Milt
Bolling
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 9, 1930 in Usa, MS, MISSISSIPPI C
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 21 PIT NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 22 PIT NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 23 PIT NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 26 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 27 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 28 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 29 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 30 PIT NL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 31 CLN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 32 NYG NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 33 OAK AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 34 PIT NL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 35 TAM AL $ 650,000 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 $ 650,000 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
1952 21 PIT NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1953 22 PIT NL     4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 6
1954 23 PIT NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1955 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1956 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 7 7
1957 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7
1958 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7
1959 28 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7 5 5 5 7 7 7
1960 29 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7 5 4 5 8 7 7
1961 30 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 7 6 7 5 4 5 8 7 7
1962 31 CLN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1963 32 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7 4 3 4 6 6 6
1964 33 OAK AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 4 6 6 6
1965 34 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 6
1966 35 TAM AL $ 650,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 3 4 6 5 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 3 4 6 5 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 650,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7 5 5 5 8 7 7
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
1965 34 PIT NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.4
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.4
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 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
vs LH   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
Away 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
August 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
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
1952 21 A   137 513 68 154 23 7 22 100 3 7 92 78 .300 .407 .501 .908 101.6  
1953 22 AA   135 500 71 126 27 5 15 75 4 9 59 59 .252 .331 .416 .747 67.7  
1954 23 AAA   56 192 24 50 9 2 4 34 3 4 20 26 .260 .330 .391 .721 24.2  
    AA   81 318 49 76 14 2 9 31 3 6 44 40 .239 .331 .381 .712 41.0  
1955 24 PIT NL 56 115 12 27 5 3 2 14 0 0 7 18 .235 .279 .383 .661 11.0 0.8
1956 25 PIT NL 20 46 3 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 10 .130 .167 .261 .428 1.2 0.0
1957 26 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
    AAA   129 413 63 116 22 3 15 55 3 3 37 51 .281 .340 .458 .798 62.2  
1958 27 PIT NL 51 90 9 12 1 0 1 3 0 0 15 11 .133 .259 .178 .437 6.2 0.0
1959 28 PIT NL 57 77 14 20 4 0 2 7 0 0 6 10 .260 .321 .390 .711 8.8 1.5
1960 29 PIT NL 46 67 10 14 3 1 3 4 0 0 5 13 .209 .264 .418 .682 7.8 1.0
1961 30 PIT NL 46 74 8 26 3 1 2 11 0 0 5 13 .351 .392 .500 .892 11.1 2.3
1962 31 CLN NL 137 270 25 53 10 2 4 18 0 0 21 46 .196 .253 .293 .546 18.3 0.1
1963 32 NYG NL 29 19 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .263 .333 .263 .596 1.1 0.0
    AAA   21 51 5 12 4 0 1 4 0 0 9 6 .235 .350 .373 .723 7.1  
1964 33 OAK AL 130 341 28 74 15 1 5 36 1 1 16 55 .217 .255 .311 .566 24.9 1.8
1965 34 PIT NL 26 12 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .250 .357 .583 .940 2.5 0.8
1966 35 TAM AL 82 193 15 31 7 0 4 15 1 0 5 40 .161 .185 .259 .444 7.5 0.0
1967 36 A   81 304 29 60 17 2 6 25 0 3 30 38 .197 .269 .326 .595 26.3  
12 Years Sim 681 1304 128 271 52 8 25 113 2 1 86 223 .208 .258 .317 .576 100.7 8.3
3 Years AAA 206 656 92 178 35 5 20 93 6 7 66 83 .271 .337 .431 .769 93.6  
2 Years AA 216 818 120 202 41 7 24 106 7 15 103 99 .247 .332 .402 .734 108.7  
2 Years A 218 817 97 214 40 9 28 125 3 10 122 116 .262 .359 .436 .795 127.9  
7 Years Minors 640 2291 309 594 116 21 72 324 16 32 291 298 .259 .343 .423 .766 330.2  
162 Game Average 310 30 64 12 1 5 26 0 0 20 53 .208 .258 .317 .576 24.0  
Career Highs 137 341 28 74 15 3 5 36 1 1 21 55 .351 .392 .583 .940 24.9  
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   691 63 142 21 3 11 60 1 1 33 121 .205 .242 .292 .534 46.0
vs LH   613 65 129 31 5 14 53 1 0 53 102 .210 .276 .346 .622 58.9
Home 344 674 69 148 23 3 16 59 1 0 35 111 .220 .259 .334 .593 57.3
Away 337 630 59 123 29 5 9 54 1 1 51 112 .195 .258 .300 .558 47.6
RISP   268 0 53 13 1 5 84 0 0 16 49 .198 .241 .310 .550 19.4
Pinch Hitting   113 11 22 6 0 1 12 0 0 9 17 .195 .254 .274 .528 7.6
Close/Late   203 20 51 10 1 5 17 0 0 16 26 .251 .309 .384 .693 23.8
