Rollie Sheldon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Born: December 17, 1936 in Putnam, CT us

Schools: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX), University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)

Debut: April 23, 1961 (Age 24-127d, 11,834th in major league history)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1966 (Age 29-282d)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Roland Frank Sheldon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

4.09

160

101

724.2

371

WHIP

1.308

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Team Record in Appearances: 20-15 / in Starts: 14-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 2

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	9	Apr 23	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-4	5-6		99	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.07	9	3	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.093	2.57	0.15%	0.98	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
2	2	15	Apr 30(2)	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	6	7.0	5	2	2	2	8	0	0	2.00	1.35	26	6	5	0	2	5	65			0	1	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.038	2.51	0.07%	1.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	3	19	May 5	NYY	@	LAA	W,5-4	7-7		4	0.1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.93	1.72	4	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.219	5.78	-0.49%	-1.41	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
4	4	28	May 16	NYY		WSA	L,2-3	4-7		10	4.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	1.67	15	3	8	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.165	1.93	0.31%	1.93	4t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d1
5	5	33	May 21(2)	NYY		BAL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	7.0	5	3	1	6	3	0	0	1.33	2.57	28	7	7	1	3	5	56			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	-0.106	3.53	-0.17%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
6	6	37	May 28(1)	NYY		CHW	L,9-14	9-GF		6	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	1	0	2.95	3.32	7	2	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	.36	-0.151	.92	-0.23%	-3.52	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 5
7	7	41	May 31	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-7	W(1-2)	2	6.2	5	4	3	2	5	1	0	3.21	3.47	27	4	12	5	1	4	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.100	1.45	0.15%	1.16	1b start a 1	7b 12- 2 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	8	47	Jun 5(2)	NYY		MIN	W,6-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.68	3.17	33	14	9	3	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	1	0	0	.85	0.254	2.21	0.39%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	9	51	Jun 8(2)	NYY		KCA	L,6-9	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.15	3	0	3	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.007	.35	0.02%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
10	10	55	Jun 11(2)	NYY		LAA	W,5-1	GS-9	W(3-2)	2	8.0	6	1	1	6	6	0	0	2.35	3.18	36	11	13	5	3	0	66			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	.92	0.219	3.60	0.51%	1.88	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a4
11	11	61	Jun 17	NYY	@	DET	L,10-12	2-3		5	1.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	2.45	3.39	7	2	2	0	1	2		1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.018	.58	-0.06%	-0.78	2b -2- 1 out d6	3b 3 out d8
12	12	63	Jun 19	NYY	@	KCA	L,3-4	GS-9		1	8.1	5	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.57	3.54	31	13	9	3	1	5	61			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.57	-0.131	7.10	-0.36%	1.31	1b start a 1	9b --- 1 out tie
13	13	68	Jun 24	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-7	GS-6	W(4-2)	4	5.2	6	5	5	2	3	3	0	3.06	4.08	25	6	8	1	2	6	38			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.049	2.79	-0.14%	-2.17	1b start a 2	6b --3 2 out a4
14	14	71	Jun 27	NYY	@	LAA	L,6-7	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.02	4.03	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.036	2.32	0.11%	0.56	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	15	74	Jul 1	NYY		WSA	W,7-6	3-8		3	5.1	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.78	3.91	18	5	6	2	1	2		1	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.02	0.322	5.21	0.99%	2.64	3t 1-- 2 out d4	8t 3 out tie
16	16	77	Jul 4(2)	NYY		DET	L,3-4	9-9		2	1.0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.87	3.98	6	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.62	-0.306	31.38	-1.59%	-0.52	9t --- 0 out tie	9t 3 out d1
17	17	78	Jul 5	NYY		CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(5-2)	0	9.0	4	0	0	5	4	0	0	2.54	3.91	34	10	11	1	1	4	78			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	.55	0.264	3.39	0.97%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	18	82	Jul 9(1)	NYY		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-2)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.28	3.61	31	11	8	1	0	5	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.488	5.53	1.74%	4.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
