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Rollie Sheldon

Roland Frank Sheldon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 17, 1936 in Putnam, CT
Schools: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX), University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1961
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics/RedSox 1961-1966

Final Game: September 25, 1966
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1960	23	NYY-min	D	15	1	.938	2.88	18	17					150.0	112	58	48	8	56								1.120	6.7	0.5	3.4			AUB · NYPL
1961	24	NYY	AL	11	5	.688	3.60	35	21	5	6	2	0	162.2	149	70	65	17	55	2	84	2	0	6	670	103	1.254	8.2	0.9	3.0	4.6	1.53
1962	25	NYY	AL	7	8	.467	5.49	34	16	5	2	0	1	118.0	136	78	72	12	28	3	54	1	0	2	512	69	1.390	10.4	0.9	2.1	4.1	1.93

1963	26	NYY-min	AAA	5	9	.357	4.40	32	20					135.0	141	78	66	15	38		92						1.326	9.4	1.0	2.5	6.1	2.42	RMD · IL
1964	27	NYY-min	AAA	4	2	.667	1.85	9	9		4	1		68.0	52	18	14	4	11	2	44	0	1	0			0.926	6.9	0.5	1.5	5.8	4.00	RMD · IL
1964	27	NYY	AL	5	2	.714	3.61	19	12	2	3	0	1	102.1	92	43	41	18	18	2	57	1	0	2	405	101	1.075	8.1	1.6	1.6	5.0	3.17
1965	28	TOT	AL	10	8	.556	3.87	35	29	2	4	1	0	193.0	185	87	83	22	57	3	112	7	1	9	812	91	1.254	8.6	1.0	2.7	5.2	1.96
1965	28	NYY	AL	0	0		1.42	3	0	1	0	0	0	6.1	5	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	24	256	0.947	7.1	0.0	1.4	9.9	7.00
1965	28	KCA	AL	10	8	.556	3.95	32	29	1	4	1	0	186.2	180	86	82	22	56	3	105	7	1	9	788	89	1.264	8.7	1.1	2.7	5.1	1.88
1966	29	TOT	AL	5	13	.278	4.12	37	23	5	2	1	0	148.2	179	80	68	18	49	7	64	3	0	5	663	88	1.534	10.8	1.1	3.0	3.9	1.31
1966	29	KCA	AL	4	7	.364	3.13	14	13	1	1	1	0	69.0	73	31	24	3	26	3	26	1	0	2	302	109	1.435	9.5	0.4	3.4	3.4	1.00
1966	29	BOS	AL	1	6	.143	4.97	23	10	4	1	0	0	79.2	106	49	44	15	23	4	38	2	0	3	361	77	1.619	12.0	1.7	2.6	4.3	1.65
1967	30	CIN-min	AAA	9	6	.600	3.60	29	16		8	1		145.0	162	64	58	10	44	9	109	2	0	3			1.421	10.1	0.6	2.7	6.8	2.48	BFL · IL
1968	31	ANA-CIN-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.43	27	25		2	1		147.0	146	66	56	13	34	5	71	5	0	5			1.224	8.9	0.8	2.1	4.3	2.09	SLE,INA · PCL
1969	32	CHW-DET-min	AAA	6	9	.400	3.56	25	17		4	1	0	129.0	1055	58	51	10	31	3	65	2	0	7			8.419	73.6	0.7	2.2	4.5	2.10	VAN,TUC,TOL · PCL,IL
1970	33	CHC-SDP-min	AAA	3	10	.231	5.31	34	16		0	0	2	127.0	160	85	75	15	48	8	75	3	2	10			1.638	11.3	1.1	3.4	5.3	1.56	TAC,SLC · PCL
5 Yrs				38	36	.514	4.09	160	101	19	17	4	2	724.2	741	358	329	87	207	17	371	14	1	24	3062	89	1.308	9.2	1.1	2.6	4.6	1.79
162 Game Avg.				10	9	.514	4.09	42	26	5	4	1	1	189	193	93	86	23	54	4	97	4	0	6	798	89	1.308	9.2	1.1	2.6	4.6	1.79

NYY (4 yrs)				23	15	.605	4.14	91	49	13	11	2	2	389.1	382	192	179	47	102	7	202	4	0	10	1611	90	1.243	8.8	1.1	2.4	4.7	1.98
KCA (2 yrs)				14	15	.483	3.73	46	42	2	5	2	0	255.2	253	117	106	25	82	6	131	8	1	11	1090	93	1.310	8.9	0.9	2.9	4.6	1.60
BOS (1 yr)				1	6	.143	4.97	23	10	4	1	0	0	79.2	106	49	44	15	23	4	38	2	0	3	361	77	1.619	12.0	1.7	2.6	4.3	1.65

