Rich Rollins
Richard John Rollins (Red)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 16, 1938 in Mount Pleasant, PA
High School: Parma (Parma, OH)
School: Kent State University
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 1961
Final Game: September 26, 1970
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Standard Batting

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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
1961 23 MIN AL 13 20 17 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .294 .400 .353 .753 99 6 0 1 0 0 0 /45
1962 24 MIN AL 159 721 624 96 186 23 5 16 96 3 1 75 61 .298 .374 .428 .802 112 267 13 6 7 9 2 *5/6 AS,MVP-8
1963 25 MIN AL 136 586 531 75 163 23 1 16 61 2 0 36 59 .307 .359 .444 .803 122 236 13 8 9 2 4 *5/4 MVP-21
1964 26 MIN AL 148 665 596 87 161 25 10 12 68 2 5 53 80 .270 .334 .406 .740 104 242 12 5 9 2 3 *5
1965 27 MIN AL 140 522 469 59 117 22 1 5 32 4 0 37 54 .249 .309 .333 .641 79 156 13 4 10 2 7 *54
1966 28 MIN AL 90 293 269 30 66 7 1 10 40 0 2 13 34 .245 .286 .390 .677 87 105 9 4 3 4 1 5/47
1967 29 MIN AL 109 374 339 31 83 11 2 6 39 1 1 27 58 .245 .305 .342 .648 85 116 10 3 4 1 4 5
1968 30 MIN AL 93 218 203 14 49 5 0 6 30 3 1 10 34 .241 .287 .355 .642 89 72 6 3 2 0 2 5
1969 31 SEP AL 58 201 187 15 42 7 0 4 21 2 0 7 19 .225 .270 .326 .596 69 61 4 5 1 1 0 5/6
1970 32 TOT AL 56 75 68 9 15 1 0 2 9 0 0 6 9 .221 .280 .324 .604 65 22 0 0 0 1 0 5
1970 32 MIL AL 14 29 25 3 5 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 4 .200 .276 .240 .516 44 6 0 0 0 1 0 /5
1970 32 CLE AL 42 46 43 6 10 0 0 2 4 0 0 3 5 .233 .283 .372 .655 77 16 0 0 0 0 0 /5
10 Seasons 1002 3675 3303 419 887 125 20 77 399 17 10 266 410 .269 .328 .388 .717 98 1283 80 39 45 22 23
162 Game Avg. 162 594 534 68 143 20 3 12 65 3 2 43 66 .269 .328 .388 .717 98 207 13 6 7 4 4
MIN (8 yrs) 888 3399 3048 395 830 117 20 71 369 15 10 253 382 .272 .333 .394 .727 101 1200 76 34 44 20 23
MIL (2 yrs) 72 230 212 18 47 8 0 4 26 2 0 10 23 .222 .271 .316 .587 66 67 4 5 1 2 0
CLE (1 yr) 42 46 43 6 10 0 0 2 4 0 0 3 5 .233 .283 .372 .655 77 16 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1961 23 MIN AL 20 12 3 6.7 109 .333 .294 .271 .400 .347 .353 .421 .753 .768 99 .659 0.1 0.0 .750 .176 .059
1962 24 MIN AL 721 468 104 6.0 106 .306 .298 .268 .374 .341 .428 .417 .802 .758 112 .622 13.1 1.3 .774 .253 .130 5.1
1963 25 MIN AL 586 392 84 5.8 96 .321 .307 .258 .359 .324 .444 .398 .803 .722 122 .643 15.8 1.6 .740 .209 .137 3.6
1964 26 MIN AL 665 463 80 4.6 97 .294 .270 .257 .334 .325 .406 .399 .740 .724 104 .542 2.9 0.3 .657 .220 .136 3.4
1965 27 MIN AL 522 377 48 3.4 96 .272 .249 .256 .309 .327 .333 .393 .641 .720 79 .427 -13.0 -1.4 .551 .171 .083 4.4
1966 28 MIN AL 293 221 28 3.4 95 .245 .245 .256 .286 .324 .390 .394 .677 .718 87 .439 -5.2 -0.6 .561 .186 .145 .0
1967 29 MIN AL 374 272 34 3.4 91 .279 .245 .252 .305 .322 .342 .377 .648 .700 85 .454 -6.8 -0.8 .547 .177 .097 1.7
1968 30 MIN AL 218 163 20 3.3 85 .264 .241 .245 .287 .316 .355 .363 .642 .679 89 .472 -3.6 -0.4 .540 .172 .113 4.0
1969 31 SEP AL 201 151 16 2.9 92 .230 .225 .251 .270 .327 .326 .379 .596 .706 69 .329 -8.3 -0.9 .503 .150 .102 2.7
1970 32 TOT AL 75 54 7 3.5 100 .224 .221 .261 .280 .335 .324 .398 .604 .733 65 .406 -3.5 -0.4 .528 .191 .103 .0
1970 32 MIL AL 29 21 2 2.6 98 .227 .200 .258 .276 .332 .240 .394 .516 .726 44 .279 -1.8 -0.2 .450 .160 .040
1970 32 CLE AL 46 33 5 4.1 101 .222 .233 .263 .283 .337 .372 .401 .655 .738 77 .475 -1.7 -0.2 .576 .209 .140 .0
10 Seasons 3675 2573 424 4.4 97 .285 .269 .257 .328 .328 .388 .395 .717 .723 98 .531 -8.6 -1.1 .636 .203 .120 27.9
162 Game Avg. 594 416 69 4.4 97 .285 .269 .257 .328 .328 .388 .395 .717 .723 98 .531 -8.6 -1.1 .636 .203 .120 5
MIN (8 yrs) 3399 2368 401 4.6 97 .290 .272 .258 .333 .328 .394 .396 .727 .724 101 .544 3.2 0.1 .648 .206 .121 24.8
MIL (2 yrs) 230 172 18 2.8 93 .230 .222 .252 .271 .328 .316 .380 .587 .708 66 .323 -10.0 -1.0 .497 .151 .094 2.7
CLE (1 yr) 46 33 5 4.1 101 .222 .233 .263 .283 .337 .372 .401 .655 .738 77 .475 -1.7 -0.2 .576 .209 .140 .0

