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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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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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1928 PIT NL 21 C 49 157 127 24 6 4 .962 3.08 .980 3.79 3
1929 PIT NL 22 C 80 302 240 48 14 7 .954 3.60 .975 3.57 5
1930 PIT NL 23 C 98 383 325 50 8 11 .979 3.83 .976 4.05 5
1931 TOT NL 24 C 62 323 271 45 7 5 .978 5.10 .980 4.03 9
1931 PIT NL 24 C 9 40 35 5 0 0 1.000 4.44 .980 4.03 2
1931 CHC NL 24 C 53 283 236 40 7 5 .975 5.21 .980 4.03 7
1932 CHC NL 25 C 47 195 173 17 5 3 .974 4.04 .979 3.98 4
1932 CHC NL 25 OF 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.000 2.40 0-1-0
1933 TOT MLB 26 C 68 250 207 35 8 3 .968 3.56 .985 3.96 3
1933 CIN NL 26 C 41 135 109 22 4 1 .970 3.20 .982 3.75 2
1933 SLB AL 26 C 27 115 98 13 4 2 .965 4.11 .989 4.28 1
1934 SLB AL 27 C 114 595 487 92 16 15 .973 5.08 .981 4.36 8
1934 SLB AL 27 OF 6 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .967 2.17 6-0-0
1935 SLB AL 28 C 141 628 510 105 13 10 .979 4.36 .984 4.20 3 AS,MVP-9
1936 SLB AL 29 C 114 421 340 68 13 16 .969 3.58 .979 4.22 7 AS
1937 SLB AL 30 C 94 415 332 70 13 13 .969 4.28 .980 4.62 1
1937 SLB AL 30 1B 2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 .986 9.60
1938 CLE AL 31 C 58 404 358 38 8 5 .980 6.83 .983 4.37 6
1939 CLE AL 32 C 106 566 499 58 9 7 .984 5.25 .981 4.44 4 AS
1940 CLE AL 33 C 117 660 591 65 4 8 .994 5.61 .982 4.68 4 AS,MVP-27
1941 CLE AL 34 C 96 452 401 42 9 8 .980 4.61 .983 4.54 3
1942 TOT MLB 35 C 63 333 302 26 5 6 .985 5.21 .979 4.28 0
1942 CIN NL 35 C 34 218 199 15 4 3 .982 6.29 .979 4.28 0
1942 NYY AL 35 C 29 115 103 11 1 3 .991 3.93 .979 4.28 0
1943 NYY AL 36 C 52 270 234 31 5 3 .981 5.10 .981 4.61 3
1944 NYY AL 37 C 76 345 298 41 6 7 .983 4.46 .976 4.36 1 AS,MVP-26
1946 PHI NL 39 C 45 217 170 42 5 10 .977 4.71 .980 4.24 6
1947 PHI NL 40 C 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 4.35 0
19 Seasons C 1482 6919 5868 897 154 141 .978 4.56 .981 4.27 75
2 Seasons OF 7 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .971 2.20 6-1-0
1 Season 1B 2 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50 .986 9.60
19 Seasons TOT 1491 6940 5887 899 154 141 .978 4.55 .958 4.27 6-1-0 75
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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 - 13 (1264), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

May 29, 1931: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Chicago Cubs for Earl Grace and cash.

November 30, 1932: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Johnny Moore, Lance Richbourg and Bob Smith to the Cincinnati Reds for Babe Herman.

August 12, 1933: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the St. Louis Browns for Jack Crouch.

February 10, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Cleveland Indians for Ed Cole, Roy Hughes and Billy Sullivan.

December 4, 1941: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Cleveland Indians.

July 17, 1942: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

July 19, 1942: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

March 25, 1946: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the New York Yankees.

October 3, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Before 1947 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 5, 1947: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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