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Cliff Bolton
William Clifton Bolton

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 10, 1907 in High Point, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1931
Final Game: September 24, 1941
Died: April 21, 1979 in Lexington, NC
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Cliff Bolton
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Standard Batting

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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	Pos
1931	24	WSH	AL	23	44	43	3	11	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	5	.256	.273	.326	.598	56	14		0	0	2

1933	26	WSH	AL	33	46	39	4	16	1	1	0	6	0	0	6	3	.410	.500	.487	.987	163	19		1	0	/2O
1934	27	WSH	AL	42	160	148	12	40	9	1	1	17	2	0	11	9	.270	.321	.365	.686	79	54		0	1	2
1935	28	WSH	AL	110	436	375	47	114	18	11	2	55	0	1	58	13	.304	.399	.427	.825	116	160		1	2	*2
1936	29	WSH	AL	86	315	289	41	84	18	4	2	51	1	2	25	12	.291	.349	.401	.751	89	116		1	0	2
1937	30	DET	AL	27	65	57	6	15	2	0	1	7	0	0	8	6	.263	.354	.351	.705	77	20		0	0	2

1941	34	WSH	AL	14	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76	0	0	0	0	/2
7 Seasons				335	1078	962	113	280	49	18	6	143	3	3	110	50	.291	.366	.398	.764	97	383	0	3	3
162 Game Avg.				162	521	465	55	135	24	9	3	69	1	1	53	24	.291	.366	.398	.764	97	185		1	1

WSH (6 yrs)				308	1013	905	107	265	47	18	5	136	3	3	102	44	.293	.366	.401	.767	99	363	0	3	3
DET (1 yr)				27	65	57	6	15	2	0	1	7	0	0	8	6	.263	.354	.351	.705	77	20		0	0

Advanced Batting

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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
1931	24	WSH	AL	44	32	4	3.4	109	.289	.256	.288	.273	.355	.326	.411	.598	.766	56	.330	-3.0	-0.3	.469	.093	.070

1933	26	WSH	AL	46	23	9	10.5	105	.444	.410	.280	.500	.351	.487	.403	.987	.754	163	.810	4.1	0.4	1.130	.231	.077
1934	27	WSH	AL	160	109	18	4.4	108	.283	.270	.283	.321	.356	.365	.408	.686	.764	79	.440	-4.6	-0.4	.620	.182	.095	1.3
1935	28	WSH	AL	436	264	63	6.4	109	.311	.304	.284	.399	.356	.427	.410	.825	.766	116	.608	10.8	1.0	.832	.275	.123	.0
1936	29	WSH	AL	315	207	40	5.1	117	.298	.291	.292	.349	.367	.401	.429	.751	.796	89	.466	-5.0	-0.4	.681	.194	.111	1.3
1937	30	DET	AL	65	42	7	4.4	119	.280	.263	.292	.354	.368	.351	.436	.705	.804	77	.420	-1.9	-0.2	.667	.228	.088	.0

1941	34	WSH	AL	12	11	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.269	.083	.345	.000	.397	.083	.742	-76	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.091	.091	.000
7 Seasons				1078	688	141	5.5	111	.302	.291	.286	.366	.360	.398	.416	.764	.776	97	.525	-2.5	-0.2	.724	.221	.107	4.0
162 Game Avg.				521	333	68	5.5	111	.302	.291	.286	.366	.360	.398	.416	.764	.776	97	.525	-2.5	-0.2	.724	.221	.107	2

WSH (6 yrs)				1013	646	134	5.5	111	.304	.293	.286	.366	.359	.401	.415	.767	.774	99	.532	-0.5	-0.0	.728	.221	.108	3.8
DET (1 yr)				65	42	7	4.4	119	.280	.263	.292	.354	.368	.351	.436	.705	.804	77	.420	-1.9	-0.2	.667	.228	.088	.0

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1933	26	WSH	AL	WS	NYG	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1931	24	23	44	43	3	11	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	5	.256	.273	.326	.598	56	14		0	0
1932	25	23	44	43	3	11	1	1	0	6	0	0	1	5	.256	.273	.326	.598	56	14		0	0
1933	26	56	90	82	7	27	2	2	0	12	0	0	7	8	.329	.389	.402	.791	109	33		1	0
1934	27	98	250	230	19	67	11	3	1	29	2	0	18	17	.291	.345	.378	.724	90	87		1	1
1935	28	208	686	605	66	181	29	14	3	84	2	1	76	30	.299	.379	.408	.787	106	247		2	3
1936	29	294	1001	894	107	265	47	18	5	135	3	3	101	42	.296	.370	.406	.776	101	363		3	3
1937	30	321	1066	951	113	280	49	18	6	142	3	3	109	48	.294	.369	.403	.772	99	383		3	3
1938	31	321	1066	951	113	280	49	18	6	142	3	3	109	48	.294	.369	.403	.772	99	383		3	3
1939	32	321	1066	951	113	280	49	18	6	142	3	3	109	48	.294	.369	.403	.772	99	383		3	3
1940	33	321	1066	951	113	280	49	18	6	142	3	3	109	48	.294	.369	.403	.772	99	383		3	3
1941	34	335	1078	962	113	280	49	18	6	143	3	3	110	50	.291	.366	.398	.764	97	383	0	3	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1931	24	24	44	43	2	10	1	1	0	5	0	1	5	.233	.250	.302	.552	3	23

1933	26	35	47	40	4	15	1	1	0	6	0	6	3	.375	.468	.450	.918	9	33
1934	27	44	165	154	11	40	9	1	1	16	2	11	9	.260	.309	.351	.660	17	42
1935	28	116	447	389	45	113	18	11	2	53	0	57	14	.290	.383	.409	.791	60	110
1936	29	90	316	292	36	78	17	4	2	44	1	23	13	.267	.323	.373	.696	34	86
1937	30	28	65	58	5	14	2	0	1	6	0	7	6	.241	.323	.328	.651	6	27

1941	34	15	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	14
7 Seasons		352	1096	987	103	270	48	18	6	131	3	106	52	.274	.346	.377	.723	129	335
162 Game Avg.		162	504	454	47	124	22	8	3	60	1	49	24	.274	.346	.377	.723	59	335

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1935 AL 11 (8th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1935 AL 28.8 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

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Tony Eusebio (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Matt Batts (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chief Meyers (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Al Todd (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 12 (1438), Average HOFer ≈ 50