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Rollie Hemsley

Ralston Burdett Hemsley

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

Born: June 24, 1907 in Syracuse, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1928
Teams (by GP): Browns/Indians/Pirates/Yankees/Cubs/... 1928-1947

Final Game: April 17, 1947
Died: July 31, 1972 in Washington, DC
Buried: George Washington Cemetery, Adelphi, MD
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1928 PIT NL 21 C 49 32 27 157 127 24 6 4 .962 3.08 .979 4.42 3 20 14 41% 45%
1929 PIT NL 22 C 80 55 50 302 240 48 14 7 .954 3.60 .974 4.34 5 38 30 44% 42%
1930 PIT NL 23 C 98 92 78 383 325 50 8 11 .979 3.83 .976 4.57 5 27 26 49% 44%
1931 TOT NL 24 C 62 59 57 323 271 45 7 5 .978 5.10 .980 4.64 9 31 21 40% 46%
1931 PIT NL 24 C 9 9 9 40 35 5 0 0 1.000 4.44 .980 4.64 2 3 2 40% 46%
1931 CHC NL 24 C 53 50 48 283 236 40 7 5 .975 5.21 .980 4.64 7 28 19 40% 46%
1932 CHC NL 25 C 47 40 31 195 173 17 5 3 .974 4.04 .979 4.66 4 10 8 44% 44%
1932 CHC NL 25 CF 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 3.00
1932 CHC NL 25 OF 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .975 2.50
1933 TOT MLB 26 C 68 63 51 250 207 35 8 3 .968 3.56 .985 4.56 3 29 14 33% 46%
1933 CIN NL 26 C 41 37 26 135 109 22 4 1 .970 3.20 .982 4.35 2 19 10 34% 46%
1933 SLB AL 26 C 27 26 25 115 98 13 4 2 .965 4.11 .988 4.88 1 10 4 29% 45%
1934 SLB AL 27 C 114 110 98 595 487 92 16 15 .973 5.08 .981 4.99 8 39 42 52% 37%
1934 SLB AL 27 LF 7 6 4 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 .968 2.17
1934 SLB AL 27 OF 6 7 5 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .968 2.28
1934 SLB AL 27 RF 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .965 2.10
1935 SLB AL 28 C 141 136 115 628 510 105 13 10 .979 4.36 .984 4.75 3 48 31 39% 41% AS,MVP-9
1936 SLB AL 29 C 114 102 89 421 340 68 13 16 .969 3.58 .979 4.78 7 46 16 26% 36% AS
1937 SLB AL 30 C 94 88 80 415 332 70 13 13 .969 4.28 .980 5.04 1 47 27 36% 37%
1937 SLB AL 30 1B 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 .991 9.85
1938 CLE AL 31 C 58 58 52 404 358 38 8 5 .980 6.83 .983 4.88 6 41 20 33% 37%
1939 CLE AL 32 C 106 101 88 566 499 58 9 7 .984 5.25 .981 4.92 4 38 30 44% 37% AS
1940 CLE AL 33 C 117 113 96 660 591 65 4 8 .994 5.61 .982 5.27 4 22 30 58% 41% AS,MVP-27
1941 CLE AL 34 C 96 82 75 452 401 42 9 8 .980 4.61 .983 5.00 3 21 14 40% 41%
1942 TOT MLB 35 C 63 54 47 333 302 26 5 6 .985 5.21 .979 4.94 0 16 11 41% 45%
1942 CIN NL 35 C 34 33 27 218 199 15 4 3 .982 6.29 .979 4.95 0 11 8 42% 46%
1942 NYY AL 35 C 29 21 20 115 103 11 1 3 .991 3.93 .979 4.93 0 5 3 38% 42%
1943 NYY AL 36 C 52 44 40 270 234 31 5 3 .981 5.10 .981 5.23 3 18 16 47% 42%
1944 NYY AL 37 C 76 73 66 345 298 41 6 7 .983 4.46 .976 4.91 1 19 21 53% 39% AS,MVP-26
1946 PHI NL 39 C 45 42 34 217 170 42 5 10 .977 4.71 .980 5.01 6 12 21 64% 43%
1947 PHI NL 40 C 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .980 4.95 0 0 0
19 Seasons C 1482 1344 1174 6919 5868 897 154 141 .978 4.56 .980 4.84 75 522 392 43% 40%
2 Seasons OF 7 7 5 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .969 2.31
1 Season LF 7 6 4 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 .968 2.17
1 Season 1B 2 1 1 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 .991 9.85
1 Season CF 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .980 3.00
1 Season RF 1 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .965 2.10
19 Seasons TOT 1491 1352 1180 6940 5887 899 154 141 .978 4.55 .980 4.84 75 522 392 43% 40%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1928 PIT NL 21 50 32 50 50 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1929 PIT NL 22 88 55 88 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1930 PIT NL 23 104 92 104 98 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
