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Frank Bolling

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: November 16, 1931 in Mobile, AL us

Died: July 11, 2020 in Mobile, AL

Buried: Spring Hill Memorial Gardens, Mobile, AL

High School: McGill Catholic HS (Mobile, AL)

School: Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL)

Debut: April 13, 1954 (Age 22-148d, 11,070th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 15, 1966 (Age 34-303d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1954 season

Full Name: Francis Elmore Bolling

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Relatives: Brother of Milt Bolling

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.9

5562

1415

106

.254

692

RBI

556

OBP

.313

SLG

.366

OPS

.679

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	1	2B
2	2	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	5	0	10	2	2B
3	3	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
4	4	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	2B
5	5	Apr 19	DET		CLE	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
6	6	Apr 20	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
7	7	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
8	8	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
9	9	Apr 23	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
10	10	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
11	11	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
12	12	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
13	13	Apr 27	DET	@	CLE	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
14	14	Apr 29	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
15	15	Apr 30	DET	@	NYY	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	4	5	0	9	2	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	2B
17	17	May 4 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
18	18	May 4 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
19	19	May 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	3	2B
20	20	May 7 (2)	DET	@	WSH	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
21	21	May 8	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	2B
22	22	May 9	DET		KCA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
23	23	May 10	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
24	24	May 11	DET		KCA	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
25	25	May 13	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
26	26	May 14	DET		CLE	L,8-9	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
27	27	May 15	DET		CLE	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
28	28	May 16	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
29	29	May 17	DET	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	32	8.1	4	5	0	9	1	2B
30	30	May 18	DET	@	KCA	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
31	31	May 20	DET		BAL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
32	32	May 21	DET		BAL	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
33	33	May 22	DET		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	2B
34	34	May 23	DET		NYY	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
35	35	May 24	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	7	0	10	0	2B
36	36	May 25 (1)	DET		WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	7	1	13	3	2B
37	37	May 25 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
38	38	May 27	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
39	39	May 28	DET		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
40	40	May 30 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
41	41	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
42	42	May 31	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 3	DET	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
44	44	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
45	45	Jun 5	DET	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	1	9	1	2B
46	46	Jun 6	DET	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
47	47	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	2	4	0	6	0	2B
48	48	Jun 8	DET	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
49	49	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
50	50	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
51	51	Jun 11 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	44	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
52	52	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
53	53	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	2B
54	54	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	7	1	14	2	2B
55	55	Jun 15 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
56	56	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
57	57	Jun 17	DET		WSH	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
58	58	Jun 19	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
59	59	Jun 20	DET		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
60	60	Jun 21	DET		NYY	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
61	61	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-15	CG	51	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
62	62	Jun 23	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
63	63	Jun 24	DET		BAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
64	64	Jun 26	DET		BAL	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
65	65	Jun 27	DET		BOS	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
66	66	Jun 28	DET		BOS	L,5-6	CG	49	12.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
67	67	Jun 29	DET		BOS	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
68	68	Jun 30	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	69	Jul 1	DET		KCA	L,1-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
70	70	Jul 2	DET		KCA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
71	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
72	72	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
73	73	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
74	74	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
75	75	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
76	76	Jul 11	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	2	2	0	4	0	2B
77	77	Jul 12	DET	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
78	78	Jul 13 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
79	79	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
80	80	Jul 14	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
81	81	Jul 15	DET	@	NYY	W,12-5	GS	23	6.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
82	82	Jul 16	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
83	83	Jul 17	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
84	84	Jul 18	DET	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	49	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
85	85	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	48	11.1	3	4	0	7	0	2B
86	86	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
87	87	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	2B
88	88	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
89	89	Jul 23	DET		NYY	L,4-16	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	3	2B
90	90	Jul 24	DET		NYY	L,7-10	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
91	91	Jul 25	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
92	92	Jul 26	DET		WSH	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
93	93	Jul 27 (1)	DET		WSH	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	4	8	0	12	1	2B
94	94	Jul 27 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
95	95	Jul 28	DET		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
96	96	Jul 29	DET		BOS	L,8-11	CG	51	11.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
97	97	Jul 30	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
98	98	Jul 31	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 1	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
100	100	Aug 2	DET		BAL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	7	1	11	0	2B
101	101	Aug 3 (1)	DET		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
102	102	Aug 3 (2)	DET		BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
103	103	Aug 5	DET		CLE	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
104	104	Aug 8	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
105	105	Aug 9	DET		CHW	L,3-9	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
106	106	Aug 10 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
107	107	Aug 10 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
108	108	Aug 11	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
109	109	Aug 12	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
110	110	Aug 13 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
111	111	Aug 13 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
112	112	Aug 14	DET	@	CLE	L,9-10	CG	51	9.2	7	6	0	13	3	2B
113	113	Aug 15	DET	@	KCA	L,5-12	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
114	114	Aug 16	DET	@	KCA	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
115	115	Aug 17	DET	@	KCA	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
116	116	Aug 19	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
117	117	Aug 20	DET	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
118	118	Aug 21	DET	@	BAL	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
119	119	Aug 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
120	120	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
121	121	Aug 24 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	2B
122	122	Aug 24 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
123	123	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
124	124	Aug 27 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
125	125	Aug 29	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
126	126	Aug 30	DET	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
127	127	Aug 31	DET	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
128	128	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	KCA	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
129	129	Sep 1 (2)	DET	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
130	130	Sep 2	DET	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
131	131	Sep 3	DET		CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
132	132	Sep 4	DET		CHW	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
133	133	Sep 5	DET		KCA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
134	134	Sep 6	DET		KCA	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
135	135	Sep 7	DET		KCA	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
136	136	Sep 9	DET		WSH	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
137	137	Sep 10	DET		WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	2B
138	138	Sep 11	DET		WSH	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
139	139	Sep 12	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
140	140	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,13-2	GS	18	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
141	141	Sep 14 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
142	142	Sep 14 (2)	DET		BOS	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
143	143	Sep 16	DET		NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	5	1	7	0	2B
144	144	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
145	145	Sep 19	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
146	146	Sep 20 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
147	147	Sep 20 (2)	DET		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
148	148	Sep 21	DET		CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
149	149	Sep 23	DET	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
150	150	Sep 24	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
151	151	Sep 25	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
152	152	Sep 26	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
153	153	Sep 27	DET	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
154	154	Sep 28	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
							154gm		1350.1	342	445	12	799	109