Rollie Sheldon
Roland Frank Sheldon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 17, 1936 in Putnam, CT
Schools: Texas A&M University, University of Connecticut
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1961
Final Game: September 25, 1966
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 6 670 104 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
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 90 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 24 238 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 88 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
5 Seasons 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

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 160 3061 2787 358 741 107 26 87 34 15 207 371 .266 .317 .417 .734 .278 1161 70 14 28 25 17
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1961 24 NYY AL 35 21 9 5 7 1 2 14 7 .667 0 2 6 2 13 62% 52 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 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 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 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 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 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% 44 68 24 13 9 5 3 3.1 1.2 5.3
5 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1961 24 NYY AL 35 14 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 9 1.034 4 5 5 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 0.903 4 3 11 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 0.963 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% 1.105 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 0.475 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 1.124 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% 1.023 2 4 8 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 1.163 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 0.906 1 4 8 0 2 11 5 8 11 0 11 0 6.2
5 Seasons 160 59 19 5 3 2 2 0 100% 4 2 28 9 32% 1.019 12 17 30 9 10 40 20 39 36 6 36 2 6.0

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1961 24 NYY AL 670 37% 2.5% 12.5% 8.2% 6.6% 30% 0.93 76% 121 18 15%
1962 25 NYY AL 512 43% 2.3% 10.6% 5.5% 7.2% 27% 0.94 81% 129 14 11%
1964 27 NYY AL 405 45% 4.4% 14.1% 4.4% 8.4% 37% 1.31 76% 70 12 17%
1965 28 TOT AL 812 47% 2.7% 13.8% 7.0% 6.5% 29% 1.05 75% 142 19 13%
1965 28 NYY AL 24 42% 0.0% 29.2% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 3.00 63% 4 1 25%
1965 28 KCA AL 788 47% 2.8% 13.3% 7.1% 6.7% 29% 1.02 75% 138 18 13%
1966 29 TOT AL 662 42% 2.7% 9.7% 7.4% 7.9% 29% 1.02 78% 124 7 6%
1966 29 KCA AL 301 46% 1.0% 8.6% 8.6% 4.7% 19% 1.01 80% 51 4 8%
1966 29 BOS AL 361 38% 4.2% 10.5% 6.4% 10.5% 36% 1.02 77% 73 3 4%
5 Seasons 3061 43% 2.8% 12.1% 6.8% 7.2% 30% 1.03 77% 586 70 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 2 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 3 1 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 1 1 5 0
5 Seasons 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 5 1 69 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 6 670 104 1.254 8.2 0.9 3.0 4.6 1.53 104
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

Neutralized Pitching

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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 4.00 153.0 153 76 68 17 56 79 2 1.366 9.0 3.3 4.6 1.41 1.0 35
1962 25 4 8 .333 5.92 114.0 140 83 75 12 29 52 1 1.482 11.1 2.3 4.1 1.79 0.9 34
1964 27 5 5 .500 4.26 95.0 97 50 45 19 19 53 1 1.221 9.2 1.8 5.0 2.79 1.8 19
1965 28 9 11 .450 4.52 183.0 196 102 92 23 60 106 7 1.399 9.6 3.0 5.2 1.77 1.1 35
1966 29 6 9 .400 4.63 142.0 187 81 73 19 51 61 3 1.676 11.9 3.2 3.9 1.20 1.2 37
5 Seasons 32 42 .432 4.62 687.0 773 392 353 90 215 351 14 1.438 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

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

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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