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Frank Bolling	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 1'' Weight: 185   Born: November 16, 1931 in Usa, AL, MOBILE

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1964

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1954	22	NYG	NL		0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1955	23	NYG	NL		0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1956	24	STL	NL		0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1957	25	STL	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1958	26	STL	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1959	27	STL	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1960	28	STL	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1961	29	STL	NL	$ 445,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1962	30	STL	NL	$ 685,714	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1963	31	STL	NL	$ 721,429	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1964	32	STL	NL	$ 1,200,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1965	33	STL	NL	$ 1,200,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1966	34	STL	NL	$ 1,200,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1967	35	STL	NL	$ 1,200,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1968	36	STL	NL		0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings					0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 1,200,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1954	22	NYG	NL					5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	8	8
1955	23	NYG	NL					5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	8	8
1956	24	STL	NL					5	5	5	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	8	8
1957	25	STL	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	3	3	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	8	8	8
1958	26	STL	NL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	3	3	3	6	5	6	4	4	4	8	8	8
1959	27	STL	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	6	3	3	3	6	5	6	5	4	5	8	8	8
1960	28	STL	NL	$ 300,000				6	6	7	3	3	3	6	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	8
1961	29	STL	NL	$ 445,000				6	6	6	3	3	3	6	5	6	5	5	5	8	8	8
1962	30	STL	NL	$ 685,714				6	6	6	3	3	3	6	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	8
1963	31	STL	NL	$ 721,429				6	6	6	3	3	3	6	5	6	5	5	5	8	8	8
1964	32	STL	NL	$ 1,200,000				6	6	7	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8
1965	33	STL	NL	$ 1,200,000				6	6	6	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8
1966	34	STL	NL	$ 1,200,000				6	6	6	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8
1967	35	STL	NL	$ 1,200,000				6	6	7	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	8
1968	36	STL	NL					3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 1,200,000				6	6	7	4	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	5	8	8	8

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
1964	32	STL	NL	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.3
1 Years Sim				0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	.000	.250	.000	.250	0.3

Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										0	0	0	1	0		.000	1.000	.000	1.000
vs LH										0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000
Home	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	.000	.250	.000	.250
Mar/Apr	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	.000	.250	.000	.250

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1954	22	AAA		83	284	52	87	16	4	17	48	10	2	33	27	.306	.379	.570	.949	58.6
		AA		26	86	11	26	5	1	3	18	3	3	9	12	.302	.368	.488	.857	14.3
1955	23	AAA		136	561	79	138	23	2	16	58	17	13	45	53	.246	.302	.380	.682	63.8
1956	24	AAA		137	586	80	150	29	2	23	87	9	8	41	59	.256	.305	.430	.735	75.2
1957	25	STL	NL	128	431	37	93	21	1	6	31	5	1	28	57	.216	.267	.311	.578	32.5	0.3
		AAA		26	108	20	31	7	0	2	9	2	0	6	15	.287	.325	.407	.732	13.9
1958	26	STL	NL	154	556	55	138	24	3	8	56	4	3	43	76	.248	.302	.345	.648	56.3	4.3
1959	27	STL	NL	154	533	63	147	25	2	10	58	9	6	35	87	.276	.322	.386	.709	61.2	7.9
1960	28	STL	NL	100	250	15	54	9	0	5	19	1	1	12	33	.216	.256	.312	.568	18.5	0.4
1961	29	STL	NL	105	226	24	65	14	2	2	28	0	0	17	26	.288	.336	.394	.730	28.2	4.9
1962	30	STL	NL	80	169	21	47	11	2	1	16	0	0	7	17	.278	.307	.385	.691	18.1	4.1
1963	31	STL	NL	85	162	23	37	9	2	4	20	2	0	11	18	.228	.277	.383	.660	15.2	2.2
1964	32	STL	NL	58	112	16	35	4	1	4	13	0	0	4	18	.313	.333	.473	.807	16.1	3.4
1965	33	STL	NL	71	92	10	32	2	1	1	9	1	0	7	7	.348	.386	.424	.810	14.7	3.4
1966	34	STL	NL	89	142	16	45	9	0	2	12	2	1	11	20	.317	.364	.423	.786	20.6	4.6
1967	35	STL	NL	106	180	16	45	3	0	6	24	3	1	10	18	.250	.285	.367	.652	19.8	2.6
1968	36	STL	NL	146	434	29	98	14	2	2	32	2	1	23	76	.226	.264	.281	.545	28.6	0.1
12 Years Sim				1276	3287	325	836	145	16	51	318	29	14	208	453	.254	.299	.355	.654	329.6	38.1
4 Years AAA				382	1539	231	406	75	8	58	202	38	23	125	154	.264	.321	.436	.757	211.6
1 Years AA				26	86	11	26	5	1	3	18	3	3	9	12	.302	.365	.488	.853	14.3
5 Years Minors				408	1625	242	432	80	9	61	220	41	26	134	166	.266	.324	.439	.763	225.9
162 Game Average					417	41	106	18	2	6	40	3	1	26	57	.254	.299	.355	.654	41.8
Career Highs				154	556	63	147	25	3	10	58	9	6	43	87	.348	.386	.473	.810	61.2

