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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1952	BOS	AL	21	SS	11	10	9	86.0	64	22	41	1	6	.984			6.59	5.73	.962	4.94	4.94
1953	BOS	AL	22	SS	109	94	82	848.1	518	174	321	23	71	.956	9	13	5.25	4.54	.966	5.11	5.08
1954	BOS	AL	23	SS	107	103	93	921.2	588	186	370	32	73	.946	6	8	5.43	5.20	.960	5.00	4.97
1954	BOS	AL	23	3B	5	3	0	21.0	13	5	7	1	0	.923	0	0	5.14	2.40	.959	3.47	3.46
1955	BOS	AL	24	SS	2	1	1	11.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	-1	-109	3.27	2.00	.960	4.91	4.90
1956	BOS	AL	25	SS	26	17	17	181.0	95	31	59	5	11	.947	-4	-24	4.48	3.46	.960	4.98	4.94
1956	BOS	AL	25	3B	11	8	6	86.1	29	6	20	3	2	.897	-1	-14	2.71	2.36	.949	3.22	3.19
1956	BOS	AL	25	2B	1	0	0	4.0	4	1	2	1	0	.750	-0	-120	6.75	3.00	.972	5.40	5.40
1957	WSH	AL	26	2B	53	51	35	430.0	274	126	143	5	36	.982	1	3	5.63	5.08	.980	5.39	5.41
1957	WSH	AL	26	SS	37	24	20	231.1	137	42	89	6	17	.956	-1	-5	5.10	3.54	.963	5.11	5.13
1957	WSH	AL	26	3B	1	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	-1	-280	0.00	0.00	.950	3.30	3.20
1958	DET	AL	27	SS	13	6	6	69.0	37	14	21	2	7	.946	-3	-54	4.57	2.69	.964	4.96	4.91
1958	DET	AL	27	2B	1	0	0	3.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0	120	9.00	3.00	.977	5.40	5.20
1958	DET	AL	27	3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	120	4.50	1.00	.950	3.15	3.10
	7 Seasons			SS	305	255	228	2348.1	1444	470	904	70	185	.952	6	3	5.27	4.50	.963	5.05	5.02
	3 Seasons			2B	55	51	35	437.0	281	128	147	6	36	.979	1	2	5.66	5.00	.980	5.39	5.41
	4 Seasons			3B	18	11	6	112.1	44	11	28	5	2	.886	-1	-16	3.12	2.17	.952	3.27	3.26
	7 Seasons			TOT	378	317	269	2897.2	1769	609	1079	81	223	.954	6	2	5.24	4.47	.965	5.03	4.99

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp
1952	BOS	AL	21	SS
1953	BOS	AL	22	SS	9	13	9	2	8	0
1954	BOS	AL	23	SS	6	8	7	4	3	-1
1954	BOS	AL	23	3B	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	BOS	AL	24	SS	-1	-109	-1	-1	-0	0
1956	BOS	AL	25	SS	-4	-24	-4	-4	0	0
1956	BOS	AL	25	3B	-1	-14	-1	-0	-1	0
1956	BOS	AL	25	2B	-0	-120	-0	-0	0	0
1957	WSH	AL	26	2B	1	3	1	4	-3	0
1957	WSH	AL	26	SS	-1	-5	0	1	-1	-1
1957	WSH	AL	26	3B	-1	-280	-1	-1	0	0
1958	DET	AL	27	SS	-3	-54	-3	1	-4	0
1958	DET	AL	27	2B	0	120	0	0	0	0
1958	DET	AL	27	3B	0	120	0	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			SS	6	3	8	3	7	-2
	3 Seasons			2B	1	2	1	3	-2	0
	4 Seasons			3B	-1	-16	-1	-1	-1	0
	7 Seasons			TOT	6	2	8	5	4	-2

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1952	BOS	AL	21	11	10	11	11	0	0	11	0	0
1953	BOS	AL	22	109	94	109	109	0	0	109	2	1
1954	BOS	AL	23	113	106	113	112	0	5	107	1	0
1955	BOS	AL	24	6	1	6	2	0	0	2	2	2
1956	BOS	AL	25	45	25	45	39	1	12	26	6	3
1957	WSH	AL	26	91	75	91	87	53	1	37	3	4
1957	BOS	AL	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
1958	DET	AL	27	24	6	24	15	1	1	13	5	5
	7 Seasons			400	317	400	375	55	19	305	20	15

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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	63	463	163	363	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1952	BOS	AL	21	388	64%	81%	27%	48	96%	0	23	9	12	3	43	35	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	2	0	5	3	2	2	1	1
1953	BOS	AL	22	3676	67%	81%	27%	408	89%	3	174	78	83	13	321	230	80	0	1	24	1	16	7	19	70	32	3	21	6	3	67	35	30	2	2	0
1954	BOS	AL	23	4067	68%	80%	27%	456	90%	7	188	86	91	11	365	256	95	2	4	32	2	20	10	21	73	34	3	18	7	6	69	37	31	3	1	2
1955	BOS	AL	24	46	57%	83%	22%	6	67%	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	BOS	AL	25	822	65%	77%	23%	71	90%	1	31	16	13	2	57	38	15	1	1	5	0	5	0	4	11	3	0	4	2	0	9	3	6	1	1	0
1957	WSH	AL	26	1030	62%	78%	27%	113	92%	0	42	24	16	2	89	58	27	1	1	6	0	2	4	4	18	9	1	3	3	0	17	10	6	1	1	0
1958	DET	AL	27	310	66%	80%	24%	21	90%	0	13	4	8	1	20	18	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	7	1	0	4	0	1	6	1	5	0	0	0
	7 Seasons			10339	66%	80%	27%	1123	90%	11	472	218	223	32	898	637	226	4	7	71	4	44	23	51	186	81	8	50	20	10	173	89	80	9	6	3
	MLB Averages				64%	81%	27%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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
1956	BOS	AL	25	24	42%	92%	21%	3	67%	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	WSH	AL	26	1720	67%	81%	28%	174	94%	2	121	56	47	18	134	110	19	0	1	5	0	4	1	3	35	14	8	9	0	31	9	22	3	2	0
1958	DET	AL	27	17	47%	76%	41%	2	100%	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			1761	66%	81%	28%	179	93%	2	123	56	49	18	138	111	22	0	1	6	0	5	1	3	35	14	8	9	0	31	9	22	3	2	0
	MLB Averages				64%	81%	27%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1954	BOS	AL	23	92	64%	83%	33%	16	69%	1	5	4	1	0	7	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0%
1956	BOS	AL	25	329	52%	78%	25%	20	90%	0	4	3	0	1	15	12	3	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50%
1957	WSH	AL	26	12	58%	92%	25%	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	DET	AL	27	8	50%	100%	25%	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	4 Seasons			441	54%	80%	26%	39	77%	1	9	7	1	1	23	20	3	0	1	4	1	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	20%
	MLB Averages				64%	81%	27%		89%																								64%

* 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

Errors Committed† s c a p y 1953 AL 23 (4th) 1954 AL 33 (1st)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1954 AL 370 (4th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1953 AL 23 (3rd) 1954 AL 32 (1st)	Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1953 AL 9 (4th) 1954 AL 6 (4th)
Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1953 AL 5.25 (3rd) 1954 AL 5.43 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1954 AL 5.20 (1st)

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