Solly Hemus

Solomon Joseph Hemus

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 17, 1923 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: St. Augustine HS (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1949
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies 1949-1959

Final Game: June 14, 1959
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1949	STL	NL	26	2B	16	7	6		54	29	24	1	4	.981				3.31	.976		5.57
1950	STL	NL	27	3B	5	2	2	23.0	10	2	8	0	1	1.000			3.91	2.00	.948	3.33	3.28
1951	STL	NL	28	SS	105	102	96	903.1	544	181	344	19	72	.965			5.23	5.00	.955	4.89	4.87
1951	STL	NL	28	2B	12	12	10	108.0	74	40	32	2	14	.973			6.00	6.00	.976	5.70	5.68
1952	STL	NL	29	SS	148	148	140	1294.1	734	253	452	29	104	.960			4.90	4.76	.960	5.04	5.00	MVP-31
1952	STL	NL	29	3B	2	2	2	18.0	11	3	7	1	0	.909			5.00	5.00	.954	3.15	3.10	MVP-31
1953	STL	NL	30	SS	150	144	139	1277.0	760	257	476	27	90	.964	6	6	5.17	4.89	.958	5.04	4.94
1953	STL	NL	30	2B	3	2	1	13.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-65	0.69	0.33	.970	5.47	5.33
1954	STL	NL	31	SS	66	25	11	271.1	160	49	102	9	18	.944	2	7	5.01	2.29	.959	5.15	5.12
1954	STL	NL	31	3B	27	4	4	83.0	34	9	24	1	3	.971	2	35	3.58	1.22	.952	3.17	3.15
1954	STL	NL	31	2B	12	9	9	85.0	52	27	25	0	8	1.000	-1	-10	5.51	4.33	.976	5.57	5.54
1955	STL	NL	32	3B	43	40	15	290.1	113	38	70	5	7	.956	-0	-1	3.35	2.51	.951	3.13	3.10
1955	STL	NL	32	2B	10	7	5	67.1	38	18	20	0	3	1.000	2	32	5.08	3.80	.974	5.48	5.43
1955	STL	NL	32	SS	2	0	0	3.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-40	3.00	0.50	.960	5.10	5.00
1956	PHI	NL	33	2B	49	43	34	382.0	192	94	93	5	18	.974	-1	-4	4.41	3.82	.980	5.34	5.28
1956	PHI	NL	33	3B	1	1	1	9.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0	-53	3.00	3.00	.957	3.00	3.00
1957	PHI	NL	34	2B	24	21	10	172.2	98	51	45	2	10	.980	-0	-2	5.00	4.00	.977	5.37	5.41
1958	PHI	NL	35	2B	85	78	70	714.2	421	188	220	13	52	.969	-2	-4	5.14	4.80	.975	5.33	5.30
1958	PHI	NL	35	3B	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			3.20
1959	STL	NL	36	2B	1	1	0	5.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1	144	5.40	3.00	.977	5.22	5.20
1959	STL	NL	36	3B	1	1	0	2.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1	360	9.00	2.00	.950	3.15	2.90
	5 Seasons			SS	471	419	386	3749.0	2199	740	1375	84	284	.962	8	2	5.08	4.49	.958	5.01	4.97
	9 Seasons			2B	212	180	145	1547.2	933	447	463	23	109	.975	-3	-2	4.98	4.29	.976	5.38	5.37
	7 Seasons			3B	80	50	24	425.1	173	53	113	7	11	.960	2	6	3.51	2.08	.951	3.15	3.12
	11 Seasons			TOT	763	649	555	5722.0	3305	1240	1951	114	404	.966	7	1	4.94	4.18	.963	4.97	4.89
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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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.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1949	STL	NL	26	2B
1950	STL	NL	27	3B
1951	STL	NL	28	SS
1951	STL	NL	28	2B
1952	STL	NL	29	SS
1952	STL	NL	29	3B
1953	STL	NL	30	SS	6	6	6	8	-1	0
1953	STL	NL	30	2B	-1	-65	-1	0	-1	0
1954	STL	NL	31	SS	2	7	0	1	-0	1
1954	STL	NL	31	3B	2	35	2	0	2	0
1954	STL	NL	31	2B	-1	-10	-1	-0	-0	0
1955	STL	NL	32	3B	-0	-1	-0	2	-2	0
1955	STL	NL	32	2B	2	32	2	1	1	0
1955	STL	NL	32	SS	-0	-40	-0	0	-0
1956	PHI	NL	33	2B	-1	-4	-1	-2	1	0
1956	PHI	NL	33	3B	-0	-53	-0	-0	0	0
1957	PHI	NL	34	2B	-0	-2	-0	-0	-0	0
1958	PHI	NL	35	2B	-2	-4	-0	-3	3	-2
1958	PHI	NL	35	3B	0		0	0	0
1959	STL	NL	36	2B	1	144	1	0	1	0
1959	STL	NL	36	3B	1	360	1	1	0	0
	5 Seasons			SS	8	2	7	8	-1	1
	9 Seasons			2B	-3	-2	-1	-5	4	-2
	7 Seasons			3B	2	6	2	2	0	0
	11 Seasons			TOT	7	1	8	6	3	-1
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	2B	3B	SS	PH	PR
1949	STL	NL	26	20	7	20	16	16	0	0	5	0
1950	STL	NL	27	11	2	11	5	0	5	0	6	0
1951	STL	NL	28	120	114	120	116	12	0	105	4	0
1952	STL	NL	29	151	150	151	150	0	2	148	1	0
1953	STL	NL	30	154	146	154	153	3	0	151	5	1
1954	STL	NL	31	124	38	124	104	12	27	66	60	1
1955	STL	NL	32	96	47	96	54	10	43	2	45	2
1956	PHI	NL	33	78	44	78	50	49	1	0	32	0
1956	STL	NL	33	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	8	0
1957	PHI	NL	34	70	21	70	24	24	0	0	47	0
1958	PHI	NL	35	105	78	105	84	84	1	0	26	0
1959	STL	NL	36	24	2	24	2	1	1	0	22	0
	11 Seasons			961	649	961	758	211	80	472	261	4

