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Rollie Hemsley
Ralston Burdett Hemsley

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 19, 1928
Final Game April 17, 1947
Born June 24, 1907 in Syracuse, OH
Died July 31, 1972 in Washington, DC

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 21 PIT NL  50  133   14   36   2  3   0   18   1      4  10  .271  .292  .331   60   44   3           0    
 1929 22 PIT NL  88  235   31   68  13  7   0   37   1     11  22  .289  .321  .404   77   95   9           0    
 1930 23 PIT NL 104  324   45   82  19  6   2   45   3     22  21  .253  .301  .367   60  119  10           0    
 1931 24 TOT NL  76  239   31   69  20  4   3   32   4     20  33  .289  .344  .444  109  106   3           0    
         PIT NL  10   35    3    6   3  0   0    1   0      3   3  .171  .237  .257   33    9   0           0    
         CHC NL  66  204   28   63  17  4   3   31   4     17  30  .309  .362  .475  121   97   3           0    
 1932 25 CHC NL  60  151   27   36  10  3   4   20   2     10  16  .238  .286  .424   89   64   4           0    
 1933 26 TOT     81  211   16   45  10  1   1   22   0  0  17  20  .213  .272  .284   52   60   1           0   6
         CIN NL  49  116    9   22   8  0   0    7   0      6   8  .190  .230  .259   40   30   0           0   6
         SLB AL  32   95    7   23   2  1   1   15   0  0  11  12  .242  .321  .316   65   30   1           0    
 1934 27 SLB AL 123  431   47  133  31  7   2   52   6  2  29  37  .309  .355  .427   95  184  11           2    
 1935 28 SLB AL 144  504   57  146  32  7   0   48   3  2  44  41  .290  .349  .381   86  192  10           2     MVP-9,AS
 1936 29 SLB AL 116  377   43   99  24  2   2   39   2  3  46  30  .263  .343  .353   70  133   4           0     AS
 1937 30 SLB AL 100  334   30   74  12  3   3   28   0  0  25  29  .222  .276  .302   46  101   5           0    
 1938 31 CLE AL  66  203   27   60  11  3   2   28   1  1  23  14  .296  .367  .409   96   83   4           0    
 1939 32 CLE AL 107  395   58  104  17  4   2   36   2  4  26  26  .263  .309  .342   68  135  11           0   7 AS
 1940 33 CLE AL 119  416   46  111  20  5   4   42   1  3  22  25  .267  .304  .368   75  153   5           0   9 MVP-27,AS
 1941 34 CLE AL  98  288   29   69  10  5   2   24   2  0  18  19  .240  .284  .330   65   95   3           0   8
 1942 35 TOT     67  200   19   38   4  3   0   22   1  0   9  20  .190  .225  .240   34   48   2           0   3
         CIN NL  36  115    7   13   1  2   0    7   0      4  11  .113  .143  .157  -12   18   0           0   1
         NYY AL  31   85   12   25   3  1   0   15   1  0   5   9  .294  .333  .353   95   30   2           0   2
 1943 36 NYY AL  62  180   12   43   6  3   2   24   0  1  13   9  .239  .290  .339   83   61   6           0   4
 1944 37 NYY AL  81  284   23   76  12  5   2   26   0  2   9  13  .268  .290  .366   84  104   6           0  15 MVP-26,AS
 1946 39 PHI NL  49  139    7   31   4  1   0   11   0      9  10  .223  .270  .266   54   37   4           0   2
 1947 40 PHI NL   2    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   0  .333  .333  .333   81    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons    1593 5047  562 1321 257 72  31  555  29 18 357 395  .262  .311  .360   74 1815 101   0   0   4  54
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        513   57  134  26  7   3   56   3  2  36  40  .262  .311  .360   74  185  10   0   0   0   5
 Career High    144  504   58  146  32  7   4   52   6  4  46  41  .309  .355  .444  109  192  11   0   0   2  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 21 PIT NL  140  100   13   3.5   112| .271  .295| .292  .360| .331  .419| .623  .780|  60  .357  -8.8  -0.9     
 1929 22 PIT NL  255  176   31   4.7   123| .289  .307| .321  .371| .404  .447| .725  .818|  77  .429  -9.7  -0.9     
 1930 23 PIT NL  356  252   36   3.8   126| .253  .312| .301  .370| .367  .464| .668  .834|  60  .311 -21.7  -1.9     
 1931 24 TOT NL  262  173   37   5.7   105| .289  .287| .344  .346| .444  .405| .788  .751| 109  .596   2.9   0.3     
