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Milt Bolling

Milton Joseph Bolling

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 177 lb.

Born: August 9, 1930 in Mississippi City, MS
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1952
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Senators/Tigers 1952-1958

Final Game: July 28, 1958
Relatives: Brother of Frank Bolling
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1948	17	BOS-min	B	85	293	293		54	13	3	1						.184	.184	.259	.444		76							ROA · PIED
1949	18	BOS-min	B	139	521	521		120	28	2	12						.230	.230	.361	.591		188							ROA · PIED
1950	19	BOS-min	A,AA	129	486	486		134	21	3	5						.276	.276	.362	.638		176							SCR,BIR · EL,SOUA
1951	20	BOS-min	A	71	221	221		56	16	1	0						.253	.253	.335	.588		74							SCR · EL
1952	21	BOS-min	AA	94	332	332		83	12	0	8						.250	.250	.358	.608		119							BIR · SOUA
1952	21	BOS	AL	11	40	36	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	1	3	5	.222	.282	.333	.615	66	12	0	0	0			6
1953	22	BOS	AL	109	363	323	30	85	12	1	5	28	1	4	23	41	.263	.318	.353	.671	78	114	4	3	13			*6
1954	23	BOS	AL	113	437	370	42	92	20	3	6	36	2	4	47	55	.249	.337	.368	.705	85	136	3	4	13	3		*6/5
1955	24	BOS	AL	6	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	/6
1956	25	BOS	AL	45	141	118	19	25	3	2	3	8	0	1	18	20	.212	.319	.347	.666	68	41	3	1	3	1	1	65/4
1957	26	TOT	AL	92	305	278	29	63	12	1	4	19	2	2	18	59	.227	.276	.320	.596	64	89	13	2	4	3	0	46/5
1957	26	BOS	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
1957	26	WSH	AL	91	304	277	29	63	12	1	4	19	2	2	18	59	.227	.277	.321	.598	65	89	12	2	4	3	0	46/5
1958	27	DET-min	AAA	22	71	67	1	7	2	0	0	2	0		4	8	.104	.155	.134	.289		9		0	0	0	0		CHL · AA
1958	27	DET	AL	24	37	31	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	.194	.306	.258	.564	53	8	0	0	1	0	0	6/45
7 Yrs				400	1330	1161	127	280	50	7	19	94	5	12	114	188	.241	.313	.345	.658	75	401	23	10	36	7	1
162 Game Avg.				162	539	470	51	113	20	3	8	38	2	5	46	76	.241	.313	.345	.658	75	162	9	4	15

BOS (6 yrs)				285	989	853	95	211	36	6	15	75	3	10	91	122	.247	.324	.356	.681	79	304	11	8	31	4	1
WSH (1 yr)				91	304	277	29	63	12	1	4	19	2	2	18	59	.227	.277	.321	.598	65	89	12	2	4	3	0
DET (1 yr)				24	37	31	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	.194	.306	.258	.564	53	8	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1952	21	BOS	AL	11	40	-2	-0	0	1	1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$	6
1953	22	BOS	AL	109	363	-10	-1	0	9	6	4	0.4	10	14	1.4	.504	.502	0.4	1.6	4	$	*6
1954	23	BOS	AL	113	437	-7	-1	2	6	6	6	0.7	12	18	1.8	.506	.504	1.2	1.4	12	$	*6/5
1955	24	BOS	AL	6	7	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.467	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/6
1956	25	BOS	AL	45	141	-6	-1	-0	-5	2	-10	-1.0	4	-6	-0.6	.477	.494	-0.2	-0.3	-1	$	65/4
1957	26	BOS	AL	1	1	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.443	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
1957	26	WSH	AL	91	304	-12	0	-2	-1	4	-10	-1.1	8	-2	-0.3	.488	.493	-0.2	0.3	-1	$	46/5
1958	27	DET	AL	24	37	-2	-1	0	-3	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.478	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	6/45
7 Seasons				400	1330	-40	-4	-0	7	19	-18	-1.9	36	18	1.6	.495	.499	0.8	2.8	11	$

