Tom Bolton
Thomas Edward Bolton
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 6, 1962 in Nashville, TN
High School: Antioch (Antioch, TN)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 17, 1987
Final Game: July 30, 1994
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 BOS AL 25 P 29 0 61.2 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 1.75 0.41 .950 1.84 0.67
1988 BOS AL 26 P 28 0 30.1 11 1 10 0 0 1.000 3.26 0.39 .964 1.78 0.67
1989 BOS AL 27 P 4 4 17.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.56 0.75 .967 1.87 0.65
1990 BOS AL 28 P 21 16 119.2 26 4 21 1 1 .962 1.88 1.19 .954 1.78 0.59
1991 BOS AL 29 P 25 19 110.0 18 1 15 2 3 .889 1.31 0.64 .961 1.80 0.58
1992 TOT MLB 30 P 37 9 75.1 18 3 14 1 1 .944 2.03 0.46 .956 1.85 0.58
1992 BOS AL 30 P 21 1 29.0 7 0 6 1 1 .857 1.86 0.29 .957 1.71 0.56
1992 CIN NL 30 P 16 8 46.1 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.14 0.69 .955 1.94 0.60
1993 DET AL 31 P 43 8 102.2 23 6 15 2 2 .913 1.84 0.49 .957 1.79 0.56
1994 BAL AL 32 P 22 0 23.1 6 3 3 0 1 1.000 2.31 0.27 .950 1.74 0.52
8 Seasons P 209 56 540.1 117 22 89 6 9 .949 1.85 0.53 .956 1.80 0.60
8 Seasons TOT 209 56 540.1 117 22 89 6 9 .949 1.85 0.53 .905 1.80 0.60

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
1987 BOS AL 25 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BOS AL 26 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BOS AL 27 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BOS AL 28 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 BOS AL 29 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 BOS AL 30 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CIN NL 30 16 8 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 DET AL 31 43 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BAL AL 32 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 209 8 16 209 209 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1987 BOS AL 25 300 74% 28% 10 100% 0 3 1 1 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 100%
1988 BOS AL 26 146 76% 33% 10 100% 0 1 0 1 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1989 BOS AL 27 86 78% 37% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BOS AL 28 515 78% 32% 22 91% 0 3 0 2 23 17 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 80%
1991 BOS AL 29 510 77% 39% 16 94% 0 1 1 0 15 11 3 2 1 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 2 50%
1992 BOS AL 30 141 72% 37% 7 86% 0 0 0 0 6 4 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1992 CIN NL 30 217 76% 41% 9 100% 0 3 1 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1993 DET AL 31 480 75% 33% 15 93% 0 6 0 5 15 10 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1994 BAL AL 32 117 79% 31% 3 100% 1 3 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
8 Seasons 2512 76% 34% 95 95% 1 21 4 13 91 70 12 6 2 1 3 2 9 6 8 0 20 90%
MLB Averages 77% 31% 91% 86%

* 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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