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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 MIN AL 23 2B 5 1 17.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0 3.71 1.40 .971 5.24 4.72
1961 MIN AL 23 3B 4 3 26.0 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0.4 18.5 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 2.77 2.00 .950 3.18 2.80
1962 MIN AL 24 3B 159 158 1415.1 489 137 324 28 33 .943 -0.3 -0.3 -0.3 -2.9 2.6 0 2.93 2.90 .953 3.08 2.79 AS,MVP-8
1962 MIN AL 24 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 4.50 4.50 AS,MVP-8
1963 MIN AL 25 3B 132 132 1163.2 402 121 255 26 22 .935 2.6 2.7 1.6 1.2 0.4 1 2.91 2.85 .948 3.02 2.85 MVP-21
1963 MIN AL 25 2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.70 MVP-21
1964 MIN AL 26 3B 146 146 1301.1 455 134 297 24 17 .947 3.6 3.3 4.6 -0.5 5.1 -1 2.98 2.95 .955 3.03 2.76
1965 MIN AL 27 3B 112 110 952.0 356 112 229 15 21 .958 9.0 11.3 9.0 2.1 6.9 0 3.22 3.04 .960 3.13 2.87
1965 MIN AL 27 2B 16 12 111.0 72 32 35 5 4 .931 1.2 13.0 1.2 1.2 0.0 0 5.43 4.19 .979 5.07 4.38
1966 MIN AL 28 3B 65 59 515.2 169 54 107 8 13 .953 -0.1 -0.2 -1.1 -2.9 1.8 1 2.81 2.48 .954 3.03 2.80
1966 MIN AL 28 2B 2 3 27.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -35.6 -0.8 -0.8 0.0 0 1.00 1.50 .967 5.10 4.40
1966 MIN AL 28 LF 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -106.7 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 1.80 1.40
1966 MIN AL 28 OF 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -106.7 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
1967 MIN AL 29 3B 97 90 729.1 245 83 153 9 13 .963 -10.3 -16.9 -9.3 -2.3 -6.9 -1 2.91 2.43 .955 3.13 2.72
1968 MIN AL 30 3B 56 44 365.0 130 28 93 9 4 .931 -1.5 -4.9 -0.5 -1.9 1.3 -1 2.98 2.16 .952 3.05 2.67
1969 SEP AL 31 3B 47 44 382.2 153 42 103 8 6 .948 1.7 5.3 1.7 0.6 1.1 0 3.41 3.09 .956 3.16 2.74
1969 SEP AL 31 SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.40
1970 TOT AL 32 3B 12 7 59.1 20 3 15 2 3 .900 -0.2 -4.0 -0.2 1.1 -1.3 0 2.73 1.50 .950 3.06 2.68
1970 MIL AL 32 3B 7 4 39.1 15 2 13 0 2 1.000 1.1 33.6 1.1 1.1 0.0 0 3.43 2.14 .947 3.07 2.67
1970 CLE AL 32 3B 5 3 20.0 5 1 2 2 1 .600 -1.3 -78.0 -1.3 0.0 -1.3 0 1.35 0.60 .960 3.06 2.68
10 Seasons 3B 830 793 6910.1 2427 716 1582 129 133 .947 4.9 0.9 5.9 -5.1 11.0 -1 2.99 2.77 .954 3.07 2.79
4 Seasons 2B 24 16 157.0 83 38 40 5 5 .940 0.3 2.3 0.3 0.8 -0.5 0 4.47 3.25 .978 5.09 4.47
2 Seasons SS 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 -0.1 -40.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 3.00 0.50 1.000 4.80 4.45
1 Season LF 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -106.7 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 1.80 1.40
1 Season OF 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -106.7 -0.8 0.0 -0.8 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
10 Seasons TOT 857 810 7079.1 2513 755 1624 134 139 .947 4.3 0.7 5.3 -4.3 9.6 0 -1 3.02 2.78 .901 3.12 2.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1961 MIN AL 23 13 4 13 13 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
1962 MIN AL 24 159 158 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 MIN AL 25 136 132 136 136 0 0 0 1 132 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1964 MIN AL 26 148 146 148 148 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1965 MIN AL 27 140 122 140 140 0 0 0 16 112 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1966 MIN AL 28 90 63 90 90 0 0 0 2 65 0 1 0 0 1 24 1
1967 MIN AL 29 109 90 109 109 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1968 MIN AL 30 93 44 93 93 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
1969 SEP AL 31 58 44 58 58 0 0 0 0 47 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
1970 CLE AL 32 42 3 42 42 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 38 0
1970 MIL AL 32 14 4 14 14 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
10 Seasons 1002 810 1002 1002 0 0 0 24 830 2 1 0 0 1 172 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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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%
1961 MIN AL 23 117 76% 76% 16% 11 73% 0 2 1 1 0 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1962 MIN AL 24 6145 64% 77% 26% 478 88% 1 135 103 9 23 325 260 53 3 9 28 2 23 3 20 33 21 1 28 4 3 0 30 67%
1963 MIN AL 25 4970 63% 77% 24% 397 88% 4 122 91 16 15 257 205 40 3 5 26 1 23 2 22 23 17 3 23 0 0 0 6 67%
1964 MIN AL 26 5661 64% 74% 24% 440 90% 3 129 100 6 23 296 242 46 0 10 24 0 23 1 19 17 13 0 16 1 1 0 17 59%
1965 MIN AL 27 4028 62% 77% 27% 340 91% 1 110 85 8 18 224 177 41 3 5 15 0 12 3 13 23 13 1 19 1 0 1 9 89%
1966 MIN AL 28 2178 63% 77% 26% 162 90% 2 51 36 3 12 108 84 20 2 4 7 0 7 0 7 13 10 1 12 0 0 0 5 100%
1967 MIN AL 29 3150 64% 75% 23% 243 88% 1 83 64 9 10 156 126 19 3 6 9 0 7 2 9 14 4 2 7 7 4 1 9 67%
1968 MIN AL 30 1543 67% 76% 27% 126 88% 1 29 21 2 6 94 70 18 1 3 9 0 9 0 8 4 2 0 3 1 0 1 2 50%
1969 SEP AL 31 1787 57% 76% 27% 148 94% 2 41 36 4 1 103 85 14 1 1 8 0 8 0 6 6 5 1 6 0 0 0 5 100%
1970 MIL AL 32 188 56% 80% 26% 17 94% 0 3 3 0 0 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 CLE AL 32 92 47% 78% 18% 4 25% 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 29859 63% 76% 25% 2366 89% 15 706 540 58 109 1583 1263 257 16 43 128 3 113 12 105 137 88 9 118 14 8 3 85 72%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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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
1961 MIN AL 23 85 66% 68% 15% 5 80% 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN AL 25 11 73% 91% 36% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MIN AL 27 484 68% 78% 29% 56 84% 2 32 11 15 6 39 34 2 2 0 5 0 5 0 5 5 3 0 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
1966 MIN AL 28 114 74% 75% 25% 4 100% 0 5 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 694 69% 77% 27% 65 85% 2 40 13 19 8 45 37 5 2 0 6 1 5 0 5 6 3 0 2 0 5 2 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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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
1962 MIN AL 24 7 57% 57% 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 0
1969 SEP AL 31 8 63% 63% 25% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 15 60% 60% 13% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1966 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 53 70% 74% 13% 6 33%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 53 70% 74% 13% 6 33%
MLB Averages 57.1% 2.5% 62% 77% 26% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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