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1961	24	NYY	AL	162.2	35	21	70	3.87	4.44	0.46	0.03	91.6	3.67	-3	-0.3	.9	-0.1	0.8	12	.492	.498	$
1962	25	NYY	AL	118.0	34	16	78	5.95	4.44	0.24	0.01	96.9	4.08	-23	-2.3	.8	-0.0	-1.4	-13	.433	.486	$

1964	27	NYY	AL	102.1	19	12	43	3.78	4.12	0.29	0.03	100.8	3.89	3	0.3	1.2	-0.1	1.0	10	.516	.502	$9,500
1965	28	NYY	AL	6.1	3	0	1	1.42	4.19	-0.15	-0.17	97.5	4.07	2	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.2	2	.576	.501	$12,500
1965	28	KCA	AL	186.2	32	29	86	4.15	4.02	-0.22	0.06	101.0	4.35	5	0.6	1.2	-0.1	1.9	20	.518	.504	$
1966	29	KCA	AL	69.0	14	13	31	4.04	3.90	0.16	0.07	99.2	3.78	-1	-0.1	2.2	-0.0	0.4	4	.492	.499	$
1966	29	BOS	AL	79.2	23	10	49	5.54	3.84	0.17	-0.01	109.0	3.99	-12	-1.4	.6	0.0	-0.7	-7	.441	.492	$
5 Seasons				724.2	160	101	358	4.45	4.16	0.16	0.03	98.9	3.99	-30	-2.9	.9	-0.4	2.2	27	.482	.497	$22,000

NYY (4 yrs)				389.1	91	49	192	4.44	4.35	0.34	0.02	95.7	3.86	-21	-2.0	.9	-0.3	0.6	11	.478	.497	$22,000
KCA (2 yrs)				255.2	46	42	117	4.12	3.99	-0.12	0.07	100.5	4.19	4	0.5	1.5	-0.1	2.3	23	.510	.501	$
BOS (1 yr)				79.2	23	10	49	5.54	3.84	0.17	-0.01	109.0	3.99	-12	-1.4	.6	0.0	-0.7	-7	.441	.492	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1964	27	NYY	AL	WS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1 WS							0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	0.750	0.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1961	24	NYY	AL	35	670	606	70	149	21	6	17	7	4	55	84	.246	.310	.384	.694	.260	233	18	2	5	2	2	3
1962	25	NYY	AL	34	512	470	78	136	19	6	12	3	0	28	54	.289	.324	.432	.756	.300	203	14	1	3	10	3	8

1964	27	NYY	AL	19	405	379	43	92	13	3	18	1	2	18	57	.243	.276	.435	.711	.240	165	12	1	3	4	2	2
1965	28	TOT	AL	35	812	737	87	185	26	5	22	14	2	57	112	.251	.310	.389	.699	.269	287	19	7	8	3	3	6
1965	28	KCA	AL	32	788	716	86	180	26	5	22	13	2	56	105	.251	.311	.394	.705	.267	282	18	7	7	2	3	6
1965	28	NYY	AL	3	24	21	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	.238	.261	.238	.499	.333	5	1	0	1	1	0	0
1966	29	TOT	AL	37	662	595	80	179	28	6	18	9	7	49	64	.301	.354	.459	.813	.310	273	7	3	9	6	7	9
1966	29	BOS	AL	23	361	331	49	106	18	5	15	4	4	23	38	.320	.367	.541	.908	.326	179	3	2	4	1	4	3
1966	29	KCA	AL	14	301	264	31	73	10	1	3	5	3	26	26	.277	.338	.356	.694	.292	94	4	1	5	5	3	6
5 Yrs				160	3061	2787	358	741	107	26	87	34	15	207	371	.266	.317	.417	.734	.278	1161	70	14	28	25	17	28
162 Game Avg.				42	798	726	93	193	28	7	23	9	4	54	97	.266	.317	.417	.734	.278	302	18	4	7	7	4	7
MLB Averages																.251	.316	.381	.697	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1961	24	NYY	AL	4.9	0.5	688	1.3	12.5	-11.2	1.02	1.5	-0.1	11.8	1.2	1.02	15.2	4	3	7
1962	25	NYY	AL	-22.2	-2.2	517	-2.0	7.1	-9.2	.89	-0.5	-1.8	-22.3	-2.2	0.89	-9.6	4	2	12

