Bobby Bolin

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Born: January 29, 1939 in Hickory Grove, SC us

Debut: April 18, 1961 (Age 22-079d, 11,834th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 30, 1973 (Age 34-244d)
vs. MIL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, Sv

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Bobby Donald Bolin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.0

ERA

3.40

495

164

1576.0

1175

WHIP

1.244

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1957	18	NYG-min	D	15	9	.625	3.53	28	26		9	1		199.0	165	111	78	5	172		139	19	1	16				1.693	7.5	0.2	7.8	6.3	0.81	MIC MIDW
1958	19	SFG-min	C	10	8	.556	4.22	26	26		13	2		177.0	156	104	83	6	145		162	16	0	21				1.701	7.9	0.3	7.4	8.2	1.12	SCL NORL
1959	20	SFG-min	B	20	8	.714	2.84	31	30		23	9		225.0	158	81	71	11	144		271	11	2	10				1.342	6.3	0.4	5.8	10.8	1.88	EUG NORW
1960	21	SFG-min	AA,AAA	12	8	.600	3.19	39	22		8	2		175.0	143	76	62	12	78	1	157	15	1	7				1.263	7.4	0.6	4.0	8.1	2.01	RGV,TAC TL,PCL
1961	22	SFG	NL	2	2	.500	3.19	37	1	18	0	0	5	48.0	37	20	17	6	37	8	48	3	1	4	224	120	4.70	1.542	6.9	1.1	6.9	9.0	1.30
1962	23	SFG	NL	7	3	.700	3.62	41	5	17	2	0	6	92.0	84	41	37	10	35	5	74	5	0	2	394	106	3.73	1.293	8.2	1.0	3.4	7.2	2.11
1963	24	SFG	NL	10	6	.625	3.28	47	12	17	2	0	7	137.1	128	73	50	13	57	4	134	7	0	8	604	98	3.16	1.347	8.4	0.9	3.7	8.8	2.35
1964	25	SFG	NL	6	9	.400	3.25	38	23	4	5	3	1	174.2	143	71	63	16	77	3	146	10	1	5	743	109	3.62	1.260	7.4	0.8	4.0	7.5	1.90
1965	26	SFG	NL	14	6	.700	2.76	45	13	15	2	0	2	163.0	125	51	50	17	56	4	135	4	0	3	655	131	3.32	1.110	6.9	0.9	3.1	7.5	2.41
1966	27	SFG	NL	11	10	.524	2.89	36	34	1	10	4	1	224.1	174	85	72	25	70	10	143	10	0	6	919	129	3.80	1.088	7.0	1.0	2.8	5.7	2.04
1967	28	SFG	NL	6	8	.429	4.88	37	15	10	0	0	0	120.0	120	71	65	16	50	9	69	3	1	5	526	69	4.45	1.417	9.0	1.2	3.8	5.2	1.38
1968	29	SFG	NL	10	5	.667	1.99	34	19	2	6	3	0	176.2	128	44	39	9	46	9	126	4	0	9	696	151	2.47	0.985	6.5	0.5	2.3	6.4	2.74
1969	30	SFG	NL	7	7	.500	4.43	30	22	3	2	0	0	146.1	149	86	72	17	49	3	102	7	0	5	639	80	3.77	1.353	9.2	1.0	3.0	6.3	2.08
1970	31	TOT	AL	7	11	.389	4.63	38	20	11	3	0	3	140.0	133	84	72	20	72	9	89	5	0	5	627	82	4.87	1.464	8.6	1.3	4.6	5.7	1.24
1970	31	MIL	AL	5	11	.313	4.91	32	20	7	3	0	1	132.0	131	84	72	20	67	7	81	4	0	4	595	77	4.99	1.500	8.9	1.4	4.6	5.5	1.21
1970	31	BOS	AL	2	0	1.000	0.00	6	0	4	0	0	2	8.0	2	0	0	0	5	2	8	1	0	1	32		2.89	0.875	2.3	0.0	5.6	9.0	1.60
1971	32	BOS	AL	5	3	.625	4.26	52	0	20	0	0	6	69.2	74	34	33	7	24	4	51	0	0	3	304	88	3.33	1.407	9.6	0.9	3.1	6.6	2.13
1972	33	BOS-min	AAA	6	1	.857	2.20	25	1		1	1	6	45.0	37	11	11	3	9	1	48	1	0	2				1.022	7.4	0.6	1.8	9.6	5.33	LOU IL
1972	33	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	2.93	21	0	14	0	0	5	30.2	24	11	10	3	11	1	27	1	0	0	128	112	3.08	1.141	7.0	0.9	3.2	7.9	2.45
1973	34	BOS	AL	3	4	.429	2.70	39	0	29	0	0	15	53.1	45	16	16	5	13	2	31	1	0	1	212	150	3.41	1.088	7.6	0.8	2.2	5.2	2.38
13 Yrs				88	75	.540	3.40	495	164	161	32	10	51	1576.0	1364	687	596	164	597	71	1175	60	3	56	6671	104	3.64	1.244	7.8	0.9	3.4	6.7	1.97
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.540	3.40	51	17	17	3	1	5	163	141	71	61	17	62	7	121	6	0	6	688	104	3.64	1.244	7.8	0.9	3.4	6.7	1.97

SFG (9 yrs)				73	56	.566	3.26	345	144	87	29	10	22	1282.1	1088	542	465	129	477	55	977	53	3	47	5400	107	3.55	1.220	7.6	0.9	3.3	6.9	2.05
BOS (4 yrs)				10	8	.556	3.28	118	0	67	0	0	28	161.2	145	61	59	15	53	9	117	3	0	5	676	115	3.29	1.225	8.1	0.8	3.0	6.5	2.21
MIL (1 yr)				5	11	.313	4.91	32	20	7	3	0	1	132.0	131	84	72	20	67	7	81	4	0	4	595	77	4.99	1.500	8.9	1.4	4.6	5.5	1.21

NL (9 yrs)				73	56	.566	3.26	345	144	87	29	10	22	1282.1	1088	542	465	129	477	55	977	53	3	47	5400	107	3.55	1.220	7.6	0.9	3.3	6.9	2.05
AL (4 yrs)				15	19	.441	4.01	150	20	74	3	0	29	293.2	276	145	131	35	120	16	198	7	0	9	1271	94	4.05	1.348	8.5	1.1	3.7	6.1	1.65

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