         PIT NL   38   29    2   1.8   102| .171  .284| .237  .343| .257  .401| .494  .744|  33  .156  -3.2  -0.3     
         CHC NL  224  144   35   6.5   105| .309  .288| .362  .347| .475  .406| .837  .753| 121  .651   6.1   0.6     
 1932 25 CHC NL  165  119   18   4.1   103| .238  .283| .286  .336| .424  .410| .710  .745|  89  .435  -2.9  -0.3     
 1933 26 TOT     229  173   17   2.6   100| .213  .279| .272  .341| .284  .391| .556  .732|  52  .282 -13.8  -1.4   0%
         CIN NL  122  100    7   1.9    90| .190  .272| .230  .324| .259  .372| .489  .696|  40  .195  -8.8  -0.9     
         SLB AL  107   73   10   3.7   111| .242  .288| .321  .360| .316  .415| .637  .775|  65  .384  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1934 27 SLB AL  473  311   65   5.6   119| .309  .298| .355  .373| .427  .429| .782  .802|  95  .548  -4.7  -0.4  75%
 1935 28 SLB AL  560  370   66   4.8   115| .290  .292| .349  .366| .381  .422| .730  .788|  86  .477 -11.0  -1.0  60%
 1936 29 SLB AL  427  285   45   4.2   124| .263  .302| .343  .379| .353  .444| .696  .823|  70  .376 -17.9  -1.6  40%
 1937 30 SLB AL  364  265   28   2.8   117| .222  .290| .276  .365| .302  .432| .578  .797|  46  .239 -29.4  -2.7   0%
 1938 31 CLE AL  230  148   30   5.3   116| .296  .288| .367  .366| .409  .429| .776  .795|  96  .505  -1.1  -0.1  50%
 1939 32 CLE AL  432  313   41   3.5   111| .263  .283| .309  .357| .342  .418| .651  .775|  68  .333 -19.4  -1.8  33%
 1940 33 CLE AL  443  322   46   3.8   108| .267  .276| .304  .348| .368  .418| .672  .766|  75  .379 -16.1  -1.5  25%
 1941 34 CLE AL  309  230   27   3.1   102| .240  .269| .284  .345| .330  .397| .614  .742|  65  .321 -15.2  -1.5 100%
 1942 35 TOT     211  167   13   2.1    89| .190  .259| .225  .332| .240  .361| .465  .693|  34  .238 -17.8  -2.0 100%
         CIN NL  119  103    3   0.8    87| .113  .256| .143  .328| .157  .356| .300  .683| -12  .053 -17.0  -1.9     
         NYY AL   92   64   10   4.2    93| .294  .263| .333  .337| .353  .368| .686  .706|  95  .508  -0.8  -0.1 100%
 1943 36 NYY AL  199  148   17   3.1    88| .239  .257| .290  .332| .339  .355| .629  .687|  83  .412  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1944 37 NYY AL  299  231   29   3.4    94| .268  .271| .290  .339| .366  .371| .656  .709|  84  .422  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1946 39 PHI NL  152  114   10   2.4    90| .223  .259| .270  .334| .266  .362| .536  .696|  54  .271  -8.5  -0.9     
 1947 40 PHI NL    3    2    0   0.0   102| .333  .269| .333  .344| .333  .399| .666  .743|  81  .000  -0.1   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     5509 3899  569   3.9   110| .262  .286| .311  .357| .360  .415| .671  .772|  74  .394 -207.6 -19.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 21 PIT NL C 49 127 24 6 4 .962 .979 3.08 3.79 3 1929 22 PIT NL C 80 240 48 14 7 .954 .974 3.60 3.57 5 1930 23 PIT NL C 98 325 50 8 11 .979 .976 3.83 4.05 5 1931 24 TOT NL C 62 271 45 7 5 .978 .980 5.10 4.03 9 PIT NL C 9 35 5 0 0 1.000 .980 4.44 4.03 2 CHC NL C 53 236 40 7 5 .975 .980 5.21 4.03 7 1932 25 CHC NL C 47 173 17 5 3 .974 .979 4.04 3.98 4 OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.40 0 1 0 1933 26 TOT C 68 207 35 8 3 .968 .985 3.56 3.96 3 CIN NL C 41 109 22 4 1 .970 .982 3.20 3.75 2 SLB AL C 27 98 13 4 2 .965 .988 4.11 4.28 1 1934 27 SLB AL C 114 487 92 16 15 .973 .981 5.08 4.36 8 OF 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 2.17 6 0 0 1935 28 SLB AL C 141 510 105 13 10 .979 .984 4.36 4.20 3 AS 1936 29 SLB AL C 114 340 68 13 16 .969 .979 3.58 4.22 7 AS 1937 30 SLB AL C 94 332 70 13 13 .969 .980 4.28 4.62 1 1B 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 9.60 1938 31 CLE AL C 58 358 38 8 5 .980 .983 6.83 4.37 6 1939 32 CLE AL C 106 499 58 9 7 .984 .981 5.25 4.44 4 AS 1940 33 CLE AL C 117 591 65 4 8 .994 .982 5.61 4.68 4 AS 1941 34 CLE AL C 96 401 42 9 8 .980 .983 4.61 4.54 3 1942 35 TOT C 63 302 26 5 6 .985 .979 5.21 4.28 0 CIN NL C 34 199 15 4 3 .982 .979 6.29 4.28 0 NYY AL C 29 103 11 1 3 .991 .979 3.93 4.28 0 1943 36 NYY AL C 52 234 31 5 3 .981 .981 5.10 4.61 3 1944 37 NYY