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Red Rolfe

Robert Abial Rolfe

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 17, 1908 in Penacook, NH
High School: Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH)
School: Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1931
Team: Yankees 1931-1942

Final Game: September 27, 1942
Died: July 8, 1969 in Gilford, NH
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Penacook, NH
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1931 22 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1934 25 NYY AL 89 309 279 54 80 13 2 0 18 2 3 26 16 .287 .348 .348 .695 84 97 0 4 65
1935 26 NYY AL 149 705 639 108 192 33 9 5 67 7 3 57 39 .300 .361 .404 .764 102 258 3 7 *56
1936 27 NYY AL 135 646 568 116 181 39 15 10 70 3 0 68 38 .319 .392 .493 .884 120 280 0 10 *5
1937 28 NYY AL 154 741 648 143 179 34 10 4 62 4 2 90 53 .276 .365 .378 .743 86 245 1 1 *5 AS
1938 29 NYY AL 151 715 631 132 196 36 8 10 80 13 1 74 44 .311 .386 .441 .826 106 278 3 6 *5 AS,MVP-24
1939 30 NYY AL 152 731 648 139 213 46 10 14 80 7 6 81 41 .329 .404 .495 .899 130 321 6 1 1 *5 AS,MVP-27
1940 31 NYY AL 139 647 588 102 147 26 6 10 53 4 2 50 48 .250 .311 .366 .677 78 215 4 2 7 *5 AS
1941 32 NYY AL 136 621 561 106 148 22 5 8 42 3 2 57 38 .264 .332 .364 .695 85 204 3 0 3 *5
1942 33 NYY AL 69 291 265 42 58 8 2 8 25 1 1 23 18 .219 .281 .355 .636 80 94 1 0 3 5
10 Yrs 1175 5406 4827 942 1394 257 67 69 497 44 20 526 335 .289 .360 .413 .773 99 1992 14 10 42
162 Game Avg. 162 745 666 130 192 35 9 10 69 6 3 73 46 .289 .360 .413 .773 99 275 1 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1931 22 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /6
1934 25 NYY AL 89 309 -5 -1 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 10 8 0.8 .498 .499 0.8 0.3 8 $ 65
1935 26 NYY AL 149 705 3 1 0 5 4 13 1.1 22 35 3.3 .508 .508 2.9 0.8 30 $ *56
1936 27 NYY AL 135 646 19 1 0 9 3 32 2.7 20 52 4.7 .520 .517 4.0 1.0 42 $ *5
1937 28 NYY AL 154 741 -11 0 0 7 3 -1 -0.1 23 22 2.2 .500 .500 1.6 0.9 15 $ *5 AS
1938 29 NYY AL 151 715 9 3 0 3 2 17 1.6 22 39 3.8 .510 .509 3.5 0.5 36 $ *5 AS,MVP-24
1939 30 NYY AL 152 731 32 -1 0 7 2 40 3.7 23 62 5.9 .524 .522 5.2 0.8 55 $ *5 AS,MVP-27
1940 31 NYY AL 139 647 -18 1 0 4 1 -12 -1.2 16 4 0.5 .491 .493 0.0 0.6 0 $18,000 *5 AS
1941 32 NYY AL 136 621 -11 0 0 1 1 -9 -0.9 16 7 0.7 .494 .495 0.6 0.2 6 $ *5
1942 33 NYY AL 69 291 -7 0 0 4 0 -3 -0.3 6 3 0.3 .496 .498 -0.1 0.5 -1 $ 5
10 Seasons 1175 5406 11 5 0 40 19 75 6.4 157 232 22.2 .506 .504 18.5 5.7 192 $18,000

