Icehouse
Bolton
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 170
 
Born: May 17, 1958 in Edwards, MS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 18 LV FL   2 1 2 4 3 3 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
1977 19 LV FL   2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2
1978 20 LV FL   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3
1979 21 LV FL   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3
1980 22 LV FL   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   2 1 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 23 LV FL $ 300,000   9 9 9 5 4 5 10 10 10 20 19 20 10 10 10
1982 24 OMA JL $ 300,000   12 12 12 4 4 4 11 11 11 20 20 20 11 11 11
1983 25 OMA JL $ 300,000   15 15 15 5 4 5 11 11 11 20 20 20 11 11 11
1984 26 BAL JL $ 300,000   14 14 14 5 4 5 11 11 11 20 20 20 11 11 11
1985 27 BAL JL $ 300,000   14 14 14 4 4 4 12 12 12 20 20 20 11 11 11
1986 28 BAL JL $ 2,307,857   14 14 14 4 4 4 11 12 11 20 20 20 11 11 11
1987 29 BAL JL $ 2,307,857   13 13 13 5 4 5 11 12 11 20 20 20 11 11 11
1988 30 BAL JL $ 2,307,857   13 13 13 4 3 3 12 12 12 20 20 20 11 11 11
1989 31 WAS JL $ 8,000,000   12 12 12 2 1 1 11 12 11 20 20 20 11 11 11
1990 32 WAS JL $ 8,000,000   12 12 12 4 3 3 10 10 10 20 20 20 10 10 10
1991 33 WAS JL $ 8,000,000   11 11 11 4 3 3 10 11 11 20 20 20 10 10 10
1992 34 LOU JL $ 1,120,100   10 10 10 2 1 1 9 9 9 20 20 20 9 9 9
1993 35 LOU JL     9 9 9 2 1 1 8 8 8 20 20 20 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     9 9 9 2 1 1 8 8 8 20 19 20 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,000,000   15 15 15 5 4 5 12 12 12 20 20 20 11 11 11
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1976 18 A   137 576 81 150 22 5 10 53 42 11 48 165 .260 .317 .368 .685 71.4  
1977 19 A   126 500 76 153 22 7 6 68 41 6 61 102 .306 .381 .414 .795 83.6  
1978 20 AA   94 391 68 111 20 1 4 35 36 6 46 91 .284 .359 .371 .730 57.5  
    A   36 132 25 35 5 1 3 16 13 2 23 15 .265 .374 .386 .761 22.2  
1979 21 AAA   21 83 14 16 2 1 0 4 7 1 10 22 .193 .280 .241 .521 6.9  
    AA   117 449 75 127 21 1 7 45 43 6 65 87 .283 .374 .381 .754 72.2  
1980 22 AAA   137 571 102 161 33 6 6 64 54 10 76 116 .282 .366 .392 .759 89.6  
1981 23 LV FL 156 552 99 124 26 5 5 37 94 24 83 149 .225 .331 .317 .648 72.1 8.8
1982 24 LV FL 36 119 16 17 4 0 2 7 17 2 23 41 .143 .280 .227 .507 12.0 0.5
    AAA   79 247 57 70 11 2 3 27 35 7 76 51 .283 .452 .381 .833 54.2  
1983 25 OMA JL 46 25 9 6 0 1 0 0 16 6 2 8 .240 .296 .320 .616 3.0 0.2
    AAA   25 55 11 16 3 2 1 11 6 1 17 13 .291 .458 .473 .931 13.5  
1984 26 OMA JL 15 21 4 3 1 0 0 4 4 2 2 6 .143 .217 .190 .408 0.8 0.0
  BAL JL 91 214 37 56 13 2 1 23 42 15 26 61 .262 .343 .355 .698 30.1 4.1
  TOT   106 235 41 59 14 2 1 27 46 17 28 67 .251 .332 .340 .673 30.9 4.1
    AAA   19 64 7 20 1 0 1 5 6 1 11 14 .313 .413 .375 .788 11.4  
1985 27 BAL JL 131 323 79 96 11 9 2 33 97 13 52 77 .297 .404 .406 .810 68.6 14.9
1986 28 BAL JL 151 481 70 107 20 5 4 33 76 38 100 148 .222 .362 .310 .672 64.6 4.8
1987 29 BAL JL 139 365 68 85 11 2 7 40 56 19 66 102 .233 .368 .332 .699 57.1 7.2
1988 30 BAL JL 146 359 60 114 13 8 0 35 65 20 70 77 .318 .432 .398 .830 67.5 12.5
1989 31 WAS JL 152 543 113 147 29 9 1 52 71 25 95 151 .271 .383 .363 .746 86.3 13.2
1990 32 WAS JL 153 532 76 120 13 12 4 40 60 19 83 126 .226 .337 .318 .654 66.0 5.5
