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Cliff Bolton
William Clifton Bolton

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 160 lb.

Debut April 20, 1931
Final Game September 24, 1941
Born April 10, 1907 in High Point, NC
Died April 21, 1979 in Lexington, NC

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Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 24 WSH AL  23   43    3   11   1  1   0    6   0  0   1   5  .256  .273  .326   56   14   0           0    
 1933 26 WSH AL  33   39    4   16   1  1   0    6   0  0   6   3  .410  .500  .487  163   19   0           1    
 1934 27 WSH AL  42  148   12   40   9  1   1   17   2  0  11   9  .270  .321  .365   79   54   1           0    
 1935 28 WSH AL 110  375   47  114  18 11   2   55   0  1  58  13  .304  .399  .427  116  160   2           1    
 1936 29 WSH AL  86  289   41   84  18  4   2   51   1  2  25  12  .291  .349  .401   89  116   0           1    
 1937 30 DET AL  27   57    6   15   2  0   1    7   0  0   8   6  .263  .354  .351   77   20   0           0    
 1941 34 WSH AL  14   11    0    0   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   2  .000  .083  .000  -76    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      335  962  113  280  49 18   6  143   3  3 110  50  .291  .366  .398   97  383   3   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        465   55  135  24  9   3   69   1  1  53  24  .291  .366  .398   97  185   1   0   0   1   0
 Career High    110  375   47  114  18 11   2   55   2  2  58  13  .304  .399  .427  116  160   2   0   0   1   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 24 WSH AL   44   32    4   3.4   109| .256  .288| .273  .355| .326  .411| .599  .766|  56  .330  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1933 26 WSH AL   46   23    9  10.5   105| .410  .280| .500  .351| .487  .403| .987  .754| 163  .810   4.1   0.4   0%
 1934 27 WSH AL  160  109   18   4.4   108| .270  .283| .321  .356| .365  .408| .686  .764|  79  .440  -4.6  -0.4 100%
 1935 28 WSH AL  436  264   63   6.4   109| .304  .284| .399  .356| .427  .410| .826  .766| 116  .608  10.8   1.0   0%
 1936 29 WSH AL  315  207   40   5.1   117| .291  .292| .349  .367| .401  .429| .750  .796|  89  .466  -5.0  -0.4  33%
 1937 30 DET AL   65   42    7   4.4   119| .263  .292| .354  .368| .351  .436| .705  .804|  77  .420  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1941 34 WSH AL   12   11    0   0.0   102| .000  .269| .083  .345| .000  .397| .083  .742| -76  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1078  688  141   5.5   111| .291  .286| .366  .360| .398  .416| .764  .776|  97  .525  -2.5  -0.2  50%

* 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  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1931 24 WSH AL C 13 15 3 1 0 .947 .984 1.38 4.34 1 1933 26 WSH AL C 9 14 2 2 1 .889 .988 1.78 4.28 1 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.20 0 0 1 1934 27 WSH AL C 39 134 20 3 4 .981 .981 3.95 4.36 1 1935 28 WSH AL C 106 356 52 12 8 .971 .984 3.85 4.20 9 1936 29 WSH AL C 83 287 44 7 4 .979 .979 3.99 4.22 5 1937 30 DET AL C 13 47 9 1 2 .982 .981 4.31 4.62 1 1941 34 WSH AL C 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 4.53 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1931 24 WSH AL C 13 15 3 1 0 .947 .984 1.38 4.34 1 1933 26 WSH AL C 9 14 2 2 1 .889 .988 1.78 4.28 1 1934 27 WSH AL C 39 134 20 3 4 .981 .981 3.95 4.36 1 1935 28 WSH AL C 106 356 52 12 8 .971 .984 3.85 4.20 9 1936 29 WSH AL C 83 287 44 7 4 .979 .979 3.99 4.22 5 1937 30 DET AL C 13 47 9 1 2 .982 .981 4.31 4.62 1 1941 34 WSH AL C 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 4.53 0 1933 26 WSH AL OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.20 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 266 855 130 26 19 .974 .982 3.70 4.26 18 OF 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 2.20 0 0 1 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 267 857 130 26 19 .974 .982 3.70 4.26
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1933   WS    WSH NYG     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   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.

Triples
1935 AL-11-8

At Bats per Strikeout
1935 AL-28.8-5

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2317) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1325) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1809) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 10, 1937: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Washington Senators.


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