BOS (6 yrs)				285	989	-26	-4	2	10	15	-3	-0.2	27	24	2.4	.499	.500	1.2	2.7	14	$
WSH (1 yr)				91	304	-12	0	-2	-1	4	-10	-1.1	8	-2	-0.3	.488	.493	-0.2	0.3	-1	$
DET (1 yr)				24	37	-2	-1	0	-3	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.478	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1952	21	BOS	AL	40	29	3	2.8	102	.233	.222	.268	.282	.349	.333	.391	.615	.740	66	.326	-1.8	-0.2	.483	.167	.111	.0
1953	22	BOS	AL	363	259	34	3.5	106	.289	.263	.274	.318	.351	.353	.404	.671	.755	78	.393	-10.9	-1.1	.557	.152	.090	1.7
1954	23	BOS	AL	437	301	44	3.9	108	.276	.249	.278	.337	.355	.368	.406	.705	.761	85	.462	-7.3	-0.8	.649	.241	.119	3.0
1955	24	BOS	AL	7	6	0	0.0	110	.250	.200	.277	.200	.358	.200	.412	.400	.770	4	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1956	25	BOS	AL	141	101	14	3.7	116	.229	.212	.281	.319	.365	.347	.429	.666	.794	68	.383	-6.1	-0.6	.608	.280	.136	.0
1957	26	TOT	AL	305	237	22	2.5	98	.271	.227	.261	.276	.333	.320	.394	.596	.726	64	.264	-14.0	-1.4	.474	.158	.094	2.7
1957	26	BOS	AL	1	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.270	.000	.343	.000	.408	.000	.751	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1957	26	WSH	AL	304	235	22	2.5	98	.272	.227	.261	.277	.333	.321	.394	.598	.726	65	.268	-13.7	-1.4	.478	.159	.094	2.7
1958	27	DET	AL	37	26	3	3.1	104	.250	.194	.269	.306	.340	.258	.409	.564	.749	53	.353	-1.9	-0.2	.520	.226	.065
7 Yrs				1330	959	120	3.4	105	.272	.241	.273	.313	.349	.345	.405	.658	.754	75	.379	-42.7	-4.3	.566	.196	.104	7.9
162 Game Avg.				539	388	49	3.4	105	.272	.241	.273	.313	.349	.345	.405	.658	.754	75	.379	-42.7	-4.3	.566	.196	.104	3

BOS (6 yrs)				989	698	95	3.7	108	.272	.247	.277	.324	.355	.356	.408	.681	.763	79	.415	-27.1	-2.7	.597	.208	.109	5.0
WSH (1 yr)				304	235	22	2.5	98	.272	.227	.261	.277	.333	.321	.394	.598	.726	65	.267	-13.7	-1.4	.478	.159	.094	2.7
DET (1 yr)				37	26	3	3.1	104	.250	.194	.269	.306	.340	.258	.409	.564	.749	53	.353	-1.9	-0.2	.520	.226	.065

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	21	BOS	AL	40	2.5%	12.5%	7.5%	5.0%	25%	1.67	7.2	36.0	12.0	0.44	75%
1953	22	BOS	AL	363	1.4%	11.3%	6.3%	5.0%	21%	1.78	7.9	64.6	11.5	0.72	76%
1954	23	BOS	AL	437	1.4%	12.6%	10.8%	6.6%	32%	1.17	6.7	61.7	10.3	0.71	71%
1955	24	BOS	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0				57%
1956	25	BOS	AL	141	2.1%	14.2%	12.8%	5.7%	32%	1.11	5.9	39.3	14.8	0.76	68%
1957	26	TOT	AL	305	1.3%	19.3%	5.9%	5.6%	27%	3.28	4.7	69.5	14.6	0.95	71%
1957	26	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1957	26	WSH	AL	304	1.3%	19.4%	5.9%	5.6%	27%	3.28	4.7	69.3	14.6	0.93	71%
1958	27	DET	AL	37	0.0%	18.9%	13.5%	5.4%	33%	1.40	4.4			0.73	65%
7 Yrs				1330	1.4%	14.1%	8.6%	5.7%	27%	1.65	6.2	61.1	12.4	0.77	72%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.6%	9.1%	6.5%	29%	1.27	7.6	40.2	8.3	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	21	BOS	AL	-1.9	-0.2	41	-0.1	0.7	-0.7	1.02	-0.1	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.89	-0.6		0
1953	22	BOS	AL	-11.2	-1.1	368	-0.7	5.4	-6.1	1.00	-0.8	0.1	-9.8	-1.0	0.93	-11.2	0.87	1
1954	23	BOS	AL	-7.3	-0.8	447	-1.5	5.8	-7.3	.92	-0.8	-0.8	-9.6	-0.9	0.99	-6.5	0.54	1
1955	24	BOS	AL	-0.8	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.63	-0.1	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.93	-1.1	0.61	2
1956	25	BOS	AL	-6.2	-0.6	136	-0.2	2.3	-2.5	1.15	-0.6	0.4	-5.1	-0.5	0.92	-5.7	0.62	5
1957	26	TOT	AL	-14.0	-1.4	303	-1.5	4.9	-6.4	1.08	-1.3	-0.1	-14.7	-1.5	0.94	-14.0	1.46	4
1957	26	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	3.18	-0.0	0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.80	-0.5	3.18	1
1957	26	WSH	AL	-13.7	-1.4	302	-1.4	4.9	-6.3	1.07	-1.3	-0.0	-13.8	-1.4	0.93	-13.5	0.88	3
1958	27	DET	AL	-1.9	-0.2	37	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.67	-0.0	-0.3	-1.9	-0.2	0.96	-1.5	1.22	4
7 Yrs				-43.3	-4.4	1339	-4.3	19.3	-23.6	1.00	-3.8	-0.5	-44.2	-4.4	0.95	-40.7	0.97	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	21	BOS	AL	0	30%	19	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	29%	5	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
1953	22	BOS	AL	5	24%	143	1	4	20%	1	3	1	7	2	48%	15	11	4	2	1	1	10	1	8
1954	23	BOS	AL	6	26%	186	2	4	33%	2	5	0	5	7	36%	20	15	4	0	0	0	11	4	7
1955	24	BOS	AL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	25	BOS	AL	2	39%	59	0	1	0%	0	1	0	2	2	57%	8	6	2	0	0	0	6	0	6
1957	26	TOT	AL	5	32%	105	2	2	50%	2	2	0	3	4	35%	11	7	4	2	2	0	4	2	2
1957	26	BOS	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	26	WSH	AL	5	32%	105	2	2	50%	2	2	0	3	4	35%	11	7	4	2	2	0	4	2	2
1958	27	DET	AL	0	27%	22	0	0		0	0	0	2	1	33%	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
7 Yrs				18	28%	538	5	12	29%	5	12	1	19	16	41%	60	44	15	7	5	2	32	7	24

