Tom Bolton | Baseball Prospectus

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Tom Bolton PRed Sox

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Career Summary

Years	IP	W	L	SV	SO	ERA	WARP
8	540.3	31	34	1	336	4.56	5.7

Birth Date	5-6-1962
Height	6' 3"
Weight	175 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	L

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	GS	IP	IP-SP	IP-RP	W	L	SV	BS	QS	BQS	PA	H	R	ER	HR	TB	BB	UBB	HBP	SO	ERA	FIP	FRA	VORP	WARP
1987	BOS	25	29	0	61.7	0.0	61.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	287	83	33	30	5	111	27	25	2	49	4.38	3.75	3.95	13.5	1.3
1988	BOS	26	28	0	30.3	0.0	30.3	1	3	1	4	0	0	140	35	17	16	1	49	14	13	0	21	4.75	3.25	3.62	5.3	0.6
1989	BOS	27	4	4	17.3	17.3	0.0	0	4	0	0	0	1	83	21	18	16	1	27	10	9	0	9	8.31	4.29	5.75	-0.2	-0.0
1990	BOS	28	21	16	119.7	106.7	13.0	10	5	0	0	12	1	501	111	46	45	6	150	47	44	3	65	3.38	3.63	4.46	11.4	1.2
1991	BOS	29	25	19	110.0	93.7	16.3	8	9	0	1	6	1	499	136	72	64	16	214	51	49	1	64	5.24	5.06	5.52	7.6	0.8
1992	BOS	30	21	1	29.0	4.3	24.7	1	2	0	1	0	0	135	34	11	11	0	44	14	13	2	23	3.41	2.86	3.11	6.0	0.7
1992	CIN	30	16	8	46.3	41.0	5.3	3	3	0	1	1	0	210	52	28	27	9	85	23	21	2	27	5.24	5.75	6.42	-7.7	-0.8
1993	DET	31	43	8	102.7	40.7	62.0	6	6	0	1	4	0	462	113	57	51	5	154	45	35	7	66	4.47	3.87	4.15	19.6	2.0
1994	BAL	32	22	0	23.3	0.0	23.3	1	2	0	2	0	0	109	29	15	14	3	46	13	12	0	12	5.40	5.51	6.16	-0.7	-0.1
Career			209	56	540.3	303.7	236.7	31	34	1	10	23	3	2426	614	297	274	46	880	244	221	17	336	4.56	4.20	4.71	54.6	5.7

Advanced

'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	FRA	FRA+	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	PPF	PVORP	PWARP	VORP	WARP
1980	ELM	A-	23	1	56.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1981	WHV	A+	24	16	92.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	WHV	A+	28	25	162.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1983	NBR	AA	16	16	99.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1983	PAW	AAA	6	6	29.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1984	NBR	AA	33	9	87.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	NBR	AA	34	10	101.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1986	PAW	AAA	29	7	86.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1987	BOS	MLB	29	0	61.7	3.95	122	.290	.271	.337	.438	.271	.384	102	13.5	1.3	13.5	1.3
1987	PAW	AAA	5	4	21.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1988	BOS	MLB	28	0	30.3	3.62	120	.278	.263	.328	.399	.271	.327	102	5.3	0.6	5.3	0.6
1988	PAW	AAA	18	1	19.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1989	BOS	MLB	4	4	17.3	5.75	76	.297	.259	.327	.378	.269	.317	107	-0.2	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0
1989	PAW	AAA	25	22	143.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1990	BOS	MLB	21	16	119.7	4.46	103	.241	.264	.327	.390	.264	.276	106	11.4	1.2	11.4	1.2
1990	PAW	AAA	4	2	11.7	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1991	BOS	MLB	25	19	110.0	5.52	84	.300	.268	.336	.412	.274	.327	106	7.6	0.8	7.6	0.8
1992	BOS	MLB	21	1	29.0	3.11	129	.273	.269	.339	.401	.277	.354	101	6.0	0.7	6.0	0.7
1992	CIN	MLB	16	8	46.3	6.42	44	.294	.272	.337	.414	.276	.289	106	-6.6	-0.7	-7.7	-0.8
1993	DET	MLB	43	8	102.7	4.15	115	.263	.274	.340	.422	.269	.319	103	19.6	2.0	19.6	2.0
1994	BAL	MLB	22	0	23.3	6.16	82	.298	.285	.359	.458	.278	.321	99	-0.7	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1
1994	ROC	AAA	16	0	20.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1996	CLG	AAA	40	14	116.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	CLG	AAA	8	8	38.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.442		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1997	TUC	AAA	15	7	57.0	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.372		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1998	NAS	AAA	3	1	4.3	0.00	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1.333		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career		MLB		56	540.3	4.71	99	.276	.269	.336	.412	.271	.319	104	55.8	5.8	54.6	5.7

