Milt Bolling
1952–1958 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators (1901-60)
400G
.241AVG
.313OBP
.345SLG
More career statistics
280H
19HR
94RBI
5SB
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 · Caught stealing | 12 | 13 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 188 | 190 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,328 | 1,330 |
| Batting · RBI | 94 | 96 |
| Batting · Walks | 114 | 116 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | 1,328 | 1,161 | 127 | 280 | 50 | 7 | 19 | 94 | 114 | 188 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 401 | .241 | .313 | .345 | .658 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1953-07-04 to 1953-07-18
14longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 1954-05-31 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1953-05-22 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1953-04-16 | 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 | 201 | 693 | 144 | 12 | 49 | 58 | 102 | .237 | .291 | .362 |
| Away | 199 | 637 | 136 | 7 | 47 | 58 | 88 | .246 | .305 | .327 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 27 | 90 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | .256 | .278 | .390 |
| May | 69 | 220 | 37 | 4 | 19 | 25 | 34 | .198 | .282 | .310 |
| June | 78 | 256 | 57 | 4 | 27 | 22 | 42 | .256 | .309 | .377 |
| July | 86 | 312 | 80 | 3 | 15 | 27 | 38 | .291 | .343 | .371 |
| August | 58 | 187 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 25 | .210 | .262 | .329 |
| September | 82 | 265 | 50 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 38 | .220 | .279 | .308 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 65 | 216 | 44 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 37 | .233 | .292 | .302 |
| chicago-white-sox | 62 | 198 | 36 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 35 | .208 | .288 | .306 |
| new-york-yankees | 62 | 197 | 41 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 33 | .237 | .279 | .341 |
| detroit-tigers | 54 | 195 | 40 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 21 | .225 | .262 | .331 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 41 | 124 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | .200 | .266 | .291 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 38 | 161 | 41 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 18 | .311 | .373 | .462 |
| baltimore-orioles | 33 | 109 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | .250 | .339 | .352 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 20 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | .269 | .298 | .423 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 |  Boston Red Sox | 11 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 3 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1953 | Boston Red Sox | 109 | 323 | 85 | 5 | 30 | 1 | .263 | – | – |
| 1954 | Boston Red Sox | 113 | 370 | 92 | 6 | 36 | 2 | .249 | – | – |
| 1955 | Boston Red Sox | 6 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | .200 | – | – |
| 1956 | Boston Red Sox | 45 | 118 | 25 | 3 | 8 | – | .212 | – | – |
| 1957 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 92 | 278 | 63 | 4 | 19 | 2 | .227 | – | – |
| 1958 |  Detroit Tigers | 24 | 31 | 6 | – | – | – | .194 | – | – |