Tom Bolton (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetTom Bolton (baseball)
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 06-May-1962
Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Tom Bolton (baseball)
- Thomas Edward Bolton (born May 6, 1962) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1987 through 1994 for the Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, and Baltimore Orioles.
- He batted and threw left-handed.
- Bolton led Antioch High School to 1979 Tennessee High School Class AAA state championship. Bolton spent 18 years in professional baseball, constantly moving from the starting rotation to the bullpen.
- A six-season minor league veteran, he reached the majors in 1987 with the Boston Red Sox, playing in part of six seasons with them before moving to Cincinnati, Detroit and Baltimore.
- His most productive season came in 1990 with Boston, when he had a 10–5 mark with a 3.38 earned run average (ERA) in 16 starts.
- In 1996 he recorded a high-career 19 starts, but went 8–9 and 5.24.
- After that, he was used mostly as a middle reliever and left-handed specialist.
- In the 1992 midseason, he was sent to Cincinnati in the same trade that brought Billy Hatcher to the Red Sox.
- In his last two seasons, he divided his playing time with the Tigers and Orioles. In an eight-season career, Bolton posted a 31–34 record with a 4.56 ERA and 244 strikeouts in 209 appearances, including 56 starts, three complete games, and 540?1/3 innings pitched.
- Following his major league career, he pitched in the Pacific Coast League for the Calgary Cannons (1996–97), Tucson Toros (1997) and Nashville Sounds (1998).
- In 14 minor league seasons he went 72–58 with 743 strikeouts and a 3.86 ERA in 1125?1/3 innings.
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