Advanced Batting

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
1934 25 NYY AL 309 206 33 4.3 106 .304 .287 .280 .348 .353 .348 .404 .695 .757 84 .426 -5.6 -0.5 .604 .151 .061 .0
1935 26 NYY AL 705 457 93 5.4 107 .314 .300 .281 .361 .353 .404 .406 .764 .759 102 .537 2.1 0.2 .716 .199 .103 5.8
1936 27 NYY AL 646 397 110 7.4 119 .329 .319 .295 .392 .370 .493 .433 .884 .803 120 .627 17.6 1.6 .907 .299 .174 4.6
1937 28 NYY AL 741 472 89 5.0 119 .296 .276 .292 .365 .368 .378 .436 .743 .804 86 .476 -12.5 -1.2 .718 .244 .102 4.0
1938 29 NYY AL 715 442 109 6.5 118 .322 .311 .290 .386 .369 .441 .432 .826 .801 106 .593 7.3 0.7 .842 .266 .130 11.3
1939 30 NYY AL 731 448 128 7.6 113 .336 .329 .285 .404 .360 .495 .422 .899 .782 130 .676 30.9 2.8 .904 .293 .167 9.3
1940 31 NYY AL 647 454 66 3.9 107 .258 .250 .274 .311 .347 .366 .416 .677 .763 78 .387 -19.9 -1.9 .602 .204 .116 5.7
1941 32 NYY AL 621 421 68 4.3 106 .272 .264 .274 .332 .351 .364 .404 .695 .755 85 .459 -13.0 -1.3 .627 .203 .100 4.4
1942 33 NYY AL 291 212 26 3.3 93 .209 .219 .263 .281 .337 .355 .369 .636 .706 80 .398 -8.6 -0.9 .560 .223 .136 1.8
10 Yrs 5406 3509 722 5.5 111 .300 .289 .283 .360 .358 .413 .418 .773 .776 99 .535 -1.8 -0.5 .736 .238 .124 53.7
162 Game Avg. 745 484 100 5.5 111 .300 .289 .283 .360 .358 .413 .418 .773 .776 99 .535 -1.8 -0.5 .736 .238 .124 7

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1936 27 NYY AL WS NYG W 6 29 25 5 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 1 .400 .464 .400 .864 10 0 0 1 0 0
1937 28 NYY AL WS NYG W 5 24 20 3 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 .300 .391 .500 .891 10 0 0 1 0 0
1938 29 NYY AL WS CHC W 4 18 18 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 3 0 0 0 0 0
1939 30 NYY AL WS CIN W 4 17 16 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 2 0 0 1 0 0
1941 32 NYY AL WS BRO W 5 22 20 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 .300 .364 .300 .664 6 0 0 0 0 0
1942 33 NYY AL WS STL L 4 18 17 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .353 .389 .471 .859 8 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs (6 Series) 28 128 116 17 33 4 1 0 6 1 2 9 9 .284 .336 .336 .672 39 1 0 3 0 0
6 WS 28 128 116 17 33 4 1 0 6 1 2 9 9 .284 .336 .336 .672 39 1 0 3 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 NYY AL 28 as 3B 5 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.000 1.600 4 0 0 0 0 0
1938 NYY AL 29 DNP
1939 NYY AL 30 as 3B 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1940 NYY AL 31 DNP
4 Yrs (2 GP) 9 8 2 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .375 .444 .625 1.069 5 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
1934 25 NYY AL 309 0.0% 5.2% 8.4% 4.9% 19% 0.62 17.4 15.5 85%
1935 26 NYY AL 705 0.7% 5.5% 8.1% 6.7% 25% 0.68 16.4 127.8 9.5 84%
1936 27 NYY AL 646 1.6% 5.9% 10.5% 9.9% 35% 0.56 14.9 56.8 8.1 81%
1937 28 NYY AL 741 0.5% 7.2% 12.2% 6.5% 27% 0.59 12.2 162.0 10.5 80%
1938 29 NYY AL 715 1.4% 6.2% 10.4% 7.6% 28% 0.59 14.3 63.1 7.9 81%
1939 30 NYY AL 731 1.9% 5.6% 11.1% 9.6% 33% 0.51 15.8 46.3 8.1 81%
1940 31 NYY AL 647 1.6% 7.4% 7.7% 6.5% 29% 0.96 12.3 58.8 11.1 82%
1941 32 NYY AL 621 1.3% 6.1% 9.2% 5.6% 24% 0.67 14.8 70.1 13.4 83%
1942 33 NYY AL 291 2.8% 6.2% 7.9% 6.2% 31% 0.78 14.7 33.1 10.6 82%
10 Yrs 5406 1.3% 6.2% 9.7% 7.3% 28% 0.64 14.4 70.0 9.7 82%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.7% 8.5% 6.7% 28% 1.02 10.3 65.0 7.9 79%

Cumulative Batting

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
1934 25 90 309 279 54 80 13 2 0 18 2 3 26 16 .287 .348 .348 .695 84 97 0 4
1935 26 239 1014 918 162 272 46 11 5 85 9 6 83 55 .296 .357 .387 .743 96 355 3 11
1936 27 374 1660 1486 278 453 85 26 15 155 12 6 151 93 .305 .370 .427 .797 106 635 3 21
1937 28 528 2401 2134 421 632 119 36 19 217 16 8 241 146 .296 .369 .412 .781 100 880 4 22
1938 29 679 3116 2765 553 828 155 44 29 297 29 9 315 190 .299 .373 .419 .791 101 1158 7 28
1939 30 831 3847 3413 692 1041 201 54 43 377 36 15 396 231 .305 .379 .433 .812 107 1479 6 8 29
1940 31 970 4494 4001 794 1188 227 60 53 430 40 17 446 279 .297 .369 .423 .792 102 1694 10 10 36
1941 32 1106 5115 4562 900 1336 249 65 61 472 43 19 503 317 .293 .364 .416 .780 100 1898 13 10 39
1942 33 1175 5406 4827 942 1394 257 67 69 497 44 20 526 335 .289 .360 .413 .773 99 1992 14 10 42

