Sol
Bolton
 
Nickname: Michael
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: March 23, 1975 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
OTBA Championships Won 2006   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 29 NAZ KL $ 2,600,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
2005 30 NAZ KL $ 2,600,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
2006 31 NAZ KL $ 500,000 8 4 5 5 7 8 8 9 9 9
2007 32 NAZ KL $ 500,000 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 9 9 9
2008 33 NAZ KL $ 500,000 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 9 9 9
2009 34 NAZ KL $ 500,000 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
2010 35 NAZ KL   8 4 4 4 7 8 8 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 4 4 4 7 7 7 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 9 9
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  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
2004 29 NAZ KL $ 2,600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2005 30 NAZ KL $ 2,600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2006 31 NAZ KL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2007 32 NAZ KL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2008 33 NAZ KL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2009 34 NAZ KL $ 500,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
2010 35 NAZ KL     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Nolan Ryan Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 29 NAZ KL 0 2 .000 4 4 0 0 0 24.0 32 13 3 7 14 4.88 .314 .358 .461 .819 0.0
    AAA   15 5 .750 24 24 3 2 0 178.0 170 47 2 41 178 2.38 .250 .292 .305 .598  
2005 30 NAZ KL 2 1 .667 9 3 0 0 1 27.7 31 11 0 5 19 3.58 .282 .310 .364 .674 1.8
    AAA   3 1 .750 7 7 2 2 0 49.0 41 11 0 13 42 2.02 .223 .274 .277 .551  
2006 31 NAZ KL 6 0 1.000 73 0 0 0 3 112.7 130 51 8 32 61 4.07 .290 .332 .410 .742 5.8
2007 32 NAZ KL 3 3 .500 24 0 0 0 1 38.7 30 18 2 15 26 4.19 .216 .285 .302 .587 2.3
    AAA   1 3 .250 24 0 0 0 2 10.7 16 6 0 4 8 5.07 .340 .392 .426 .818  
2008 33 AAA   4 3 .571 67 5 0 0 5 80.0 79 31 2 27 57 3.49 .261 .321 .356 .678  
2009 34 NAZ KL 2 0 1.000 21 0 0 0 0 29.7 31 8 2 11 11 2.43 .272 .331 .412 .743 2.4
2010 35 NAZ KL 0 2 .000 12 0 0 0 1 14.0 21 10 4 3 10 6.43 .344 .375 .623 .998 0.0
6 Years Sim 13 8 .619 143 7 0 0 6 246.6 275 111 19 73 141 4.05 .282 .328 .408 .736 12.3
4 Years AAA 23 12 .657 122 36 5 4 7 317.7 306 95 4 85 285 2.69 .252 .301 .319 .619  
Season Average 2 1 .667 23 1 0 0 1 41.1 45 18 3 12 23 4.05 .282 .328 .408 .736  
Career Highs 6 3 1.000 73 4 0 0 3 112.7 130 51 8 32 61 6.43 .344 .375 .623 .998  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   167 72 11 36 97   .289 .331 .419 .749
vs LH   108 39 8 37 44   .272 .334 .393 .727
Home 7 6 .538 69 7 0 0 3 133.0 140 52 11 38 86 3.52 .268 .317 .402 .719
Away 6 2 .750 74 0 0 0 3 113.7 135 59 8 35 55 4.67 .299 .349 .416 .765
Mar/Apr 1 3 .250 22 3 0 0 0 47.7 64 22 3 14 32 4.15 .314 .358 .422 .779
May 5 3 .625 36 1 0 0 1 59.0 53 27 6 23 28 4.12 .242 .314 .388 .702
June 2 1 .667 30 0 0 0 1 41.0 48 18 3 10 25 3.95 .286 .326 .399 .725
July 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 2 20.0 27 14 3 4 9 6.30 .342 .373 .532 .905
August 3 1 .750 22 3 0 0 0 55.3 56 20 2 14 33 3.25 .265 .311 .351 .662
Sep/Oct 2 0 1.000 19 0 0 0 2 23.7 27 10 2 8 14 3.80 .287 .343 .468 .811
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hank Aaron Award or Super Newbie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 29 NAZ KL 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2005 30 NAZ KL 9 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.3 0.0
2006 31 NAZ KL 75 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2 0.0
2007 32 NAZ KL 25 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2009 34 NAZ KL 39 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
2010 35 NAZ KL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 164 29 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 9 .034 .034 .034 .069 -3.3 0.0
162 Game Average 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 .034 .034 .034 .069 -3.3  
Career Highs 75 10 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1  
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   17 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 7 .059 .059 .059 .118 -2.3
vs LH   12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Home 81 20 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 7 .050 .050 .050 .100 -2.3
Away 58 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
RISP   4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Close/Late   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Mar/Apr 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
May 21 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
June 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
August 26 13 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 .077 .077 .077 .154 -1.0
Sep/Oct 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hoover Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 29 NAZ KL P 4 4 24.0 4 2 0 1 1.000 2.25    
2005 30 NAZ KL P 9 3 27.7 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.98    
2006 31 NAZ KL P 73 0 112.7 4 12 1 2 .941 1.28    
2007 32 NAZ KL P 24 0 38.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.40    
2009 34 NAZ KL P 21 0 29.7 3 6 0 1 1.000 2.73    
2010 35 NAZ KL P 12 0 14.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64    
Career Totals   143 7 246.6 14 27 1 4 .976 1.50    
Career Highs   73 4 112.7 4 12 1 2 1.000 2.73    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2005 30 NAZ KL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 4.50 .250 .250 .250 .500
2006 31 NAZ KL 2 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 8.3 8 2 1 1 5 2.16 .250 .273 .406 .679
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 9 0 0 0 0 10.3 10 3 1 1 5 2.61 .250 .268 .375 .643
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History
Drafted in 31st round, 603rd overall pick, by Nazareth in 2004
Injured on 5/26/2005 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Earned first career win on 8/19/2005
Had first career hit on 8/31/2005, off Glen McGee (AMA)
Released by Nazareth on 2/14/2006
Signed as a free agent by Nazareth on 2/26/2006 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year
Won OTBA Championship with Nazareth in 2006
7/20/2009: Signed a contract extension with Nazareth, $480,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/8/2009 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Released by Nazareth on 7/4/2010