Postseason Batting

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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
1965 27 MIN AL WS LAD L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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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
1962 MIN AL 24 as 3B 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 0 1 0 0 0
1962 MIN AL 24 as 3B 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Appearances) 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 2 0 1 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1961 23 MIN AL 20 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 5.0% 20% 1.00 8.5 5.7 0.67 75%
1962 24 MIN AL 721 2.2% 8.5% 10.4% 6.1% 24% 0.81 10.2 39.0 6.5 1.03 77%
1963 25 MIN AL 586 2.7% 10.1% 6.1% 6.8% 25% 1.64 9.0 33.2 8.7 1.10 78%
1964 26 MIN AL 665 1.8% 12.0% 8.0% 7.1% 29% 1.51 7.5 49.7 8.8 1.18 76%
1965 27 MIN AL 522 1.0% 10.3% 7.1% 5.4% 24% 1.46 8.7 93.8 14.7 1.07 79%
1966 28 MIN AL 293 3.4% 11.6% 4.4% 6.1% 27% 2.62 7.9 26.9 6.7 1.16 78%
1967 29 MIN AL 374 1.6% 15.5% 7.2% 5.1% 23% 2.15 5.8 56.5 8.7 0.79 74%
1968 30 MIN AL 218 2.8% 15.6% 4.6% 5.1% 22% 3.40 6.0 33.8 6.8 0.95 75%
1969 31 SEP AL 201 2.0% 9.5% 3.5% 5.5% 26% 2.71 9.8 46.8 8.9 1.02 82%
1970 32 TOT AL 75 2.7% 12.0% 8.0% 4.0% 20% 1.50 7.6 34.0 7.6 0.83 77%
1970 32 MIL AL 29 0.0% 13.8% 10.3% 3.5% 20% 1.33 6.3 5.0 1.80 76%
1970 32 CLE AL 46 4.4% 10.9% 6.5% 4.4% 20% 1.67 8.6 21.5 10.8 0.56 78%
10 Seasons 3675 2.1% 11.2% 7.2% 6.0% 25% 1.54 8.1 42.9 8.3 1.04 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1961 23 MIN AL 0 0 38% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1962 24 MIN AL 14 0 32% 339 3 1 75% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 16 53% 37 23 14 14 7 7 17 2 15
1963 25 MIN AL 5 0 31% 270 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 15 36% 40 28 12 5 3 2 16 7 8
1964 26 MIN AL 10 0 36% 263 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 13 50% 38 21 17 7 6 0 15 2 13
1965 27 MIN AL 4 0 35% 206 4 0 100% 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 17 46% 25 15 9 5 4 1 14 4 10
1966 28 MIN AL 7 0 27% 79 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 46% 16 8 7 4 2 2 4 2 2
1967 29 MIN AL 5 0 23% 142 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 32% 23 17 5 1 1 0 10 4 6
1968 30 MIN AL 7 0 14% 72 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 25% 7 5 2 3 3 0 2 1 1
1969 31 SEP AL 1 0 22% 69 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 43% 6 6 0 2 1 1 6 1 5
1970 32 TOT AL 3 0 37% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 30% 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 2
1970 32 MIL AL 3 0 38% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
1970 32 CLE AL 0 0 36% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
10 Seasons 56 0 31% 1478 17 10 63% 16 11 0 1 1 0 7 1 39 84 43% 199 129 67 42 27 13 89 25 63
