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
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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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:31AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1990	21	CHW-min	A,A-	10	2	.833	1.23	13	13	0	4	2	0	95.0	61	18	13	0	23	1	95	4	1	1			0.884	5.8	0.0	2.2	9.0	4.13	SBN,UTI · MIDW,NYPL
1991	22	CHW-min	A+,AA	15	10	.600	1.78	27	27	0	8	4	0	192.2	154	55	38	5	44	1	134	10	1	6	772		1.028	7.2	0.2	2.1	6.3	3.05	SAR,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1992	23	CHW-min	AAA	11	9	.550	2.93	27	27	0	3	2	0	187.1	174	72	61	9	59	2	111	1	2	9	781		1.244	8.4	0.4	2.8	5.3	1.88	VAN · PCL
1993	24	CHW-min	AAA	10	1	.909	2.88	18	16	1	1	0	1	115.2	108	40	37	10	37	2	75	3	0	11	486		1.254	8.4	0.8	2.9	5.8	2.03	NVL · AA
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-min	AAA	14	3	.824	2.88	20	20	0	3	1	0	131.1	127	44	42	13	23	1	76	7	0	2	534		1.142	8.7	0.9	1.6	5.2	3.30	NVL · AA
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
1997	28	CIN-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.30	28	27	0	1	1	0	169.2	185	96	81	21	47	0	108	3	2	16	730		1.367	9.8	1.1	2.5	5.7	2.30	INA · AA
1998	29	CIN-min	AAA	12	11	.522	3.81	29	29	0	1	1	0	177.0	166	82	75	15	64	1	117	5	1	6	746		1.299	8.4	0.8	3.3	5.9	1.83	INA · IL
1999	30	PHI-min	AAA	11	10	.524	3.82	24	24	0	4	2	0	153.0	161	76	65	10	52	3	85	1	0	6	655		1.392	9.5	0.6	3.1	5.0	1.63	SWB · IL
2000	31	MIL-min	AAA	2	6	.250	5.43	22	5	5	0	0	2	56.1	66	35	34	9	21	2	37	1	0	4	252		1.544	10.5	1.4	3.4	5.9	1.76	INA · IL
2 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1993	24	CHW	AL	42.1	8	40	24	2	.9	-16	-1.6	$100,000

1995	26	CHW	AL	22.0	3	23	16	0	.7	-7	-0.6	$
2 Seasons				64.1	11	63	40	2	.8	-23	-2.2	$100,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1990	21	CHW-min	A-,A	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0	UTI,SBN · NYPL,MIDW
1991	22	CHW-min	AA,A+	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	BIR,SAR · SOUL,FLOR
1992	23	CHW-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	VAN · PCL
1993	24	CHW-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
1993	24	CHW	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1995	26	CHW-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	NVL · AA
1995	26	CHW	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1997	28	CIN-min	AAA	28	31	30	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.100	.100	.100	.200	3	0	0	1	0	0	INA · AA
1998	29	CIN-min	AAA	29	35	29	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	12	.103	.129	.138	.267	4	1	0	4	1	0	INA · IL
1999	30	PHI-min	AAA	24	15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.077	.200	.077	.277	1	1	0	0	0	0	SWB · IL
2000	31	MIL-min	AAA	22	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	INA · IL
2 Seasons				17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%	PO
1993	CHW	AL	24	P	9	8	42.1	13	4	9	1.000	2.76	1.44	.953	1.79	1.78	2	0%	1
1995	CHW	AL	26	P	8	3	22.0	5	2	3	1.000	2.05	0.63	.960	1.80	1.78	1	0%	0
	2 Seasons			P	17	11	64.1	18	6	12	1.000	2.52	1.06	.955	1.79	1.78	3	0%	1
	2 Seasons			TOT	17	11	64.1	18	6	12	1.000	2.52	1.06	.955	1.79	1.78	3	0%	1

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
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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.
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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the 1990 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1990.
January 9, 1996: Purchased by Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (Japan Pacific) from the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1993	24	Chicago White Sox	$100,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$100,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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