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Cliff
Bolton		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 160
 
Born: April 10, 1907 in Usa, NC, HIGH POINT
 
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
1931 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 7 8 7 5 6 6 10 10 10
1932 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 10 10 10
1933 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1934 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1935 28 SLC NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1936 29 SLC NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1937 30 SLC NL $ 508,571   6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 9 9 9
1938 31 PIT NL $ 2,510,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
1939 32 PIT NL $ 2,510,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 5 5 8 8 8
1940 33 MON NL $ 2,510,000   5 5 4 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 4 7 8 8
1941 34 MON NL     5 5 4 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 3 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 1 1 6 7 7 3 4 3 7 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,510,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 8 7 5 6 6 10 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
1931 24 SDP NL 6 22 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 1 .318 .375 .409 .784 3.3 0.7
    AAA   45 164 24 46 10 3 1 21 3 4 23 6 .280 .369 .396 .765 23.5  
    AA   92 377 52 106 21 5 7 47 9 6 56 11 .281 .374 .419 .793 59.6  
1932 25 SDP NL 29 51 8 19 3 0 0 10 0 0 3 1 .373 .407 .431 .839 7.6 1.7
1933 26 SDP NL 108 347 63 103 23 2 1 36 0 0 35 16 .297 .360 .383 .743 45.6 8.5
1934 27 SDP NL 96 289 44 83 12 4 1 37 0 0 37 9 .287 .369 .367 .736 40.2 6.8
1935 28 SLC NL 92 276 27 70 13 0 0 30 0 0 24 18 .254 .313 .301 .613 23.4 0.7
1936 29 SLC NL 63 119 16 47 10 3 0 27 0 0 11 2 .395 .444 .529 .973 23.8 5.2
1937 30 SLC NL 104 199 21 55 6 1 3 32 0 0 17 14 .276 .332 .362 .694 22.6 2.9
1938 31 PIT NL 82 186 14 44 7 2 0 17 0 0 21 15 .237 .316 .296 .611 18.9 1.4
1939 32 AAA   131 470 63 134 22 4 5 65 8 11 47 35 .285 .350 .381 .731 60.3  
1940 33 PIT NL 21 48 8 18 4 0 2 7 0 0 1 5 .375 .388 .583 .971 8.7 2.0
    AAA   83 317 41 71 10 3 1 29 6 5 37 22 .224 .305 .284 .589 28.7  
1941 34 AAA   137 491 62 134 25 0 2 48 14 8 48 42 .273 .338 .336 .674 56.4  
9 Years Sim 601 1537 202 446 80 12 7 200 0 0 151 81 .290 .353 .372 .725 194.0 29.9
4 Years AAA 396 1442 190 385 67 10 9 163 31 28 155 105 .267 .338 .346 .684 168.9  
1 Years AA 92 377 52 106 21 5 7 47 9 6 56 11 .281 .377 .419 .796 59.6  
5 Years Minors 488 1819 242 491 88 15 16 210 40 34 211 116 .270 .346 .361 .708 228.6  
162 Game Average 414 54 120 21 3 1 53 0 0 40 21 .290 .353 .372 .725 52.3  
Career Highs 108 347 63 103 23 4 3 37 0 0 37 18 .395 .444 .583 .973 45.6  
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   1115 155 339 58 10 5 154 0 0 109 49 .304 .365 .387 .752 154.9
vs LH   422 47 107 22 2 2 46 0 0 42 32 .254 .323 .329 .652 45.3
Home 303 736 89 215 42 5 4 96 0 0 69 45 .292 .353 .379 .732 96.6
Away 298 801 113 231 38 7 3 104 0 0 82 36 .288 .354 .365 .718 103.6
RISP   420 0 124 24 4 5 185 0 0 49 28 .295 .364 .407 .772 62.4
Pinch Hitting   163 30 51 5 1 2 41 0 0 23 4 .313 .394 .393 .786 26.1
Close/Late   226 36 69 12 1 1 47 0 0 32 20 .305 .389 .381 .770 34.4
Mar/Apr 117 336 37 102 22 3 2 35 0 0 27 15 .304 .354 .405 .759 46.1
May 108 305 40 87 12 2 0 27 0 0 29 21 .285 .350 .338 .688 36.2
June 102 288 44 87 21 1 2 49 0 0 29 14 .302 .366 .403 .769 41.1
July 99 222 30 62 8 0 1 29 0 0 29 13 .279 .361 .329 .690 28.2
August 89 179 27 45 7 1 1 22 0 0 19 7 .251 .322 .318 .640 19.1
