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)

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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Career

WAR

3.4

ERA

4.56

209

540.1

336

WHIP

1.588

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1980	18	-2.5	Elmira	NYPL	A-	BOS	6	2	.750	2.41	4.18	23	1		1	1	5	56.0	43	26	15	4	22	1	43	0	0	2		1.161	6.9	0.6	3.5	6.9	1.95
1981	19	-2.8	Winter Haven	FLOR	A	BOS	2	9	.182	4.50	6.07	24	16	3	0	0	0	92.0	125	62	46	5	41	2	47	3	1	7		1.804	12.2	0.5	4.0	4.6	1.15
1982	20	-2.2	Winter Haven	FLOR	A	BOS	9	8	.529	2.99	3.71	28	25	1	4	0	0	162.2	161	67	54	3	63	3	77	2	4	7		1.377	8.9	0.2	3.5	4.3	1.22
1983	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BOS	7	8	.467	3.71	4.34	22	22	0	2	1	0	128.2	126	62	53	11	66	0	82	2	1	6		1.492	8.8	0.8	4.6	5.7	1.24
1983	21	-4.5	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	5	.000	6.52	8.07	6	6	0	0	0	0	29.0	33	26	21	4	25	0	20	1	1	1		2.000	10.2	1.2	7.8	6.2	0.80
1983	21	-2.4	New Britain	EL	AA	BOS	7	3	.700	2.89	3.25	16	16	0	2	1	0	99.2	93	36	32	7	41	0	62	1	0	5		1.344	8.4	0.6	3.7	5.6	1.51
1984	22	-1.3	New Britain	EL	AA	BOS	4	5	.444	4.14	5.59	33	9	11	0	0	1	87.0	87	54	40	5	34	3	66	4	2	6		1.391	9.0	0.5	3.5	6.8	1.94
1985	23	-0.3	New Britain	EL	AA	BOS	5	6	.455	4.28	4.72	34	10	14	1	0	1	101.0	106	53	48	3	40	1	74	2	2	3		1.446	9.4	0.3	3.6	6.6	1.85
1986	24	-2.2	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	3	4	.429	2.72	3.14	29	7	11	1	0	2	86.0	80	30	26	6	25	2	58	0	1	1		1.221	8.4	0.6	2.6	6.1	2.32
1987	25	-1.3	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	2	1	.667	5.40	5.82	5	4	1	0	0	0	21.2	25	14	13	0	12	1	8	0	0	1		1.708	10.4	0.0	5.0	3.3	0.67
1987	25	-3.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	0	1.000	4.38	4.82	29	0	5	0	0	0	61.2	83	33	30	5	27	2	49	2	0	3	287	1.784	12.1	0.7	3.9	7.2	1.81
1988	26	0.2	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	3	0	1.000	2.79	3.26	18	1	8	0	0	0	19.1	17	7	6	0	10	0	15	0	0	2		1.397	7.9	0.0	4.7	7.0	1.50
1988	26	-2.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	3	.250	4.75	5.04	28	0	8	0	0	1	30.1	35	17	16	1	14	1	21	0	1	2	140	1.615	10.4	0.3	4.2	6.2	1.50
1989	27	1.4	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	12	5	.706	2.89	3.58	25	22	2	5	2	1	143.1	140	57	46	13	47	2	99	4	1	0		1.305	8.8	0.8	3.0	6.2	2.11
1989	27	-1.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	4	.000	8.31	9.35	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.1	21	18	16	1	10	1	9	0	0	1	83	1.788	10.9	0.5	5.2	4.7	0.90
1990	28	2.5	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	0	1.000	3.86	4.63	4	2	1	0	0	0	11.2	9	6	5	2	7	0	8	0	0	2		1.371	6.9	1.5	5.4	6.2	1.14
1990	28	-0.4	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	10	5	.667	3.38	3.46	21	16	2	3	0	0	119.2	111	46	45	6	47	3	65	3	1	1	501	1.320	8.3	0.5	3.5	4.9	1.38
1991	29	0.5	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	8	9	.471	5.24	5.89	25	19	4	0	0	0	110.0	136	72	64	16	51	2	64	1	0	3	499	1.700	11.1	1.3	4.2	5.2	1.25
