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	36-31 / in Starts: 32-21
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	60 games
Most Games w/o RBI	17 games
Grand Slams	0 in 9 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 211 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	142 (62-48-32)
Avg. MLBer w/ 211 PAs	20
Avg. Runners on Base	136 (71-43-22)

Most Driven In
C Keller	6
J Gordon	4
P Rizzuto	2
F McCormick	2
J DiMaggio	2
G Walker	1
E Joost	1
J Priddy	1

Most Driven In By
E Joost	5
B Hassett	4
R Ruffing	2
P Rizzuto	2
L Frey	1
A Donald	1
F Crosetti	1

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 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	1333	1	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.20	-0.119	2.95	-0.18%	-0.88	C
2	1334	2	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	8	1.09	-0.050	2.61	-0.07%	-0.39	C
3	1335	3	Apr 16	CIN		PIT	W,8-7	CG(12)	6	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.286	.429	8	2.34	-0.110	4.85	-0.14%	0.12	C
4	1336	4	Apr 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.353	.575	8	1.48	-0.079	3.32	-0.11%	-0.42	C
5	1337	5	Apr 19	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG(14)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.167	.261	.428	8	1.63	-0.208	3.31	-0.25%	-1.22	C
6	1338	6	Apr 21	CIN	@	STL	L,0-8	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.154	.240	.394	8	1.97	-0.151	4.61	-0.21%	-1.10	C
7	1339	7	Apr 22	CIN	@	STL	L,1-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.107	.138	.214	.352	8	.83	-0.062	1.83	-0.08%	-0.59	C
8	1340	8	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.152	.219	.370	8	1.33	0.252	2.65	0.30%	1.04	C
9	1341	9	Apr 24	CIN	@	PIT	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.162	.222	.384	8	.44	-0.038	.99	-0.05%	-0.46	C
10	1342	10	Apr 25	CIN		CHC	L,4-5	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.122	.143	.195	.338	8	1.22	-0.147	2.96	-0.21%	-1.04	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
11	1343	17 (6)	May 2	CIN		PHI	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.152	.200	.352	8	.69	-0.045	.81	-0.03%	-0.70	C
12	1344	18	May 3	CIN		NYG	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.143	.188	.330	8	.30	-0.022	.44	-0.02%	-0.48	C
13	1345	22 (3)	May 9	CIN		STL	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.137	.154	.235	.389	8	1.08	0.216	1.59	0.19%	1.53	C
14	1346	24 (1)	May 10 (2)	CIN		STL	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.145	.222	.368	8	1.94	-0.162	3.33	-0.17%	-1.06	C
15	1347	26 (1)	May 13	CIN	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.123	.138	.211	.348	8	.67	-0.049	1.81	-0.08%	-0.63	C
16	1348	31 (4)	May 19	CIN	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.119	.148	.203	.351	8	.78	-0.018	1.07	-0.02%	-0.18	C
17	1349	35 (3)	May 24 (1)	CIN	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.127	.154	.206	.360	8	2.18	-0.199	3.13	-0.17%	-0.80	C
18	1350	40 (4)	May 29	CIN	@	CHC	L,5-6	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.152	.203	.355	8	2.20	-0.053	2.92	-0.04%	-0.20	C
19	1351	41	May 30 (1)	CIN		STL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.159	.209	.368	8	.95	0.136	1.41	0.12%	1.20	C
20	1352	42	May 30 (2)	CIN		STL	L,5-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.157	.206	.363	9	.37	-0.007	.59	-0.01%	-0.18	PH
21	1353	43	May 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.162	.208	.370	8	.61	0.073	.82	0.06%	0.11	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
22	1354	47 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.135	.169	.203	.372	8	.70	-0.003	.71	0.00%	-0.18	C
23	1355	50 (2)	Jun 7 (1)	CIN		BSN	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.130	.173	.195	.368	8	.47	-0.010	.62	-0.01%	-0.37	C
24	1356	54 (3)	Jun 10	CIN		NYG	L,1-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.130	.173	.195	.368	8						PR
25	1357	56 (1)	Jun 14 (2)	CIN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.167	.188	.354	8	.90	-0.066	1.16	-0.05%	-0.58	C
26	1358	57	Jun 16	CIN	@	BSN	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.161	.181	.342	8	.53	-0.039	.53	-0.02%	-0.73	C
27	1359	59 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	CIN	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.115	.154	.172	.326	8	1.30	-0.130	1.58	-0.10%	-0.79	C
28	1360	62 (2)	Jun 21 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.121	.158	.176	.334	8	1.77	-0.004	2.92	0.00%	0.25	C
29	1361	68 (5)	Jun 27	CIN	@	BRO	W,3-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.117	.153	.170	.323	7	1.31	-0.097	1.87	-0.08%	-0.59	C
30	1362	70 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	CIN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.113	.149	.165	.313	7	1.38	-0.101	3.38	-0.15%	-0.63	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
31	1363	72 (1)	Jul 1	CIN		CHC	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.109	.143	.158	.301	8	.84	-0.111	1.02	-0.08%	-0.83	C
32	1364	75 (2)	Jul 5 (2)	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.124	.156	.171	.327	8	.49	-0.021	.36	-0.01%	-0.58	C
33	1365	76	Jul 9	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.120	.152	.167	.318	8	1.10	0.058	1.45	0.05%	0.22	C