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1934 25 94 319 289 52 80 13 2 0 17 2 26 17 .277 .337 .336 .672 33 89
1935 26 158 732 665 104 192 33 9 5 65 7 57 41 .289 .348 .388 .736 89 149
1936 27 141 641 569 97 165 36 14 9 59 3 62 40 .290 .360 .450 .810 92 135
1937 28 160 738 653 123 166 32 9 4 53 4 83 55 .254 .339 .349 .688 77 154
1938 29 160 725 646 116 185 34 8 9 70 12 70 47 .286 .359 .406 .764 93 151
1939 30 160 742 662 125 204 44 10 13 72 7 78 43 .308 .382 .464 .846 117 152
1940 31 145 668 609 100 148 26 6 10 52 4 50 50 .243 .303 .355 .657 65 139
1941 32 141 638 578 104 149 22 5 8 41 3 57 39 .258 .324 .355 .679 66 136
1942 33 73 311 283 47 64 9 2 9 28 1 25 19 .226 .289 .367 .656 30 69
9 Yrs 1232 5514 4954 868 1353 249 65 67 457 43 508 351 .273 .342 .390 .732 662 1174
162 Game Avg. 162 725 651 114 178 33 9 9 60 6 67 46 .273 .342 .390 .732 87 1174

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1950 BBWAA ( 4.2%)
1951 BBWAA ( 2.7%)
1952 BBWAA ( 1.7%)
1953 BBWAA ( 1.9%)
1956 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1958 BBWAA ( 4.9%)
1960 BBWAA ( 3.7%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)

All-Star Games
1937 (3B)
1938
1939 (3B)
1940

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1938 AL (24, 1%)
1939 AL (27, 2%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1939 AL  5.9 (9th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1936 AL  4.7 (8th)
1939 AL  5.9 (6th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1936 AL  4.0 (9th)
1939 AL  5.2 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1935 AL  0.8 (6th)
1936 AL  1.0 (5th)
1937 AL  0.9 (9th)
1939 AL  0.8 (7th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1939 AL  .329 (6th)

Games Played s c a p y
1937 AL  154 (7th)
1938 AL  151 (7th)
1939 AL  152 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1935 AL  639 (2nd)
1937 AL  648 (3rd)
1938 AL  631 (5th)
1939 AL  648 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1935 AL  705 (5th)
1937 AL  741 (1st)
1938 AL  715 (4th)
1939 AL  731 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1935 AL  108 (9th)
1937 AL  143 (2nd)
1938 AL  132 (4th)
1939 AL  139 (1st)
1941 AL  106 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1935 AL  192 (7th)
1938 AL  196 (5th)
1939 AL  213 (1st)

Total Bases s c a p y
1939 AL  321 (3rd)

Doubles s c a p y
1938 AL  36 (6th)
1939 AL  46 (1st)

Triples s c a p y
1936 AL  15 (1st)
1939 AL  10 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1937 AL  90 (6th)
1939 AL  81 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1938 AL  13 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1935 AL  145 (3rd)
1937 AL  131 (10th)
1938 AL  142 (5th)
1939 AL  143 (2nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1939 AL  128 (6th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1939 AL  31 (8th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1939 AL  2.9 (8th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1939 AL  70 (4th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1935 AL  252 (10th)
1937 AL  270 (8th)
1938 AL  273 (7th)
1939 AL  295 (1st)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1939 AL  .676 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1935 AL  457 (3rd)
1937 AL  472 (3rd)
1938 AL  442 (6th)
1939 AL  448 (4th)
1940 AL  454 (9th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 47 (538), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 74 (254), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 21 (667), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Buddy Lewis (899)
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  5. Terry Moore (890)
  6. Mule Haas (889)
  7. Fred Schulte (888)
  8. Lenny Dykstra (885)
  9. Pepper Martin (883)
  10. Andy High (882)
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  3. Billy Werber (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Billy Werber (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Stan Hack (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Billy Werber (926)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Billy Werber (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Billy Werber (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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