1964	27	NYY	AL	1.7	0.2	410	0.6	7.2	-6.6	.94	0.2	0.4	6.1	0.7	0.94	0.2	1	3	3
1965	28	TOT	AL	-4.3	-0.4	843	-0.3	15.5	-15.8	1.09	-0.3	0.0	-4.4	-0.4	1.09	-3.4	1	2	3
1965	28	NYY	AL	1.6	0.2	25	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.41	0.2	0.1	2.1	0.2	0.41	1.9	0	1	2
1965	28	KCA	AL	-5.9	-0.6	818	-0.4	15.3	-15.7	1.12	-0.5	0.1	-6.4	-0.7	1.12	-5.4	1	1	1
1966	29	TOT	AL	-7.8	-0.8	685	-1.8	10.9	-12.7	1.02	-1.8	0.1	-11.0	-1.1	1.02	-18.0	2	3	9
1966	29	KCA	AL	0.6	0.1	313	-0.7	5.6	-6.3	1.17	-0.3	-0.3	-3.9	-0.4	1.17	-2.4	1	0	0
1966	29	BOS	AL	-8.4	-0.9	372	-1.1	5.3	-6.4	.90	-1.5	0.3	-7.1	-0.7	0.90	-15.5	1	3	9
5 Yrs				-27.7	-2.8	3143	-2.2	53.2	-55.4	1.01	-1.0	-1.2	-19.8	-1.9	1.01	-15.6	12	13	34

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1961	24	NYY	AL	35	21	9	5	7	1	2	14	7	.667	0	2	6	2	13	62%	52.1	84	22	17	8	12	3	4.9	4.9	6.3
1962	25	NYY	AL	34	16	4	7	5	1	1	6	10	.375	1	3	2	0	7	44%	45.4	71	23	19	6	10	6	4.7	4.5	5.5

1964	27	NYY	AL	19	12	5	2	5	2	0	7	5	.583	3	2	3	0	5	42%	55.2	71	46	5	3	2	7	5.1	5.5	7.1
1965	28	TOT	AL	35	29	10	8	11	2	2	15	14	.517	0	7	4	1	16	55%		86	19	15	2	10	4	3.8	3.7	6.2
1965	28	KCA	AL	32	29	10	8	11	2	2	15	14	.517	0	7	4	1	16	55%	51.4	86	19	15	2	10	4	3.8	3.7	6.2
1966	29	TOT	AL	37	23	5	11	7	0	4	6	17	.261	2	4	2	1	12	52%	47.3	80	24	22	9	10	9	3.1	2.3	5.3
1966	29	KCA	AL	14	13	4	6	3	0	3	5	8	.385	1	1	1	1	7	54%	50.2	80	30	9	0	5	6	3.2	3.1	5.3
1966	29	BOS	AL	23	10	1	5	4	0	1	1	9	.100	1	3	1	0	5	50%	43.6	68	24	13	9	5	3	3.1	1.2	5.3
5 Yrs				157	101	33	33	35	6	9	48	53	.475	6	18	17	4	53	52%	50	86	19	78	28	44	29	4.2	4.0	6.0
MLB Averages													.500						53%	53	116	-14					4.2	4.1	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1961	24	NYY	AL	35	14	5	2	0	0	0	0		1	1	2	1	50%	9	1.024	4	3	7	1	4	9	2	12	9	1	9	1	6.4
1962	25	NYY	AL	34	18	5	3	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	11	5	45%	5	.893	4	2	12	7	1	10	8	10	8	4	8	1	5.1

1964	27	NYY	AL	19	7	2	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	6	2	33%	3	.937	1	3	3	1	1	5	3	4	4	0	4	0	7.3
1965	28	TOT	AL	35	6	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%		1.094	1	2	3	0	1	5	2	4	4	0	4	0	7.2
1965	28	NYY	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	2	.410	0	1	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	6.3
1965	28	KCA	AL	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	5	1.115	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	8.0
1966	29	TOT	AL	37	14	5	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	6	1	17%		1.022	2	3	9	0	3	11	5	9	11	1	11	0	5.8
1966	29	KCA	AL	14	1	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		12	1.173	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0
1966	29	BOS	AL	23	13	4	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	6	1	17%	4	.896	1	3	9	0	2	11	5	8	11	0	11	0	6.2
5 Yrs				160	59	19	5	3	2	2	0	100%	4	2	28	9	32%		1.009	12	13	34	9	10	40	20	39	36	6	36	2	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1961	24	NYY	AL	670	63%	2.5%	12.5%	8.2%	6.6%	30%	0.93	76%	121	18	15%
1962	25	NYY	AL	512	57%	2.3%	10.6%	5.5%	7.2%	27%	0.94	81%	129	14	11%

