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Jack
Bolling		  
Nickname: JB
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 168
 
Born: February 20, 1917 in Usa, AL, MOBILE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1948    1949   
All-Star Selections 1943    1944    1946    1948   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 22 DET AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 3 3 7 9 8 3 4 4 9 10 10
1940 23 DET AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 2 3 3 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 9 9
1941 24 DET AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 3 4 4 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 9 9
1942 25 DET AL $ 300,000   10 10 9 3 4 4 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 10 10
1943 26 DET AL $ 3,492,857   10 10 9 3 4 3 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 10 10
1944 27 DET AL $ 3,492,857   10 10 9 4 4 4 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 9 9
1945 28 DET AL $ 3,492,857   10 10 9 4 5 4 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 10 10
1946 29 DET AL $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 3 4 4 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 9 9
1947 30 DET AL $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 9 9
1948 31 MIN AL $ 5,000,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 8 9 9 3 4 4 8 9 9
1949 32 MIN AL $ 5,000,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 9 9 3 4 4 8 8 8
1950 33 MIN AL $ 4,500,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 7 8 8 3 4 4 8 8 8
1951 34 PIT NL $ 4,500,000   6 6 5 1 2 2 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
1952 35 BSN NL $ 350,000   3 3 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 2 2 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   10 10 9 4 5 4 8 9 9 3 4 4 9 10 10
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
1939 22 DET AL 48 163 20 38 12 0 1 17 0 0 16 8 .233 .304 .325 .629 15.9 1.4
    AAA   68 275 32 100 20 2 5 44 2 1 32 5 .364 .430 .505 .935 54.3  
1940 23 DET AL 134 551 80 188 41 3 1 57 0 2 40 27 .341 .384 .432 .816 80.9 15.4
1941 24 DET AL 145 503 83 163 29 5 12 67 0 0 27 23 .324 .357 .473 .830 72.0 12.1
1942 25 DET AL 144 566 92 203 41 2 16 86 0 0 31 25 .359 .392 .523 .915 97.9 18.3
1943 26 DET AL 156 606 76 204 40 2 8 107 0 1 36 29 .337 .368 .449 .816 88.4 13.5
1944 27 DET AL 143 563 66 193 48 1 11 106 1 1 43 28 .343 .386 .490 .876 92.2 17.6
1945 28 DET AL 153 625 93 205 59 1 10 100 0 0 49 27 .328 .373 .474 .847 99.5 20.6
1946 29 DET AL 135 535 91 172 36 5 8 80 1 1 41 31 .321 .369 .452 .821 75.5 13.9
1948 31 MIN AL 150 540 84 170 43 0 6 71 3 1 48 32 .315 .369 .428 .796 76.9 10.8
1949 32 MIN AL 155 571 71 171 43 3 9 75 0 0 38 37 .299 .341 .433 .774 76.9 9.5
1950 33 MIN AL 140 515 67 167 43 0 8 71 0 0 37 38 .324 .371 .454 .825 76.8 11.7
1951 34 NYG NL 20 76 9 23 4 1 0 12 0 0 6 4 .303 .361 .382 .743 9.1 0.9
  PIT NL 52 71 16 25 6 0 0 9 0 0 9 3 .352 .425 .437 .862 11.7 2.3
  TOT   72 147 25 48 10 1 0 21 0 0 15 7 .327 .393 .408 .801 20.8 3.2
1952 35 AAA   111 381 38 98 16 0 8 48 0 0 25 79 .257 .303 .362 .665 41.4  
12 Years Sim 1575 5885 848 1922 445 23 90 858 5 6 421 312 .327 .370 .456 .826 873.6 148.1
2 Years AAA 179 656 70 198 36 2 13 92 2 1 57 84 .302 .355 .422 .777 95.7  
162 Game Average 605 87 197 45 2 9 88 0 0 43 32 .327 .370 .456 .826 89.9  
Career Highs 156 625 93 205 59 5 16 107 3 2 49 38 .359 .393 .523 .915 99.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4564 687 1533 343 18 74 699 3 3 349 224 .336 .381 .468 .849 748.5
vs LH   1321 161 389 102 5 16 159 2 3 72 88 .294 .328 .416 .744 169.1
Home 795 2908 418 941 244 8 39 421 5 2 200 167 .324 .365 .453 .819 444.6
Away 780 2977 430 981 201 15 51 437 0 4 221 145 .330 .374 .459 .832 473.0
RISP   1559 0 524 123 9 26 708 0 0 141 88 .336 .383 .477 .859 266.9
Pinch Hitting   173 27 52 6 0 1 25 0 0 16 3 .301 .358 .353 .710 22.1
Close/Late   711 62 223 55 1 7 81 0 0 66 35 .314 .371 .423 .794 106.3
Mar/Apr 265 1007 149 346 81 5 17 143 0 0 66 59 .344 .382 .485 .866 168.5
May 266 966 133 335 63 3 14 150 0 2 69 47 .347 .390 .462 .851 158.4
June 249 981 141 327 78 5 15 132 2 2 62 54 .333 .371 .469 .840 155.5
July 269 971 136 308 69 1 10 130 1 0 65 50 .317 .357 .421 .778 137.8
August 274 1011 148 330 81 4 16 158 2 2 77 53 .326 .372 .462 .834 160.5
Sep/Oct 252 949 141 276 73 5 18 145 0 0 82 49 .291 .346 .435 .781 137.0
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
1939 22 DET AL 1B 44 42 361.0 499 31 5 48 .991 13.21   0.5
1940 23 DET AL 1B 134 126 1152.3 1528 108 13 127 .992 12.78   2.1
1941 24 DET AL 1B 122 110 981.0 1421 97 13 141 .992 13.93   2.9
1942 25 DET AL 1B 135 122 1131.3 1563 113 11 144 .993 13.33   3.4
