Red Rolfe

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: October 17, 1908 in Penacook, NH us

Died: July 8, 1969 in Gilford, NH

Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Penacook, NH

High School: Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH)

School: Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH)

Debut: June 29, 1931 (Age 22-255d, 7,238th in major league history)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1942 (Age 33-345d)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1934 season

Full Name: Robert Abial Rolfe

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

28.9

4827

1394

.289

942

RBI

497

OBP

.360

SLG

.413

OPS

.773

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 69 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 5 tying, 30 go ahead

1 Tm
NYY	69

Platoon
vs RHP	55
vs LHP	14

Home/Road
Home	55
Away	14

Outs
1	32
0	24
2	13

7 Opps
PHA	18
DET	12
CHW	12
CLE	9
WSH	6
SLB	6
BOS	6

53 Pitchers
Dutch Leonard	3
Mel Harder	3
Earl Whitehill	2
Gordon Rhodes	2
Al Milnar	2
Eddie Smith	2
John Whitehead	2
Johnny Rigney	2
Lynn Nelson	2
Harry Kelley	2
Johnny Marcum	2
Schoolboy Rowe	2
Bill Dietrich	2
Elden Auker	2
Dizzy Trout	1
Vernon Wilshere	1
Joe Heving	1
Earl Johnson	1
Nels Potter	1
Ed Heusser	1
Bud Thomas	1
Wes Ferrell	1
Herb Hash	1
Bump Hadley	1
Joe Haynes	1
Howard Mills	1
Roger Wolff	1
Jack Russell	1
Pete Appleton	1
George Blaeholder	1
Lum Harris	1
Bill Beckmann	1
Herman Besse	1
Hal Newhouser	1
Monty Stratton	1
Phil Marchildon	1
Fritz Ostermueller	1
Bobo Newsom	1
Bob Muncrief	1
George Coffman	1
Tex Hughson	1
Joe Sullivan	1
Ted Lyons	1
Vern Kennedy	1
Jack Knott	1
Frank Gabler	1
Al Smith	1
Roxie Lawson	1
Johnny Allen	1
Julio Bonetti	1
Boots Poffenberger	1
Chad Kimsey	1
Buck Ross	1

7 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	55
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	5
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
League Pk II (CLE)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1

Where Hit
9	48
7	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	39
1--	21
12-	4
-2-	4
1-3	1

104 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	39
1 on	25
2 on	5
Any on	30

Inning
1	13
2	3
3	6
4	6
5	10
6	9
7	5
8	8
9	6
Extra	3

1-3	22
4-6	25
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	10
+2	4
+1	4
Tied	27
-1	6
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	3