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1961 23 MIN AL 20 60% 5 3 2 0 0 1.13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 1 100% 14 3 21% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1962 24 MIN AL 720 11% 186 0 0 0 0 16 0 10 16 0 9 7 0 11 7 64% 145 13 9% 64 25 39% 410 83 20% 43 27 63% 47 16 34% 1
1963 25 MIN AL 586 14% 163 4 0 0 0 0.84 16 0 16 14 2 9 7 0 9 9 100% 94 13 14% 42 14 33% 336 48 14% 30 14 47% 30 8 27% 0
1964 26 MIN AL 665 24% 161 1 0 0 0 1.74 12 1 8 11 1 7 5 1 10 9 90% 85 12 14% 56 19 34% 311 57 18% 20 10 50% 42 15 36% 0
1965 27 MIN AL 522 32% 117 13 2 0 0 2.01 5 0 6 5 0 0 5 1 11 10 91% 102 13 13% 56 18 32% 304 29 10% 22 7 32% 34 8 24% 0
1966 28 MIN AL 293 48% 66 21 8 2 6 2.18 10 1 6 5 5 4 6 0 3 3 100% 58 9 16% 31 11 35% 186 35 19% 20 12 60% 19 3 16% 0
1967 29 MIN AL 374 35% 83 14 4 0 3 1.66 6 1 12 4 2 5 1 0 5 4 80% 79 10 13% 41 10 24% 260 36 14% 23 8 35% 26 10 38% 0
1968 30 MIN AL 218 29% 49 41 8 0 7 2.02 6 0 7 4 2 4 2 0 2 2 100% 40 6 15% 14 3 21% 130 25 19% 11 6 55% 8 2 25% 0
1969 31 SEP AL 201 27% 42 14 4 0 1 1.83 4 1 5 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 100% 33 4 12% 25 5 20% 129 17 13% 10 3 30% 16 6 38% 0
1970 32 TOT AL 75 63% 15 42 8 1 3 1.25 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 13 0 0% 5 0 0% 50 7 14% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1970 32 MIL AL 29 45% 5 7 1 0 1 1.24 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 5 0 0% 21 5 24% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
1970 32 CLE AL 46 74% 10 35 7 1 2 1.26 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 29 2 7% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
10 Seasons 3674 26% 887 153 36 3 20 1.73 77 4 75 63 14 41 36 2 52 45 87% 653 80 12% 335 106 32% 2130 340 16% 182 88 48% 226 70 31% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1961 23 13 20 17 3 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .294 .400 .353 .753 99 6 0 1 0 0 0
1962 24 172 741 641 99 191 24 5 16 99 3 1 77 63 .298 .375 .426 .801 112 273 13 7 7 9 2
1963 25 308 1327 1172 174 354 47 6 32 160 5 1 113 122 .302 .368 .434 .802 117 509 26 15 16 11 6
1964 26 456 1992 1768 261 515 72 16 44 228 7 6 166 202 .291 .356 .425 .781 113 751 38 20 25 13 9
1965 27 596 2514 2237 320 632 94 17 49 260 11 6 203 256 .283 .347 .405 .752 106 907 51 24 35 15 16
1966 28 686 2807 2506 350 698 101 18 59 300 11 8 216 290 .279 .340 .404 .744 104 1012 60 28 38 19 17
1967 29 795 3181 2845 381 781 112 20 65 339 12 9 243 348 .275 .336 .396 .733 102 1128 70 31 42 20 21
1968 30 888 3399 3048 395 830 117 20 71 369 15 10 253 382 .272 .333 .394 .727 101 1200 76 34 44 20 23
1969 31 946 3600 3235 410 872 124 20 75 390 17 10 260 401 .270 .329 .390 .719 99 1261 80 39 45 21 23
1970 32 1002 3675 3303 419 887 125 20 77 399 17 10 266 410 .269 .328 .388 .717 98 1283 80 39 45 22 23