1964	27	NYY	AL	405	55%	4.4%	14.1%	4.4%	8.4%	37%	1.31	76%	70	12	17%
1965	28	TOT	AL	812	53%	2.7%	13.8%	7.0%	6.5%	29%	1.05	75%	142	19	13%
1965	28	NYY	AL	24	58%	0.0%	29.2%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	3.00	63%	4	1	25%
1965	28	KCA	AL	788	53%	2.8%	13.3%	7.1%	6.7%	29%	1.02	75%	138	18	13%
1966	29	TOT	AL	662	58%	2.7%	9.7%	7.4%	7.9%	29%	1.02	78%	124	7	6%
1966	29	KCA	AL	301	54%	1.0%	8.6%	8.6%	4.7%	19%	1.01	80%	51	4	8%
1966	29	BOS	AL	361	62%	4.2%	10.5%	6.4%	10.5%	36%	1.02	77%	73	3	4%
5 Yrs				3061	57%	2.8%	12.1%	6.8%	7.2%	30%	1.03	77%	586	70	12%
MLB Averages					48%	2.3%	15.1%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.08	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1961	24	NYY	AL	670	149			17	0	6	11	6	6	11	26	14	2	54%	3	6	3	239	7	4	64%	3	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
1962	25	NYY	AL	512	136			12	0	9	4	8	10	2	37	25	2	68%	8	2	0	206	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0

1964	27	NYY	AL	405	92			18	0	4	8	10	7	11	16	7	2	44%	2	2	0	130	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1965	28	TOT	AL	812	185			22	0	9	9	13	9	13	30	14	6	47%	6	9	3	281	14	2	88%	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
1965	28	NYY	AL	24	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1965	28	KCA	AL	788	180			22	0	9	9	13	9	13	29	13	6	45%	6	9	3	274	13	2	87%	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
1966	29	TOT	AL	662	179			18	0	13	8	10	9	9	38	17	4	45%	9	5	0	246	9	7	56%	9	5	0	1	0	1	4	2	13	0
1966	29	KCA	AL	301	73			3	0	7	0	3	0	3	17	11	2	65%	6	2	0	111	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
1966	29	BOS	AL	361	106			15	0	6	8	7	9	6	21	6	2	29%	3	3	0	135	4	4	50%	4	2	0	1	0	1	2	2	5	0
5 Yrs				3061	741			87	0	41	40	47	41	46	147	77	16	52%	28	24	6	1102	34	15	69%	30	13	3	1	1	1	4	2	69	0
MLB Averages																		51%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1961	24	11	5	.688	3.60	35	21	5	6	2	0	162.2	149	70	65	17	55	2	84	2	0	6	670	103	1.254	8.2	0.9	3.0	4.6	1.53	103
1962	25	18	13	.581	4.39	69	37	10	8	2	1	280.2	285	148	137	29	83	5	138	3	0	8	1182	85	1.311	9.1	0.9	2.7	4.4	1.66	85
1963	26	18	13	.581	4.39	69	37	10	8	2	1	280.2	285	148	137	29	83	5	138	3	0	8	1182	85	1.311	9.1	0.9	2.7	4.4	1.66	85
1964	27	23	15	.605	4.18	88	49	12	11	2	2	383.0	377	191	178	47	101	7	195	4	0	10	1587	89	1.248	8.9	1.1	2.4	4.6	1.93	89
1965	28	33	23	.589	4.08	123	78	14	15	3	2	576.0	562	278	261	69	158	10	307	11	1	19	2399	89	1.250	8.8	1.1	2.5	4.8	1.94	89
1966	29	38	36	.514	4.09	160	101	19	17	4	2	724.2	741	358	329	87	207	17	371	14	1	24	3062	89	1.308	9.2	1.1	2.6	4.6	1.79	89

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1961	24	8	9	.471	4.06	153.0	153	77	69	17	56	79	2	1.366	9.0	3.3	4.6	1.41	1.0	35
1962	25	4	8	.333	6.00	114.0	140	84	76	12	29	52	1	1.482	11.1	2.3	4.1	1.79	0.9	34

1964	27	5	5	.500	4.13	96.0	95	49	44	19	19	53	1	1.188	8.9	1.8	5.0	2.79	1.8	19
1965	28	9	11	.450	4.52	183.0	195	102	92	23	60	106	7	1.393	9.6	3.0	5.2	1.77	1.1	35
1966	29	6	9	.400	4.69	142.0	187	82	74	19	51	61	3	1.676	11.9	3.2	3.9	1.20	1.2	37
5 Yrs		32	42	.432	4.64	688.0	770	394	355	90	215	351	14	1.432	10.1		4.6	1.63	1.2	160

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1961 AL .688 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1966 AL 13 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1965 AL 9 (7th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1965 AL 7 (5th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1961 AL .688 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1966 AL 13 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1965 AL 9 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL 7 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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John Stuper (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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