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Frank Bolling
Frank Elmore Bolling
Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.
Born: November 16, 1931 in Mobile, AL
School: Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1951.
(All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 22)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Braves 1954-1966
Final Game: September 15, 1966 (Age 34)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Brother of Milt Bolling
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News -- April 2013
- 4/11 Tomahawk Take: Throwback Thursday: Tony Cloninger: Tony Cloninger was born on August 13, 1940, in North Carolina and was signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free...
News -- January 2013
- 1/21 Baseball Musings: Bolling Passes: Former infielder Milt Bolling died Saturday. Frank Bolling, Milt’s brother and a former MLB All-Star, told al.com’s Mark Inabinett...
- 1/2 Tomahawk Take: Braves All-Decade Teams: The 1960′s: We now head back to the 60′s for today’s all-decade team, a time when the Braves spent more time in Milwaukee than...
News -- October 2012
- 10/7 High Heat Stats: Why AL/NL WARs Differ in a Given Year (Hint: it’s more obvious than I thought): Recently I made the “shocking” discovery that the AL and NL don’t have the same season WAR totals (on a per-team...
News -- August 2012
- 8/2 Rising Apple: This Date in Mets History: 1963 – Mets Split Twin Bill with Braves at the County: The 1963 New York Mets are an…uh…improved team? New York has certainly taken this new National League presence to...
News -- June 2012
- 6/7 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: This Date in Washington Senators History – Bobo Newsom commences his 4th stint as a Senator: June 7 1933 - Cleveland GM Billy Evans hires former Senator legend Walter Johnson as manager. Johnson succeeds another former...
News -- April 2011
- 4/2 B-R Blog: Worst Opening Day performance ever? Not quite.: Regarding Albert Pujols' brutal season-opening performance vs. San Diego on Thursday, Greg Simons of The Hardball Times semi-facetiously...
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