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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1949 STL NL 26 2B 16 54 29 24 1 4 .981 3.31 .976 5.07
1950 STL NL 27 3B 5 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.00 .950 3.00
1951 STL NL 28 SS 105 544 181 344 19 72 .965 5.00 .955 4.47
1951 STL NL 28 2B 12 74 40 32 2 14 .973 6.00 .976 5.05
1952 STL NL 29 SS 148 734 253 452 29 104 .960 4.76 .960 4.70 MVP-31
1952 STL NL 29 3B 2 11 3 7 1 0 .909 5.00 .955 2.90 MVP-31
1953 STL NL 30 SS 150 760 257 476 27 90 .964 4.89 .958 4.63
1953 STL NL 30 2B 3 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 1.000 4.83
1954 STL NL 31 SS 66 25 277.1 160 49 102 9 18 .944 1.5 6.5 0.5 -0.2 0.7 1 4.90 2.29 .959 5.15 4.63
1954 STL NL 31 3B 27 4 83.0 34 9 24 1 3 .971 2.4 34.7 2.4 2.2 0.1 0 3.58 1.22 .950 3.17 2.82
1954 STL NL 31 2B 12 9 85.0 52 27 25 0 8 1.000 -0.7 -9.9 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 5.51 4.33 .975 5.57 5.31
1955 STL NL 32 3B 43 40 303.1 113 38 70 5 7 .956 -0.3 -1.2 -0.3 -2.0 1.7 0 3.20 2.51 .950 3.13 2.81
1955 STL NL 32 2B 10 7 67.1 38 18 20 0 3 1.000 1.8 32.1 1.8 0.6 1.2 0 5.08 3.80 .974 5.48 5.00
1955 STL NL 32 SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 3.00 0.50 1.000 5.10 4.55
1956 PHI NL 33 2B 49 43 382.0 192 94 93 5 18 .974 -1.4 -4.4 -1.4 0.7 -2.0 0 4.41 3.82 .980 5.33 4.66
1956 PHI NL 33 3B 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -53.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 0 3.00 3.00 .967 3.00 2.60
1957 PHI NL 34 2B 24 21 172.2 98 51 45 2 10 .980 -0.3 -2.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 0 5.00 4.00 .977 5.37 4.97
1958 PHI NL 35 2B 85 78 714.2 421 188 220 13 52 .969 -2.3 -3.9 -0.3 2.9 -3.2 -2 5.14 4.80 .975 5.33 4.76
1958 PHI NL 35 3B 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 2.90
1959 STL NL 36 2B 1 1 5.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.6 144.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 5.40 3.00 .967 5.22 4.80
1959 STL NL 36 3B 1 1 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.6 360.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 0 9.00 2.00 .950 3.15 2.70
5 Seasons SS 471 25 280.1 2199 740 1375 84 284 .962 1.4 6.0 0.4 -0.3 0.7 1 67.90 4.49 .958 5.15 4.62
9 Seasons 2B 212 159 1426.2 933 447 463 23 109 .975 -2.3 -1.9 -0.3 4.4 -4.7 -2 5.74 4.29 .976 5.36 4.84
7 Seasons 3B 80 46 397.1 173 53 113 7 11 .960 2.3 6.9 2.3 0.2 2.0 0 3.76 2.08 .951 3.13 2.82
11 Seasons TOT 763 230 2104.1 3305 1240 1951 114 404 .966 1.4 0.8 2.4 4.3 -2.0 -1 13.65 4.18 .928 4.91 4.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1949 STL NL 26 20 20 20 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 STL NL 27 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
1951 STL NL 28 120 120 120 0 0 0 12 0 105 0 0 0 0
1952 STL NL 29 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 2 148 0 0 0 0
1953 STL NL 30 154 154 154 0 0 0 3 0 150 0 0 0 0
1954 STL NL 31 124 38 124 124 0 0 0 12 27 66 0 0 0 0 59 1
1955 STL NL 32 96 47 96 96 0 0 0 10 43 2 0 0 0 0 45 2
1956 PHI NL 33 78 44 78 78 0 0 0 49 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
1956 STL NL 33 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1957 PHI NL 34 70 21 70 70 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
1958 PHI NL 35 105 78 105 105 0 0 0 85 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
1959 STL NL 36 24 2 24 24 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
11 Seasons 961 230 961 961 0 0 0 212 80 471 0 0 0 0 238 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 STL NL 31 205 68% 75% 24% 15 93% 1 19 8 8 3 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 0 0 0
1955 STL NL 32 143 67% 69% 23% 18 100% 0 9 6 2 1 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1956 PHI NL 33 1598 66% 82% 23% 137 93% 1 94 48 24 22 90 75 12 0 3 4 0 4 0 2 20 8 3 6 0 17 6 11 1 0 1
1957 PHI NL 34 738 68% 80% 23% 67 97% 0 50 29 12 10 46 32 11 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 10 4 1 3 0 9 3 6 1 0 0
1958 PHI NL 35 3124 60% 81% 26% 309 91% 4 186 84 73 29 222 177 37 1 1 13 0 12 1 7 53 12 8 19 4 44 24 20 6 2 4
1959 STL NL 36 20 70% 85% 35% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 5828 63% 81% 25% 549 93% 6 358 175 119 65 383 306 62 1 6 19 1 16 2 9 90 26 14 30 4 77 35 42 8 2 5
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 STL NL 31 293 67% 78% 31% 28 89% 1 5 4 1 0 22 18 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 3 0 0 0 2 0%
1955 STL NL 32 870 62% 79% 23% 68 88% 1 24 20 3 1 40 34 4 2 1 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 50%
1956 PHI NL 33 46 54% 87% 22% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PHI NL 35 1 0% 100% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 STL NL 36 10 30% 90% 50% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 1220 62% 79% 25% 100 89% 2 30 24 4 2 66 56 7 2 1 4 0 3 1 3 6 2 2 5 1 0 1 4 25%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1954 STL NL 31 1005 63% 80% 25% 88 93% 1 37 16 18 3 73 55 16 0 1 5 1 4 0 4 17 7 0 7 0 0 15 8 7 2 1 1
1955 STL NL 32 5 60% 80% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1010 63% 80% 25% 88 93% 1 37 16 18 3 73 55 16 0 1 5 1 4 0 4 17 7 0 7 0 0 15 8 7 2 1 1
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 90%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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