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1961 23 13 20 17 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 .294 .400 .353 .753 2 13
1962 24 159 714 624 92 186 23 5 16 92 3 75 61 .298 .374 .428 .802 100 159
1963 25 136 586 538 80 170 24 1 17 65 2 38 59 .316 .369 .459 .828 89 136
1964 26 147 661 599 93 167 26 10 12 73 2 55 80 .279 .343 .416 .759 85 148
1965 27 140 519 474 63 122 23 1 5 34 4 39 54 .257 .318 .342 .660 51 140
1966 28 91 291 270 32 66 7 1 10 42 0 13 34 .244 .285 .389 .674 29 90
1967 29 109 375 343 34 87 12 2 6 43 1 28 58 .254 .315 .353 .667 38 109
1968 30 93 223 209 17 55 6 0 7 37 3 11 34 .263 .309 .392 .702 24 93
1969 31 58 205 191 16 46 8 0 4 23 2 8 19 .241 .288 .346 .633 18 58
1970 32 56 76 69 9 16 1 0 2 9 0 6 9 .232 .289 .333 .623 7 56
10 Seasons 1002 3670 3334 438 920 131 20 79 420 17 275 410 .276 .336 .398 .735 443 1002
162 Game Avg. 162 593 539 71 149 21 3 13 68 3 44 66 .276 .336 .398 .735 72 1002

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1962-1 (3B)
1962-2 (3B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1962 AL (8, 17%)
1963 AL (21, 2%)
0.19 Career Shares (745th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1962 AL  .298 (10th)
1963 AL  .307 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1962 AL  .374 (7th)
1963 AL  .359 (9th)

At Bats s c a p y
1962 AL  624 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1962 AL  721 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1962 AL  96 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1962 AL  186 (6th)
1963 AL  163 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1964 AL  10 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1962 AL  96 (9th)

Singles s c a p y
1962 AL  142 (2nd)
1963 AL  123 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1962 AL  104 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1962 AL  267 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1963 AL  8 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1964 AL  9 (6th)
1965 AL  10 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1962 AL  9 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1964 AL  463 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 23 (913), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1117), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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