Rollie Hemsley

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: June 24, 1907 in Syracuse, OH us

Died: July 31, 1972 in Washington, DC

Buried: George Washington Cemetery, Adelphi, MD

Debut: April 19, 1928 (Age 20-300d, 6,722nd in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 17, 1947 (Age 39-297d)
vs. NYG 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Ralston Burdett Hemsley

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

5047

1321

.262

562

RBI

555

OBP

.311

SLG

.360

OPS

.671

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-39 / in Starts: 35-24
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	12 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 14 bases loaded PA and 12 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 262 PAs	32
Actual Runners on Base	226 (107-77-42) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 262 PAs	30
Avg. Runners on Base	177 (89-55-31)

Most Driven In
R Stephenson	7
R Hornsby	5
C Grimm	4
Self	3
D Taylor	3
H Wilson	2
L Bell	2
K Cuyler	2

Most Driven In By
C Grimm	9
B Jurges	4
C Blair	4
Self	3
J Moore	2
W English	2
K Cuyler	1
L Waner	1

1931 Batting Game Log

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1931 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	243	1	Apr 14	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	8	.93	-0.061	2.28	-0.09%	-0.64	C
2	244	2	Apr 15	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	8	1.52	-0.157	3.75	-0.23%	-1.12	C
3	245	3	Apr 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.273	.222	.495	8	1.24	-0.017	2.65	-0.02%	-0.06	C
4	246	4	Apr 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.267	.231	.497	8	1.13	-0.084	2.65	-0.12%	-0.56	C
5	247	5	Apr 18	PIT	@	CIN	W,9-6	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.250	.278	.528	8	.95	-0.070	1.93	-0.09%	-1.26	C
6	248	6	Apr 19	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.318	.568	8	.29	0.034	.65	0.05%	0.53	C
7	249	7	Apr 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.250	.308	.558	8	1.04	0.020	2.43	0.03%	0.26	C
8	250	8	Apr 24	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.242	.267	.509	8	1.09	-0.099	2.36	-0.13%	-1.30	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	251	18 (9)	May 3 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-10	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.237	.257	.494	7	.91	-0.129	2.20	-0.19%	-1.38	C
10	252	33 (14)	May 26	PIT	@	STL	L,9-11	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.237	.257	.494	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Chicago Cubs
11	253	34	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.256	.300	.556	6	.28	0.071	.79	0.12%	0.43	C
12	254	36 (1)	May 31	CHC		PIT	W,5-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.255	.279	.534	6	.79	-0.041	2.38	-0.07%	-0.75	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	255	37	Jun 2	CHC		BRO	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.186	.255	.279	.534	9						PR
14	256	38	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	W,9-8	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.208	.269	.292	.561	6	2.21	0.301	6.31	0.52%	1.41	C
15	257	39	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.286	.327	.613	6	1.49	0.115	4.54	0.21%	1.39	C
16	258	40	Jun 5	CHC		BRO	L,1-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		1	0	.236	.300	.327	.627	6	1.48	0.014	4.96	0.03%	-0.20	C
17	259	41	Jun 6	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.281	.305	.586	6	.90	-0.111	3.21	-0.24%	-1.39	C
18	260	42	Jun 7	CHC		NYG	W,8-3	CG(6)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.269	.290	.559	6	1.11	-0.163	4.15	-0.37%	-2.47	C
19	261	43	Jun 8	CHC		NYG	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.268	.277	.545	6	.54	-0.048	2.07	-0.11%	-0.29	C
20	262	45 (1)	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.188	.253	.261	.514	6	.67	-0.084	1.76	-0.13%	-0.85	C
21	263	47 (1)	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,7-4	CG	5	4	2	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.219	.278	.315	.594	6	1.11	0.155	3.69	0.31%	1.66	C
22	264	48	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	W,7-6	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.234	.289	.325	.614	6	1.49	0.238	5.39	0.52%	1.33	C
23	265	49	Jun 14	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.235	.287	.333	.621	6						C
24	266	50	Jun 15	CHC		BSN	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.284	.329	.613	9	.04	-0.001	.13	0.00%	-0.17	PH
25	267	51	Jun 16	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.293	.349	.642	6	1.44	0.150	4.37	0.27%	0.46	C
26	268	53 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-0	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.323	.371	.694	6	.96	0.170	2.55	0.27%	2.50	C
27	269	54	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,12-7	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.287	.337	.383	.720	6	.83	0.108	2.38	0.19%	0.84	C
28	270	55	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.289	.337	.392	.728	6	1.63	0.329	4.79	0.58%	2.37	C
29	271	56	Jun 21	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.339	.402	.741	6	1.88	-0.042	5.50	-0.07%	-0.90	C
30	272	57	Jun 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,11-4	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.342	.425	.767	6	.42	-0.020	1.49	-0.04%	0.92	C
31	273	59 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,14-10	GS-5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.296	.350	.426	.776	6	1.01	0.103	3.78	0.23%	1.51	C
32	274	60	Jun 25	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.347	.422	.769	6	4.05	-0.113	11.97	-0.20%	-0.35	PR C
33	275	61	Jun 26	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.352	.429	.781	6	.53	-0.002	1.46	0.00%	0.21	C