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		1853	181	454	83	7	28	182	13	7	117	267	.245	.291	.343	.633	180.9
vs LH		1434	144	382	62	9	23	136	16	7	91	186	.266	.310	.370	.680	161.7
Home	630	1632	146	407	67	7	29	160	13	8	100	220	.249	.293	.352	.645	165.5
Away	646	1655	179	429	78	9	22	158	16	6	108	233	.259	.305	.357	.662	177.2
RISP		713	0	186	33	2	8	235	0	0	60	86	.261	.315	.346	.662	78.7
Pinch Hitting		342	34	88	8	0	7	59	1	1	20	41	.257	.295	.342	.637	34.6
Close/Late		400	35	99	15	3	5	39	0	0	37	55	.248	.313	.338	.651	42.8
Mar/Apr	164	412	41	111	25	3	8	49	3	0	24	43	.269	.308	.403	.710	49.9
May	222	582	57	140	21	1	7	56	6	2	38	79	.241	.288	.316	.605	52.7
June	210	524	47	129	21	1	6	44	8	2	45	78	.246	.304	.324	.629	53.5
July	212	557	62	146	31	5	6	52	4	2	32	79	.262	.305	.368	.673	59.7
August	235	592	58	154	21	4	6	45	2	3	31	88	.260	.297	.340	.636	57.3
Sep/Oct	233	620	60	156	26	2	18	72	6	5	38	86	.252	.295	.387	.682	69.6