AL C 76 298 41 6 7 .983 .976 4.46 4.36 1 AS 1946 39 PHI NL C 45 170 42 5 10 .977 .980 4.71 4.24 6 1947 40 PHI NL C 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.35 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 30 SLB AL 1B 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 9.60 1928 21 PIT NL C 49 127 24 6 4 .962 .979 3.08 3.79 3 1929 22 PIT NL C 80 240 48 14 7 .954 .974 3.60 3.57 5 1930 23 PIT NL C 98 325 50 8 11 .979 .976 3.83 4.05 5 1931 24 TOT NL C 62 271 45 7 5 .978 .980 5.10 4.03 9 PIT NL C 9 35 5 0 0 1.000 .980 4.44 4.03 2 CHC NL C 53 236 40 7 5 .975 .980 5.21 4.03 7 1932 25 CHC NL C 47 173 17 5 3 .974 .979 4.04 3.98 4 1933 26 TOT C 68 207 35 8 3 .968 .985 3.56 3.96 3 CIN NL C 41 109 22 4 1 .970 .982 3.20 3.75 2 SLB AL C 27 98 13 4 2 .965 .988 4.11 4.28 1 1934 27 SLB AL C 114 487 92 16 15 .973 .981 5.08 4.36 8 1935 28 SLB AL C 141 510 105 13 10 .979 .984 4.36 4.20 3 1936 29 SLB AL C 114 340 68 13 16 .969 .979 3.58 4.22 7 1937 30 SLB AL C 94 332 70 13 13 .969 .980 4.28 4.62 1 1938 31 CLE AL C 58 358 38 8 5 .980 .983 6.83 4.37 6 1939 32 CLE AL C 106 499 58 9 7 .984 .981 5.25 4.44 4 1940 33 CLE AL C 117 591 65 4 8 .994 .982 5.61 4.68 4 1941 34 CLE AL C 96 401 42 9 8 .980 .983 4.61 4.54 3 1942 35 TOT C 63 302 26 5 6 .985 .979 5.21 4.28 0 CIN NL C 34 199 15 4 3 .982 .979 6.29 4.28 0 NYY AL C 29 103 11 1 3 .991 .979 3.93 4.28 0 1943 36 NYY AL C 52 234 31 5 3 .981 .981 5.10 4.61 3 1944 37 NYY AL C 76 298 41 6 7 .983 .976 4.46 4.36 1 1946 39 PHI NL C 45 170 42 5 10 .977 .980 4.71 4.24 6 1947 40 PHI NL C 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.50 4.35 0 1932 25 CHC NL OF 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 2.40 0 1 0 1934 27 SLB AL OF 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 .968 2.00 2.17 6 0 0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total C 1482 5868 897 154 141 .978 .980 4.56 4.27 75 OF 7 13 1 0 0 1.000 .972 2.00 2.20 6 1 0 1B 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 9.60 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1491 5887 899 154 141 .978 .980 4.55 4.27
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1932   WS    CHC NYY     L   3   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1935   SLB AL   *   4   1   1  0  1  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1936   SLB AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1939   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1940   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1944   NYY AL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/5      2   7   1   1  0  1  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .143  .143  .429 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1935 (C)
1936
1939
1940 *
1944 (C)

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1935-AL-9-0.20
1940-AL-27-0.01
1944-AL-26-0.01
Car-680-0.22 shares

Grounded into Double Plays
1944 AL-15-10

Oldest Player
1946 NL-39-9
1947 NL-40-4

Youngest Player
1928 NL-21-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 12.9 (1249) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 47.5 (381) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 13, 1931: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Earl Grace.

November 30, 1932: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Johnny Moore, Lance Richbourg, and Bob Smith to the Cincinnati Reds for Babe Herman.

August 12, 1933: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Browns for Jack Crouch.

February 10, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Ed Cole, Roy Hughes, and Billy Sullivan.

December 4, 1941: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.

July 17, 1942: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

July 19, 1942: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

March 25, 1946: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Yankees.

October 3, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Before 1947 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 5, 1947: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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