Rollie Sheldon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Born: December 17, 1936 in Putnam, CT us

Schools: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX), University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)

Debut: April 23, 1961 (Age 24-127d, 11,834th in major league history)
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1966 (Age 29-282d)
vs. NYY 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Roland Frank Sheldon

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

4.09

160

101

724.2

371

WHIP

1.308

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 87 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 10 tying, 25 go ahead

3 Tms
NYY	47
KCA	25
BOS	15

Platoon
vs LHB	47
vs RHB	40

Home/Road
Away	46
Home	41

Outs
0	39
1	31
2	17

10 Opps
DET	14
CHW	14
CLE	13
BOS	11
MIN	10
WSA	6
NYY	6
KCA	5
BAL	5
CAL	3

54 Batters
Tito Francona	4
Floyd Robinson	3
Jim Landis	3
Harmon Killebrew	3
Jerry Lumpe	3
Carl Yastrzemski	3
Boog Powell	3
Mickey Mantle	2
Gene Green	2
Rich Rollins	2
Gates Brown	2
Tony Conigliaro	2
Norm Cash	2
Jim King	2
Bobby Richardson	2
Willie Horton	2
Max Alvis	2
Joe Pepitone	2
Charlie Maxwell	2
Leon Wagner	2
Jim Lemon	2
John Romano	2
Willie Kirkland	2
Woodie Held	2
Dick McAuliffe	2
Al Kaline	1
Mike Ryan	1
José Cardenal	1
Norm Siebern	1
Don Demeter	1
Willie Smith	1
Félix Mantilla	1
Paul Casanova	1
Larry Brown	1
Tony Oliva	1
Wayne Causey	1
Sandy Valdespino	1
Chico Fernández	1
Orlando McFarlane	1
Frank Malzone	1
Earl Robinson	1
Gary Geiger	1
Jim Gosger	1
Ted Uhlaender	1
Tommie Agee	1
Jim Pagliaroni	1
Dave Nicholson	1
Tommy McCraw	1
Lee Thomas	1
Pete Ward	1
Russ Snyder	1
Ed Charles	1
Joe Adcock	1
Bob Sadowski	1

11 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	26
Fenway Pk (BOS)	17
Munic. Stad (KAN)	12
Tiger Stad (DET)	10
ClevelandStd (CLE)	7
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	4
Memor. Stad (BAL)	3
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1

Where Hit
7	27
9	27
8	7
89	6
78	2

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	36
2·HR gms	15
3·HR gms	7

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	55
1--	12
-2-	9
12-	7
-23	2
1-3	2

130 Runs
RISP	20
0 on	55
1 on	21
2 on	11
Any on	32

Inning
1	12
2	9
3	14
4	12
5	9
6	15
7	5
8	3
9	6
Extra	2

1-3	35
4-6	36
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	6
+2	2
+1	11
Tied	21
-1	10
-2	9
-3	7
-4..	14

Ahead	26
Tied	21
Behind	40

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	23
RF	17
3B	11
1B	10
CF	8
C	8
2B	7
SS	3