34	276	65 (3)	Jun 29	CHC	@	PHI	L,10-11	CG	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.352	.424	.775	6	1.50	-0.056	4.82	-0.11%	-0.45	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	277	68 (2)	Jul 2	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1		0	0	.287	.341	.410	.751	6	2.05	-0.075	5.77	-0.13%	-0.90	C
36	278	73 (4)	Jul 7 (1)	CHC		STL	W,14-2	CG	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.336	.409	.745	7	.40	-0.057	1.63	-0.14%	-0.46	C
37	279	75 (1)	Jul 8	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.290	.340	.427	.768	7	.42	0.014	1.47	0.03%	1.62	C
38	280	77 (1)	Jul 11 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1		0	0	.287	.336	.419	.755	8	.65	-0.057	1.70	-0.09%	-0.30	C
39	281	79 (1)	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.340	.421	.761	8	1.20	-0.064	5.44	-0.18%	-0.31	C
40	282	81 (1)	Jul 13	CHC	@	STL	L,5-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.338	.413	.750	8	.49	0.058	2.06	0.15%	-0.05	C
41	283	83 (1)	Jul 15	CHC		NYG	W,5-4	7-8	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.342	.417	.759	9	1.37	0.036	3.80	0.06%	0.21	PH
42	284	84	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.333	.405	.739	8	1.07	-0.107	3.63	-0.22%	-1.38	C
43	285	86 (1)	Jul 18	CHC		BRO	L,2-3	7-GF(11)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		1		0	0	.282	.335	.403	.738	8	4.66	0.299	14.77	0.57%	1.14	PR C
44	286	88 (1)	Jul 20	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.341	.404	.745	8	1.99	0.122	4.55	0.17%	0.95	C
45	287	89	Jul 21	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.335	.396	.731	8	1.74	-0.130	4.55	-0.20%	-1.05	C
46	288	90	Jul 22	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.337	.415	.752	8	2.17	-0.033	3.94	-0.04%	0.29	C
47	289	91	Jul 23	CHC		BSN	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.341	.414	.754	8	1.21	0.025	2.64	0.03%	0.10	C
48	290	92	Jul 24	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.285	.341	.418	.759	8	1.68	0.034	2.92	0.04%	-0.20	C
49	291	93	Jul 25	CHC		BSN	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.339	.420	.759	8	.70	0.042	1.24	0.05%	0.47	C
50	292	95 (1)	Jul 27	CHC		PHI	L,6-7	6-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.288	.342	.424	.766	9	1.24	0.045	2.48	0.05%	0.66	PH
51	293	96	Jul 28	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.351	.448	.799	8	1.36	0.211	2.20	0.20%	1.32	C
52	294	97	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.346	.441	.786	8	.96	-0.100	1.71	-0.11%	-1.29	C
53	295	98	Jul 30	CHC	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.344	.433	.777	8	.72	-0.024	2.00	-0.04%	-0.59	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	296	101 (2)	Aug 2	CHC		STL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.293	.347	.446	.792	8	.58	0.068	2.07	0.15%	1.09	C
55	297	102	Aug 3	CHC		CIN	W,8-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.340	.436	.776	7	.75	-0.078	1.05	-0.07%	-1.37	C
56	298	103	Aug 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.338	.432	.770	7	.61	-0.047	1.01	-0.05%	-1.45	C
57	299	105 (1)	Aug 5	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.341	.431	.772	7	1.57	0.037	2.78	0.04%	0.38	C
58	300	106	Aug 7	CHC	@	STL	L,0-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.340	.429	.768	9	.04	-0.001	.15	0.00%	-0.25	PH
59	301	107	Aug 8	CHC	@	STL	L,7-14	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.343	.427	.770	7	.75	-0.025	2.28	-0.05%	1.04	C
60	302	113 (5)	Aug 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-14	7-7	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.346	.435	.781	9	.03	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.39	PH
61	303	120 (6)	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.339	.426	.766	7	1.30	-0.135	1.63	-0.10%	-1.22	C
62	304	121	Aug 20	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.339	.426	.766	7						PR
63	305	123 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.338	.424	.762	4	6.10	-0.118	3.41	-0.04%	-0.42	PH
64	306	126 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.341	.424	.765	8	.80	0.025	.13	0.00%	0.13	PH
65	307	127	Aug 25 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.287	.344	.440	.784	7	.66	-0.005	.09	0.00%	0.57	C
66	308	128	Aug 26 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.342	.438	.780	8	1.32	-0.030	.04	0.00%	-0.47	PH
67	309	129	Aug 26 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG(12)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.333	.426	.759	7	1.47	-0.233	.10	-0.01%	-2.17	C
68	310	131 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	5	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.335	.434	.769	7	.63	-0.043	.01	0.00%	0.63	C
69	311	133 (1)	Aug 30	CHC		CIN	L,3-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.333	.432	.766	9	1.08	-0.028	.04	0.00%	-0.24	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
70	312	136 (2)	Sep 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.333	.432	.766	8						C
71	313	139 (2)	Sep 6	CHC		PIT	L,4-5	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.332	.430	.762	9	6.44	-0.392	.00	0.00%	-1.59	PH
72	314	141 (1)	Sep 7 (2)	CHC		STL	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.282	.335	.432	.766	8	.94	0.152	.00	0.00%	1.44	C
73	315	145 (3)	Sep 13 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,11-7	GS-11	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.332	.424	.756	8	2.15	0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.89	C
74	316	148 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,8-7	CG	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.335	.438	.773	8	.77	0.091	.00	0.00%	1.69	C
75	317	154 (5)	Sep 21	CHC		NYG	L,7-15	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.337	.438	.776	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	1.00	PH
76	318	156 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				1	0	.289	.344	.444	.787	8						C
							37-39		262	239	31	69	20	4	3	32	20	2	32	0	3		8		4	1	.289	.344	.444	.787		1.17	0.046	2.68	1.19%	0.12

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