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Frank Bolling played 12 major-league seasons (1954-1966) as a 2B (1,518). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 12 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 23 | DET | 117 | 368 | 46 | 87 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 36 | 51 | .236 | .639 | 81 |
| 1956 | 25 | DET | 102 | 366 | 53 | 103 | 7 | 45 | 6 | 42 | 51 | .281 | .789 | 113 |
| 1957 | 26 | DET | 146 | 576 | 72 | 149 | 15 | 40 | 4 | 57 | 64 | .259 | .732 | 105 |
| 1958 | 27 | DET | 154 | 610 | 91 | 164 | 14 | 75 | 6 | 54 | 54 | .269 | .720 | 103 |
| 1959 | 28 | DET | 127 | 459 | 56 | 122 | 13 | 55 | 2 | 45 | 37 | .266 | .742 | 109 |
| 1960 | 29 | DET | 139 | 536 | 64 | 136 | 9 | 59 | 7 | 40 | 48 | .254 | .664 | 85 |
| 1961 | 30 | ML1 | 148 | 585 | 86 | 153 | 15 | 56 | 7 | 57 | 62 | .262 | .708 | 93 |
| 1962 | 31 | ML1 | 122 | 406 | 45 | 110 | 9 | 43 | 2 | 35 | 45 | .271 | .732 | 103 |
| 1963 | 32 | ML1 | 142 | 542 | 73 | 132 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 41 | 47 | .244 | .611 | 83 |
| 1964 | 33 | ML1 | 120 | 352 | 35 | 70 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 21 | 44 | .199 | .524 | 53 |
| 1965 | 34 | ML1 | 148 | 535 | 55 | 141 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 24 | 41 | .264 | .657 | 91 |
| 1966 | 35 | ATL | 75 | 227 | 16 | 48 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 14 | .211 | .499 | 44 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 2B | 113 | 100 | 248 | 232 | 13 | 54 |
| 1956 | 2B | 102 | 99 | 223 | 260 | 11 | 72 |
| 1957 | 2B | 146 | 144 | 394 | 401 | 16 | 112 |
| 1958 | 2B | 154 | 154 | 342 | 445 | 12 | 109 |
| 1959 | 2B | 126 | 126 | 281 | 340 | 8 | 81 |
| 1960 | 2B | 138 | 137 | 375 | 377 | 17 | 93 |
| 1961 | 2B | 148 | 145 | 326 | 489 | 10 | 112 |
| 1962 | 2B | 119 | 112 | 252 | 298 | 6 | 70 |
| 1963 | 2B | 141 | 137 | 326 | 379 | 14 | 107 |
| 1964 | 2B | 117 | 94 | 212 | 255 | 7 | 68 |
| 1965 | 2B | 147 | 141 | 310 | 393 | 17 | 90 |
| 1966 | 2B | 67 | 57 | 134 | 150 | 5 | 35 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Frank Bolling won: Gold Glove 1958 (AL), TSN All-Star 1961 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (2 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 1958, 1956.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 27 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 10 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.