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Frank Bolling
Frank Elmore Bolling

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

MLB Debut April 13, 1954
Final Game September 15, 1966
Born November 16, 1931 in Mobile, AL
Died July 11, 2020 (age 88)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 22 DEA AL   70  105   16   21   2   0   2    5   0   0   10   20  .200  .270  .276  .546    79    29   9   0   1   0   3  
 1955           [Did not play]
 1956 24 DEA AL  100  283   49   74  16   5   3   27   1   2   34   36  .261  .338  .385  .723   101   109   7   3   2   0   7  
 1957 25 DEA AL  151  619   96  169  26   4  15   62   6   1   55   84  .273  .334  .401  .735   100   248  25   4   0   4  14  
 1958 26 DEA AL  154  608   86  158  19   4  17   66   8   5   49   78  .260  .316  .388  .704    94   236  18   6   2   4  10  
 1959 27 DEA AL  141  443   61  119  12   5  13   61   6   1   49   33  .269  .350  .406  .756    98   180   7   3   4   8  10  
 1960 28 DEA AL  154  568   72  136  21   5   9   68   3   2   43   40  .239  .294  .342  .636    87   194  12   4   3   3  12  
 1961 29 DEA AL  154  603   70  145  17   4  11   74   2   1   51   62  .240  .300  .337  .637    83   203  41   4   1   2  21  
 1962 30 MLN NL  138  439   50  116  16   3  11   47   2   1   30   53  .264  .315  .390  .705    99   171   0   1   4   3   8  
 1963 31 MLN NL  139  470   44  116  14   2   3   22   1   1   31   38  .247  .296  .304  .600    88   143   5   0   1   2  14  
 1964 32 MLN NL  137  380   23   76  18   2   5   30   0   0   19   51  .200  .241  .297  .538    78   113   6   2   1   2   4  
 1965 33 MLN NL  145  519   39  131  23   3   9   47   1   0   15   47  .252  .273  .360  .634    91   187   8   0   3   0   7  
 1966 34 ATN NL    6    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250  .400  .250  .650    86     1   0   0   0   1   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     1489 5041  606 1262 184  37  98  509  30  14  386  543  .250  .306  .360  .666        1814 138  27  22  29 110
 Per 600 PA           538   65  135  20   4  10   54   3   1   41   58                                 194  15   3   2   3  12
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With DEA      924 3229  450  822 113  27  70  363  26  12  291  353  .255  .318  .371  .689        1199 119  24  13  21  77
   With ATN      565 1812  156  440  71  10  28  146   4   2   95  190  .243  .283  .339  .623         615  19   3   9   8  33
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1540 5562  692 1415 221  40 106  556  40  38  462  558  .254  .313  .366  .679        2034  97  38  28  30 114
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1954 22 DEA AL  63    8   2.3  13   3   0  .231   5   21   14  .667    0    0  .000  2B   2e22      -93   
 1955           [Did not play]
 1956 24 DEA AL  52   37   4.4  10   3   0  .300   8   83   64  .771    0    0  .000  2B   2e19      -66   
 1957 25 DEA AL  24   84   4.6   0   0   0  .000  13  141  122  .865    0    0  .000  2B   2e16        3   
 1958 26 DEA AL  28   76   4.2   0   0   0  .000  19  164  141  .860    0    0  .000  2B   1e12      -15   
 1959 27 DEA AL  10   65   5.1   2   1   0  .500  11  126  111  .881    0    0  .000  2B   1e11       14   
 1960 28 DEA AL  29   57   3.4   0   0   0  .000  15  149  112  .752    0    0  .000  2B   2e20      -28   
 1961 29 DEA AL  34   60   3.1   0   0   0  .000  12  155  124  .800    0    0  .000  2B   2e11      -72   
 1962 30 MLN NL  17   53   4.3   6   0   0  .000   6  116   91  .784    0    0  .000  2B   2e10      -27   
 1963 31 MLN NL  32   40   2.9  11   3   0  .273  11  121   95  .785    0    0  .000  2B   2e17      -10   
 1964 32 MLN NL   6   27   2.4   6   0   0  .000   8  111   92  .829    0    0  .000  2B   2e14       14   
 1965 33 MLN NL  33   49   3.3   3   0   0  .000  22  137  105  .766    0    0  .000  2B   2e20      -24   
 1966 34 ATN NL  25    0   4.5   4   1   0  .250   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  2B   3e16      151   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 12 Seasons          561   3.7  55  11   0  .200 130 1325 1072  .809    0    0  .000                 -22   2
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 17.5 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 16.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1954 22 DEA AL  2B    58    80    64    5   25   .966    18   244.1   5.30
 1955           [Did not play]
 1956 24 DEA AL  2B    95   206   208    8   62   .981    69   648.1   5.75
 1957 25 DEA AL  2B   151   323   454   13  102   .984   149  1340.0   5.22
 1958 26 DEA AL  2B   154   369   441   19  112   .977   154  1396.0   5.22  GG
 1959 27 DEA AL  2B   138   320   351   11   76   .984   120  1107.0   5.46
                 SS     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1960 28 DEA AL  2B   154   331   450   15  100   .981   154  1380.1   5.09
 1961 29 DEA AL  2B   154   439   429   12  119   .986   154  1399.1   5.58
 1962 30 MLN NL  2B   132   293   326    6   87   .990   114  1045.2   5.33
 1963 31 MLN NL  2B   128   315   330   11   72   .983   119  1086.2   5.34
 1964 32 MLN NL  2B   131   240   313    8   73   .986   109   968.2   5.14
 1965 33 MLN NL  2B   143   321   391   22   84   .970   136  1193.0   5.37
 1966 34 ATN NL  2B     4     4     4    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 2B  1442  3241  3761  130  912   .982  1296 11817.1   5.33
                 SS     1     0     1    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1960 WS    DEA SFN   L    7  28  0  5  1  0  0   3  0  5  .179  .179  .214  0
 1961 WS    DEA SFN   W    7  31  2  6  1  0  0   3  3  5  .194  .286  .226  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


Draft History


Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1954  DEA   82-72   Tom Austad
 1956  DEA   65-89   Tom Austad
 1957  DEA   88-66   Tom Austad
 1958  DEA   95-59   Tom Austad
 1959  DEA   84-70   Tom Austad
 1960  DEA   96-58   Tom Austad
 1961  DEA  101-53   Tom Austad
 1962  MLN   79-83   Jeff Tripodi
 1963  MLN   63-99   Ron Tidrow
 1964  MLN   80-82   James Taglia, Drew Kennedy
 1965  MLN   75-87   James Taglia
 1966  ATN   89-73   James Taglia

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