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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	33-32 / in Starts: 31-26
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 231 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	159 (83-46-30) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 231 PAs	27
Avg. Runners on Base	158 (80-50-26)

Most Driven In
H Trosky	9
K Keltner	6
E Averill	4
J Heath	3
Self	2
B Campbell	1
L Lary	1
M Harder	1

Most Driven In By
J Heath	4
B Campbell	3
L Lary	3
O Hale	3
B Feller	3
E Averill	3
Self	2
E Whitehill	1

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	943	2 (1)	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.64	-0.006	1.46	-0.01%	-1.06	C
2	944	6 (3)	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	.46	0.041	1.40	0.08%	0.15	C
3	945	10 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.231	.462	8	.98	-0.173	3.62	-0.38%	-2.29	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	946	15 (4)	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(13)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	2.15	-0.276	9.75	-0.75%	-1.59	C
5	947	19 (3)	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	8	1.02	0.002	4.73	0.01%	-0.03	C
6	948	21 (1)	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.208	.174	.382	8	1.03	-0.042	4.28	-0.10%	-0.56	C
7	949	22	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	8	.94	-0.071	3.82	-0.17%	-0.98	C
8	950	25 (2)	May 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	8	.64	-0.091	2.40	-0.21%	-1.11	C
9	951	26	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.152	.222	.152	.374	8	.41	0.022	1.54	0.05%	-0.10	C
10	952	27	May 19	CLE		WSH	W,15-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.244	.162	.406	8	.18	-0.011	.84	-0.03%	-0.16	C
11	953	29 (1)	May 21	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.239	.167	.406	8	1.79	-0.068	8.80	-0.20%	0.16	C
12	954	30	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.240	.174	.414	8	.66	-0.063	3.45	-0.20%	-0.67	C
13	955	32 (1)	May 25	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.278	.204	.482	8	1.57	0.124	8.56	0.41%	1.53	C
14	956	33	May 26	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.259	.189	.447	8	.81	-0.087	4.66	-0.30%	-1.09	C
15	957	34	May 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-8	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.259	.189	.447	8						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	958	50 (15)	Jun 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.258	.193	.451	8	.55	-0.011	2.90	-0.04%	0.20	C
17	959	52 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.254	.190	.444	8	1.05	-0.028	5.47	-0.09%	-0.28	C
18	960	54 (1)	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,10-5	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.284	.242	.526	8	1.14	0.060	7.53	0.24%	2.26	C
19	961	55	Jun 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.215	.271	.231	.502	8	.40	-0.034	2.62	-0.13%	-0.82	C
20	962	59 (3)	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.261	.311	.290	.601	8	.85	0.195	5.96	0.82%	1.82	C
21	963	62 (2)	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,10-9	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.321	.292	.612	8	.50	-0.023	2.88	-0.08%	0.10	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	964	64 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.321	.293	.614	8	.87	-0.025	4.45	-0.08%	-0.29	C
23	965	65	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.321	.308	.629	8	1.11	0.014	6.20	0.05%	-0.15	C
24	966	66	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.318	.304	.621	9	1.79	-0.045	10.29	-0.16%	-0.42	PH
25	967	67	Jul 8	CLE		SLB	W,8-7	CG(10)	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.344	.325	.670	8	1.43	0.136	6.92	0.40%	1.92	C
26	968	68	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	1	.284	.337	.318	.655	8	2.21	-0.447	11.78	-1.43%	-2.68	C
27	969	70 (1)	Jul 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.333	.308	.641	8	1.42	-0.101	8.24	-0.35%	-0.57	C
28	970	71	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.340	.301	.641	8	1.17	0.056	7.01	0.20%	-0.15	C
29	971	75 (3)	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.336	.299	.635	8	.68	0.028	3.40	0.08%	-0.07	C
30	972	77 (1)	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.342	.300	.642	8	1.61	0.036	11.16	0.15%	-0.22	C
31	973	79 (1)	Jul 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.333	.291	.625	8	.64	-0.055	4.50	-0.23%	-0.63	C
32	974	80	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.336	.295	.631	8	1.17	-0.060	6.47	-0.20%	-0.54	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	975	84 (3)	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	L,8-11	GS-10	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.342	.296	.638	8	.70	-0.006	3.57	-0.02%	0.12	C
