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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 Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1931 NYY AL 22 SS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 5.20
1934 NYY AL 25 SS 46 35 34 198 84 103 11 26 .944 4.07 .951 5.24
1934 NYY AL 25 3B 26 26 24 101 37 56 8 5 .921 3.58 .943 3.09
1935 NYY AL 26 3B 136 135 131 420 166 239 15 16 .964 2.98 .947 3.05
1935 NYY AL 26 SS 17 14 13 79 31 44 4 6 .949 4.41 .957 5.35
1936 NYY AL 27 3B 133 131 129 446 162 265 19 20 .957 3.21 .946 3.13
1937 NYY AL 28 3B 154 154 154 524 195 309 20 27 .962 3.27 .946 3.15 AS
1938 NYY AL 29 3B 151 151 149 464 151 294 19 26 .959 2.95 .941 3.14 AS,MVP-24
1939 NYY AL 30 3B 152 152 152 452 151 282 19 22 .958 2.85 .943 3.15 AS,MVP-27
1940 NYY AL 31 3B 138 138 138 473 161 288 24 24 .949 3.25 .937 3.21 AS
1941 NYY AL 32 3B 134 134 130 426 140 263 23 28 .946 3.01 .947 3.28
1942 NYY AL 33 3B 60 58 57 197 57 132 8 16 .959 3.15 .939 3.16
9 Seasons 3B 1084 1079 1064 3503 1220 2128 155 184 .956 3.09 .943 3.16
3 Seasons SS 64 49 47 278 116 147 15 32 .946 4.11 .953 5.27
10 Seasons TOT 1148 1128 1111 3781 1336 2275 170 216 .955 3.15 .944 3.27
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1931 NYY AL 22 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1934 NYY AL 25 89 61 89 71 0 0 0 0 26 46 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
1935 NYY AL 26 149 149 149 149 0 0 0 0 136 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1936 NYY AL 27 135 131 135 133 0 0 0 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1937 NYY AL 28 154 154 154 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 NYY AL 29 151 151 151 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 NYY AL 30 152 152 152 152 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1940 NYY AL 31 139 138 139 138 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1941 NYY AL 32 136 134 136 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1942 NYY AL 33 69 58 69 60 0 0 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
10 Seasons 1175 1128 1175 1143 0 0 0 0 1084 64 0 0 0 0 0 32 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.

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)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1935 AL  136 (2nd)
1937 AL  154 (3rd)
1938 AL  151 (1st)
1939 AL  152 (2nd)
1940 AL  138 (4th)
1941 AL  134 (5th)
Career  1,084 (87th)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1935 AL  166 (2nd)
1936 AL  162 (3rd)
1937 AL  195 (2nd)
1938 AL  151 (4th)
1939 AL  151 (3rd)
1940 AL  161 (3rd)
1941 AL  140 (5th)
Career  1,220 (68th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1935 AL  239 (5th)
1937 AL  309 (2nd)
1938 AL  294 (4th)
1939 AL  282 (5th)
1940 AL  288 (3rd)
Career  2,128 (80th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1937 AL  20 (4th)
1938 AL  19 (5th)
1939 AL  19 (5th)
1940 AL  24 (5th)
1941 AL  23 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1935 AL  2.98 (4th)
1936 AL  3.21 (3rd)
1937 AL  3.27 (3rd)
1940 AL  3.25 (4th)
Career  3.09 (67th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1935 AL  .964 (1st)
1936 AL  .957 (1st)
1937 AL  .962 (3rd)
1938 AL  .959 (2nd)
1939 AL  .958 (2nd)
1940 AL  .949 (3rd)
Career  .956 (96th)

                                         

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