Rollie Hemsley
Ralston Burdett Hemsley
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 24, 1907 in Syracuse, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1928
Final Game: April 17, 1947
Died: July 31, 1972 in Washington, DC
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1928 21 PIT NL 50 140 133 14 36 2 3 0 18 1 4 10 .271 .292 .331 .623 60 44 0 3 2
1929 22 PIT NL 88 255 235 31 68 13 7 0 37 1 11 22 .289 .321 .404 .725 77 95 0 9 2
1930 23 PIT NL 104 356 324 45 82 19 6 2 45 3 22 21 .253 .301 .367 .668 60 119 0 10 2
1931 24 TOT NL 76 262 239 31 69 20 4 3 32 4 20 33 .289 .344 .444 .787 109 106 0 3 2
1931 24 PIT NL 10 38 35 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 3 3 .171 .237 .257 .494 33 9 0 0 /2
1931 24 CHC NL 66 224 204 28 63 17 4 3 31 4 17 30 .309 .362 .475 .837 121 97 0 3 2
1932 25 CHC NL 60 165 151 27 36 10 3 4 20 2 10 16 .238 .286 .424 .710 89 64 0 4 2/O
1933 26 TOT MLB 81 229 211 16 45 10 1 1 22 0 0 17 20 .213 .272 .284 .556 52 60 6 0 1 2
1933 26 CIN NL 49 122 116 9 22 8 0 0 7 0 6 8 .190 .230 .259 .488 40 30 6 0 0 2
1933 26 SLB AL 32 107 95 7 23 2 1 1 15 0 0 11 12 .242 .321 .316 .637 65 30 0 1 2
1934 27 SLB AL 123 473 431 47 133 31 7 2 52 6 2 29 37 .309 .355 .427 .782 95 184 2 11 *2/O
1935 28 SLB AL 144 560 504 57 146 32 7 0 48 3 2 44 41 .290 .349 .381 .730 86 192 2 10 *2 AS,MVP-9
1936 29 SLB AL 116 427 377 43 99 24 2 2 39 2 3 46 30 .263 .343 .353 .696 70 133 0 4 *2 AS
1937 30 SLB AL 100 364 334 30 74 12 3 3 28 0 0 25 29 .222 .276 .302 .578 46 101 0 5 2/3
1938 31 CLE AL 66 230 203 27 60 11 3 2 28 1 1 23 14 .296 .367 .409 .776 96 83 0 4 2
1939 32 CLE AL 107 432 395 58 104 17 4 2 36 2 4 26 26 .263 .309 .342 .651 68 135 7 0 11 *2 AS
1940 33 CLE AL 119 443 416 46 111 20 5 4 42 1 3 22 25 .267 .304 .368 .671 75 153 9 0 5 *2 AS,MVP-27
1941 34 CLE AL 98 309 288 29 69 10 5 2 24 2 0 18 19 .240 .284 .330 .614 65 95 8 0 3 2
1942 35 TOT MLB 67 211 200 19 38 4 3 0 22 1 0 9 20 .190 .225 .240 .465 34 48 3 0 2 2
1942 35 CIN NL 36 119 115 7 13 1 2 0 7 0 4 11 .113 .143 .157 .299 -12 18 1 0 0 2
1942 35 NYY AL 31 92 85 12 25 3 1 0 15 1 0 5 9 .294 .333 .353 .686 95 30 2 0 2 2
1943 36 NYY AL 62 199 180 12 43 6 3 2 24 0 1 13 9 .239 .290 .339 .629 83 61 4 0 6 2
1944 37 NYY AL 81 299 284 23 76 12 5 2 26 0 2 9 13 .268 .290 .366 .656 84 104 15 0 6 2 AS,MVP-26
1946 39 PHI NL 49 152 139 7 31 4 1 0 11 0 9 10 .223 .270 .266 .536 54 37 2 0 4 2
1947 40 PHI NL 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 1 0 0 0 /2
19 Seasons 1593 5509 5047 562 1321 257 72 31 555 29 18 357 395 .262 .311 .360 .671 74 1815 54 4 101
162 Game Avg. 162 560 513 57 134 26 7 3 56 3 36 40 .262 .311 .360 .671 74 185 0 10
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
SLB (5 yrs) 515 1931 1741 184 475 101 20 8 182 11 7 155 149 .273 .334 .368 .701 76 640 4 31
PIT (4 yrs) 252 789 727 93 192 37 16 2 101 5 40 56 .264 .302 .367 .670 64 267 0 22
CLE (4 yrs) 390 1414 1302 160 344 58 17 10 130 6 8 89 84 .264 .311 .358 .669 74 466 24 0 23
NYY (3 yrs) 174 590 549 47 144 21 9 4 65 1 3 27 31 .262 .297 .355 .652 86 195 21 0 14
PHI (2 yrs) 51 155 142 7 32 4 1 0 12 0 9 10 .225 .272 .268 .539 55 38 2 0 4
CIN (2 yrs) 85 241 231 16 35 9 2 0 14 0 10 19 .152 .187 .208 .395 14 48 7 0 0
CHC (2 yrs) 126 389 355 55 99 27 7 7 51 6 27 46 .279 .330 .454 .783 108 161 0 7
AL (12 yrs) 1079 3935 3592 391 963 180 46 22 377 18 18 271 264 .268 .320 .362 .682 77 1301 45 4 68
NL (9 yrs) 514 1574 1455 171 358 77 26 9 178 11 86 131 .246 .288 .353 .641 67 514 9 0 33