19	19	85	Jul 14	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS-6	L(6-3)	4	5.1	9	6	6	1	1	0	1	2.73	3.59	27	5	10	1	3	9	26			1	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.196	5.13	-0.66%	-3.69	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d6
20	20	89	Jul 18	NYY	@	WSA	W,5-3	GS-6		3	6.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	0	2.84	3.58	23	6	6	0	1	7	50			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	-0.071	5.88	-0.24%	-0.13	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d1
21	21	93	Jul 22	NYY	@	BOS	W,11-9	GS-4		3	3.1	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.10	3.59	18	3	6	2	0	6	29			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	1	0	0	.99	-0.069	5.76	-0.24%	-1.53	1b start tie	4b 123 1 out a5
22	22	97	Jul 26	NYY		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	4	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.01	3.49	32	10	12	0	4	4	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.264	3.26	0.91%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	23	102	Jul 30(2)	NYY		BAL	L,1-2	GS-2		3	1.1	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.05	3.48	9	1	3	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.40	-0.057	8.34	-0.20%	-0.59	1t start tie	2t 123 1 out tie
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	24	109	Aug 6(2)	NYY		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(8-3)	6	9.0	8	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.98	3.41	37	12	12	2	3	8	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	1	1	1.50	0.348	8.53	1.19%	2.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
25	25	119	Aug 16	NYY		CHW	W,5-4	GS-6		9	5.0	7	4	4	3	1	2	0	3.14	3.64	21	6	4	0	1	7	35			0	1	0	18	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.09	-0.169	7.12	-0.66%	-1.58	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out tie
26	26	124	Aug 20(2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(9-3)	3	9.0	8	2	1	1	2	1	0	3.00	3.66	35	13	13	3	5	6	66			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.389	5.99	1.25%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
27	27	126	Aug 23	NYY	@	LAA	W,8-6	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2.96	3.68	9	2	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.101	6.33	0.39%	1.12	6b --- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
28	28	130	Aug 27	NYY	@	KCA	W,8-7	6-9	H(1)	3	3.1	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	3.08	3.73	15	5	9	3	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.140	6.57	0.49%	-1.23	6b --- 0 out a2	9b --- 1 out a2
29	29	133	Aug 31	NYY	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS-3	L(9-4)	3	2.0	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.29	3.71	13	4	1	0	0	5	31			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.13	-0.195	7.13	-0.74%	-2.32	1b start tie	3b 1-- 0 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	30	137	Sep 4(1)	NYY		WSA	W,5-3	GS-7		3	7.0	8	3	3	3	3	1	1	3.31	3.78	32	9	16	5	5	0	49			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.127	5.60	-0.31%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
31	31	143	Sep 9	NYY		CLE	W,8-7	GS-7		4	6.0	7	5	5	3	1	2	0	3.48	3.95	27	6	10	0	1	7	36			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.273	.17	-0.02%	-1.09	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out tie
32	32	147	Sep 14(1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-8	GS-1	L(9-5)	4	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	2	0	3.76	4.13	6	0	1	0	0	4	22			0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.413	.03	-0.01%	-4.77	1b start a 1	1b --- 1 out d4
33	33	150	Sep 15(2)	NYY	@	DET	L,2-4	5-6		0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.71	4.08	7	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.041	.00	0.00%	1.05	5b --- 0 out d3	6b 3 out d3
34	34	159	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	7-GF	W(10-5)	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	3.64	3.99	9	2	2	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.363	.00	0.00%	1.45	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
35	35	161	Sep 29	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	8-GF	W(11-5)	2	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.60	3.95	7	2	2	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.239	.00	0.00%	0.97	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
							20-15		W-L:11-5,Hld:1	3.3	162.2	149	70	65	55	84	17	2	3.60	3.95	670	0.87		11%	11%	124	52	2	50%	7	4	0	606	21	6	2	18	2	3	1.02	1.321	4.54	3.52%	11.51

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