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Rich Rollins

Richard John Rollins (Red)

Position: Third Baseman
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
Teams (by GP): Twins/Pilots/Indians/Brewers 1961-1970

Final Game: September 26, 1970
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:19AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1198. Bill Robinson… #1199. Alex Gonzalez… #1200. Dale Long… #1201. RICH ROLLINS… #1202. Larry Herndon… #1203. Greg Gross… #1204. Scott Hatteberg… 

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 5/4
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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1961 23 MIN AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /45
1962 24 MIN AL 721 15 1 4 -1 -0 4 18 41 4.2 41 4.2 0.0 $ *5/6 AS,MVP-8
1963 25 MIN AL 586 17 0 -2 -1 2 3 16 36 3.7 33 3.5 0.2 $ *5/4 MVP-21
1964 26 MIN AL 665 -2 0 -1 0 4 4 17 22 2.2 18 2.0 0.2 $ *5
1965 27 MIN AL 522 -9 2 -2 -1 10 3 15 18 1.6 8 0.8 0.8 $16,000 *54
1966 28 MIN AL 293 -3 -1 2 -2 -2 2 8 4 0.4 6 0.6 -0.2 $ 5/4
1967 29 MIN AL 374 -5 -1 0 -1 -10 2 11 -4 -0.6 6 0.7 -1.3 $20,000 5
1968 30 MIN AL 218 -3 0 3 -1 -2 1 6 4 0.4 6 0.7 -0.3 $ 5
1969 31 SEP AL 201 -8 1 -1 -1 2 1 6 0 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ 5/6
1970 32 MIL AL 29 -2 -1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ /5
1970 32 CLE AL 46 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ /5
10 Seasons 3675 -2 1 4 -8 4 20 101 121 11.7 116 12.3 -0.6 $36,000
MIN (8 yrs) 3399 10 1 4 -7 3 19 92 122 12.0 119 12.6 -0.6 $36,000
MIL (2 yrs) 230 -10 0 0 -1 3 1 7 0 -0.1 -3 -0.3 0.2 $
CLE (1 yr) 46 -2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $

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
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

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1961 MIN AL 23 2B 5 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 0 1.40 .979 5.18
1961 MIN AL 23 3B 4 8 2 6 0 1 1.000 0 2.00 .950 3.15
1962 MIN AL 24 3B 159 489 137 324 28 33 .943 -0 2.90 .952 3.07 AS,MVP-8
1962 MIN AL 24 SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 4.80 AS,MVP-8
1963 MIN AL 25 3B 132 402 121 255 26 22 .935 3 2.85 .947 3.02 MVP-21
1963 MIN AL 25 2B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1.00 .980 5.10 MVP-21
1964 MIN AL 26 3B 146 455 134 297 24 17 .947 4 2.95 .955 3.02
1965 MIN AL 27 3B 112 356 112 229 15 21 .958 9 3.04 .960 3.12
1965 MIN AL 27 2B 16 72 32 35 5 4 .931 1 4.19 .978 5.06
1966 MIN AL 28 3B 65 169 54 107 8 13 .953 -0 2.48 .954 3.03
1966 MIN AL 28 2B 2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -1 1.50 .973 5.10
1966 MIN AL 28 OF 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 2.00 .980 2.10
1966 MIN AL 28 LF 1 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -107 2.00 2.00 .980 1.80 1.80
1967 MIN AL 29 3B 97 245 83 153 9 13 .963 -10 2.43 .955 3.14
1968 MIN AL 30 3B 56 130 28 93 9 4 .931 -2 2.16 .951 3.04
1969 SEP AL 31 3B 47 153 42 103 8 6 .948 2 3.09 .955 3.15
1969 SEP AL 31 SS 1 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0 1.00 .970 5.00
1970 TOT AL 32 3B 12 7 4 59.1 20 3 15 2 3 .900 -0 -4 2.73 1.50 .949 17.87 3.06
1970 MIL AL 32 3B 7 4 3 39.1 15 2 13 0 2 1.000 1 34 3.43 2.14 .949 17.87 3.06
1970 CLE AL 32 3B 5 3 1 20.0 5 1 2 2 1 .600 -1 -78 1.35 0.60 .948 17.87 3.06
10 Seasons 3B 830 7 4 59.1 2427 716 1582 129 133 .947 5 99 2.73 2.77 .953 17.87 3.07
4 Seasons 2B 24 83 38 40 5 5 .940 0 3.25 .978 5.09
2 Seasons SS 2 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 -0 0.50 .970 4.90
1 Season LF 1 1 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -107 2.00 2.00 .980 1.80 1.80
1 Season OF 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 2.00 .980 2.10
10 Seasons TOT 857 7 4 59.1 2513 755 1624 134 139 .947 4 87 2.73 2.78 .954 17.87 3.13
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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 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 (759th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1962 AL  4.2 (5th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1965 AL  0.8 (10th)

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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1962 AL  28 (2nd)
1964 AL  24 (5th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1962 AL  159 (2nd)
1964 AL  146 (3rd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1964 AL  134 (4th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1962 AL  324 (3rd)
1964 AL  297 (3rd)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1962 AL  28 (1st)
1963 AL  26 (3rd)
1964 AL  24 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1965 AL  9 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1965 AL  3.22 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1964 AL  2.95 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 23 (932), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 10 (1152), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1380), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Andy Carey (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
196527Minnesota Twins$16,0004/3/65 TSN
196729Minnesota Twins$20,0002/18/67 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$36,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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