Midwest League Managers

Ken Bolek

One Midwest League season:

Manager, Waterloo [Indians] (1988)

Playing Career

Drafted/Signed: Tigers, 24th round, 1976 (Outfielder, University of Arizona)
Professional Career: Three years in the Tigers system, split about equally between the Midwest and Southern Leagues. Played briefly at the Triple-A level.
Midwest League: Played for Clinton in 1976, and for Waterloo in 1978.

Management style

Bolek was more likely than most managers to let the starting pitcher finish the game; his teams also bunted a lot.

Bolek has been director of The Baseball Academy in Bradenton since 1995.

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On Other Websites

St. Petersburg Times
Wikipedia
The Baseball Academy

Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
Kenneth Bolek
DOB: December 20, 1953

1994	Daytona	Florida State (A+)	Cubs	134	16	18	144	.53	53	61	73	.455
1993	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	Coach
1992	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	Coach
1991	Canton-Akron	Eastern (AA)	Indians	140	17	27	198	.53	54	75	65	.536
			Playoff Qualifier
1990	Canton-Akron	Eastern (AA)	Indians	140	26	23	174	.62	38	76	64	.543
			Playoff Qualifier
1989	Kinston	Carolina (A+)	Indians	136	24	22	228	.66	52	76	60	.559
1988	Waterloo	Midwest (A)	Indians	140	26	24	164	.68	52	78	62	.557
1987	Osceola	Florida State (A+)	Astros	139	27	18	206	.69	78	80	59	.576
			Playoff Qualifier
1986	Asheville	South Atlantic (A)	Astros	140	19	14	183	.72	60	90	50	.643
			Playoff Qualifier
1984-85
1983	Columbus, GA	Southern (AA)	Astros	Coach
1982	Columbus, GA	Southern (AA)	Astros	Coach
1981	Mississippi State U	SEC? (College)	Bulldogs	Graduate Assistant/Coach
1980	Cuyahoga CC	OCCAC? (JuCo)		---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1979	Cuyahoga CC	OCCAC? (JuCo)		---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
1976-78				Playing Career

Coach	2 Seasons
Minors	7 Seasons			969	155	146	1297	.64	387	536	433	.553
Coach	2 Seasons
College	3 Seasons
Academy	22 Seasons

Total	7 (36) Seasons			969	155	146	1297	.64	387	536	433	.553
Some statistics are not currently available.

This page may be incomplete.
Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here.

1988 Midwest League Managers
Albert	Bannister	Bolek	Bombard	DeJohn
Dillard	Evers	Gardenhire	Hodge	Little
Nettles	Poldberg	Rodriguez	Sweet	Tracy

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The Midwest League plays Single-A, professional baseball in America's agricultural and industrial heartland. 14 teams play a 140 game schedule which begins in early April and ends Labor Day weekend.

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Midwest League Managers

Ken Bolek

Playing Career

Management style

Kenneth Bolek

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources