Solly Hemus
Solomon Joseph Hemus
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: April 17, 1923 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: St. Augustine (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1949
Final Game: June 14, 1959
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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
1949 26 STL NL 20 40 33 8 11 1 0 0 2 0 7 3 .333 .450 .364 .814 116 12 1 0 0 4
1950 27 STL NL 11 17 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 .133 .235 .200 .435 13 3 0 0 0 /5
1951 28 STL NL 120 507 420 68 118 18 9 2 32 7 7 75 31 .281 .395 .381 .776 109 160 6 4 8 *64
1952 29 STL NL 151 690 570 105 153 28 8 15 52 1 5 96 55 .268 .392 .425 .817 126 242 11 20 4 *6/5 MVP-31
1953 30 STL NL 154 690 585 110 163 32 11 14 61 2 1 86 40 .279 .382 .443 .825 114 259 10 12 7 *6/4
1954 31 STL NL 124 276 214 43 65 15 3 2 27 5 1 55 27 .304 .453 .430 .883 133 92 1 5 0 2 654
1955 32 STL NL 96 240 206 36 50 10 2 5 21 1 1 27 22 .243 .335 .383 .718 92 79 2 2 4 1 0 54/6
1956 33 TOT NL 86 233 192 25 55 10 4 5 26 1 1 29 22 .286 .398 .458 .857 132 88 6 8 2 2 2 4/5
1956 33 STL NL 8 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .200 .429 .200 .629 78 1 0 1 1 0 0
1956 33 PHI NL 78 225 187 24 54 10 4 5 24 1 1 28 21 .289 .397 .465 .863 134 87 6 7 1 2 2 4/5
1957 34 PHI NL 70 130 108 8 20 6 1 0 5 1 1 20 8 .185 .323 .259 .582 62 28 8 2 0 0 4 4
1958 35 PHI NL 105 401 334 53 95 14 3 8 36 3 1 51 34 .284 .390 .416 .806 115 139 4 8 6 2 6 4/5
1959 36 STL NL 24 26 17 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 2 .235 .500 .353 .853 128 6 0 1 0 0 0 /45
11 Seasons 961 3250 2694 459 736 137 41 51 263 21 18 456 248 .273 .390 .411 .801 115 1108 49 62 31 7 12
162 Game Avg. 162 548 454 77 124 23 7 9 44 4 77 42 .273 .390 .411 .801 115 187 8 10 5
STL (9 yrs) 708 2494 2065 374 567 107 33 38 198 16 15 357 185 .275 .392 .414 .806 116 854 31 45 24 3 0
PHI (3 yrs) 253 756 629 85 169 30 8 13 65 5 3 99 63 .269 .381 .404 .784 112 254 18 17 7 4 12

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
1949 26 STL NL 40 23 5 5.8 108 .367 .333 .276 .450 .351 .364 .413 .814 .764 116 .608 1.4 0.1 .826 .242 .030
1950 27 STL NL 17 13 1 2.1 112 .182 .133 .275 .235 .353 .200 .427 .435 .780 13 .179 -1.9 -0.2 .385 .200 .067
1951 28 STL NL 507 323 62 5.2 104 .300 .281 .269 .395 .343 .381 .407 .776 .750 109 .560 8.9 0.9 .759 .279 .100 3.1
1952 29 STL NL 690 437 89 5.4 97 .276 .268 .262 .392 .334 .425 .389 .817 .724 126 .622 25.7 2.6 .818 .318 .156 1.9
1953 30 STL NL 690 440 96 5.8 110 .281 .279 .274 .382 .345 .443 .427 .825 .773 114 .581 15.4 1.5 .827 .313 .164 3.5
1954 31 STL NL 276 153 42 7.4 109 .337 .304 .274 .453 .345 .430 .424 .883 .769 133 .687 15.4 1.5 1.033 .402 .126 2.9
1955 32 STL NL 240 164 28 4.6 105 .250 .243 .264 .335 .335 .383 .418 .718 .753 92 .489 -2.0 -0.2 .679 .272 .141 1.7
1956 33 TOT NL 233 148 37 6.7 101 .299 .286 .262 .398 .328 .458 .413 .857 .741 132 .676 10.6 1.0 .868 .323 .172 1.7
1956 33 STL NL 8 5 1 5.3 103 .250 .200 .264 .429 .331 .200 .417 .629 .748 78 .581 0.0 0.0 .750 .200 .000
1956 33 PHI NL 225 143 36 6.7 101 .301 .289 .261 .397 .328 .465 .413 .863 .741 134 .679 10.6 1.0 .871 .326 .176 1.7
1957 34 PHI NL 130 97 8 2.2 100 .200 .185 .265 .323 .328 .259 .410 .582 .738 62 .209 -4.9 -0.5 .515 .259 .074 .0
1958 35 PHI NL 401 252 59 6.3 105 .296 .284 .268 .390 .336 .416 .419 .806 .755 115 .633 9.9 1.0 .820 .290 .132 4.4
1959 36 STL NL 26 13 4 8.2 110 .267 .235 .277 .500 .344 .353 .429 .853 .773 128 .742 1.7 0.2 1.154 .588 .118
11 Seasons 3250 2063 431 5.6 104 .285 .273 .268 .390 .339 .411 .412 .801 .751 115 .592 80.0 7.9 .804 .308 .138 29.8
162 Game Avg. 548 348 73 5.6 104 .285 .273 .268 .390 .339 .411 .412 .801 .751 115 .592 13 1 .804 .308 .138 5
STL (9 yrs) 2494 1571 328 5.6 105 .287 .275 .269 .392 .341 .414 .411 .806 .752 116 .592 64.5 6.4 .814 .312 .139 22.5
PHI (3 yrs) 756 492 103 5.6 103 .280 .269 .266 .381 .332 .404 .416 .784 .748 112 .591 15.6 1.5 .773 .296 .135 7.2

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1949 26 STL NL 40 0.0% 7.5% 17.5% 2.5% 9% 0.43 11.0 16.5 75%
1950 27 STL NL 17 0.0% 23.5% 11.8% 5.9% 50% 2.00 3.8 65%
1951 28 STL NL 507 0.4% 6.1% 14.8% 5.7% 25% 0.41 13.5 210.0 13.1 76%
1952 29 STL NL 690 2.2% 8.0% 13.9% 7.4% 33% 0.57 10.4 38.0 11.0 72%
1953 30 STL NL 690 2.0% 5.8% 12.5% 8.3% 35% 0.47 14.6 41.8 9.6 77%
1954 31 STL NL 276 0.7% 9.8% 19.9% 7.3% 31% 0.49 7.9 107.0 7.9 0.92 68%
1955 32 STL NL 240 2.1% 9.2% 11.3% 7.1% 34% 0.81 9.4 41.2 9.8 0.81 75%
1956 33 TOT NL 233 2.2% 9.4% 12.5% 8.2% 35% 0.76 8.7 38.4 7.4 1.00 72%
1956 33 STL NL 8 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 5.0 2.5 0.50 50%
1956 33 PHI NL 225 2.2% 9.3% 12.4% 8.4% 35% 0.75 8.9 37.4 7.8 1.02 72%
1957 34 PHI NL 130 0.0% 6.2% 15.4% 5.4% 35% 0.40 13.5 21.6 1.00 77%
1958 35 PHI NL 401 2.0% 8.5% 12.7% 6.2% 26% 0.67 9.8 41.8 9.3 0.92 73%
1959 36 STL NL 26 0.0% 7.7% 30.8% 7.7% 50% 0.25 8.5 17.0 2.67 58%
11 Seasons 3250 1.6% 7.6% 14.0% 7.1% 31% 0.54 10.9 52.8 10.2 0.94 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 31 STL NL 3 0 33% 111 5 1 83% 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 40% 18 14 4 8 7 1 9 0 9
1955 32 STL NL 1 0 42% 53 1 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 41% 9 7 2 2 2 0 6 1 5
1956 33 TOT NL 2 0 23% 72 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 42% 12 7 4 3 2 1 4 1 3
1956 33 STL NL 0 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1956 33 PHI NL 2 0 23% 72 1 1 50% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 47% 11 6 4 3 2 1 3 0 3
1957 34 PHI NL 0 0 19% 48 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 50% 7 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
1958 35 PHI NL 4 0 31% 188 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 27% 20 16 1 7 3 4 7 2 4
1959 36 STL NL 0 0 15% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 10 0 34% 480 21 18 54% 7 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 20 28 37% 68 50 14 20 14 6 27 4 22
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1954 31 STL NL 211 72% 65 32 9 0 5 1.63 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 51 1 2% 19 4 21% 129 18 14% 15 6 40% 6 2 33% 65
1955 32 STL NL 155 77% 50 23 2 0 0 1.09 5 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 400% 24 2 8% 8 2 25% 75 12 16% 7 3 43% 8 3 38% 85
1956 33 TOT NL 227 89% 55 32 9 0 3 1.35 5 1 9 4 0 1 3 0 3 2 67% 53 6 11% 25 7 28% 150 22 15% 15 6 40% 13 5 38% 6
1956 33 STL NL 8 100% 1 5 1 0 2 1.85 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 6 2 33% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1956 33 PHI NL 219 89% 54 27 8 0 1 1.26 5 1 8 4 0 1 3 0 2 1 50% 51 6 12% 25 7 28% 144 20 14% 14 5 36% 12 4 33% 6
1957 34 PHI NL 130 96% 20 33 2 0 0 1.23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 8 29% 12 5 42% 73 7 10% 4 3 75% 8 5 63% 0
1958 35 PHI NL 401 81% 95 20 3 0 0 1.86 8 0 5 6 2 2 6 0 7 6 86% 103 4 4% 51 20 39% 268 29 11% 20 10 50% 29 13 45% 0
1959 36 STL NL 26 100% 4 14 2 0 0 1.53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 1150 82% 736 154 27 0 8 1.43 51 1 27 13 2 4 11 0 11 31 282% 262 49 19% 117 38 32% 703 89 13% 61 28 46% 64 28 44% 156
MLB Averages

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
1949 26 20 40 33 8 11 1 0 0 2 0 7 3 .333 .450 .364 .814 116 12 1 0 0
1950 27 31 57 48 9 13 2 0 0 2 0 9 7 .271 .386 .313 .698 85 15 1 0 0
1951 28 151 564 468 77 131 20 9 2 34 7 7 84 38 .280 .394 .374 .768 106 175 7 4 8
1952 29 302 1254 1038 182 284 48 17 17 86 8 12 180 93 .274 .393 .402 .795 117 417 18 24 12
1953 30 456 1944 1623 292 447 80 28 31 147 10 13 266 133 .275 .389 .417 .806 116 676 28 36 19
1954 31 580 2220 1837 335 512 95 31 33 174 15 14 321 160 .279 .397 .418 .815 118 768 29 41 19 2
1955 32 676 2460 2043 371 562 105 33 38 195 16 15 348 182 .275 .391 .415 .806 116 847 31 43 23 3 0
1956 33 762 2693 2235 396 617 115 37 43 221 17 16 377 204 .276 .392 .418 .810 117 935 37 51 25 5 2
1957 34 832 2823 2343 404 637 121 38 43 226 18 17 397 212 .272 .388 .411 .800 114 963 45 53 25 5 6
1958 35 937 3224 2677 457 732 135 41 51 262 21 18 448 246 .273 .389 .412 .800 115 1102 49 61 31 7 12
1959 36 961 3250 2694 459 736 137 41 51 263 21 18 456 248 .273 .390 .411 .801 115 1108 49 62 31 7 12

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
1949 26 21 41 34 8 11 1 0 0 2 0 7 3 .324 .439 .353 .792 5 20
1950 27 11 20 17 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 .176 .300 .294 .594 1 11
1951 28 125 514 434 69 120 18 9 2 32 7 76 32 .276 .389 .373 .762 62 120
1952 29 158 724 600 116 164 30 9 16 57 1 103 57 .273 .398 .433 .831 98 151
1953 30 160 696 599 106 161 32 11 14 59 2 85 42 .269 .371 .429 .800 92 154
1954 31 130 290 225 44 68 16 3 2 28 5 58 28 .302 .452 .427 .878 43 124
1955 32 101 252 219 37 55 11 2 6 22 1 30 23 .251 .345 .402 .747 29 96
1956 33 90 250 206 28 63 11 5 6 29 1 33 23 .306 .420 .495 .915 41 86
1957 34 73 136 113 9 21 6 1 0 6 1 21 8 .186 .324 .257 .580 9 70
1958 35 110 428 359 57 108 16 3 9 39 3 58 36 .301 .409 .437 .846 63 105
1959 36 25 30 19 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 10 2 .263 .533 .368 .902 4 24
11 Seasons 1004 3381 2825 477 779 145 43 55 275 21 484 258 .276 .393 .416 .809 447 961
162 Game Avg. 162 546 456 77 126 23 7 9 44 3 78 42 .276 .393 .416 .809 72 961

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1952-NL-31-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1951 NL--.395--6th
1952 NL--.392--3rd
Career--.390--102nd

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1952 NL--.817--10th

Games Played s c a p y
1952 NL--151--10th
1953 NL--154--9th

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1952 NL--690--3rd
1953 NL--690--5th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1952 NL--105--1st
1953 NL--110--5th

Triples s c a p y
1951 NL--9--6th
1952 NL--8--7th
1953 NL--11--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL--96--4th
1953 NL--86--5th

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1952 NL--126--10th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1952 NL--26--8th

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1952 NL--2.6--8th

Times On Base s c a p y
1952 NL--269--3rd
1953 NL--261--6th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 NL--20--1st
1953 NL--12--1st
1954 NL--5--6th
1956 NL--8--2nd
1958 NL--8--1st
Career--62--246th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 NL--7--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 3 (471), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 15 (1024), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1062), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1533), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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