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1928 21 PIT NL 140 100 13 3.5 112 .293 .271 .295 .292 .360 .331 .419 .623 .780 60 .357 -8.8 -0.8 .505 .098 .060 .0
1929 22 PIT NL 255 176 31 4.7 123 .319 .289 .307 .321 .371 .404 .447 .725 .818 77 .429 -9.7 -0.9 .641 .166 .115 .0
1930 23 PIT NL 356 252 36 3.8 126 .266 .253 .312 .301 .370 .367 .464 .668 .834 60 .311 -21.7 -1.9 .595 .191 .114 2.4
1931 24 TOT NL 262 173 37 5.7 105 .325 .289 .287 .344 .346 .444 .405 .787 .751 109 .596 2.9 0.3 .765 .255 .155 3.4
1931 24 PIT NL 38 29 2 1.8 102 .188 .171 .284 .237 .343 .257 .401 .494 .744 33 .156 -3.2 -0.3 .414 .171 .086
1931 24 CHC NL 224 144 35 6.5 105 .351 .309 .288 .362 .347 .475 .406 .837 .753 121 .651 6.1 0.6 .837 .270 .167 3.4
1932 25 CHC NL 165 119 18 4.1 103 .244 .238 .283 .286 .336 .424 .410 .710 .745 89 .435 -2.9 -0.3 .661 .265 .185 2.7
1933 26 TOT MLB 229 173 17 2.6 100 .232 .213 .279 .272 .341 .284 .391 .556 .732 52 .282 -13.8 -1.4 .448 .152 .071 .0
1933 26 CIN NL 122 100 7 1.9 90 .204 .190 .272 .230 .324 .259 .372 .488 .696 40 .195 -8.8 -0.9 .360 .121 .069
1933 26 SLB AL 107 73 10 3.7 111 .268 .242 .288 .321 .360 .316 .415 .637 .775 65 .384 -5.0 -0.5 .569 .189 .074 .0
1934 27 SLB AL 473 311 65 5.6 119 .334 .309 .298 .355 .373 .427 .429 .782 .802 95 .548 -4.7 -0.4 .730 .195 .118 3.0
1935 28 SLB AL 560 370 66 4.8 115 .315 .290 .292 .349 .366 .381 .422 .730 .788 86 .477 -11.0 -1.0 .664 .181 .091 .0
1936 29 SLB AL 427 285 45 4.2 124 .281 .263 .302 .343 .379 .353 .444 .696 .823 70 .376 -17.9 -1.6 .633 .210 .090 2.0
1937 30 SLB AL 364 265 28 2.8 117 .235 .222 .290 .276 .365 .302 .432 .578 .797 46 .239 -29.4 -2.7 .485 .156 .081 .0
1938 31 CLE AL 230 148 30 5.3 116 .310 .296 .288 .367 .366 .409 .429 .776 .795 96 .505 -1.1 -0.1 .736 .227 .113 1.3
1939 32 CLE AL 432 313 41 3.5 111 .278 .263 .283 .309 .357 .342 .418 .651 .775 68 .333 -19.4 -1.8 .526 .139 .078 2.0
1940 33 CLE AL 443 322 46 3.8 108 .276 .267 .276 .304 .348 .368 .418 .671 .766 75 .379 -16.1 -1.5 .546 .149 .101 1.6
1941 34 CLE AL 309 230 27 3.1 102 .251 .240 .269 .284 .345 .330 .397 .614 .742 65 .321 -15.2 -1.5 .507 .160 .090 2.0
1942 35 TOT MLB 211 167 13 2.1 89 .211 .190 .259 .225 .332 .240 .361 .465 .693 34 .238 -17.8 -2.0 .352 .100 .050 .0
1942 35 CIN NL 119 103 3 0.8 87 .125 .113 .256 .143 .328 .157 .356 .299 .683 -12 .053 -17.0 -1.9 .214 .078 .043
1942 35 NYY AL 92 64 10 4.2 93 .329 .294 .263 .333 .337 .353 .368 .686 .706 95 .508 -0.8 -0.1 .581 .129 .059 .0
1943 36 NYY AL 199 148 17 3.1 88 .243 .239 .257 .290 .332 .339 .355 .629 .687 83 .412 -4.8 -0.5 .514 .167 .100 .0
1944 37 NYY AL 299 231 29 3.4 94 .275 .268 .271 .290 .339 .366 .371 .656 .709 84 .422 -7.6 -0.8 .493 .123 .099 .0
1946 39 PHI NL 152 114 10 2.4 90 .240 .223 .259 .270 .334 .266 .362 .536 .696 54 .271 -8.5 -0.9 .418 .108 .043
1947 40 PHI NL 3 2 0 0.0 102 .333 .333 .269 .333 .344 .333 .399 .667 .743 81 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
19 Seasons 5509 3899 569 3.9 110 .279 .262 .286 .311 .357 .360 .415 .671 .772 74 .394 -207.6 -20.1 .576 .171 .098 30.0
162 Game Avg. 560 397 58 3.9 110 .279 .262 .286 .311 .357 .360 .415 .671 .772 74 .394 -207.6 -20.1 .576 .171 .098 3
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
SLB (5 yrs) 1931 1304 214 4.4 118 .295 .273 .295 .334 .370 .368 .430 .701 .800 76 .424 -68.0 -6.3 .631 .186 .095 9.3
PIT (4 yrs) 789 557 82 3.9 121 .284 .264 .306 .302 .367 .367 .447 .670 .815 64 .350 -43.4 -4.0 .583 .165 .103 2.9
CLE (4 yrs) 1414 1013 144 3.8 109 .276 .264 .278 .311 .353 .358 .415 .669 .768 74 .374 -51.8 -5.0 .559 .161 .094 7.5
NYY (3 yrs) 590 443 56 3.4 92 .272 .262 .266 .297 .336 .355 .365 .652 .701 86 .433 -13.2 -1.4 .513 .138 .093 1.6
PHI (2 yrs) 155 116 10 2.3 90 .242 .225 .259 .272 .334 .268 .363 .539 .697 55 .263 -8.6 -0.9 .420 .106 .042
CIN (2 yrs) 241 203 10 1.3 88 .165 .152 .264 .187 .326 .208 .364 .395 .690 14 .119 -25.8 -2.8 .286 .100 .056
CHC (2 yrs) 389 263 53 5.4 104 .305 .279 .286 .330 .342 .454 .408 .783 .750 108 .568 3.2 0.3 .758 .268 .175 6.5
AL (12 yrs) 3935 2760 414 4.0 111 .285 .268 .284 .320 .359 .362 .415 .682 .774 77 .406 -133.0 -12.7 .585 .170 .094 19.8
NL (9 yrs) 1574 1139 155 3.6 109 .265 .246 .290 .288 .351 .353 .416 .641 .768 67 .366 -74.6 -7.4 .552 .174 .107 9.9

