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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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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

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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 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 (1469th)

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 (513), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 15 (1161), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1067), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Fred Carroll (910)
  7. Mark Ellis (908)
  8. Marcus Giles (907)
  9. Mark Lewis (904)
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  1. Leo Norris (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Eddie Bressoud (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Brian Harper (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Scott Hatteberg (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Kazuo Matsui (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tony Graffanino (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tony Graffanino (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tony Graffanino (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

May 14, 1956: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bobby Morgan.

September 29, 1958: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gene Freese.

October 17, 1958: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

Before 1959 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

June 19, 1959: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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