Tom Bolton
[edit] Biography
Born on May 6, 1962 in Nashville, Tennessee, Tom Bolton (Thomas Edward Bolton) played for the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles over the course of his 8 year career. Bolton broke into the bigs on May 17, 1987 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 4.38 ERA in 61.2 innings pitched in 1987, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Tom Bolton's best season was 1990, when he posted a 3.38 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 65 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1987
| BOS
| A
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4.38
| 49
| 33
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 61.2
| 83
| 5
| 27
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4.75
| 21
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 30.1
| 35
| 1
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 4
| 8.31
| 9
| 18
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17.1
| 21
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1990
| BOS
| A
| 21
| 16
| 10
| 5
| 3.38
| 65
| 46
| 45
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 119.2
| 111
| 6
| 47
| 3
| 1
| 3
|
| 1991
| BOS
| A
| 25
| 19
| 8
| 9
| 5.24
| 64
| 72
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 110
| 136
| 16
| 51
| 2
| 3
| 1
|
| 1992
| CIN
| N
| 16
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 5.24
| 27
| 28
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 46.1
| 52
| 9
| 23
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| 1992
| BOS
| A
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 3.41
| 23
| 11
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 34
| 0
| 14
| 1
| 2
| 2
|
| 1992
| Total
|
| 37
| 9
| 4
| 5
| 4.54
| 50
| 39
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 75.1
| 86
| 9
| 37
| 3
| 5
| 4
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| 43
| 8
| 6
| 6
| 4.47
| 66
| 57
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 102.2
| 113
| 5
| 45
| 10
| 5
| 7
|
| 1994
| BAL
| A
| 22
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 5.40
| 12
| 15
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 23.1
| 29
| 3
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 16
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 5.24
| 27
| 28
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 46.1
| 52
| 9
| 23
| 2
| 3
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 193
| 48
| 28
| 31
| 4.50
| 309
| 269
| 247
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 494
| 562
| 37
| 221
| 21
| 18
| 15
|
| Total
|
|
| 209
| 56
| 31
| 34
| 4.56
| 336
| 297
| 274
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 540.1
| 614
| 46
| 244
| 23
| 21
| 17
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1987
| BOS
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 61.2
| 3
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| P
| 28
| 0
| 30.1
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| P
| 4
| 4
| 17.1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| BOS
| A
| P
| 21
| 16
| 119.2
| 4
| 21
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 3
| .962
|
| 1991
| BOS
| A
| P
| 25
| 19
| 110
| 1
| 15
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 2
| 0
| .889
|
| 1992
| CIN
| N
| P
| 16
| 8
| 46.1
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| BOS
| A
| P
| 21
| 1
| 29
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1992
| Total
|
| P
| 37
| 9
| 75.1
| 3
| 14
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| .944
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| P
| 43
| 8
| 102.2
| 6
| 15
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 5
| 0
| .913
|
| 1994
| BAL
| A
| P
| 22
| 0
| 23.1
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 209
| 56
| 540.1
| 22
| 89
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 7
| 37
| 17
| 3
| .949
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1987
| BOS
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1988
| BOS
| A
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1989
| BOS
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1990
| BOS
| A
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1991
| BOS
| A
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| CIN
| N
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| BOS
| A
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1992
| Total
|
| 37
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| DET
| A
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| BAL
| A
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 16
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 193
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 209
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the free-agent draft (June 3, 1980 - signed June 13, 1980).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Billy Hatcher (July 9, 1992).
- Released by Cincinnati Reds (November 30, 1992).
- Signed by Detroit Tigers (December 10, 1992).
- Released by Detroit Tigers (March 15, 1994).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (March 29, 1994).
- Granted free agency (October 11, 1994).
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