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1932 25 CHC NL WS NYY L 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1935 SLB AL 28 as C 4 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .750 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 0
1936 SLB AL 29 DNP
1939 CLE AL 32 DNP
1940 CLE AL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 NYY AL 37 as C 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (3 Appearances) 7 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .429 .571 3 0 0 0 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1928 21 50 140 133 14 36 2 3 0 18 1 4 10 .271 .292 .331 .623 60 44 0 3
1929 22 138 395 368 45 104 15 10 0 55 2 15 32 .283 .311 .378 .688 71 139 0 12
1930 23 242 751 692 90 186 34 16 2 100 5 37 53 .269 .306 .373 .679 66 258 0 22
1931 24 318 1013 931 121 255 54 20 5 132 9 57 86 .274 .316 .391 .707 76 364 0 25
1932 25 378 1178 1082 148 291 64 23 9 152 11 67 102 .269 .312 .396 .707 78 428 0 29
1933 26 459 1407 1293 164 336 74 24 10 174 11 0 84 122 .260 .305 .377 .682 74 488 6 0 30
1934 27 582 1880 1724 211 469 105 31 12 226 17 2 113 159 .272 .318 .390 .707 79 672 6 2 41
1935 28 726 2440 2228 268 615 137 38 12 274 20 4 157 200 .276 .325 .388 .713 81 864 6 4 51
1936 29 842 2867 2605 311 714 161 40 14 313 22 7 203 230 .274 .328 .383 .710 79 997 6 4 55
1937 30 942 3231 2939 341 788 173 43 17 341 22 7 228 259 .268 .322 .374 .695 75 1098 6 4 60
1938 31 1008 3461 3142 368 848 184 46 19 369 23 8 251 273 .270 .325 .376 .701 77 1181 6 4 64
1939 32 1115 3893 3537 426 952 201 50 21 405 25 12 277 299 .269 .323 .372 .695 76 1316 13 4 75
1940 33 1234 4336 3953 472 1063 221 55 25 447 26 15 299 324 .269 .321 .372 .693 76 1469 22 4 80
1941 34 1332 4645 4241 501 1132 231 60 27 471 28 15 317 343 .267 .319 .369 .687 75 1564 30 4 83
1942 35 1399 4856 4441 520 1170 235 63 27 493 29 15 326 363 .263 .314 .363 .677 73 1612 33 4 85
1943 36 1461 5055 4621 532 1213 241 66 29 517 29 16 339 372 .262 .313 .362 .675 74 1673 37 4 91
1944 37 1542 5354 4905 555 1289 253 71 31 543 29 18 348 385 .263 .312 .362 .674 74 1777 52 4 97
1945 38 1542 5354 4905 555 1289 253 71 31 543 29 18 348 385 .263 .312 .362 .674 74 1777 52 4 97
1946 39 1591 5506 5044 562 1320 257 72 31 554 29 18 357 395 .262 .311 .360 .671 74 1814 54 4 101
1947 40 1593 5509 5047 562 1321 257 72 31 555 29 18 357 395 .262 .311 .360 .671 74 1815 54 4 101