1991 33 WAS JL 111 336 57 78 11 6 0 24 40 15 59 78 .232 .353 .301 .654 43.2 5.5
1992 34 LOU JL 147 511 70 140 23 3 1 36 51 17 68 130 .274 .361 .337 .698 72.3 9.4
1993 35 LOU JL 39 83 10 13 3 1 0 4 7 3 15 34 .157 .293 .217 .510 6.2 0.0
13 Years Sim 1513 4464 768 1106 178 63 27 368 696 218 744 1188 .248 .361 .334 .695 649.8 86.6
5 Years AAA 281 1020 191 283 50 11 11 111 108 20 190 216 .277 .395 .380 .776 175.7  
2 Years AA 211 840 143 238 41 2 11 80 79 12 111 178 .283 .374 .376 .750 129.8  
3 Years A 299 1208 182 338 49 13 19 137 96 19 132 282 .280 .355 .389 .744 177.2  
10 Years Minors 791 3068 516 859 140 26 41 328 283 51 433 676 .280 .374 .383 .757 482.7  
162 Game Average 477 82 118 19 6 2 39 74 23 79 127 .248 .361 .334 .695 69.6  
Career Highs 156 552 113 147 29 12 7 52 97 38 100 151 .318 .432 .406 .830 86.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2955 516 736 116 45 16 233 464 143 506 791 .249 .364 .335 .700 429.6
vs LH   1509 252 370 62 18 11 135 232 75 238 397 .245 .354 .332 .686 208.0
Home 749 2180 385 557 94 30 12 178 348 110 373 560 .256 .369 .343 .712 325.1
Away 764 2284 383 549 84 33 15 190 348 108 371 628 .240 .353 .326 .679 312.6
RISP   965 0 265 40 13 11 328 0 0 170 260 .275 .385 .377 .762 149.3
Pinch Hitting   150 23 35 4 4 1 15 19 3 25 38 .233 .350 .333 .684 21.4
Close/Late   440 84 105 14 5 1 32 0 0 76 107 .239 .356 .300 .656 52.9
Mar/Apr 253 738 136 174 24 12 10 69 124 25 121 204 .236 .348 .341 .689 109.5
May 288 892 145 208 34 12 4 72 134 43 140 235 .233 .340 .312 .651 114.0
June 270 788 130 198 31 8 4 62 119 41 128 200 .251 .360 .326 .686 109.1
July 241 699 123 184 31 7 1 46 122 37 127 196 .263 .383 .332 .715 107.4
August 237 690 122 187 35 15 5 72 102 35 111 172 .271 .381 .387 .768 110.6
Sep/Oct 224 657 112 155 23 9 3 47 95 37 117 181 .236 .361 .312 .673 87.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1981 23 LV FL CF 152 151 1198.0 339 3 0 0 1.000 2.57   3.3
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1982 24 LV FL LF 36 36 294.0 68 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.8
1983 25 OMA JL CF 6 0 11.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.32   0.1
    LF 3 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
1984 26 OMA JL RF 6 5 26.9 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.34   0.1
    LF 3 2 11.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BAL JL RF 39 28 286.9 77 3 0 1 1.000 2.51   1.3
    LF 16 15 125.7 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.93   0.0
    CF 5 3 26.4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.02   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.8 2 0 0 1 1.000 10.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 45 33 313.8 84 3 0 1 1.000 2.50   1.5
      LF 19 17 137.5 28 1 0 1 1.000 1.90   0.0
      CF 6 3 28.9 3 0 0 0 1.000 .93   0.0
      3B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 27 BAL JL RF 68 61 546.3 126 1 0 0 1.000 2.09   1.8
    LF 16 7 69.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.30    
    CF 7 6 52.3 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.92    
    1B 3 2 24.0 23 2 0 5 1.000 9.38   0.1
1986 28 BAL JL LF 103 102 878.0 162 5 0 0 1.000 1.71   3.1
