Rollie Hemsley

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 170lb (178cm, 77kg)

Born: June 24, 1907 in Syracuse, OH us

Died: July 31, 1972 in Washington, DC

Buried: George Washington Cemetery, Adelphi, MD

Debut: April 19, 1928 (Age 20-300d, 6,722nd in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 17, 1947 (Age 39-297d)
vs. NYG 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Ralston Burdett Hemsley

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.7

5047

1321

.262

562

RBI

555

OBP

.311

SLG

.360

OPS

.671

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	5	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
7	7	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	L,1-11	GS	36	7.0	4	2	0	6	1
8	8	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,11-9	CG	49	10.0	5	0	0	5	0
10	10	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
11	11	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
13	13	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
15	15	May 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
17	17	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	18	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
19	19	May 10	CLE		SLB	W,9-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
20	20	May 11	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
21	21	May 12	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
22	22	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,7-9	CG	48	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
23	23	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,18-1	GS	25	7.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	24	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
25	25	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
26	26	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	28 (1)	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
28	29	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
29	30	May 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
30	32 (1)	May 27	CLE		DET	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
31	33	May 28	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
32	34	May 29	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	35	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	37 (1)	Jun 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
35	38	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
36	40 (1)	Jun 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
37	42 (1)	Jun 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
38	43	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	45 (1)	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	6	2	0	8	0
40	46	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
41	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	48	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
43	49	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
44	50	Jun 13	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	5	2	0	7	0
45	52 (1)	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
46	53	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
47	55 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	56	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
49	57	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
50	58	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
51	59	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
52	60	Jun 23 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
53	61	Jun 23 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	62	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
55	63	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	22	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
56	66 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	69 (2)	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	74 (4)	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
59	75	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
60	76	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
61	78 (1)	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	47	10.2	8	0	0	8	0
62	79	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	80	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-11	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	81	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	50	12.1	11	1	0	12	0
65	82	Jul 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-9	GS	30	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
66	83	Jul 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-15	GS	31	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
67	84	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	85	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
69	87 (1)	Jul 23	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
70	88	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
71	89	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	1	1	1	3	0
72	90	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
73	92 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
74	93	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,1-9	GS	28	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	94	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
76	95	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
77	96	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
78	97	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,2-10	GS	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	98	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	99	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	100	Aug 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	101	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
83	103 (1)	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
84	104	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
85	106 (1)	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	107	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
87	108	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	109	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
89	110	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-5	GS	35	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
90	111	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
91	112	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
92	113	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	114	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
94	115	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	T,2-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
95	116	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-16	GS	32	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS	31	7.0	7	2	0	9	0
97	118	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	119	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-15	GS	20	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
99	120	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
100	121	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
101	122	Aug 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
102	123	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
104	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	129 (3)	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
106	130	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
107	132 (1)	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
108	133	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	0
109	134	Sep 9	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
110	135	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
111	140 (4)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
112	143 (2)	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
113	146 (2)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
114	147	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
115	149 (1)	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	GS	16	4.0	5	0	0	5	0
116	151 (1)	Sep 24	CLE		SLB	L,2-7	GF	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	153 (1)	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
							117gm		966.0	591	65	4	660	8