Gloves
1958-AL--2B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1956-AL-27-0.01
1958-AL-16-0.03
Car-1135-0.04 shares

Games
1957 AL-146-9
1958 AL-154-3

At Bats
1957 AL-576-7
1958 AL-610-3
1961 NL-585-8

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1957 AL-644-8
1958 AL-681-2
1961 NL-658-9

Runs
1958 AL-91-6

Hits
1958 AL-164-8

Doubles
1957 AL-27-9
1958 AL-25-10

Triples
1956 AL-7-9
1957 AL-6-6

Singles
1958 AL-121-6
1961 NL-118-6

Times on Base
1958 AL-222-10

Hit By Pitch
1959 AL-7-5

Sac. Hits
1961 NL-10-7
1963 NL-17-1
1965 NL-17-2

Sac. Flies
1958 AL-9-1

Grounded into Double Plays
1957 AL-15-9
1961 NL-25-1

Caught Stealing
1957 AL-9-3

Power/Speed Number
1958 AL-8.4-10

At Bats per Strikeout
1959 AL-12.4-7
1963 NL-11.5-4
1965 NL-13.0-4

Outs
1957 AL-460-5
1958 AL-472-2
1961 NL-473-2

       

Gray Ink: Batting - 17 (1076) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1243) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 14.0 (950) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

December 7, 1960: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Neil Chrisley to the Milwaukee Braves for Bill Bruton, Terry Fox, Dick Brown, and Chuck Cottier.


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