1931 CHC NL 24 66 50 66 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2
1931 PIT NL 24 10 9 10 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1932 CHC NL 25 60 40 60 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 4
1933 CIN NL 26 49 37 49 41 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
1933 SLB AL 26 32 26 32 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1934 SLB AL 27 123 117 123 118 0 112 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 8 0 6 0
1935 SLB AL 28 144 136 144 141 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1936 SLB AL 29 116 102 116 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1937 SLB AL 30 100 89 100 95 0 94 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1938 CLE AL 31 66 58 66 58 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1939 CLE AL 32 107 101 107 106 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1940 CLE AL 33 119 113 119 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1941 CLE AL 34 98 82 98 96 0 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1942 CIN NL 35 36 33 36 34 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1942 NYY AL 35 31 21 31 29 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1943 NYY AL 36 62 44 62 52 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1944 NYY AL 37 81 73 81 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1946 PHI NL 39 49 42 49 45 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1947 PHI NL 40 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 1593 1352 1593 1489 0 1482 2 0 0 0 7 1 1 9 0 99 18
Lg G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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 (708th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1930 NL  98 (5th)
1934 AL  114 (3rd)
1935 AL  141 (1st)
1936 AL  114 (4th)
1937 AL  94 (5th)
1939 AL  106 (4th)
1940 AL  117 (4th)
Career  1,482 (31st)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1930 NL  325 (5th)
1934 AL  487 (4th)
1935 AL  510 (3rd)
1936 AL  340 (5th)
1939 AL  499 (2nd)
1940 AL  591 (2nd)
Career  5,868 (72nd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1930 NL  50 (4th)
1934 AL  92 (1st)
1935 AL  105 (1st)
1936 AL  68 (3rd)
1937 AL  70 (4th)
1939 AL  58 (4th)
1940 AL  65 (4th)
1946 NL  42 (5th)
Career  897 (62nd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1929 NL  14 (2nd)
1934 AL  16 (1st)
1935 AL  13 (1st)
1936 AL  13 (3rd)
1937 AL  13 (1st)
1938 AL  8 (3rd)
1939 AL  9 (5th)
1941 AL  9 (4th)
Career  154 (70th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1929 NL  5 (5th)
1931 NL  9 (1st)
1934 AL  8 (2nd)
1936 AL  7 (3rd)
1946 NL  6 (3rd)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1934 AL  39 (5th)
1935 AL  48 (2nd)
1936 AL  46 (3rd)
1937 AL  47 (3rd)
1938 AL  41 (4th)
1939 AL  38 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1930 NL  26 (5th)
1934 AL  42 (1st)
1935 AL  31 (2nd)
1937 AL  27 (5th)
1939 AL  30 (2nd)
1940 AL  30 (2nd)
1946 NL  21 (5th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1930 NL  49.1 (2nd)
1934 AL  51.9 (2nd)
1935 AL  39.2 (5th)
1939 AL  44.1 (3rd)
1940 AL  57.7 (1st)
1944 AL  52.5 (3rd)
1946 NL  63.6 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1930 NL  3.83 (5th)
1934 AL  5.08 (2nd)
1935 AL  4.36 (4th)
1939 AL  5.25 (1st)
1940 AL  5.61 (2nd)
1941 AL  4.61 (4th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1935 AL  .979 (4th)
1939 AL  .984 (3rd)
1940 AL  .994 (1st)

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)

                           

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