Frank Bolick

Frank Bolick

Infobox MLB retired
name=Frank Bolick
position=Infielder


bats=Switch
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1966|6|28
city-state|Ashland|Pennsylvania
debutdate=April 5
debutyear=by|1993
debutteam=Montreal Expos
finaldate=June 3
finalyear=by|1998
finalteam=Anaheim Angels
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.214
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=0
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=5
teams=
*Montreal Expos (1993)
*Anaheim Angels (1998)
*Chiba Lotte Marines (1999-2002)
highlights=
*California League MVP, by|1990

Frank Charles Bolick (born June 28, 1966) is a former major league baseball player from Ashland, Pennsylvania. He was an infielder for the Montreal Expos and Anaheim Angels. He also played four seasons in Japan with the Chiba Lotte Marines. He threw right-handed, and was a switch hitter.

Early career

Bolick was drafted out of high school the Montreal Expos in 1985, but did not sign, instead choosing to play college baseball at Georgia Tech. He was drafted again by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1987, and signed with them on June 12 of that year.

Professional career

North America

Bolick made his way through various minor league organizations before making his major league debut in by|1993 with the Expos. He played in 95 games that year, hitting 4 home runs and 24 RBIs with a .211 batting average. He spent several more years in the minors with five more organizations before being promoted to the majors again in by|1998 with the Anaheim Angels. He played 21 games before being released at the end of the season.

Japan

Bolick was signed by the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japanese Pacific League in by|1999. The Marines hoped he would emerge as the new cleanup hitter that the team badly needed, but he did not hit well in pre-season games, and began the season in the minors. However, he hit a home run in his first at-bat in April, and emerged as the team's best power hitter by the end of his first season. The Marines compiled a 22-2-1 record in games where Bolick hit a home run, and a cult belief emerged among Marines fans that the team would never lose as long as Bolick hit a home run. However, he was also one at-bat away from tying the league record for consecutive at-bats without a hit, going 0 for 51 at the end of the season. He finished the season with 26 home runs and 61 RBIs.

Bolick's production increased in his second season in Japan, where he hit 29 home runs with 102 RBIs in 125 games. He played his best season in by|2001, hitting 31 home runs and 101 RBIs with a .279 batting average. He also drew 107 walks; the Japanese single-season record, and won the Best Nine Award for designated hitter. He played an epic game on July 9, 2001, against the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks; the Marines were 3 runs behind in the 10th inning, and Bolick finished the game with a walk-off grand slam off closer Rodney Pedraza.

A new strike zone was established in Nippon Professional Baseball in by|2002, and Bolick was unable to continue his hitting prowess, ending the season with a .204 batting average. He was demoted to the minors after injuring his left knee, and was released in August. He left Japan on September 28, and a large number of Marines fans showed up at Narita International Airport to bid him farewell.

External links

*Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=b/bolicfr01 |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=statistics]
* [http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=1149 Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics]


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