Milt Bolling
Milton Joseph Bolling
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 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
Final Game: July 28, 1958
Relatives: Brother of Frank 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
1952 BOS AL 21 SS 11 64 22 41 1 6 .984 5.73 .961 4.29
1953 BOS AL 22 SS 109 518 174 321 23 71 .956 4.54 .966 4.52
1954 BOS AL 23 SS 107 103 922.2 588 186 370 32 73 .946 6.2 8.1 7.2 3.3 3.9 -1 5.42 5.20 .961 5.00 4.31
1954 BOS AL 23 3B 5 3 21.0 13 5 7 1 0 .923 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.14 2.40 .962 3.47 3.08
1955 BOS AL 24 SS 2 1 11.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 -1.0 -109.1 -1.0 -0.1 -0.9 0 3.27 2.00 .960 4.91 4.05
1956 BOS AL 25 SS 26 17 181.0 95 31 59 5 11 .947 -3.6 -23.9 -3.6 0.4 -4.0 0 4.48 3.46 .960 4.98 4.10
1956 BOS AL 25 3B 11 8 86.1 29 6 20 3 2 .897 -1.0 -13.9 -1.0 -0.8 -0.2 0 2.71 2.36 .952 3.22 2.78
1956 BOS AL 25 2B 1 0 4.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -0.4 -120.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 6.75 3.00 .975 5.40 4.70
1957 WSH AL 26 2B 53 51 430.0 274 126 143 5 36 .982 0.9 2.5 0.9 -2.8 3.7 0 5.63 5.08 .980 5.39 4.84
1957 WSH AL 26 SS 37 24 231.1 137 42 89 6 17 .956 -1.0 -5.2 0.0 -0.9 0.9 -1 5.10 3.54 .964 5.11 4.43
1957 WSH AL 26 3B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.7 -280.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 3.30 2.80
1958 DET AL 27 SS 13 6 69.0 37 14 21 2 7 .946 -3.1 -53.9 -3.1 -4.1 1.0 0 4.57 2.69 .965 4.96 4.17
1958 DET AL 27 2B 1 0 3.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 9.00 3.00 .967 5.40 4.70
1958 DET AL 27 3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 .900 3.15 2.60
7 Seasons SS 305 151 1415.0 1444 470 904 70 185 .952 -2.5 -2.1 -0.5 -1.4 0.9 -2 8.74 4.50 .963 5.01 4.37
3 Seasons 2B 55 51 437.0 281 128 147 6 36 .979 0.8 2.2 0.8 -2.5 3.3 0 5.66 5.00 .980 5.39 4.83
4 Seasons 3B 18 11 112.1 44 11 28 5 2 .886 -1.5 -16.0 -1.5 -0.6 -0.9 0 3.12 2.17 .955 3.27 2.86
7 Seasons TOT 378 213 1964.1 1769 609 1079 81 223 .954 -3.2 -2.0 -1.2 -4.5 3.3 -2 7.73 4.47 .920 5.00 4.37

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
1952 BOS AL 21 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0
1953 BOS AL 22 109 109 109 0 0 0 0 0 109 0 0 0 0
1954 BOS AL 23 113 106 113 113 0 0 0 0 5 107 0 0 0 0 1 0
1955 BOS AL 24 6 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2
1956 BOS AL 25 45 25 45 45 0 0 0 1 11 26 0 0 0 0 6 3
1957 WSH AL 26 91 75 91 91 0 0 0 53 1 37 0 0 0 0 3 4
1957 BOS AL 26 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 DET AL 27 24 6 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 5 5
7 Seasons 400 213 400 400 0 0 0 55 18 305 0 0 0 0 18 14
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 -- SS*

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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 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 BOS AL 23 4007 66% 78% 27% 438 90% 6 182 83 88 11 351 244 94 2 4 30 2 18 10 19 72 34 3 17 7 6 68 37 30 3 1 2
1955 BOS AL 24 48 54% 79% 21% 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 25 837 64% 76% 22% 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 1050 61% 77% 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 27 319 64% 78% 23% 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
5 Seasons 6261 65% 78% 26% 649 90% 7 269 128 125 16 520 360 139 4 6 44 2 26 16 30 108 47 4 28 12 7 100 51 47 5 3 2
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 90%

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
1956 BOS AL 25 26 38% 85% 19% 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 1764 65% 79% 27% 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 1807 65% 79% 27% 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 63% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BOS AL 23 94 63% 81% 32% 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 25 334 51% 77% 24% 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 13 54% 85% 23% 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 9 44% 89% 22% 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 450 53% 78% 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 63% 79% 26% 89% 61%

* 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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