Milt Bolling

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 177lb (185cm, 80kg)

Born: August 9, 1930 in Mississippi City, MS us

Died: January 19, 2013 in Mobile, AL

Buried: Body donated to University of South Alabama

High School: McGill-Toolen Catholic HS (Mobile, AL)

School: Troy University (Troy, AL)

Debut: September 10, 1952 (Age 22-032d, 10,963rd in major league history)
vs. DET 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 28, 1958 (Age 27-353d)
vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Milton Joseph Bolling

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Relatives: Brother of Frank Bolling

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.4

1161

280

.241

127

RBI

OBP

.313

SLG

.345

OPS

.658

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 23)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 18 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	52	13.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
2	11 (6)	Apr 29	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
3	12	Apr 30	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	13	May 1	BOS		CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
5	14	May 7	BOS		WSH	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	SS
6	15	May 11	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	4	7	0	11	4	SS
7	16	May 12	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	SS
8	17	May 13	BOS	@	BAL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
9	18	May 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
10	19	May 15	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GS	24	6.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
11	20	May 16 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
12	21	May 16 (2)	BOS	@	DET	L,8-9	CG	57	13.2	1	6	0	7	0	SS
13	22	May 17	BOS	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
14	23	May 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
15	24	May 19	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	5	6	3	14	3	SS
16	25	May 21	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
17	26	May 22	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	4	4	0	8	0	SS
18	27	May 23	BOS	@	NYY	W,10-9	GS	34	6.0	1	2	2	5	0	SS
19	28	May 25	BOS	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
20	29	May 26	BOS	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	27	7.0	2	3	1	6	0	SS
21	30	May 28	BOS		NYY	L,9-10	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	SS
22	31	May 29	BOS		NYY	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
23	32	May 30	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
24	33	May 31 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,20-10	CG	49	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
25	34	May 31 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	35	Jun 1	BOS		PHA	L,6-16	CG	52	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	SS
27	36	Jun 2	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
28	37	Jun 3	BOS		CHW	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	SS
29	38	Jun 4	BOS		CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	5	1	9	2	SS
30	39	Jun 5 (1)	BOS		DET	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	4	7	0	11	2	SS
31	40	Jun 5 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
32	41	Jun 6	BOS		DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	SS
33	42	Jun 7 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	SS
34	43	Jun 7 (2)	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	50	12.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
35	44	Jun 8	BOS		BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
36	45	Jun 9	BOS		BAL	W,7-6	CG	46	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	SS
37	46	Jun 10 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	SS
38	47	Jun 10 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,0-9	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	SS
39	48	Jun 11	BOS		CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
40	49	Jun 12	BOS		CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	SS
41	50	Jun 13 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	SS
42	51	Jun 13 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
43	52	Jun 14	BOS		CLE	L,5-13	CG	53	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	SS
44	53	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
45	54	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	SS
46	55	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
47	56	Jun 18	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
48	57	Jun 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
49	58	Jun 20 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	SS
50	59	Jun 20 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	SS
51	60	Jun 22	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	51	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
52	61	Jun 23	BOS	@	BAL	L,7-8	GS	41	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	SS
53	62	Jun 25	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
54	63	Jun 26	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
55	64	Jun 27 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	SS
56	65	Jun 27 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	45	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
57	66	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	L,5-14	CG	51	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
58	67	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	68	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	SS
60	69	Jul 2	BOS		PHA	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	1	SS
61	70	Jul 3	BOS		PHA	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
62	71	Jul 4	BOS		PHA	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	SS
63	72	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,14-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
64	73	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	0	3	1	4	1	SS
65	74	Jul 6	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
66	75	Jul 7	BOS	@	NYY	L,9-17	CG	42	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	SS
67	76	Jul 9	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
68	77	Jul 10	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	45	11.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
69	78	Jul 11 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,18-0	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
70	79	Jul 11 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	1	SS
71	80	Jul 15 (1)	BOS		DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	SS
72	81	Jul 15 (2)	BOS		DET	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	1	7	1	SS
73	82	Jul 16	BOS		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	SS
74	83	Jul 17	BOS		DET	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	4	7	0	11	1	SS
75	84	Jul 18 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	1	SS
76	85	Jul 18 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
77	86	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
78	87	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	2	8	1	SS
79	88	Jul 20	BOS		CLE	T,5-5	CG	64	16.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
80	89	Jul 21	BOS		CLE	T,7-7	CG	38	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
81	90	Jul 22 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	SS
82	91	Jul 22 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	SS
83	92	Jul 23	BOS		CHW	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
84	93	Jul 24	BOS		CHW	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	SS
85	94	Jul 25 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
86	98 (3)	Jul 29	BOS	@	CLE	W,10-2	GF	9	2.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	101 (2)	Aug 1	BOS	@	DET	W,10-8	GS	17	3.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
88	102	Aug 3	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
89	103	Aug 4	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	33	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
90	104	Aug 5	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	105	Aug 6	BOS	@	BAL	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
92	106	Aug 7	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
93	118 (11)	Aug 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-8	GF	29	6.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	132 (13)	Sep 1 (2)	BOS		CHW	L,3-6	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	SS
95	133	Sep 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	31	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	SS
96	134	Sep 4	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	SS
97	135	Sep 5 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	1	SS
98	136	Sep 5 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	SS
99	137	Sep 6 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	2	1	1	4	0
100	138	Sep 6 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-7	GS	36	7.0	2	3	2	7	0	SS
101	139	Sep 8	BOS	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	SS
102	140	Sep 9	BOS	@	DET	W,8-0	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
103	145 (4)	Sep 14	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	1	6	0	7	0	SS
104	146	Sep 15	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	SS
105	147	Sep 17	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	SS
106	148	Sep 18	BOS	@	WSH	L,7-8	GS	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
107	149	Sep 19	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	SS
108	150	Sep 20	BOS		PHA	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	SS
109	151	Sep 21 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	3	4	0	7	1	SS
110	152	Sep 21 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	2	SS
111	153	Sep 24 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,0-1	CG	45	11.0	2	4	1	7	2	SS
112	154	Sep 24 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	GS	26	5.0	0	5	1	6	0	SS
							112gm		942.2	191	377	33	601	73