Bobby Bolin
Bobby Donald Bolin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 29, 1939 in Hickory Grove, SC
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1961
Final Game: September 30, 1973
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 SFG NL 22 P 37 1 48.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 0.75 0.11 .960 2.17 0.88
1962 SFG NL 23 P 41 5 92.0 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.32 .946 2.07 0.82
1963 SFG NL 24 P 47 12 137.1 16 4 11 1 0 .938 0.98 0.32 .950 2.06 0.84
1964 SFG NL 25 P 38 23 174.2 36 13 22 1 4 .972 1.80 0.92 .953 2.14 0.84
1965 SFG NL 26 P 45 13 163.0 25 9 16 0 1 1.000 1.38 0.56 .952 2.08 0.81
1966 SFG NL 27 P 36 34 224.1 48 13 30 5 0 .896 1.73 1.19 .950 1.96 0.74
1967 SFG NL 28 P 37 15 120.0 28 12 15 1 0 .964 2.02 0.73 .961 2.00 0.78
1968 SFG NL 29 P 34 19 176.2 35 10 23 2 0 .943 1.68 0.97 .960 2.01 0.85
1969 SFG NL 30 P 30 22 146.1 26 7 19 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.87 .958 1.95 0.78
1970 TOT AL 31 P 38 20 140.0 24 5 18 1 0 .958 1.48 0.61 .950 1.86 0.67
1970 MIL AL 31 P 32 20 132.0 23 5 17 1 0 .957 1.50 0.69 .952 1.86 0.67
1970 BOS AL 31 P 6 0 8.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.17 .900 1.91 0.67
1971 BOS AL 32 P 52 0 69.2 10 2 7 1 1 .900 1.16 0.17 .960 1.98 0.77
1972 BOS AL 33 P 21 0 30.2 6 1 4 1 0 .833 1.47 0.24 .950 1.85 0.75
1973 BOS AL 34 P 39 0 53.1 20 8 11 1 0 .950 3.21 0.49 .950 1.86 0.86
13 Seasons P 495 164 1576.0 292 87 190 15 6 .949 1.58 0.56 .954 2.01 0.80
13 Seasons TOT 495 164 1576.0 292 87 190 15 6 .949 1.58 0.56 .902 2.01 0.80

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 SFG NL 22 37 1 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 SFG NL 23 41 5 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 SFG NL 24 47 12 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 SFG NL 25 39 23 39 39 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 SFG NL 26 45 13 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 SFG NL 27 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 SFG NL 28 37 15 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 SFG NL 29 34 19 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 SFG NL 30 30 22 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 MIL AL 31 32 20 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 31 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 32 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 BOS AL 33 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 BOS AL 34 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 496 164 457 496 495 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1961 SFG NL 22 237 63% 9% 5 80% 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1962 SFG NL 23 401 72% 16% 13 77% 0 3 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 75%
1963 SFG NL 24 624 68% 17% 12 92% 0 4 0 4 11 9 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 SFG NL 25 765 70% 27% 29 83% 1 13 2 8 22 14 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 2 2 8 88%
1965 SFG NL 26 671 71% 18% 21 100% 0 7 1 5 19 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1966 SFG NL 27 955 77% 24% 35 89% 2 14 1 8 30 26 0 5 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 71%
1967 SFG NL 28 557 78% 22% 18 89% 1 11 0 9 15 14 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1968 SFG NL 29 728 76% 20% 26 88% 1 10 2 6 23 15 3 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1969 SFG NL 30 659 76% 20% 19 100% 1 7 0 6 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1970 MIL AL 31 614 75% 18% 18 89% 0 6 0 6 16 13 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 BOS AL 31 34 59% 21% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 BOS AL 32 312 76% 21% 10 80% 1 2 0 2 9 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 60%
1972 BOS AL 33 129 70% 25% 6 67% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1973 BOS AL 34 216 79% 25% 14 100% 0 8 2 5 11 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
13 Seasons 6902 74% 21% 227 89% 8 86 8 62 193 161 11 15 1 9 5 8 6 2 3 3 47 79%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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