34	1366	79 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	CIN		BRO	L,2-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.149	.164	.313	7	1.89	-0.097	1.38	-0.04%	-0.86	C
35	1367	80	Jul 12 (1)	CIN		PHI	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.115	.145	.159	.305	8	.50	-0.035	.17	-0.01%	-0.61	C
36	1368	84 (3)	Jul 15 (2)	CIN		BSN	L,2-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.113	.143	.157	.299	8	.79	-0.038	.20	-0.01%	-0.47	C
				Player went from Cincinnati Reds to New York Yankees
37	1369	88	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.127	.156	.169	.325	7	.18	0.011	.54	0.02%	0.21	C
38	1370	89	Jul 19 (2)	NYY		CHW	W,12-0	CG	5	5	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.173	.187	.360	7	.16	0.045	.49	0.09%	1.50	C
39	1371	90	Jul 21	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.176	.189	.365	8	.49	-0.022	1.86	-0.05%	-0.29	C
40	1372	91	Jul 22	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG(10)	5	5	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.199	.227	.426	8	1.46	-0.129	4.18	-0.22%	1.51	C
41	1373	92	Jul 23	NYY	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG(11)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.207	.230	.437	8	.94	0.052	1.93	0.06%	0.22	C
42	1374	93	Jul 24	NYY	@	DET	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.173	.201	.223	.424	8	1.43	-0.127	2.91	-0.16%	-1.67	C
43	1375	94	Jul 25	NYY	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.201	.222	.424	8	1.00	0.040	1.92	0.05%	-0.40	C
44	1376	95	Jul 26	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.181	.208	.228	.436	8	.89	0.099	1.43	0.10%	0.17	C
45	1377	96	Jul 28	NYY	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.203	.222	.425	8	.23	-0.023	.23	-0.01%	-1.02	C
46	1378	97	Jul 29 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.177	.202	.222	.424	8	.73	-0.081	.54	-0.04%	-0.69	C
47	1379	99 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	L,8-9	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.179	.204	.235	.438	8	1.67	0.120	1.47	0.06%	0.50	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
48	1380	101 (1)	Aug 1	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.182	.206	.236	.442	8	.91	0.091	.94	0.06%	0.70	C
49	1381	102	Aug 2 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.179	.207	.232	.439	8	.85	-0.018	.92	-0.01%	-0.45	C
50	1382	104 (1)	Aug 4	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	2-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.175	.203	.228	.431	8	1.21	0.049	.82	0.02%	0.85	C
51	1383	105	Aug 6	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.203	.228	.431	7						C
52	1384	109 (3)	Aug 11	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	10-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.175	.203	.228	.431	7	5.40	-0.051	4.91	-0.03%	-0.19	C
53	1385	112 (2)	Aug 15 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.203	.228	.431	7						PR
54	1386	115 (2)	Aug 17	NYY	@	PHA	W,15-0	6-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.208	.228	.436	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.38	C
55	1387	119 (3)	Aug 20	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.208	.228	.436	7						C
56	1388	120	Aug 21	NYY		WSH	W,17-7	6-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.207	.227	.433	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.75	PR C
57	1389	121	Aug 22	NYY		WSH	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.176	.208	.227	.435	8	1.33	0.209	.67	0.06%	2.38	C
58	1390	123 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,3-0	CG(6)	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.216	.236	.452	8	1.20	0.148	.96	0.07%	1.12	C
59	1391	124	Aug 25	NYY		CHW	W,5-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.215	.235	.450	9	3.23	-0.134	3.05	-0.08%	-0.57	PH
60	1392	125	Aug 26	NYY		CHW	L,3-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.215	.235	.450	7						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
61	1393	138 (12)	Sep 7 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.216	.235	.451	8	.57	-0.052	.13	-0.01%	0.13	C
62	1394	141 (2)	Sep 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.218	.232	.450	8	1.70	-0.046	.05	0.00%	-0.33	C
63	1395	142	Sep 12	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.223	.234	.457	8	1.11	0.095	.09	0.01%	1.92	C
64	1396	145 (2)	Sep 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-3	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.221	.232	.453	7	.23	-0.011	.01	0.00%	-0.51	C
65	1397	147 (1)	Sep 17	NYY	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	1	0	.191	.227	.237	.464	7	1.01	-0.131	.00	0.00%	-0.60	C
66	1398	150 (2)	Sep 20 (2)	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.227	.242	.469	7	2.44	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-1.30	C
67	1399	154 (3)	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-7	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.225	.240	.465	7	1.90	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.39	C
							36-31		211	200	18	38	4	3	0	22	9	4	19	0	2		7	4	1	0	.190	.225	.240	.465		1.10	-1.608	1.59	-1.69%	-10.62

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Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

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