1992	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	CIN	4	5	.444	4.54	4.66	37	9	9	0	0	0	75.1	86	39	38	9	37	3	50	4	2	5	345	1.633	10.3	1.1	4.4	6.0	1.35
1992	30	1.7	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	3	3	.500	5.24	5.44	16	8	3	0	0	0	46.1	52	28	27	9	23	2	27	2	1	3	210	1.619	10.1	1.7	4.5	5.2	1.17
1992	30	1.1	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	1	2	.333	3.41	3.41	21	1	6	0	0	0	29.0	34	11	11	0	14	1	23	2	1	2	135	1.655	10.6	0.0	4.3	7.1	1.64
1993	31	2.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	6	6	.500	4.47	5.00	43	8	9	0	0	0	102.2	113	57	51	5	45	10	66	7	1	5	462	1.539	9.9	0.4	3.9	5.8	1.47
1994	32	6.2	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	2	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	16	0	7	0	0	2	20.0	13	5	5	1	8	0	16	0	1	2	76	1.050	5.9	0.5	3.6	7.2	2.00
1994	32	2.9	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	1	2	.333	5.40	5.79	22	0	3	0	0	0	23.1	29	15	14	3	13	1	12	0	0	1	109	1.800	11.2	1.2	5.0	4.6	0.92
1995	33	5.8	Nashville	AA	AAA	CHW	5	7	.417	4.43	4.60	19	17	1	1	1	0	101.2	106	52	50	10	31	0	82	3	2	3	433	1.348	9.4	0.9	2.7	7.3	2.65
1996	34	7.9	Calgary	PCL	AAA	PIT	12	5	.706	4.02	4.95	40	14	11	0	0	2	116.1	121	64	52	7	47	5	92	7	0	6	517	1.444	9.4	0.5	3.6	7.1	1.96
1997	35		2 Teams	PCL	AAA	MIL-PIT	5	10	.333	6.92	7.58	23	15	1	0	0	0	95.0	142	80	73	11	32	2	71	3	0	4	443	1.832	13.5	1.0	3.0	6.7	2.22
1997	35	8.6	Calgary	PCL	AAA	PIT	2	6	.250	8.29	9.00	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.0	67	38	35	6	12	1	29	3	0	0	188	2.079	15.9	1.4	2.8	6.9	2.42
1997	35	8.6	Tucson	PCL	AAA	MIL	3	4	.429	6.00	6.63	15	7	1	0	0	0	57.0	75	42	38	5	20	1	42	0	0	4	255	1.667	11.8	0.8	3.2	6.6	2.10
1997	35	11.3	Columbia	HEAR	Ind		2	0	1.000	0.33	0.67	4	4	0	1	1	0	27.0	22	2	1	0	10	0	14	0	0	1	105	1.185	7.3	0.0	3.3	4.7	1.40
1998	36	9.5	Nashville	PCL	AAA	PIT	1	1	.500	10.38	10.38	3	1	2	0	0	0	4.1	8	5	5	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	23	2.308	16.6	0.0	4.2	6.2	1.50
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		31	34	.477	4.56	4.95	209	56	40	3	0	1	540.1	614	297	274	46	244	23	336	17	5	21	2426	1.588	10.2	0.8	4.1	5.6	1.38
Minors (16 seasons)					Minors		79	71	.527	3.88	4.65	346	166	74	15	5	14	1246.2	1309	644	537	81	487	23	841	30	15	52	1492	1.441	9.5	0.6	3.5	6.1	1.73
Other (1 season)					Other		2	0	1.000	0.33	0.67	4	4	0	1	1	0	27.0	22	2	1	0	10	0	14	0	0	1	105	1.185	7.3	0.0	3.3	4.7	1.40
All Levels (19 Seasons)							112	105	.516	4.03	4.68	559	226	114	19	6	15	1814.0	1945	943	812	127	741	46	1191	47	20	74	4023	1.481	9.6	0.6	3.7	5.9	1.61

AAA (11 seasons)					Minors		46	38	.548	4.19	4.80	188	89	45	7	3	7	648.1	694	346	302	54	246	13	472	18	6	22	1492	1.450	9.6	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.92
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		16	14	.533	3.75	4.47	83	35	25	3	1	2	287.2	286	143	120	15	115	4	202	7	4	14		1.394	8.9	0.5	3.6	6.3	1.76
A (2 seasons)					Minors		11	17	.393	3.53	4.56	52	41	4	4	0	0	254.2	286	129	100	8	104	5	124	5	5	14		1.531	10.1	0.3	3.7	4.4	1.19
A- (1 season)					Minors		6	2	.750	2.41	4.18	23	1		1	1	5	56.0	43	26	15	4	22	1	43	0	0	2		1.161	6.9	0.6	3.5	6.9	1.95