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1952	21	BOS	AL	40	23%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		8	0	0%	5	0	0%	22	2	9%	0	0		0	0		0
1953	22	BOS	AL	363	20%	85			1	0	0	0	0.87	5	0	10	3	2	3	2	0	14	13	93%	66	4	6%	37	18	49%	213	28	13%	22	10	45%	18	8	44%	0
1954	23	BOS	AL	437	19%	92			1	0	0	0	0.54	6	0	14	4	2	5	1	0	16	13	81%	97	3	3%	46	19	41%	271	33	12%	22	10	45%	9	2	22%	0
1955	24	BOS	AL	7	100%	1			2	0	0	0	0.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1956	25	BOS	AL	141	39%	25			5	2	1	2	0.62	3	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	3	3	100%	23	3	13%	12	4	33%	70	6	9%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0
1957	26	TOT	AL	305	26%	63			4	0	0	0	1.46	4	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	5	4	80%	56	13	23%	24	7	29%	158	15	9%	9	6	67%	11	6	55%	0
1957	26	BOS	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	3.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	26	WSH	AL	304	26%	63			3	0	0	0	0.88	4	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	5	4	80%	55	12	22%	24	7	29%	156	15	10%	9	6	67%	11	6	55%	0
1958	27	DET	AL	37	38%	6			4	0	0	0	1.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	8	0	0%	4	1	25%	21	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
7 Yrs				1330	24%	280			17	2	1	2	0.97	19	0	27	11	8	12	7	0	41	36	88%	260	23	9%	130	51	39%	758	84	11%	61	27	44%	41	19	46%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			81%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	21	11	40	36	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	1	3	5	.222	.282	.333	.615	66	12	0	0	0
1953	22	120	403	359	34	93	13	1	6	31	1	5	26	46	.259	.314	.351	.665	77	126	4	3	13
1954	23	233	840	729	76	185	33	4	12	67	3	9	73	101	.254	.326	.359	.686	81	262	7	7	26	3
1955	24	239	847	734	76	186	33	4	12	67	3	9	73	102	.253	.326	.358	.684	81	263	7	7	28	3	0
1956	25	284	988	852	95	211	36	6	15	75	3	10	91	122	.248	.325	.357	.681	79	304	10	8	31	4	1
1957	26	376	1293	1130	124	274	48	7	19	94	5	12	109	181	.242	.313	.348	.661	75	393	23	10	35	7	1
1958	27	400	1330	1161	127	280	50	7	19	94	5	12	114	188	.241	.313	.345	.658	75	401	23	10	36	7	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	21	11	40	37	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	3	5	.216	.275	.324	.599	3	11
1953	22	114	375	335	30	86	12	1	5	28	1	23	43	.257	.310	.343	.654	36	109
1954	23	118	453	384	42	93	20	3	6	36	2	48	57	.242	.330	.357	.687	45	113
1955	24	6	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1956	25	47	143	121	17	24	3	2	3	7	0	17	21	.198	.300	.331	.631	11	45
1957	26	97	324	295	32	69	13	1	4	21	2	20	62	.234	.284	.325	.610	27	92
1958	27	25	38	32	3	6	2	0	0	0	0	5	7	.188	.297	.250	.547	2	24
7 Yrs		418	1380	1209	128	286	51	7	19	95	5	116	196	.237	.307	.337	.644	124	400
162 Game Avg.		162	535	469	50	111	20	3	7	37	2	45	76	.237	.307	.337	.644	48	400

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1953 AL 1.6 (8th) 1954 AL 1.4 (4th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1953 AL 13 (6th) 1954 AL 13 (4th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1953 AL 1.6 (8th)
1954 AL 1.4 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1953 AL 13 (6th)
1954 AL 13 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Mike Heath (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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