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Tom Bolton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 172lb (188cm, 78kg)

Born: May 6, 1962 in Nashville, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 20th round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Antioch HS (Antioch, TN).

High School: Antioch HS (Antioch, TN)

Debut: May 17, 1987 (Age 25-011d, 15,325th in major league history)
vs. MIN 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 30, 1994 (Age 32-085d)
vs. TOR 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Thomas Edward Bolton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.4

ERA

4.56

209

540.1

336

WHIP

1.588

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Team Record in Appearances: 11-14 / in Starts: 9-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1991 Pitching Game Log

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1991 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	83	4	Apr 11	BOS		CLE	L,4-6	2-7		99	5.1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	1.92	23	72	50	17	5	10	8	3	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.040	.24	-0.03%	1.07	2t 12- 2 out d4	7t 3 out d6
2	84	9	Apr 17	BOS		KCR	W,6-2	GS-7	W(1-0)	5	7.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	1.46	2.53	27	103	69	25	5	13	12	5	1	0	57			0	0	0	26	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.193	1.22	0.12%	1.67	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
3	85	16	Apr 27	BOS	@	KCR	W,6-4	GS-7	W(2-0)	9	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.47	2.53	24	100	58	16	6	6	12	4	2	0	62			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.069	1.30	0.06%	1.00	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	86	21	May 4	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-0	GS-7	W(3-0)	6	6.2	4	0	0	2	6	0	0	1.08	2.38	25	78	47	15	9	8	9	4	1	0	70			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.352	1.66	0.34%	3.20	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 2 out a3
5	87	25	May 9	BOS		TEX	W,8-4	GS-6		4	5.2	6	4	4	5	4	2	0	2.05	3.54	27	102	60	22	3	9	9	5	1	0	40			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.154	1.53	-0.17%	-1.10	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d2
6	88	30	May 14	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	GS-9	W(4-0)	4	8.1	8	1	0	2	5	0	0	1.62	3.29	33	108	67	18	10	18	8	7	0	0	68			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.81	0.317	1.62	0.38%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 1-3 1 out a4
7	89	34	May 19	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-12	GS-3	L(4-1)	4	2.2	9	7	7	3	3	2	0	3.02	3.96	20	77	39	14	1	6	8	4	0	0	12			0	0	0	16	3	1	1	0	1	0	1.12	-0.436	2.39	-0.56%	-4.30	1b start a 1	3b 123 2 out d2
8	90	39	May 24	BOS	@	DET	W,10-9	GS-7	W(5-1)	4	6.1	6	6	5	5	4	2	0	3.56	4.50	29	102	53	17	3	10	10	4	1	0	38			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	2	0	1	.90	-0.060	2.47	-0.10%	-1.97	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a4
9	91	44	May 29	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS-6	L(5-2)	4	5.1	5	5	5	2	4	2	1	4.05	4.84	23	90	55	16	5	9	7	2	2	0	40			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.294	.99	-0.42%	-2.92	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out d5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	92	49	Jun 4	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-3	GS-5	L(5-3)	5	4.0	7	3	2	3	4	0	0	4.08	4.72	24	103	58	18	10	10	7	5	0	0	39			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.37	-0.140	2.86	-0.18%	-2.01	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out d3
11	93	54	Jun 9	BOS	@	OAK	L,0-8	GS-2	L(5-4)	4	1.0	7	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.63	4.74	11	40	22	9	0	5	5	3	2	0	22			1	0	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	.88	-0.308	1.84	-0.39%	-3.87	1b start tie	2b 1-3 0 out d3
12	94	57	Jun 12	BOS	@	SEA	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.55	4.76	4	15	10	4	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.09	0.00%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
13	95	60	Jun 16	BOS		CAL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(6-4)	3	8.0	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.01	4.49	28	96	61	16	8	18	6	2	1	0	74			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.12	0.502	2.68	0.73%	4.19	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
14	96	65	Jun 21	BOS		OAK	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-4)	4	7.0	10	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.87	4.58	31	115	65	21	6	12	14	8	0	0	48			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.20	0.081	2.85	0.12%	1.04	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 out a1
15	97	70	Jun 27	BOS		NYY	L,0-8	GS-4	L(7-5)	5	3.2	10	8	8	2	0	3	0	4.62	5.07	21	78	47	18	3	10	9	2	2	0	7			2	0	0	18	0	1	0	2	1	0	.65	-0.359	1.52	-0.51%	-6.02	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d8
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	98	75	Jul 2	BOS	@	MIL	W,14-4	GS-5		4	4.0	7	3	3	5	1	0	0	4.72	5.12	22	74	38	14	3	8	8	5	1	0	32			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.37	-0.070	2.60	-0.08%	-1.03	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out a3
17	99	80	Jul 7	BOS		DET	L,6-7	GS-4	L(7-6)	4	3.2	8	5	1	2	3	1	0	4.62	5.18	20	75	39	8	6	9	6	4	0	0	34			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	-0.252	2.77	-0.32%	-3.02	1t start tie	4t --- 2 out d5
18	100	88	Jul 18	BOS		MIN	L,3-11	5-GF		10	5.0	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.47	5.15	16	44	32	6	2	9	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.004	.02	0.00%	1.62	5t --- 0 out d9	9t end d 9
19	101	91	Jul 21	BOS		MIN	L,1-14	GS-3	L(7-7)	2	2.2	5	5	4	3	1	0	0	4.73	5.16	14	49	27	7	3	6	4	2	0	0	28			1	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.246	.77	-0.11%	-2.76	1t start tie	3t -2- 2 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	102	119	Aug 21(1)	BOS		CLE	W,13-5	9-GF		30	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.67	5.11	3	6	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.01	0.00%	0.52	9t --- 0 out a8	9t end a 8
21	103	124	Aug 25	BOS	@	CAL	L,5-9	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.58	5.03	6	21	14	4	2	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.009	.08	0.01%	0.99	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	104	135	Sep 7	BOS		SEA	W,11-10	5-7	BW(8-7)	12	2.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.67	4.97	11	41	27	11	3	2	6	2	3	0		1	1	0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	-0.251	2.59	-0.19%	-1.95	5t 1-- 1 out a2	7t 1-- 1 out a1
23	105	144	Sep 16	BOS		BAL	L,2-9	GS-3	L(8-8)	8	3.0	5	4	4	1	4	2	0	4.88	5.12	16	64	39	16	4	6	5	1	0	0	36			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.233	3.46	-0.44%	-2.43	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
24	106	155	Sep 29	BOS	@	MIL	L,4-5	GS-6		12	5.2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	4.88	5.02	23	104	61	17	7	5	12	5	2	0	51			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.214	1.80	0.26%	2.17	1b start a 2	6b 123 2 out a4
25	107	161	Oct 5	BOS		MIL	L,4-13	GS-4	L(8-9)	5	3.0	7	6	6	2	1	0	0	5.24	5.00	18	68	46	8	7	6	9	4	1	0	20			0	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.344	.00	0.00%	-3.43	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
							11-14		W-L:8-9,BSv:1	4.5	110.0	136	72	64	51	64	16	1	5.24	5.00	499	1825	60%	19%	6%	1.12		22%	5%	0	41	3	100%	5	2	0	441	22	4	2	18	4	7	.94	-1.442	1.76	-1.46%	-15.35

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