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Rollie Hemsley
Ralston Burdett Hemsley

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 170 lb.

MLB Debut April 19, 1928
Final Game April 17, 1947
Born June 24, 1907 in Syracuse, OH
Died July 31, 1972 (age 65)

Batting   Glossary     Home Run Log       Vs. All Pitchers
 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 26 SLA AL    5   10    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    3    2  .300  .462  .400  .862   111     4   0   0   0   0   0  
 1934 27 SLA AL  138  418   38  120  30   5   3   46   2   0   37   36  .287  .346  .404  .750   100   169   3   3   7   2   8  
 1935 28 SLA AL  133  452   38  130  13   5   0   60   3   6   26   57  .288  .324  .338  .662    83   153   6   6   0   1  14  
 1936 29 SLA AL  117  404   37   96  18   2   0   48   2   1   38   36  .238  .307  .292  .599    72   118   1   1   1   3   9  
 1937 30 SLA AL  110  337   25   62   7   2   0   31   0   0   23   43  .184  .237  .217  .454    56    73   1   5   0   2  10  
 1938 31 SLA AL  103  223   26   59  14   3   3   28   0   2   24   16  .265  .332  .395  .727    96    88   2   3   1   0   5  
 1939 32 SLA AL  130  420   35  105  12   4   0   36   9   6   26   40  .250  .292  .298  .590    75   125   5   5   0   1  15  
 1940 33 SLA AL  120  436   39  104  17  10   6   60   0   0   19   31  .239  .271  .365  .636    83   159   1   4   1   2  12  
 1941 34 SLA AL   79  206   19   52   8   2   2   24   1   0   14   14  .252  .299  .340  .638    84    70   0   1   0   0   5  
 1942 35 SLA AL   37   98   10   21   4   2   0    3   0   0    4   11  .214  .245  .296  .541    76    29   1   0   0   0   5  
 1943 36 NYN NL   55  193   21   46   8   0   6   21   1   0   12   11  .238  .282  .373  .655    95    72   3   1   4   0   6  
 1944 37 NYN NL   59  224   17   66  10   5   2   26   0   0    5   10  .295  .306  .411  .717   103    92   1   3   0   0   7  
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 39 BON NL   12   40    1    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .175  .195  .200  .395    58     8   0   0   0   0   1  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1098 3461  308  871 143  40  22  384  18  15  232  311  .252  .298  .335  .633        1160  24  32  14  11  97
 Per 600 PA           552   49  139  23   6   4   61   3   2   37   50                                 185   4   5   2   2  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SLA      972 3004  269  752 124  35  14  337  17  15  214  286  .250  .300  .329  .629         988  20  28  10  11  83
   With NY2      114  417   38  112  18   5   8   47   1   0   17   21  .269  .295  .393  .688         164   4   4   4   0  13
   With BON       12   40    1    7   1   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .175  .195  .200  .395           8   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1933 26 SLA AL   8    2   8.5   1   0   0  .000   2    3    2  .667    0    2  .000  C    3(-1)e9   305   
 1934 27 SLA AL  17   59   5.1  13   4   0  .308  13   66   53  .803   33   17  .660  C    3(-1)e9   -32   
 1935 28 SLA AL  10   46   3.6  17   3   0  .176   8   61   41  .672   27   22  .551  C    3(-1)e7   -68   
 1936 29 SLA AL   6   37   3.1   6   0   0  .000   9   48   39  .812   33   12  .733  C    3(-1)e8   -96   
 1937 30 SLA AL   6   17   1.6   6   1   0  .167  10   65   50  .769   54   36  .600  C    3(-1)e10 -124   
 1938 31 SLA AL   4   29   4.5  16   5   0  .312   6   42   31  .738   48   10  .828  C    2(+1)e8   -50   
 1939 32 SLA AL   7   34   2.7  13   1   0  .077   9   52   42  .808   64   26  .711  C    3(-1)e6   -61   
 1940 33 SLA AL  12   40   3.2   1   0   0  .000   3   57   51  .895   49   21  .700  C    3(-1)e2   -36   
 1941 34 SLA AL  65   20   3.5  21   2   0  .095   6   28   20  .714   14   11  .560  C    3(-2)e7    24   
 1942 35 SLA AL  38    5   1.9   9   5   0  .556   5    9    5  .556   14    0 1.000  C    3(-1)e8    76   
 1943 36 NYN NL  12   19   3.3   1   0   0  .000   8   26   18  .692   19    6  .760  C    3(-1)e7    26   
 1944 37 NYN NL  25   26   4.2   4   2   0  .500   9   39   32  .821   33   11  .750  C    3(-1)e9    60   
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 39 BON NL  27    1   1.1   2   1   0  .500   1    4    3  .750    1    1  .500  C    3(-1)e8  -141   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          340   3.3 110  24   0  .218  89  500  387  .774  389  175  .690                 -43   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 21.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 4.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1933 26 SLA AL  C      3    14     3    2    1   .895     3    26.0   5.88
 1934 27 SLA AL  RF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 LF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 C      0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1935 28 SLA AL  C    116   471    42    8    3   .985   115  1014.2   4.55
 1936 29 SLA AL  C    112   496    32    9    2   .983   110   942.2   5.04  GG
 1937 30 SLA AL  C      0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
 1938 31 SLA AL  C     83   370    30    6    4   .985    59   534.1   6.74
 1939 32 SLA AL  C    118   591    58    9    5   .986   115  1004.2   5.81
 1940 33 SLA AL  C    117   671    45    3    2   .996   115  1027.1   6.27  GG
 1941 34 SLA AL  C     59   243    27    6    1   .978    49   448.2   5.42
 1942 35 SLA AL  C     29    94     3    5    0   .951    24   202.2   4.31
 1943 36 NYN NL  C     54   248    24    8    2   .971    54   465.0   5.26
 1944 37 NYN NL  C     55   263    23    9    2   .969    54   480.0   5.36
 1945           [Did not play]
 1946 39 BON NL  C     10    40     4    1    0   .978    10    83.0   4.77
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 C    756  3501   291   66   22   .983   708  6229.0   5.48
                 RF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
                 LF     0     0     0    0    0   .000     0      .0      ?
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+


Draft History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1933  SLA   66-88   Pat Carr
 1934  SLA   62-92   Pat Carr
 1935  SLA   56-98   Pat Carr
 1936  SLA   73-81   Pat Carr
 1937  SLA   80-74   Pat Carr
 1938  SLA   81-73   Pat Carr
 1939  SLA   55-99   Pat Carr
 1940  SLA   82-72   Pat Carr
 1941  SLA   64-90   Pat Carr
 1942  SLA   67-87   Pat Carr
 1943  NYN   67-87   Rick Field
 1944  NYN   56-98   Rick Field
 1946  BON   50-104  Jim Pardee

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