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Cliff Bolton

William Clifton Bolton

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

Born: April 10, 1907 in High Point, NC(All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1931
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers 1931-1941

Final Game: September 24, 1941
Died: April 21, 1979 in Lexington, NC
Buried: Holly Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, Thomasville, NC
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1931 WSH AL 24 C 13 4 2 19 15 3 1 0 .947 1.38 .981 4.92 1 5 1 17% 42%
1933 WSH AL 26 C 9 3 2 18 14 2 2 1 .889 1.78 .988 4.88 1 1 1 50% 46%
1933 WSH AL 26 OF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .970 2.40
1933 WSH AL 26 RF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .960 2.10
1934 WSH AL 27 C 39 39 31 157 134 20 3 4 .981 3.95 .981 4.99 1 13 12 48% 37%
1935 WSH AL 28 C 106 101 90 420 356 52 12 8 .971 3.85 .984 4.75 9 41 22 35% 41%
1936 WSH AL 29 C 83 76 65 338 287 44 7 4 .979 3.99 .979 4.78 5 29 20 41% 36%
1937 DET AL 30 C 13 13 11 57 47 9 1 2 .982 4.31 .980 5.04 1 11 3 21% 38%
1941 WSH AL 34 C 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 .985 5.00 0 0 0
7 Seasons C 266 236 201 1011 855 130 26 19 .974 3.70 .982 4.82 18 100 59 37% 39%
1 Season OF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .970 2.40
1 Season RF 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .960 2.10
7 Seasons TOT 267 236 201 1013 857 130 26 19 .974 3.70 .982 4.81 18 100 59 37% 39%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1931 WSH AL 24 23 4 23 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1933 WSH AL 26 33 3 33 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 27 0
1934 WSH AL 27 42 39 42 39 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1935 WSH AL 28 110 101 110 106 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1936 WSH AL 29 86 76 86 83 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1937 DET AL 30 27 13 27 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1941 WSH AL 34 14 0 14 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
7 Seasons 335 236 335 267 0 267 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 75 0
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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists as C s c a p y
1935 AL  52 (5th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1935 AL  12 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1935 AL  9 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1935 AL  41 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1935 AL  22 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1936 AL  40.8 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1936 AL  3.99 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1936 AL  .979 (4th)

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