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1957	25	STL	NL	3B	99	98	784.0	57	185	7	21	.972	2.78					3.3
				SS	26	24	203.3	40	81	2	16	.984	5.36					1.0
				1B	6	0	14.0	14	1	0	1	1.000	9.64					0.0
				2B	3	0	6.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.50					0.0
1958	26	STL	NL	2B	83	80	681.7	143	269	9	59	.979	5.44					2.2
				3B	35	34	312.7	21	79	0	6	1.000	2.88					1.0
				SS	36	35	295.7	54	124	8	26	.957	5.42					0.9
				1B	1	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	13.50					0.0
1959	27	STL	NL	SS	102	99	843.3	126	330	7	74	.985	4.87					4.3
				2B	47	42	374.3	70	152	5	29	.978	5.34					1.1
				1B	5	1	18.0	21	0	0	2	1.000	10.50					0.0
1960	28	STL	NL	SS	36	29	271.0	32	112	2	21	.986	4.78					1.0
				2B	29	24	204.7	49	75	3	25	.976	5.45					0.6
				3B	14	2	47.0	3	10	0	0	1.000	2.49					0.2
				1B	2	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.00					0.0
1961	29	STL	NL	3B	34	27	227.0	13	57	1	4	.986	2.78					0.7
				SS	40	21	211.3	31	77	4	13	.964	4.60					0.6
				1B	5	0	9.0	9	2	0	1	1.000	11.00					0.0
				2B	4	0	7.3	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.46					0.0
1962	30	STL	NL	2B	21	14	123.3	14	46	2	9	.968	4.38					0.4
				1B	12	10	86.3	105	12	0	7	1.000	12.20					0.2
				SS	17	5	63.7	10	32	2	5	.955	5.94					0.4
				3B	8	6	55.0	1	20	0	2	1.000	3.44					0.4
1963	31	STL	NL	2B	22	12	124.3	30	48	0	16	1.000	5.65					0.8
				1B	10	9	79.0	108	9	1	6	.992	13.33					0.2
				SS	19	4	60.0	8	20	0	3	1.000	4.20					0.3
				3B	8	6	50.0	4	7	1	1	.917	1.98					0.1
1964	32	STL	NL	2B	21	11	111.7	23	45	2	9	.971	5.48					0.6
				SS	13	7	68.3	10	24	2	4	.944	4.48					0.3
				1B	9	8	65.0	72	6	1	8	.987	10.80					0.1
				3B	4	2	17.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.06					0.0
				P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00
1965	33	STL	NL	2B	26	11	106.3	24	35	1	3	.983	4.99					0.4
				1B	6	2	27.0	32	1	0	2	1.000	11.00					0.1
				SS	8	1	21.0	7	10	0	1	1.000	7.29					0.2
				3B	3	0	9.0	0	1	1	0	.500	1.00					0.0
1966	34	STL	NL	2B	31	15	145.0	31	46	2	11	.975	4.78					0.6
				1B	8	4	52.0	57	5	0	6	1.000	10.73					0.1
				3B	6	3	39.0	5	12	0	0	1.000	3.92					0.3
				SS	5	1	17.0	0	7	0	1	1.000	3.71					0.1
1967	35	STL	NL	SS	18	8	98.3	15	37	5	9	.912	4.76					0.4
				2B	21	9	96.0	22	45	1	12	.985	6.28					0.2
				1B	16	8	92.0	105	9	0	5	1.000	11.15					0.1
				3B	4	1	14.0	1	3	1	0	.800	2.57					0.0
1968	36	STL	NL	2B	146	146	1155.3	268	417	9	85	.987	5.34					4.4
				2B	454	364	3136.0	675	1180	34	258	.982	5.32					11.3
				SS	320	234	2153.0	333	854	32	173	.974	4.96					9.5
				3B	215	179	1554.7	106	375	11	34	.978	2.78					5.9
				1B	80	42	446.3	528	45	2	38	.997	11.55					1.0
				P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00
Career Totals					1070	819	7290.9	1642	2455	79	503	.981	5.06					27.6
Career Highs					155	149	1292.0	268	482	17	105	.992	7.10

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1962	30	STL	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
1963	31	STL	NL	6	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500
1964	32	STL	NL	10	18	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	.333	.400	.333	.733
1966	34	STL	NL	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career Post-Season Batting				20	29	5	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.276	.323	.276	.598

Batting Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. (*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances. Season Rankings are League Based.

Singles 1959-6-110 Stolen Bases 1957-9-5 1958-9-4 1959-6-9 Caught Stealing 1958-7-3 1959-6-6

Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)    Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)

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History

Drafted in 3rd round, 34th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1954

Injured on 4/7/1954 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 5 weeks

Traded from New York (N) to St. Louis on 6/1/1956 (Going to NYG: LF Bob Addis, P Curt Simmons. Going to STL: 2B Frank Bolling, P Fred Hutchinson)

Had first career hit (double) on 5/2/1957, off Harry Byrd (OAK)

Hit first career homerun on 5/17/1957, off Kent Peterson (MON)

Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1959, hitting .522 with 1 HR, 7 RBI

Injured on 4/1/1960 with a Fractured Hand, out for 6 weeks

2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $445,000 through salary arbitration

2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $685,714 through salary arbitration

2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $721,429 through salary arbitration

9/22/1963: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,200,000 per year, for 4 years

Won World Championship with St. Louis in 1964

Injured on 7/9/1965 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week

10/13/1967: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $900,000 per year, for 4 years

Released by St. Louis on 10/22/1968

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