    RF 29 29 254.7 48 1 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    CF 4 3 28.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.89    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1987 29 BAL JL RF 106 100 835.7 213 4 1 3 .995 2.34   3.0
    CF 7 7 57.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.37    
    LF 5 3 30.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1988 30 BAL JL LF 70 67 587.0 122 1 0 0 1.000 1.89   2.6
    RF 29 22 222.0 38 3 1 0 .976 1.66    
    CF 4 4 32.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97    
1989 31 WAS JL CF 148 148 1217.0 385 5 1 0 .997 2.88   4.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1990 32 WAS JL CF 153 153 1229.0 379 7 0 2 1.000 2.83   2.7
    3B 2 0 4.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1991 33 WAS JL CF 92 91 724.7 210 11 0 4 1.000 2.74   1.8
    LF 7 3 32.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.65    
    RF 3 2 18.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1992 34 LOU JL CF 144 144 1130.7 310 8 0 4 1.000 2.53   6.4
    RF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1993 35 LOU JL CF 34 20 204.7 76 0 0 0 1.000 3.34   1.2
    RF 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  CF 757 730 5913.9 1753 34 1 10 .999 2.72   19.5
  RF 290 247 2206.5 517 12 2 4 .996 2.16   6.3
  LF 264 236 2046.2 411 7 0 1 1.000 1.84   6.5
  1B 3 2 24.0 23 2 0 5 1.000 9.38   0.1
  3B 5 0 9.3 3 1 0 1 1.000 3.86   0.1
  2B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1324 1215 10205.8 2707 57 3 21 .999 2.44   32.4
Career Highs   158 153 1237.3 387 11 1 5 1.000 3.28    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1984 26 BAL JL 14 31 6 7 1 0 0 4 11 0 1 10 .226 .242 .258 .500
1985 27 BAL JL 14 33 2 8 1 0 0 2 6 2 3 6 .242 .306 .273 .578
1986 28 BAL JL 17 56 10 19 4 1 0 9 2 5 9 12 .339 .439 .446 .886
1987 29 BAL JL 10 21 2 5 1 0 0 1 4 2 4 7 .238 .385 .286 .670
1988 30 BAL JL 5 16 3 7 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 .438 .471 .625 1.096
1992 34 LOU JL 4 17 3 6 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 .353 .421 .588 1.009
Career Post-Season Batting 64 174 26 52 11 1 1 19 25 12 20 38 .299 .376 .391 .766
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Runs
1981-10-99
1989-4-113
Triples
1985-10-9
1990-9-12
Stolen Bases
1981-2-94
1984-7-46
1985-2-97
1986-4-76
1987-8-56
1988-4-65
1989-1-71
1990-4-60
1991-10-40
1992-5-51
CAR-11-696
Caught Stealing
1981-5-24
1986-2-38
1988-10-20
1989-5-25
1990-10-19
1992-10-17
CAR-21-218
Walks
1981-7-83
1986-3-100
1988-10-70
1989-2-95
1990-6-83
CAR-41-744
Strikeouts
1981-5-149
1989-2-151
1992-10-130
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 18th overall pick, by Honolulu in 1976
Traded from Honolulu to Las Vegas on 5/11/1976 (Going to HON: P C. Robbins, CF F. Aguilar, P C. Perras, LF G. McBob. Going to LV: P P. Nieves, RF J. Desmidt, CF I. Bolton)
Injured on 6/10/1976 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/9/1977 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Injured on 8/19/1977 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/1/1978 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/3/1981, off John Fillion (CLG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1981, off Denny Wegman (BRK)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against New Orleans on 4/27/1981
Won Phenom Award in 1981, hitting .225 with 5 HR, 37 RBI