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	GB%	BABIP	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	WHIP	ERA	VORP	WARP
1980	ELM	A-	6	2	5	23	1	56.0	43	22	43	4	0%	.000	6.9	3.5	0.6	6.9	1.16	2.41	0.0	0.0
1981	WHV	A+	2	9	0	24	16	92.0	125	41	47	5	0%	.000	12.2	4.0	0.5	4.6	1.80	4.50	0.0	0.0
1982	WHV	A+	9	8	0	28	25	162.7	161	63	77	3	0%	.000	8.9	3.5	0.2	4.3	1.38	2.99	0.0	0.0
1983	PAW	AAA	0	5	0	6	6	29.0	33	25	20	4	0%	.000	10.2	7.8	1.2	6.2	2.00	6.52	0.0	0.0
1983	NBR	AA	7	3	0	16	16	99.7	93	41	62	7	0%	.000	8.4	3.7	0.6	5.6	1.34	2.89	0.0	0.0
1984	NBR	AA	4	5	1	33	9	87.0	87	34	66	5	0%	.000	9.0	3.5	0.5	6.8	1.39	4.14	0.0	0.0
1985	NBR	AA	5	6	1	34	10	101.0	106	40	74	3	0%	.000	9.4	3.6	0.3	6.6	1.45	4.28	0.0	0.0
1986	PAW	AAA	3	4	2	29	7	86.0	80	25	58	6	0%	.000	8.4	2.6	0.6	6.1	1.22	2.72	0.0	0.0
1987	PAW	AAA	2	1	0	5	4	21.7	25	12	8	0	0%	.000	10.4	5.0	0.0	3.3	1.71	5.39	0.0	0.0
1987	BOS	MLB	1	0	0	29	0	61.7	83	27	49	5	54%	.384	12.1	3.9	0.7	7.2	1.78	4.38	13.5	1.3
1988	PAW	AAA	3	0	0	18	1	19.3	17	10	15	0	0%	.000	7.9	4.7	0.0	7.0	1.40	2.80	0.0	0.0
1988	BOS	MLB	1	3	1	28	0	30.3	35	14	21	1	51%	.327	10.4	4.2	0.3	6.2	1.62	4.75	5.3	0.6
1989	PAW	AAA	12	5	1	25	22	143.3	140	47	99	13	0%	.000	8.8	3.0	0.8	6.2	1.30	2.89	0.0	0.0
1989	BOS	MLB	0	4	0	4	4	17.3	21	10	9	1	52%	.317	10.9	5.2	0.5	4.7	1.79	8.31	-0.2	-0.0
1990	PAW	AAA	1	0	0	4	2	11.7	9	7	8	2	0%	.000	6.9	5.4	1.5	6.2	1.37	3.85	0.0	0.0
1990	BOS	MLB	10	5	0	21	16	119.7	111	47	65	6	46%	.276	8.3	3.5	0.5	4.9	1.32	3.38	11.4	1.2
1991	BOS	MLB	8	9	0	25	19	110.0	136	51	64	16	53%	.327	11.1	4.2	1.3	5.2	1.70	5.24	7.6	0.8
1992	BOS	MLB	1	2	0	21	1	29.0	34	14	23	0	57%	.354	10.6	4.3	0.0	7.1	1.66	3.41	6.0	0.7
1992	CIN	MLB	3	3	0	16	8	46.3	52	23	27	9	59%	.289	10.1	4.5	1.7	5.2	1.62	5.24	-7.7	-0.8
1993	DET	MLB	6	6	0	43	8	102.7	113	45	66	5	49%	.319	9.9	3.9	0.4	5.8	1.54	4.47	19.6	2.0
1994	ROC	AAA	2	0	2	16	0	20.0	13	8	16	1	0%	.000	5.8	3.6	0.5	7.2	1.05	2.25	0.0	0.0
1994	BAL	MLB	1	2	0	22	0	23.3	29	13	12	3	44%	.321	11.2	5.0	1.2	4.6	1.80	5.40	-0.7	-0.1
1996	CLG	AAA	12	5	2	40	14	116.3	121	47	92	7	0%	.000	9.4	3.6	0.5	7.1	1.44	4.02	0.0	0.0
1997	CLG	AAA	2	6	0	8	8	38.0	67	12	29	6	0%	.442	15.9	2.8	1.4	6.9	2.08	8.29	0.0	0.0
1997	TUC	AAA	3	4	0	15	7	57.0	75	20	42	5	0%	.372	11.8	3.2	0.8	6.6	1.67	6.00	0.0	0.0
1998	NAS	AAA	1	1	0	3	1	4.3	8	2	3	0	0%	-1.333	16.7	4.2	0.0	6.3	2.33	10.47	0.0	0.0

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
1991-07-22	1991-08-21	15-DL	30	27	Left	Shoulder	Soreness		-	-

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Title	Author	Date
BP Unfiltered: Should McRae Have Considered Brett For Miller in the Seventh?	Sam Miller	2012-10-17
Transaction Action: Remembering The Kid	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-04
Prospectus Matchups: Blowing Hot and Cold	Jim Baker	2007-09-14

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