OrderPos
3rd	25
4th	15
2nd	13
5th	9
7th	8
6th	7
1st	6
8th	4

Leverage
High Lev	19
Medium Lev	32
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1961-05-28 (1)	Floyd Robinson	CHW	@	NYY	ahead 11-9	t 9	0	1-3	3	7	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Landis Scores; A. Smith Scores
2	2	2	1	1961-05-31	Frank Malzone	BOS		NYY	behind 1-7	b 5	0	---	1	6	5	3%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1961-06-17	Chico Fernández	DET		NYY	ahead 7-0	b 3	0	---	1	7	6	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1961-06-19	Norm Siebern	KCA		NYY	behind 2-3	b 9	1	---	1	4	3	47%	58%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Deep CF)
5	5	5	1	1961-06-24	Jim Lemon	MIN		NYY	behind 0-5	b 2	0	---	1	4	7	6%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	2	1961-06-24	Harmon Killebrew	MIN		NYY	behind 1-5	b 4	0	---	1	3	5	7%	22%		Home Run (Deep CF)
7	7	7	3	1961-06-24	Jim Lemon	MIN		NYY	behind 2-5	b 4	0	---	1	4	7	9%	32%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	1961-07-18	Gene Green	WSA		NYY	behind 0-2	b 2	2	-2-	2	7	2	20%	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Long Scores
9	9	9	1	1961-08-16	Jim Landis	CHW	@	NYY	behind 0-4	t 4	2	---	1	3	8	5%	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	2	1961-08-16	Jim Landis	CHW	@	NYY	behind 3-4	t 6	0	---	1	3	8	17%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	11	1	1961-08-20 (2)	Tito Francona	CLE		NYY	behind 0-3	b 6	1	---	1	3	7	9%	22%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
12	12	12	1	1961-08-27	Wayne Causey	KCA		NYY	behind 4-8	b 9	1	-2-	2	1	5	2%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Lumpe Scores
13	13	13	1	1961-09-04 (1)	Gene Green	WSA	@	NYY	behind 0-2	t 7	2	12-	3	4	2	49%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Keough Scores; B. Klaus Scores
14	14	14	1	1961-09-09	Willie Kirkland	CLE	@	NYY	behind 1-2	t 6	1	---	1	4	9	17%	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	15	2	1961-09-09	Woodie Held	CLE	@	NYY	behind 2-3	t 7	0	---	1	7	6	20%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	16	1	1961-09-14 (1)	Floyd Robinson	CHW		NYY	behind 0-1	b 1	0	1--	2	2	9	16%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Aparicio Scores
17	17	17	2	1961-09-14 (1)	Jim Landis	CHW		NYY	ahead 2-1	b 1	1	1-3	3	6	8	15%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Miñoso Scores; A. Smith Scores
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1962-05-05	Jim King	WSA	@	NYY	tied 2-2	t 6	1	-2-	2	5	7	24%	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Long Scores
19	19	2	1	1962-06-09	Russ Snyder	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	9	11%	69%		Home Run (RF Line)
20	20	3	1	1962-06-26	Rich Rollins	MIN	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	5	17%	68%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Green Scores
21	21	4	2	1962-06-26	Rich Rollins	MIN	@	NYY	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	-2-	2	3	5	12%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Green Scores
22	22	5	1	1962-07-04 (1)	Jerry Lumpe	KCA	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	10%	58%		Home Run (CF-RF)
23	23	6	1	1962-07-19	Jim Pagliaroni	BOS		NYY	behind 2-10	b 9	0	12-	3	7	2	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Runnels Scores; L. Clinton Scores
24	24	7	1	1962-07-25 (2)	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	NYY	behind 1-3	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	11%	37%		Home Run (CF-RF)
25	25	8	2	1962-07-25 (2)	Gary Geiger	BOS	@	NYY	behind 2-4	t 8	1	---	1	2	8	10%	19%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
26	26	9	1	1962-07-29 (2)	Charlie Maxwell	CHW	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	3	11%	61%		Home Run (CF-RF)
27	27	10	2	1962-07-29 (2)	Bob Sadowski	CHW	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	12-	3	2	4	20%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Joyce Scores; J. Landis Scores
28	28	11	3	1962-07-29 (2)	Charlie Maxwell	CHW	@	NYY	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	---	1	4	3	5%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	12	1	1962-08-20	Ed Charles	KCA		NYY	ahead 4-3	b 5	1	-2-	2	2	5	15%	88%		Home Run (CF-RF); B. Del Greco Scores