1943 26 DET AL 1B 152 144 1295.3 1601 97 15 143 .991 11.80   2.6
1944 27 DET AL 1B 137 132 1192.0 1482 104 11 116 .993 11.97   3.5
1945 28 DET AL 1B 153 148 1314.3 1624 98 19 167 .989 11.79   2.6
1946 29 DET AL 1B 123 118 1096.3 1336 102 9 149 .994 11.80   2.2
1948 31 MIN AL 1B 142 125 1119.0 1544 92 13 154 .992 13.16   2.3
1949 32 MIN AL 1B 143 140 1225.0 1568 141 24 176 .986 12.56   1.7
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1950 33 MIN AL 1B 131 125 1080.0 1395 110 13 130 .991 12.54   2.5
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1951 34 NYG NL 1B 13 8 136.2 174 7 2 14 .989 11.96   0.4
  PIT NL 1B 34 20 131.4 168 6 1 13 .994 11.92   0.2
  1B 1463 1360 12215.3 15903 1106 149 1522 .991 12.53   27.0
  3B 3 0 4.0 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1466 1360 12219.3 15903 1107 150 1522 .991 12.53   27.0
Career Highs   153 148 1314.3 1624 142 24 176 .994 13.93    
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
1941 24 DET AL 10 44 6 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .227 .244 .250 .494
1946 29 DET AL 8 21 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .190 .250 .238 .488
1948 31 MIN AL 4 19 2 7 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 1 .368 .400 .579 .979
Career Post-Season Batting 22 84 12 21 6 0 0 12 0 0 3 5 .250 .281 .321 .602
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.
Batting Average
1940-2-.341
1941-8-.324
1942-2-.359
1943-3-.337
1944-3-.343
1945-3-.328
1946-6-.321
1948-8-.315
1950-7-.324
CAR-12-.327
 On-Base Pct
1940-9-.384
1942-10-.392
 Slugging Pct
1942-6-.523
1944-9-.490
 OPS
1942-8-.915
 XR
1942-10-97.9
1945-9-99.5
 Games
1943-8-156
1949-10-155
At-Bats
1943-6-606
1945-2-625
 Hits
1940-5-188
1942-1-203
1943-1-204
1944-2-193
1945-2-205
1948-10-170
 Total Bases
1942-7-296
1943-8-272
1944-8-276
1945-5-296
 Singles
1940-2-143
1942-2-144
1943-1-154
1944-5-133
1945-3-135
 Doubles
1940-10-41
1943-5-40
1944-1-48
1945-1-59
1946-8-36
1948-2-43
1949-5-43
1950-4-43
 RBIs
1943-6-107
1944-6-106
1945-7-100
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 92    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  5. Dave Stapleton (875)
  6. Ed Stevens (873)
  7. Paul Waner (866)
  8. Roy Johnson (866)
  9. Earl Clark (866)
  10. Dixie Walker (863)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Detroit in 1939
Injured on 5/23/1939 with a Torn Groin Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/4/1939, off George Blaeholder (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 7/31/1939, off Schoolboy Rowe (BOS)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Montreal on 6/2/1940
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Pittsburgh on 7/26/1940
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against St. Louis (C) on 8/18/1940
Injured on 9/5/1940 with a Fractured Knee, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1942, hitting .556 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1942, hitting .415 with 5 HR, 22 RBI
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,492,857 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
2/1/1944: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,492,857 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 4/4/1944
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Tampa Bay on 4/24/1944
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Diego on 5/1/1944
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 9/1/1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,492,857 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1945, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1945, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 19 RBI
7/31/1945: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $5,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 3/14/1947 with a Broken Wrist, out for full season
Traded from Detroit to Minnesota on 2/1/1948 (Going to MIN: 1B Jack Bolling. Going to DET: C Dixie Parsons)
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1948
Drove in 7 runs against New York (A) on 6/15/1949
7/31/1949: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $4,500,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1949
Injured on 6/15/1950 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 8/4/1950
Traded from Minnesota to New York (N) on 3/3/1951 (Going to NYG: P Frank Barrett, 1B Jack Bolling. Going to MIN: CF Joe Dimaggio)
Traded from New York (N) to Pittsburgh on 5/1/1951 (Going to NYG: 2B Garvin Hamner. Going to PIT: 1B Jack Bolling)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/2/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
 
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