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Frank Bolling
Full name Francis Elmore Bolling Born November 16, 1931, Mobile, Alabama Died July 11, 2020, Mobile, Alabama Buried at Spring Hill Memorial Gardens, Mobile, Alabama First Game: April 13, 1954 ; Final Game: September 15, 1966 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 175 Brother of Milt Bolling Named second baseman on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1961) Won AL Gold Glove as second baseman (1958)
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1954 DET A Daily Splits 117 368 46 87 15 2 6 38 36 5 51 0 6 3 0 8 5 3 5 .236 .302 .337 -3.1 1954 DET A
1956 DET A Daily Splits 102 366 53 103 21 7 7 45 42 1 51 2 7 5 0 5 4 6 2 .281 .354 .434 0.0 1956 DET A
1957 DET A Daily Splits 146 576 72 149 27 6 15 40 57 3 64 2 8 1 0 7 15 4 9 .259 .327 .405 0.3 1957 DET A
1958 DET A Daily Splits 154 610 91 164 25 4 14 75 54 1 54 4 4 9 0 12 9 6 4 .269 .328 .392 1.7 1958 DET A
1959 DET A Daily Splits 127 459 56 122 18 3 13 55 45 2 37 7 7 2 0 12 6 2 2 .266 .339 .403 1.0 1959 DET A
1960 DET A Daily Splits 139 536 64 136 20 4 9 59 40 2 48 2 6 0 0 10 10 7 4 .254 .308 .356 -1.0 1960 DET A
1961 MIL N Daily Splits 148 585 86 153 16 4 15 56 57 1 62 3 10 3 0 12 25 7 3 .262 .329 .379 0.6 1961 MIL N
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 122 406 45 110 17 4 9 43 35 3 45 4 4 3 0 7 7 2 2 .271 .333 .399 0.2 1962 MIL N
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 142 542 73 132 18 2 5 43 41 3 47 3 17 3 0 16 11 2 1 .244 .299 .312 -0.2 1963 MIL N
1964 MIL N Daily Splits 120 352 35 70 11 1 5 34 21 3 44 2 8 4 0 11 8 0 1 .199 .245 .278 -2.4 1964 MIL N
1965 MIL N Daily Splits 148 535 55 141 26 3 7 50 24 6 41 0 17 1 0 10 11 0 4 .264 .295 .363 -1.2 1965 MIL N
1966 ATL N Daily Splits 75 227 16 48 7 0 1 18 10 3 14 1 3 4 0 6 3 1 1 .211 .244 .256 -2.5 1966 ATL N
Total NL ( 6 Years) 755 2647 310 654 95 14 42 244 188 19 253 13 59 18 0 62 65 12 12 .247 .298 .341 -5.5 Total NL
Total AL ( 6 Years) 785 2915 382 761 126 26 64 312 274 14 305 17 38 20 0 54 49 28 26 .261 .326 .388 -1.1 Total AL
Total (12 Years) Splits 1540 5562 692 1415 221 40 106 556 462 33 558 30 97 38 0 116 114 40 38 .254 .313 .366 -6.6 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1961 NL Daily Splits 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1961 NL
1962 NL Daily Splits 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 1962 NL
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 4 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .083 .167 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1954 DET A Daily Splits 2B 113 100 86 904 248 232 13 54 0 .974
1956 DET A Daily Splits 2B 102 99 99 891.2 223 260 11 72 0 .978
1957 DET A Daily Splits 2B 146 144 138 1325.1 394 401 16 112 0 .980
1958 DET A Daily Splits 2B 154 154 152 1350.1 342 445 12 109 0 .985
1959 DET A Daily Splits 2B 126 126 126 1111 281 340 8 81 0 .987
1960 DET A Daily Splits 2B 138 137 128 1230 375 377 17 93 0 .978
1961 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 148 145 145 1307.1 326 489 10 112 0 .988
1962 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 119 112 107 980.1 252 298 6 70 0 .989
1963 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 141 137 133 1237 326 379 14 107 0 .981
1964 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 117 94 83 868.1 212 255 7 68 0 .985
1965 MIL N Daily Splits 2B 147 141 133 1266.2 310 393 17 90 0 .976
1966 ATL N Daily Splits 2B 67 57 48 511.1 134 150 5 35 0 .983
Total (12 Years) Splits 2B 1518 1446 1378 12983.1 3423 4019 136 1003 0 .982
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1961 NL Daily Splits 2B 2 2 1 17 4 5 1 2 0 .900
1962 NL Daily Splits 2B 2 0 0 9 4 4 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 2B 4 2 1 26 8 9 1 2 0 .944
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Detroit Tigers (June 4, 1951 ).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with a player to be named later to Milwaukee Braves in
exchange for Bill Bruton , Terry Fox , Dick Brown and Chuck Cottier (December 7,
1960 ); Milwaukee Braves received Neil Chrisley (January 17, 1961 ).
Released by Atlanta Braves (October, 1966).
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