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.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

											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
1951	STL	NL	28	2649	67%	82%	29%	290	90%	6	120	56	48	16	222	164	47	0	5	12	0	11	1	10	51	21	6	12	2	2	45	28	17	1	0	1
1952	STL	NL	29	3586	67%	80%	28%	375	92%	7	170	81	76	14	298	224	63	1	4	17	0	12	5	14	74	36	3	19	5	4	69	39	29	5	3	2
1953	STL	NL	30	4078	66%	81%	28%	425	90%	3	182	80	89	14	332	249	74	1	2	25	1	22	2	21	66	29	2	17	7	4	63	31	28	3	2	1
1954	STL	NL	31	1077	65%	81%	26%	103	93%	1	40	17	20	3	86	65	19	0	1	6	1	5	0	5	19	8	0	7	0	0	16	9	7	3	1	2
1955	STL	NL	32	12	67%	67%	8%	1	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
	5 Seasons			11402	66%	81%	28%	1194	91%	17	512	234	233	47	938	702	203	2	12	60	2	50	8	50	210	94	11	55	14	10	193	107	81	12	6	6
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		90%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											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
1949	STL	NL	26	204	82%	83%	27%	11	100%	0	11	3	7	1	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	1	4	3	1	0	0	0
1951	STL	NL	28	400	74%	83%	24%	27	96%	0	33	11	17	5	27	18	5	0	3	2	0	1	1	1	12	3	4	1	0	10	1	8	2	1	1
1953	STL	NL	30	66	65%	83%	26%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	STL	NL	31	248	69%	77%	26%	21	95%	1	20	8	9	3	17	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	1	0	6	1	5	0	0	0
1955	STL	NL	32	197	68%	73%	25%	21	100%	0	10	6	3	1	15	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1956	PHI	NL	33	1611	67%	83%	23%	141	93%	1	96	50	24	22	91	76	12	0	3	5	0	5	0	3	20	8	3	6	0	17	6	11	1	0	1
1957	PHI	NL	34	720	70%	82%	24%	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	3055	61%	83%	27%	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
	9 Seasons			6521	66%	82%	26%	601	93%	6	406	191	145	71	431	341	70	1	10	22	1	18	3	11	107	30	18	33	5	92	39	52	10	3	6
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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%
1950	STL	NL	27	78	85%	82%	27%	9	100%	0	2	2	0	0	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	STL	NL	29	37	70%	70%	22%	5	80%	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	STL	NL	31	301	67%	78%	31%	29	90%	1	6	4	2	0	22	18	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	3	0	0	0	2	0%
1955	STL	NL	32	1003	64%	80%	24%	76	89%	1	26	21	4	1	47	40	5	2	1	3	0	3	0	2	5	1	2	4	1	0	1	2	50%
1956	PHI	NL	33	45	56%	89%	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
	7 Seasons			1475	65%	80%	25%	123	90%	2	36	28	6	2	83	71	9	2	1	5	0	4	1	4	8	3	3	7	1	0	1	4	25%
	MLB Averages				63%	81%	27%		89%																								65%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1966 BBWAA ( 0.3%)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1952 NL (31, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Assists† s c a p y 1952 NL 459 (5th) 1953 NL 477 (3rd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1952 NL 30 (2nd) 1953 NL 27 (5th)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1952 NL 148 (4th) 1953 NL 150 (2nd)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1952 NL 253 (5th) 1953 NL 257 (4th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1951 NL 344 (5th) 1952 NL 452 (3rd) 1953 NL 476 (3rd)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1951 NL 19 (5th) 1952 NL 29 (2nd) 1953 NL 27 (1st)
Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y 1954 NL 2 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1953 NL 6 (4th)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1951 NL 5.23 (1st) 1953 NL 5.17 (4th)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1951 NL 5.00 (1st) 1953 NL 4.89 (4th)
Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1951 NL .965 (2nd) 1952 NL .960 (5th)

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