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1964-06-14 (2)	Dave Nicholson	CHW	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 6	2	12-	3	6	7	37%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Robinson Scores; P. Ward Scores
31	31	2	1	1964-06-23	Boog Powell	BAL		NYY	behind 0-4	b 4	0	---	1	3	7	7%	19%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	3	2	1964-06-23	Boog Powell	BAL		NYY	behind 1-4	b 6	2	---	1	3	7	8%	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	4	1	1964-06-28 (2)	Norm Cash	DET	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	4	3	15%	77%		Home Run (Deep CF); G. Brown Scores
34	34	5	2	1964-06-28 (2)	Gates Brown	DET	@	NYY	tied 5-5	t 7	1	---	1	2	7	22%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	6	1	1964-07-05	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	@	NYY	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---	1	4	7	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	7	1	1964-07-13	Leon Wagner	CLE		NYY	behind 0-4	b 4	1	---	1	3	7	6%	17%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	8	2	1964-07-13	Woodie Held	CLE		NYY	behind 2-7	b 8	0	---	1	8	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	9	3	1964-07-13	Tito Francona	CLE		NYY	behind 3-10	b 9	1	---	1	5	9	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep CF)
39	39	10	1	1964-07-19 (1)	Tito Francona	CLE	@	NYY	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	11%	61%		Home Run (RF Line)
40	40	11	2	1964-07-19 (1)	Larry Brown	CLE	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	4	10%	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	12	1	1964-07-24 (1)	Dick McAuliffe	DET		NYY	behind 0-2	b 4	2	---	1	6	6	12%	36%		Home Run (Deep CF)
42	42	13	2	1964-07-24 (1)	Jerry Lumpe	DET		NYY	behind 1-3	b 7	1	---	1	8	4	13%	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	14	3	1964-07-24 (1)	Al Kaline	DET		NYY	behind 2-5	b 8	0	1--	2	3	9	17%	29%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); B. Freehan Scores
44	44	15	1	1964-08-08	Earl Robinson	BAL	@	NYY	behind 1-2	t 7	0	1--	2	6	7	34%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Bowens Scores
45	45	16	1	1964-09-23 (2)	Max Alvis	CLE		NYY	behind 0-5	b 5	1	---	1	5	5	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
46	46	17	2	1964-09-23 (2)	John Romano	CLE		NYY	behind 1-5	b 5	2	---	1	7	2	5%	13%		Home Run (Deep LF Line)
47	47	18	3	1964-09-23 (2)	Tito Francona	CLE		NYY	behind 2-5	b 6	1	---	1	1	9	9%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1965-05-17	Floyd Robinson	CHW	@	KCA	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	-2-	2	3	9	12%	79%		Home Run; D. Buford Scores
49	49	2	2	1965-05-17	Pete Ward	CHW	@	KCA	ahead 3-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	5	7%	87%		Home Run
50	50	3	1	1965-05-30	Tony Conigliaro	BOS		KCA	behind 1-2	b 9	1	---	1	6	9	47%	58%		Home Run
51	51	4	1	1965-06-06 (2)	Félix Mantilla	BOS	@	KCA	behind 1-3	t 6	0	1--	2	3	7	25%	50%		Home Run; D. Jones Scores
52	52	5	1	1965-06-11	Max Alvis	CLE	@	KCA	behind 0-4	t 5	0	---	1	5	5	6%	14%		Home Run
53	53	6	1	1965-06-16 (2)	Willie Smith	CAL	@	KCA	behind 1-2	t 4	0	1--	2	4	7	23%	64%		Home Run; J. Fregosi Scores
54	54	7	2	1965-06-16 (2)	Joe Adcock	CAL	@	KCA	ahead 4-3	t 6	0	---	1	5	3	12%	80%		Home Run
55	55	8	1	1965-06-20 (2)	Jerry Lumpe	DET		KCA	behind 0-1	b 6	2	---	1	2	4	21%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	9	1	1965-06-24	Joe Pepitone	NYY		KCA	behind 0-3	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	9%	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	10	1	1965-07-24	Willie Kirkland	WSA		KCA	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	-23	3	3	9	11%	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Ortega Scores; K. Hamlin Scores
58	58	11	1	1965-07-28	Lee Thomas	BOS		KCA	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2	5	3	17%	76%		Home Run; F. Mantilla Scores
59	59	12	1	1965-08-11 (2)	Willie Horton	DET		KCA	tied 0-0	b 5	2	12-	3	4	9	33%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lumpe Scores; N. Cash Scores
