Frank Bolling
Frank Elmore Bolling
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 16, 1931 in Mobile, AL
School: Spring Hill College
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954
Final Game: September 15, 1966
Relatives: Brother of Milt Bolling
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1954 DET AL 22 2B 113 100 904.0 493 248 232 13 54 .974 -11.6 -15.4 -9.6 -1.0 -8.6 -2 4.78 4.25 .976 5.37 4.84
1956 DET AL 24 2B 102 99 891.2 494 223 260 11 72 .978 -2.8 -3.8 -1.8 -3.7 1.9 -1 4.88 4.74 .973 5.44 4.74 MVP-27
1957 DET AL 25 2B 146 144 1325.1 811 394 401 16 112 .980 7.2 6.5 4.2 3.7 0.5 3 5.40 5.45 .980 5.39 4.84
1958 DET AL 26 2B 154 154 1350.1 799 342 445 12 109 .985 12.2 10.8 13.2 7.8 5.4 -1 5.25 5.11 .978 5.26 4.68 MVP-16,GG
1959 DET AL 27 2B 126 126 1111.0 629 281 340 8 81 .987 11.8 12.7 12.8 8.6 4.2 -1 5.03 4.93 .976 5.29 4.73
1960 DET AL 28 2B 138 137 1230.0 769 375 377 17 93 .978 -0.9 -0.9 -1.9 -6.6 4.7 1 5.50 5.45 .979 5.46 4.66
1961 MLN NL 29 2B 148 145 1307.1 825 326 489 10 112 .988 14.1 12.9 10.1 4.6 5.5 4 5.61 5.51 .976 5.51 4.89 AS
1962 MLN NL 30 2B 119 112 980.1 556 252 298 6 70 .989 -2.4 -2.9 -2.4 -4.4 2.1 0 5.05 4.62 .974 5.30 4.68 AS
1963 MLN NL 31 2B 141 137 1237.0 719 326 379 14 107 .981 2.2 2.1 -2.8 3.0 -5.8 5 5.13 5.00 .974 5.21 4.59
1964 MLN NL 32 2B 117 94 868.0 474 212 255 7 68 .985 -10.1 -14.0 -11.1 -5.7 -5.4 1 4.84 3.99 .973 5.22 4.61
1965 MLN NL 33 2B 147 141 1265.2 720 310 393 17 90 .976 -1.6 -1.5 -0.6 2.7 -3.3 -1 5.00 4.78 .974 5.28 4.71
1966 ATL NL 34 2B 67 57 511.1 289 134 150 5 35 .983 -4.6 -10.8 -3.6 -2.2 -1.5 -1 5.00 4.24 .978 5.33 4.68
12 Seasons 2B 1518 1446 12982.0 7578 3423 4019 136 1003 .982 13.5 1.2 6.5 6.8 -0.3 7 5.16 4.90 .976 5.34 4.72
12 Seasons TOT 1518 1446 12982.0 7578 3423 4019 136 1003 .982 13.5 1.2 6.5 6.8 -0.3 7 5.16 4.90 .958 5.34 4.72

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
1954 DET AL 22 117 100 117 117 0 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
1956 DET AL 24 102 99 102 102 0 0 0 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 DET AL 25 146 144 146 146 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 DET AL 26 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 DET AL 27 127 126 127 127 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1960 DET AL 28 139 137 139 139 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 MLN NL 29 148 145 148 148 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 MLN NL 30 122 112 122 122 0 0 0 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1963 MLN NL 31 142 137 142 142 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1964 MLN NL 32 120 94 120 120 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1965 MLN NL 33 148 141 148 148 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1966 ATL NL 34 75 57 75 75 0 0 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
12 Seasons 1540 1446 1540 1540 0 0 0 1518 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 8
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 DET AL 22 3936 65% 81% 25% 308 94% 3 245 98 95 52 230 192 29 0 6 13 0 11 2 11 54 20 10 11 1 45 12 32 6 5 1
1956 DET AL 24 4032 61% 75% 22% 311 95% 0 224 85 109 30 262 225 28 0 4 11 0 11 0 10 72 28 17 12 3 65 17 47 5 3 2
1957 DET AL 25 5714 63% 79% 24% 507 94% 1 395 156 155 84 400 341 50 1 3 15 1 10 4 11 113 45 17 29 5 102 36 65 6 3 2
1958 DET AL 26 5802 59% 78% 26% 552 93% 5 350 139 154 57 445 371 62 0 6 12 1 9 2 9 110 36 17 36 2 96 38 56 8 3 4
1959 DET AL 27 4853 62% 77% 25% 456 95% 1 274 128 111 35 347 283 58 1 1 8 0 6 2 6 81 24 12 27 1 70 29 39 7 3 4
1960 DET AL 28 5399 65% 78% 25% 480 94% 2 377 144 158 75 380 318 48 1 7 17 1 16 0 15 93 35 16 24 4 87 28 57 6 2 2
1961 MLN NL 29 5652 58% 81% 28% 569 95% 1 330 134 151 46 484 416 61 0 4 10 1 9 0 9 112 41 24 36 0 107 38 67 5 0 5
1962 MLN NL 30 3954 65% 80% 28% 350 93% 1 227 95 110 22 273 228 36 0 5 6 0 5 1 5 69 20 17 20 4 61 24 37 5 1 4
1963 MLN NL 31 5168 64% 77% 29% 444 95% 0 329 127 148 54 370 325 36 0 2 14 0 14 0 13 104 40 22 22 8 95 30 64 8 4 3
1964 MLN NL 32 3638 63% 78% 28% 280 92% 0 195 57 103 35 242 202 32 0 2 7 0 6 1 6 65 26 10 19 4 61 23 37 4 3 1
1965 MLN NL 33 5082 60% 75% 26% 431 96% 0 283 111 124 49 361 307 41 2 4 16 4 9 3 5 78 36 10 18 1 69 21 48 8 5 3
1966 ATL NL 34 2142 61% 78% 25% 165 96% 1 125 38 58 30 139 119 18 1 0 5 0 4 1 3 31 15 5 8 0 29 8 21 1 1 0
12 Seasons 55372 62% 78% 26% 4853 94% 15 3354 1312 1476 569 3933 3327 499 6 44 134 8 110 16 103 982 366 177 262 33 887 304 570 69 33 31
MLB Averages 62% 78% 27% 93%

* 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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