Ahead	28
Tied	27
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	69

OrderPos
2nd	69

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1935	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1935-06-02	NYY		BOS	Gordon Rhodes	ahead 4-0	b 7	2	---	1	2	5	0.019	98%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1935-06-05	NYY		PHA	Johnny Marcum	behind 1-7	b 4	2	12-	3	2	5	0.121	18%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Murphy Scores; E. Combs Scores
3	3	3	1	1935-06-30	NYY		WSH	Earl Whitehill	behind 2-5	b 6	1	12-	3	2	5	0.320	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); E. Combs Scores; J. Hill Scores
4	4	4	1	1935-08-09	NYY		PHA	Vernon Wilshere	ahead 1-0	b 3	2	1--	2	2	5	0.172	81%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; R. Ruffing Scores
5	5	5	1	1935-09-15	NYY		DET	Joe Sullivan	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.145	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Hill Scores
1936	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1936-05-19	NYY	@	CLE	George Blaeholder	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.084	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	2	1	1936-05-23 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	Gordon Rhodes	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-2-	2	2	5	0.113	67%		Home Run; F. Crosetti Scores
8	8	3	1	1936-06-04	NYY		CHW	John Whitehead	behind 0-4	b 3	2	1--	2	2	5	0.138	31%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Crosetti Scores
9	9	4	1	1936-06-12	NYY		DET	Chad Kimsey	ahead 7-5	b 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.068	90%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
10	10	5	1	1936-06-25	NYY	@	CHW	Ted Lyons	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	5	0.089	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
11	11	6	1	1936-07-17	NYY		DET	Roxie Lawson	ahead 3-1	b 3	0	1--	2	2	5	0.102	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Powell Scores
12	12	7	1	1936-07-31	NYY	@	CLE	Mel Harder	ahead 3-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	5	0.108	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	8	1	1936-08-16 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	Harry Kelley	behind 0-2	t 9	1	---	1	2	5	0.061	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	9	1	1936-08-29	NYY		DET	Schoolboy Rowe	tied 2-2	b 5	1	1-3	3	2	5	0.204	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Glenn Scores; D. Heffner Scores
15	15	10	1	1936-09-25	NYY	@	PHA	Eddie Smith	tied 5-5	t 10	1	---	1	2	5	0.356	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1937-05-30	NYY		PHA	Harry Kelley	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.135	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Crosetti Scores
17	17	2	1	1937-07-23	NYY	@	CHW	John Whitehead	behind 2-6	t 6	1	---	1	2	5	0.051	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	3	1	1937-07-27	NYY		DET	Jack Russell	behind 4-5	b 11	1	1--	2	2	5	0.762	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; F. Crosetti Scores
19	19	4	1	1937-08-01	NYY		SLB	Julio Bonetti	ahead 6-3	b 6	1	1--	2	2	5	0.066	96%		Home Run; D. Heffner Scores
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1938-05-11	NYY		CLE	Mel Harder	ahead 3-0	b 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.050	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
21	21	2	1	1938-05-31	NYY		BOS	Fritz Ostermueller	tied 5-5	b 6	1	1--	2	2	5	0.231	81%		Home Run; F. Crosetti Scores
22	22	3	1	1938-06-02 (1)	NYY		DET	Boots Poffenberger	behind 1-2	b 5	1	12-	3	2	5	0.289	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Chandler Scores; F. Crosetti Scores
23	23	4	1	1938-06-08 (1)	NYY		CHW	Frank Gabler	ahead 6-1	b 4	0	---	1	2	5	0.025	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	5	1	1938-06-29 (2)	NYY		PHA	Lynn Nelson	behind 0-1	b 3	2	-2-	2	2	5	0.192	62%		Home Run; J. Gordon Scores
25	25	6	1	1938-07-02	NYY		WSH	Wes Ferrell	ahead 3-1	b 4	1	1--	2	2	5	0.117	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Crosetti Scores
26	26	7	1	1938-07-24 (2)	NYY		CHW	Monty Stratton	tied 0-0	b 4	0	---	1	2	5	0.111	68%		Home Run
27	27	8	1	1938-08-10	NYY		WSH	Pete Appleton	behind 7-10	b 6	1	---	1	2	5	0.092	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	9	1	1938-08-25 (1)	NYY		CLE	Earl Whitehill	behind 0-2	b 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.142	55%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Crosetti Scores
29	29	10	1	1938-09-22	NYY	@	CHW	Johnny Rigney	tied 4-4	t 9	1	1--	2	2	5	0.401	90%		Home Run; F. Crosetti Scores
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1939-04-24	NYY		PHA	Nels Potter	tied 0-0	b 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.151	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	1939-05-07	NYY	@	CHW	Bill Dietrich	ahead 14-4	t 9	0	---	1	2	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	3	1	1939-05-23	NYY		CLE	Johnny Allen	tied 2-2	b 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.151	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	4	1	1939-06-16	NYY		CLE	Al Milnar	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.130	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	5	1	1939-06-19	NYY		DET	George Coffman	ahead 7-4	b 8	2	---	1	2	5	0.021	98%		Home Run
