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Rod Bolton

Rodney Earl Bolton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 23, 1968 in Chattanooga, TN
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1993
Team: WhiteSox 1993-1995

Final Game: September 19, 1995
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1993 24 CHW AL 2 6 .250 7.44 9 8 0 0 0 0 42.1 55 40 35 4 16 0 17 1 0 4 197 57 1.677 11.7 0.9 3.4 3.6 1.06
1995 26 CHW AL 0 2 .000 8.18 8 3 2 0 0 0 22.0 33 23 20 4 14 1 10 0 0 1 109 56 2.136 13.5 1.6 5.7 4.1 0.71
2 Yrs 2 8 .200 7.69 17 11 2 0 0 0 64.1 88 63 55 8 30 1 27 1 0 5 306 57 1.834 12.3 1.1 4.2 3.8 0.90
162 Game Avg. 5 19 .200 7.69 41 27 5 0 0 0 156 214 153 134 19 73 2 66 2 0 12 743 57 1.834 12.3 1.1 4.2 3.8 0.90

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1993 24 CHW AL 42.1 9 8 40 8.50 4.71 0.46 0.12 100.5 4.40 -19 -1.6 .6 -0.0 -1.2 -14 .323 .490 $100,000
1995 26 CHW AL 22.0 8 3 23 9.41 5.48 -0.16 -0.05 93.7 5.23 -10 -0.9 .1 0.1 -0.5 -8 .390 .495 $
2 Seasons 64.1 17 11 63 8.81 4.97 0.25 0.06 98.2 4.68 -29 -2.5 .2 0.1 -1.7 -22 .355 .492 $100,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1993 24 CHW AL 9 197 175 40 55 6 2 4 2 0 16 17 .314 .367 .440 .807 .323 77 3 1 1 4 0 2
1995 26 CHW AL 8 109 94 23 33 6 1 4 1 0 14 10 .351 .431 .564 .995 .358 53 3 0 0 1 1 1
2 Yrs 17 306 269 63 88 12 3 8 3 0 30 27 .327 .390 .483 .873 .335 130 6 1 1 5 1 3
162 Game Avg. 41 743 653 153 214 29 7 19 7 0 73 66 .327 .390 .483 .873 .335 316 15 2 2 12 2 7
MLB Averages .267 .336 .414 .750 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1993 24 CHW AL -16.3 -1.4 205 -0.9 2.9 -3.8 .93 -0.7 -0.3 -11.8 -1.1 0.93 -8.0 0 0 1
1995 26 CHW AL -10.0 -0.9 110 -0.9 1.1 -1.9 .68 -1.0 -0.4 -10.5 -0.9 0.68 -9.1 0 0 4
2 Yrs -26.3 -2.3 315 -1.8 3.9 -5.7 .84 -1.7 -0.5 -22.3 -2.0 0.84 -17.1 0 0 5

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1993 24 CHW AL 9 8 1 6 1 0 0 2 6 .250 1 0 0 0 1 13% 37.4 70 12 10 8 0 5 3.6 2.4 4.8 76 4 3 1 0 104
1995 26 CHW AL 8 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 1 33% 34.0 38 28 4 2 1 1 5.7 6.0 4.2 74 2 0 1 0 102
2 Yrs 17 11 1 8 2 0 1 2 9 .182 1 0 0 0 2 18% 36 70 12 14 10 1 6 4.1 3.2 4.7 76 6 3 2 0 104
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 99 -8 4.8 4.8 6.0 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1993 24 CHW AL 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 .925 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 11.0 65
1995 26 CHW AL 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 9 .675 0 0 4 1 0 4 1 4 2 0 2 1 5.6 31
2 Yrs 17 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% .836 0 0 5 1 0 5 2 4 3 0 3 1 6.5 37

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1993 24 CHW AL 197 49% 2.0% 8.6% 8.1% 6.1% 22% 0.85 1.22 80% 21% 5.6% 15% 41 3 7%
1995 26 CHW AL 109 42% 3.7% 9.2% 12.8% 10.1% 33% 0.73 1.24 74% 26% 8.9% 8% 25 3 12%
2 Yrs 306 46% 2.6% 8.8% 9.8% 7.5% 26% 0.81 1.23 78% 23% 6.8% 13% 66 6 9%
MLB Averages 43% 2.5% 15.7% 8.9% 7.5% 32% 0.83 1.10 71% 21% 7.5% 16% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1993 24 CHW AL 198 674 3.40 414 61% 23% 11% 27% 39% 77% 0% 47% 86% 57% 7% 14 8 10% 19 9 0 0% 3 6 -1 0 2
1995 26 CHW AL 109 376 3.45 209 56% 29% 12% 18% 41% 71% 2% 39% 82% 56% 6% 7 2 10% 11 5 0 20% 2 4 0 0 0
2 Yrs 307 1050 3.42 623 59% 25% 11% 24% 40% 75% 1% 44% 85% 57% 7% 21 10 10% 30 14 0 7% 5 10 -1 0 2
MLB Averages 3.68 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1993 24 CHW AL 197 55 7 3 4 1 5 3 1 1 3 15 10 1 67% 2 4 0 75 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1995 26 CHW AL 109 33 2 0 4 0 2 2 2 3 1 5 2 0 40% 1 1 0 56 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Yrs 306 88 9 3 8 1 7 5 3 4 4 20 12 1 60% 3 5 0 131 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1993 24 2 6 .250 7.44 9 8 0 0 0 0 42.1 55 40 35 4 16 0 17 1 0 4 197 57 1.677 11.7 0.9 3.4 3.6 1.06 57
1994 25 2 6 .250 7.44 9 8 0 0 0 0 42.1 55 40 35 4 16 0 17 1 0 4 197 57 1.677 11.7 0.9 3.4 3.6 1.06 57
1995 26 2 8 .200 7.69 17 11 2 0 0 0 64.1 88 63 55 8 30 1 27 1 0 5 306 57 1.834 12.3 1.1 4.2 3.8 0.90 57

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1993 24 1 3 .250 7.90 41.0 56 40 36 4 16 17 1 1.756 12.3 3.5 3.7 1.06 0.9 9
1995 26 0 2 .000 8.61 23.0 37 24 22 4 16 11 0 2.304 14.5 6.3 4.3 0.69 1.6 8
2 Yrs 1 5 .167 8.16 64.0 93 64 58 8 32 28 1 1.953 13.1 3.9 0.88 1.1 17

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