Sep/Oct 86 207 24 63 10 5 1 38 0 0 18 11 .304 .357 .415 .772 29.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1931 24 SDP NL C 6 5 46.3 15 0 1 0 .938 2.91 2 0 .000 0 0.1
1932 25 SDP NL C 14 11 90.0 25 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 2 1 10.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1933 26 SDP NL C 97 97 823.7 322 25 5 0 .986 3.79 32 6 .188 1 0.7
    RF 4 1 15.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1934 27 SDP NL C 74 72 631.7 247 22 2 0 .993 3.83 22 6 .273 1 1.7
    RF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1935 28 SLC NL C 73 71 621.0 270 18 2 0 .993 4.17 24 5 .208 2 3.4
    RF 5 0 7.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1936 29 SLC NL C 25 23 187.0 74 6 2 0 .976 3.85 8 2 .250 0 1.2
    RF 9 1 23.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1937 30 SLC NL C 59 34 331.7 121 12 1 0 .993 3.61 11 3 .273 0 1.8
    RF 8 2 28.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.26 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1938 31 PIT NL C 51 41 376.0 144 23 2 0 .988 4.00 16 8 .500 0 2.5
    RF 12 0 29.7 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.73 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 4 4 29.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 33 PIT NL C 14 14 121.3 60 4 1 0 .985 4.75 3 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 6 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 413 368 3228.6 1278 112 16 0 .989 3.87 118 30 .254 4 12.4
  RF 48 5 127.0 27 2 0 1 1.000 2.06 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  LF 5 4 31.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0  
  SS 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   469 377 3391.6 1312 115 16 1 .989 3.79 118 30 .254 4 12.9
Career Highs   102 98 840.7 322 26 5 1 1.000 4.56 32 8 .500 2  
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
1932 25 SDP NL 10 43 13 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 .279 .326 .302 .628
1933 26 SDP NL 6 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .087 .125 .087 .212
1934 27 SDP NL 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Career Post-Season Batting 18 69 15 15 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .217 .260 .232 .492
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 20th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1931
Injured on 7/12/1931 with a Bruised Heel, out for 4 days
Traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego on 7/16/1931 (Going to SDP: 2B Tony Piet, C Cliff Bolton, CF Bill Norman. Going to TAM: 1B George Grantham, P Boom-boom Beck)
Had first career hit on 9/23/1931, off Ray Benge (HOU)
Hit first career homerun on 7/9/1933, off Chet Falk (CIN)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New York (A) on 9/15/1933
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from San Diego to St. Louis (C) on 2/7/1935 (Going to SDP: RF Red Worthington. Going to SLC: P Roy Henshaw, C Cliff Bolton)
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $508,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/8/1938 to a 3-year deal worth $2,510,000 per year
Injured on 3/15/1938 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/23/1939 with a Swollen Ear, out for one week
Injured on 6/1/1939 with a Bruised Wrist, out for one week
Injured on 8/1/1939 with a Bruised Neck, out for 3 days
10/3/1939: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Traded from Pittsburgh to Montreal on 6/1/1940 (Going to MON: C Cliff Bolton, C Joe Schultz. Going to PIT: CF Jo-jo White, P Johnny Broaca, 2B Mark Koenig)
 
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