34	976	87 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0		0		0	0	.270	.347	.306	.653	8	.45	0.023	2.82	0.09%	0.64	C
35	977	88	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.349	.304	.653	8	1.72	-0.031	15.55	-0.17%	-0.34	C
36	978	89	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.346	.301	.647	9	1.21	-0.033	9.83	-0.16%	-0.28	PH
37	979	92 (2)	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.267	.346	.302	.648	8	.68	-0.015	1.94	-0.03%	0.09	C
38	980	93	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	9-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.346	.302	.648	1		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
39	981	94	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,7-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.343	.317	.660	8	1.68	0.184	6.83	0.45%	1.89	C
40	982	97 (2)	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.355	.350	.705	8	1.66	0.253	5.20	0.48%	2.46	C
41	983	98	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.357	.352	.708	8	.19	0.032	.62	0.06%	0.18	C
42	984	101 (2)	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,9-6	CG	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.288	.361	.379	.739	3	.71	0.123	1.68	0.18%	1.57	C
43	985	102	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	L,7-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.358	.376	.734	9	.59	-0.019	1.21	-0.02%	-0.27	PH
44	986	103	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	L,1-9	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.284	.364	.373	.737	3	.56	0.019	.96	0.02%	0.29	C
45	987	105 (1)	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,8-2	CG	5	4	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.297	.374	.384	.758	3	.77	0.152	.75	0.09%	3.49	C
46	988	106	Aug 21 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.372	.381	.753	9	6.91	-0.188	7.32	-0.12%	-0.49	PH
47	989	107	Aug 21 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.296	.371	.401	.772	3	1.95	-0.010	1.38	0.00%	0.02	C
48	990	108	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.380	.421	.801	3	1.08	0.169	.51	0.05%	1.58	C
49	991	110 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,12-14	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.297	.373	.412	.786	3	.67	-0.054	.22	-0.01%	-0.88	C
50	992	112 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.296	.371	.408	.778	3	1.28	0.107	.64	0.03%	1.42	C
51	993	114 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-15	CG	6	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.381	.414	.795	3	.49	-0.014	.05	0.00%	-0.07	C
52	994	117 (2)	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-13	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.374	.406	.781	6	.10	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.69	C
53	995	119 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.293	.366	.396	.762	3	.97	-0.013	.01	0.00%	0.49	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
54	996	122 (2)	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.378	.407	.785	6	.53	0.113	.00	0.00%	2.31	C
55	997	125 (2)	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.372	.400	.772	6	1.14	-0.092	.02	0.00%	-0.81	C
56	998	126	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.379	.422	.801	6	.65	0.120	.01	0.00%	1.62	C
57	999	128 (1)	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.382	.429	.811	6	.87	0.122	.02	0.00%	2.47	C
58	1000	129	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.380	.427	.807	7	3.56	-0.116	.06	0.00%	-0.86	PH
59	1001	130	Sep 8	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.302	.377	.423	.801	6	1.09	-0.047	.06	0.00%	-0.62	C
60	1002	132 (1)	Sep 10	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.303	.380	.422	.801	6	1.13	0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
61	1003	133	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.296	.373	.413	.785	6						C
62	1004	134	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	0-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.296	.376	.413	.788	9						PH
63	1005	135	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.374	.411	.784	9	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.13	PH
64	1006	137 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.294	.372	.412	.784	6						C
65	1007	139 (1)	Sep 17	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.298	.374	.414	.788	6	.96	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
66	1008	144 (4)	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.296	.370	.409	.779	6						C
							33-32		231	203	27	60	11	3	2	28	24	5	14	0	4		3		1	1	.296	.370	.409	.779		1.01	-0.244	3.66	-1.75%	6.58

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