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1928 21 53 142 138 14 36 2 3 0 18 1 4 11 .261 .282 .319 .601 13 50
1929 22 93 250 240 27 64 12 7 0 32 1 10 23 .267 .296 .375 .671 26 88
1930 23 109 347 327 37 74 17 5 2 37 3 20 22 .226 .271 .327 .598 29 104
1931 24 79 271 250 31 72 21 4 3 32 4 21 34 .288 .343 .440 .783 38 76
1932 25 63 167 157 28 37 10 3 4 21 2 10 17 .236 .281 .414 .695 19 60
1933 26 85 240 222 16 47 10 1 1 22 0 18 21 .212 .271 .279 .550 17 81
1934 27 129 465 436 39 123 29 6 2 44 6 27 39 .282 .327 .390 .717 55 123
1935 28 152 561 517 50 138 30 7 0 42 3 42 43 .267 .324 .352 .676 58 144
1936 29 121 418 378 34 87 21 2 2 31 2 40 31 .230 .304 .312 .616 36 116
1937 30 104 365 341 27 71 12 3 3 25 0 24 30 .208 .260 .287 .548 25 100
1938 31 70 228 207 24 56 10 3 2 24 1 21 15 .271 .338 .377 .715 26 66
1939 32 113 431 406 54 100 16 4 2 33 2 25 27 .246 .290 .320 .610 38 107
1940 33 124 450 428 44 109 20 5 4 40 1 22 26 .255 .291 .353 .644 44 119
1941 34 102 318 299 30 72 10 5 2 25 2 19 20 .241 .286 .328 .614 28 98
1942 35 71 230 219 22 47 5 4 0 26 1 11 21 .215 .252 .274 .526 15 67
1943 36 65 208 193 15 49 7 3 2 29 0 15 9 .254 .308 .352 .660 21 62
1944 37 85 308 298 25 81 13 5 2 29 0 10 14 .272 .295 .369 .665 32 81
1946 39 51 159 149 9 36 5 1 0 14 0 10 10 .242 .289 .289 .578 13 49
1947 40 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
19 Seasons 1671 5561 5208 526 1299 250 71 31 524 29 349 413 .249 .297 .343 .640 533 1593
162 Game Avg. 162 539 505 51 126 24 7 3 51 3 34 40 .249 .297 .343 .640 52 1593
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

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

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1935-AL-9-20%
1940-AL-27-1%
1944-AL-26-1%
0.22 Career Shares (691st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 AL--15--10th

Oldest s c a p y
1946 NL--born 1907-06-24--9th
1947 NL--born 1907-06-24--4th

Youngest s c a p y
1928 NL--born 1907-06-24--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 48 (394), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 23 (604), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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