35	35	6	1	1939-06-25 (2)	NYY		SLB	Vern Kennedy	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.138	72%		Home Run; F. Crosetti Scores
36	36	7	1	1939-07-25	NYY		SLB	Howard Mills	ahead 4-1	b 8	1	---	1	2	5	0.019	98%		Home Run
37	37	8	1	1939-08-03	NYY		DET	Bud Thomas	ahead 10-1	b 6	0	---	1	2	5	0.001	100%		Home Run
38	38	9	1	1939-08-16	NYY		WSH	Dutch Leonard	ahead 3-0	b 8	2	---	1	2	5	0.021	98%		Home Run
39	39	10	1	1939-08-20 (1)	NYY		PHA	Buck Ross	behind 2-5	b 9	2	1--	2	2	5	0.037	5%		Home Run; B. Rosar Scores
40	40	11	1	1939-08-20 (2)	NYY		PHA	Lynn Nelson	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	---	1	2	5	0.098	88%		Home Run
41	41	12	1	1939-08-22	NYY	@	CHW	Johnny Marcum	tied 5-5	t 7	0	---	1	2	5	0.172	67%		Home Run
42	42	13	1	1939-08-27	NYY	@	DET	Schoolboy Rowe	ahead 3-2	t 8	1	1--	2	2	5	0.184	90%		Home Run; F. Crosetti Scores
43	43	14	1	1939-09-10 (2)	NYY		WSH	Dutch Leonard	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	1	2	5	0.017	99%		Home Run
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1940-04-24	NYY		PHA	Herman Besse	tied 2-2	b 5	0	---	1	2	5	0.137	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	2	2	1940-04-24	NYY		PHA	Ed Heusser	ahead 7-2	b 7	1	-2-	2	2	5	0.010	100%		Home Run; R. Ruffing Scores/unER
46	46	3	1	1940-05-03	NYY		CHW	Eddie Smith	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.097	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	4	1	1940-07-04 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	Herb Hash	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.139	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Crosetti Scores
48	48	5	1	1940-07-11	NYY		SLB	Elden Auker	ahead 3-0	b 7	1	12-	3	2	5	0.045	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Russo Scores; F. Crosetti Scores
49	49	6	1	1940-07-18	NYY		CLE	Al Milnar	ahead 4-0	b 2	1	1--	2	2	5	0.067	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Crosetti Scores/unER
50	50	7	1	1940-08-10	NYY		PHA	Bill Beckmann	ahead 10-0	b 8	2	---	1	2	5	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	8	1	1940-08-13 (1)	NYY		BOS	Joe Heving	ahead 4-1	b 2	1	---	1	2	5	0.060	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	9	1	1940-08-27	NYY		CHW	Johnny Rigney	behind 2-3	b 5	2	---	1	2	5	0.153	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	10	1	1940-09-01 (1)	NYY		WSH	Dutch Leonard	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.145	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Gordon Scores
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1941-05-30 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	Earl Johnson	behind 0-1	t 4	1	---	1	2	5	0.120	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	2	1	1941-06-08 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	Elden Auker	ahead 7-3	t 9	1	1--	2	2	5	0.013	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Ruffing Scores
56	56	3	1	1941-06-22	NYY		DET	Bobo Newsom	behind 3-4	b 9	2	---	1	2	5	0.488	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	4	1	1941-06-24	NYY		SLB	Bob Muncrief	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.148	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sturm Scores
58	58	5	1	1941-07-05	NYY		PHA	Phil Marchildon	ahead 9-5	b 8	1	---	1	2	5	0.008	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	6	1	1941-07-06 (1)	NYY		PHA	Bump Hadley	ahead 7-4	b 8	1	---	1	2	5	0.018	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	7	1	1941-07-29	NYY		DET	Hal Newhouser	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	5	0.116	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	8	1	1941-08-16	NYY		PHA	Jack Knott	tied 1-1	b 5	0	1--	2	2	5	0.197	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sturm Scores
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
62	62	1	1	1942-07-13	NYY		DET	Dizzy Trout	tied 1-1	b 5	0	1--	2	2	5	0.212	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores
63	63	2	1	1942-07-16	NYY		CLE	Mel Harder	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	---	1	2	5	0.060	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	3	1	1942-07-17	NYY		CLE	Al Smith	ahead 5-1	b 4	2	-2-	2	2	5	0.052	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Hassett Scores
65	65	4	1	1942-07-18	NYY		CHW	Joe Haynes	tied 6-6	b 10	2	---	1	2	5	0.467	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	5	1	1942-07-19 (1)	NYY		CHW	Bill Dietrich	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.107	63%		Home Run
67	67	6	1	1942-08-10 (2)	NYY		PHA	Lum Harris	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	5	0.126	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	7	1	1942-08-11	NYY		BOS	Tex Hughson	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.107	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	8	1	1942-09-07 (1)	NYY		PHA	Roger Wolff	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.107	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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Summary of 69 Home Runs

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