Cliff Bolton
1931–1941 · bats L / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60)
335G
.291AVG
.366OBP
.398SLG
More career statistics
280H
6HR
143RBI
3SB
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 962 | 959 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 3 | 4 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 50 | 52 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,078 | 1,073 |
| Batting · Runs | 113 | 114 |
| Batting · RBI | 143 | 146 |
| Batting · Walks | 110 | 108 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 335 | 1,078 | 962 | 113 | 280 | 49 | 18 | 6 | 143 | 110 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 383 | .291 | .366 | .398 | .764 |
Streaks
19longest hitting streak · 1936-06-16 to 1936-07-11
21longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 4 walks | 1935-06-14 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 38 | 6 RBI | 1936-07-24 | 1 in 1,786 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1935-05-01 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 190 | 599 | 154 | 2 | 81 | 57 | 19 | .286 | .352 | .390 |
| Away | 145 | 474 | 126 | 4 | 65 | 51 | 33 | .300 | .373 | .412 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 29 | 102 | 25 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 2 | .287 | .363 | .414 |
| May | 45 | 153 | 35 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 8 | .259 | .346 | .407 |
| June | 51 | 177 | 47 | 1 | 22 | 16 | 12 | .292 | .356 | .410 |
| July | 64 | 205 | 55 | 2 | 39 | 17 | 12 | .294 | .351 | .406 |
| August | 71 | 233 | 63 | 0 | 31 | 29 | 10 | .309 | .395 | .377 |
| September | 73 | 198 | 53 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 7 | .293 | .348 | .392 |
| October | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .400 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 55 | 170 | 38 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 8 | .247 | .318 | .338 |
| detroit-tigers | 51 | 172 | 49 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 8 | .322 | .390 | .401 |
| boston-red-sox | 48 | 141 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | .217 | .277 | .302 |
| cleveland-guardians | 48 | 134 | 29 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 6 | .246 | .336 | .364 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 45 | 166 | 50 | 2 | 24 | 21 | 5 | .350 | .428 | .476 |
| new-york-yankees | 44 | 144 | 44 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 10 | .338 | .403 | .454 |
| st-louis-browns | 41 | 140 | 39 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 8 | .305 | .357 | .445 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .600 | .667 | .800 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 23 | 41 | 11 | – | 7 | – | .268 | – | – |
| 1933 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 33 | 39 | 16 | – | 6 | – | .410 | – | – |
| 1934 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 42 | 148 | 40 | 1 | 18 | 2 | .270 | – | – |
| 1935 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 110 | 374 | 114 | 2 | 55 | – | .305 | – | – |
| 1936 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 86 | 289 | 84 | 2 | 52 | 1 | .291 | – | – |
| 1937 |  Detroit Tigers | 27 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 7 | – | .263 | – | – |
| 1941 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 14 | 11 | – | – | 1 | – | .000 | – | – |