Mar/Apr 108 190 20 44 10 1 6 23 0 0 16 36 .232 .290 .389 .679 21.8
May 127 237 24 42 5 0 4 17 0 0 16 37 .177 .231 .249 .480 12.6
June 99 192 25 50 7 3 8 26 0 1 10 35 .260 .296 .453 .749 25.1
July 85 158 14 34 9 0 4 16 0 0 9 21 .215 .262 .348 .610 13.9
August 126 243 21 52 12 3 1 18 1 0 20 40 .214 .277 .300 .578 19.8
Sep/Oct 131 284 24 49 9 1 2 13 1 0 15 54 .173 .216 .232 .448 11.6
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
1955 24 PIT NL SS 19 12 116.0 13 48 3 9 .953 4.73 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 24 9 106.7 24 49 1 10 .986 6.16 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 10 5 50.3 3 13 1 2 .941 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1956 25 PIT NL 2B 8 7 56.0 11 28 1 8 .975 6.27 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    SS 6 4 37.0 7 16 0 4 1.000 5.59 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 5 1 13.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.68 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 27 PIT NL SS 34 25 232.7 34 109 6 21 .960 5.53 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    2B 8 0 15.3 3 7 0 3 1.000 5.87 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 7 0 8.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 28 PIT NL 2B 19 6 87.0 16 30 1 5 .979 4.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 14 4 56.7 7 29 0 4 1.000 5.72 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 8 1 25.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.52 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1960 29 PIT NL 3B 36 11 139.3 8 36 2 2 .957 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    SS 2 2 15.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 6 1 15.0 4 4 0 1 1.000 4.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 30 PIT NL 2B 26 14 146.7 31 47 1 12 .987 4.79 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 9 6 45.0 5 24 1 1 .967 5.80 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 11 0 15.3 0 7 0 0 1.000 4.11 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1962 31 CLN NL 2B 67 62 532.7 117 204 8 50 .976 5.42 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    3B 13 1 32.3 1 9 3 1 .769 2.78 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 8 2 30.7 7 10 0 4 1.000 4.99 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1963 32 NYG NL SS 16 1 39.3 11 21 3 5 .914 7.32 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 12 0 26.7 8 15 0 3 1.000 7.76 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1964 33 OAK AL 3B 59 51 442.7 22 119 3 13 .979 2.87 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    2B 32 27 222.0 48 90 4 15 .972 5.59 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 30 20 186.7 23 75 5 8 .951 4.73 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
1965 34 PIT NL SS 10 1 21.0 3 7 1 2 .909 4.29 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 9 0 12.7 0 8 0 0 1.000 5.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 5.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1966 35 TAM AL 2B 45 34 298.0 70 127 3 27 .985 5.95 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    SS 21 11 122.3 23 53 0 8 1.000 5.59 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    3B 12 6 53.0 5 12 1 2 .944 2.89 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  2B 256 160 1518.6 332 609 19 134 .980 5.58 0 0 .000 0 3.8
  SS 169 88 902.3 134 394 19 66 .965 5.27 0 0 .000 0 5.7
  3B 165 76 784.6 44 206 10 22 .962 2.87 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  C 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 0 .000 2 0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   593 324 3210.6 512 1209 48 222 .973 4.82 1 0 .000 2 12.8
Career Highs   122 98 854.3 125 284 12 55 .989 7.50 1 0 .000 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
1955 24 PIT NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Syd O'Brien (977)
  2. Bob Sadowski (968)
  3. Floyd Rayford (965)
  4. Lou Skizas (961)
  5. Billy Grabarkewitz (956)
  6. Jim Anderson (956)
  7. Dave May (951)
  8. Bill Rigney (949)
  9. Ed Spiezio (945)
  10. Dick Schofield (944)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 44th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1952
Injured on 5/11/1953 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/19/1955, off Harry Perkowski (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/7/1955, off Bill Henry (TAM)
4/2/1958: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
4/2/1959: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
2/1/1961: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $1,784,979 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 10/3/1962
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/2/1963 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/2/1964 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 4/2/1965 to a minor league deal
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/10/1966 to a 1-year deal worth $650,000 per year
4/2/1966: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Injured on 7/20/1966 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to Toronto on 4/2/1967 (Going to TAM: P Don Larsen, P Dick Hall. Going to TOR: 3B Milt Bolling)
Released by Toronto on 7/1/1967