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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	39	10.0	3	5	0	8	0	2B
2	9 (7)	Apr 29	DET	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	2	3	1	6	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	10	May 1 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
4	11	May 1 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
5	12	May 3	DET	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
6	13	May 4	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
7	14	May 6	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	8.2	3	1	0	4	1	2B
8	15	May 7	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	2B
9	18 (2)	May 13	DET		KCA	W,4-3	GF	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
10	19	May 14	DET		KCA	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
11	20	May 15 (1)	DET		KCA	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
12	21	May 15 (2)	DET		KCA	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	4	7	0	11	1	2B
13	22	May 17	DET		WSH	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
14	23	May 18	DET		WSH	L,0-3	CG	46	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
15	24	May 20	DET		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
16	25	May 21	DET		BAL	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
17	26	May 22 (1)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
18	27	May 22 (2)	DET		BOS	W,5-2	CG	44	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	2B
19	28	May 24	DET		NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
20	29	May 25	DET		NYY	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
21	30	May 28	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	10.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
22	31	May 29 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
23	32	May 29 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
24	33	May 30 (1)	DET	@	KCA	L,6-7	CG	52	10.2	4	7	1	12	1	2B
25	34	May 30 (2)	DET	@	KCA	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	5	3	2	10	0	2B
26	35	May 31	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	36	Jun 1	DET		CHW	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
28	37	Jun 2	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	2	2B
29	38	Jun 3	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	GS	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
30	39	Jun 4	DET	@	CLE	W,7-4	GS	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
31	40	Jun 5 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
32	41	Jun 5 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
33	42	Jun 7	DET	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
34	43	Jun 8	DET	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS	30	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
35	44	Jun 9 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
36	45	Jun 9 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	1	8	2	2B
37	46	Jun 10	DET	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
38	47	Jun 11	DET	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
39	48	Jun 12 (1)	DET	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
40	49	Jun 12 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,12-5	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
41	50	Jun 14	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
42	51	Jun 15	DET		BOS	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	4	2	0	6	2	2B
43	52	Jun 16	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
44	53	Jun 17	DET		BAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
45	54	Jun 18	DET		BAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	2B
46	55	Jun 19 (1)	DET		BAL	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
47	56	Jun 19 (2)	DET		BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
48	57	Jun 21	DET		NYY	L,0-6	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
49	58	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,3-7	GS	28	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
50	59	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
51	60	Jun 24	DET		WSH	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
52	61	Jun 25	DET		WSH	L,4-6	CG	57	14.0	6	5	0	11	1	2B
53	62	Jun 26 (1)	DET		WSH	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
54	63	Jun 26 (2)	DET		WSH	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
55	64	Jun 28	DET	@	BOS	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
56	65	Jun 29	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
57	66	Jun 30	DET	@	BOS	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	67	Jul 2	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	46	8.2	3	1	0	4	0	2B
59	68	Jul 3 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
60	69	Jul 3 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
61	70	Jul 4 (1)	DET		CHW	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
62	71	Jul 4 (2)	DET		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
63	72	Jul 6	DET		KCA	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
64	73	Jul 7	DET		KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
65	74	Jul 8	DET	@	KCA	L,4-5	CG	50	12.1	3	4	0	7	2	2B
66	75	Jul 9	DET	@	KCA	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
67	76	Jul 10	DET	@	KCA	W,12-10	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	2B
68	77	Jul 15	DET		NYY	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
69	78	Jul 16	DET		NYY	L,2-11	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
70	79	Jul 17 (1)	DET		NYY	W,12-2	GS	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
71	80	Jul 17 (2)	DET		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
72	81	Jul 19	DET		WSH	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	5	6	0	11	1	2B
73	82	Jul 20	DET		WSH	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
74	83	Jul 21	DET		WSH	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	6	1	12	1	2B
75	84	Jul 22	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	2B
76	85	Jul 23 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
77	86	Jul 23 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	0	2	0	2	0	2B
78	87	Jul 24	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	46	10.2	2	3	1	6	0	2B
79	88	Jul 26	DET	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
80	89	Jul 27	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	66	14.1	3	7	0	10	0	2B
81	90	Jul 28	DET	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	45	8.2	2	2	1	5	0	2B
82	91	Jul 29	DET	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
83	92	Jul 31 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
84	93	Jul 31 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	94	Aug 1	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
86	95	Aug 2 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
87	100 (4)	Aug 7 (1)	DET		BOS	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	2	2B
88	101	Aug 7 (2)	DET		BOS	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	6	0	8	4	2B
89	102	Aug 9	DET		BAL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	2	2B
90	103	Aug 10	DET		BAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
91	104	Aug 11	DET		BAL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
92	105	Aug 12	DET	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	46	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
93	106	Aug 13	DET	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
94	107	Aug 14 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
95	108	Aug 14 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
96	109	Aug 15	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
97	113 (3)	Aug 19	DET		CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
98	114	Aug 20	DET		CLE	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	2B
99	115	Aug 21 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
100	116	Aug 21 (2)	DET		CLE	W,6-4	CG	46	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
101	117	Aug 23	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	46	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	2B
102	118	Aug 24	DET	@	BAL	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	2B
103	119	Aug 25	DET	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	38	8.0	1	5	0	6	2	2B
104	120	Aug 26	DET	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	5	4	0	9	2	2B
105	121	Aug 27	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
106	122	Aug 28 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
107	123	Aug 28 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	0	4	1	5	2	2B
108	124	Aug 30 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	61	14.1	7	4	0	11	1	2B
109	125	Aug 30 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	2B
110	126	Aug 31	DET	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	127	Sep 2	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	3	1	8	0	2B
112	128	Sep 3	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
113	129	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
114	130	Sep 4 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	3	2	0	5	0	2B
115	131	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
116	132	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
117	133	Sep 6	DET		CLE	L,8-10	CG	48	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
118	134	Sep 7	DET		BOS	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
119	135	Sep 8	DET		BOS	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	2B
120	136	Sep 9	DET		NYY	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
121	137	Sep 10	DET		NYY	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	2B
122	138	Sep 11 (1)	DET		WSH	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
123	139	Sep 11 (2)	DET		WSH	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	3	6	0	9	1	2B
124	140	Sep 13	DET		BAL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
125	141	Sep 14	DET		BAL	L,10-11	CG	44	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
126	142	Sep 16	DET		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	2B
127	143	Sep 17	DET		CHW	L,4-8	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
128	144	Sep 18 (1)	DET		CHW	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
129	145	Sep 18 (2)	DET		CHW	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
130	146	Sep 20	DET	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
131	147	Sep 23	DET		KCA	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	2B
132	148	Sep 24	DET		KCA	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	2	2B
133	149	Sep 25	DET		KCA	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
134	150	Sep 26	DET	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	4	5	0	9	1	2B
135	151	Sep 27	DET	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
136	152	Sep 30	DET	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
137	153	Oct 1	DET	@	KCA	W,6-4	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
138	154	Oct 2	DET	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	3	3	1	7	2	2B
							138gm		1230.0	375	377	17	769	93