60	60	13	2	1965-08-11 (2)	Don Demeter	DET		KCA	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	---	1	6	8	4%	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	14	1	1965-08-15 (2)	Bobby Richardson	NYY		KCA	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	11%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	15	2	1965-08-15 (2)	Joe Pepitone	NYY		KCA	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	1	3	9	14%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	16	1	1965-08-23	Gates Brown	DET	@	KCA	behind 0-3	t 3	2	-23	3	3	7	26%	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Wert Scores; J. Lumpe Scores
64	64	17	1	1965-09-02	Leon Wagner	CLE	@	KCA	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	12-	3	3	7	14%	94%		Home Run; M. Alvis Scores; V. Davalillo Scores
65	65	18	1	1965-09-11	Boog Powell	BAL		KCA	behind 1-2	b 6	1	---	1	3	3	20%	54%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	19	1	1965-09-17	Mike Ryan	BOS		KCA	tied 1-1	b 5	1	---	1	8	2	16%	70%		Home Run
67	67	20	2	1965-09-17	Tony Conigliaro	BOS		KCA	behind 2-8	b 6	0	1--	2	4	9	5%	9%		Home Run; C. Yastrzemski Scores
68	68	21	1	1965-09-21	Jim King	WSA	@	KCA	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	2	3	9	19%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Blasingame Scores
69	69	22	1	1965-10-01	Tommy McCraw	CHW		KCA	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	1	3	14%	67%		Home Run
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1966-04-13	Sandy Valdespino	MIN		KCA	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	7	16%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); Z. Versalles Scores/unER
71	71	2	1	1966-05-21	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		KCA	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	11%	62%		Home Run
72	72	3	2	1966-05-21	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		KCA	behind 3-5	b 6	0	---	1	3	7	14%	39%		Home Run
73	73	4	1	1966-06-16	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	5	1	1966-06-29	Mickey Mantle	NYY	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 1	0	12-	3	3	7	18%	77%		Home Run (LF-CF); T. Tresh Scores; B. Richardson Scores
75	75	6	2	1966-06-29	Bobby Richardson	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	1	2	4	6%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	7	3	1966-06-29	Mickey Mantle	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 4-0	t 3	0	---	1	3	7	5%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
77	77	8	1	1966-07-03 (1)	Tommie Agee	CHW		BOS	tied 0-0	b 6	1	-2-	2	2	8	26%	86%		Home Run; B. Locker Scores
78	78	9	1	1966-07-10 (2)	John Romano	CHW	@	BOS	behind 3-5	t 5	0	---	1	4	2	12%	36%		Home Run
79	79	10	1	1966-07-23	Ted Uhlaender	MIN	@	BOS	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	2	8	12%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
80	80	11	1	1966-07-29 (2)	Paul Casanova	WSA		BOS	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	11%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
81	81	12	1	1966-08-07 (1)	Willie Horton	DET		BOS	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	1--	2	5	7	5%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Kaline Scores/unER
82	82	13	2	1966-08-07 (1)	Orlando McFarlane	DET		BOS	ahead 6-0	b 3	1	---	1	7	2	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
83	83	14	3	1966-08-07 (1)	Norm Cash	DET		BOS	ahead 8-0	b 4	0	---	1	3	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
84	84	15	1	1966-08-20	Tony Oliva	MIN	@	BOS	tied 2-2	t 10	0	---	1	3	9	34%	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
85	85	16	2	1966-08-20	Harmon Killebrew	MIN	@	BOS	ahead 3-2	t 10	0	---	1	4	3	9%	93%		Home Run (Deep CF)
86	86	17	1	1966-08-24 (2)	Jim Gosger	KCA	@	BOS	ahead 6-1	t 4	2	-2-	2	2	7	5%	97%		Home Run; P. Roof Scores
87	87	18	1	1966-08-30	José Cardenal	CAL		BOS	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	1--	2	1	8	17%	87%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF; J. Coates Scores

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