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Rollie
Hemsley		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: June 24, 1907 in Usa, OH, SYRACUSE
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1930 23 DET AL $ 300,000   41 41 41 13 13 13 72 72 72 26 26 26 89 89 89
1931 24 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 4 4 10 10 10
1932 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1933 26 DET AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1934 27 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1935 28 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1936 29 DET AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 10 10 10
1937 30 DET AL $ 350,000   6 6 6 1 1 1 8 8 8 3 3 3 9 9 9
1938 31 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1939 32 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1940 33 PIT NL $ 760,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1941 34 PIT NL $ 760,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1942 35 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1943 36 PIT NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 760,000   41 41 41 13 13 13 72 72 72 26 26 26 89 89 89
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1930 23 DET AL 59 162 20 45 8 4 0 21 3 0 6 3 .278 .304 .377 .680 17.8 3.3
1931 24 DET AL 70 276 31 64 15 4 2 34 2 0 16 15 .232 .273 .337 .610 23.9 1.2
1932 25 DET AL 35 133 12 39 9 0 0 14 1 0 9 6 .293 .336 .361 .697 15.6 2.4
1933 26 DET AL 28 82 7 23 6 1 0 12 0 0 3 7 .280 .302 .378 .680 7.3 0.4
1934 27 AAA   137 581 64 177 54 10 3 74 7 2 53 32 .305 .363 .448 .810 88.5  
1935 28 AAA   137 573 68 189 50 5 2 66 12 5 33 21 .330 .366 .445 .811 85.0  
1936 29 AAA   137 550 56 146 30 6 4 67 3 4 50 26 .265 .327 .364 .690 64.1  
1937 30 DET AL 23 39 3 16 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 3 .410 .415 .487 .902 7.2 1.6
1938 31 TAM AL 11 31 2 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 4 .290 .290 .323 .613 2.0 0.0
  DET AL 47 167 17 39 11 0 1 26 0 0 6 9 .234 .257 .317 .575 11.2 0.0
  TOT   58 198 19 48 12 0 1 32 0 0 6 13 .242 .262 .318 .580 13.2 0.0
1939 32 DET AL 33 79 9 20 6 1 0 10 0 0 6 9 .253 .306 .354 .660 8.2 0.9
1940 33 PIT NL 16 34 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .176 .222 .176 .399 0.8 0.0
    AAA   28 121 9 25 6 1 0 7 0 1 4 11 .207 .232 .273 .505 6.2  
1941 34 PIT NL 4 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .143 .222 .143 .365 0.7 0.0
1942 35 PIT NL 27 78 7 22 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 13 .282 .313 .346 .659 8.4 1.0
1943 36 PIT NL 8 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .333 .600 .933 1.3 0.2
11 Years Sim 361 1093 112 286 62 10 4 137 6 0 54 73 .262 .294 .348 .642 104.2 11.1
4 Years AAA 439 1825 197 537 140 22 9 214 22 12 140 90 .294 .345 .410 .755 243.7  
162 Game Average 490 50 128 27 4 1 61 2 0 24 32 .262 .294 .348 .642 46.7  
Career Highs 70 276 31 64 15 4 2 34 3 0 16 15 .410 .415 .600 .933 23.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   821 89 218 43 9 3 99 6 0 44 53 .266 .300 .351 .651 84.3
vs LH   272 23 68 19 1 1 38 0 0 10 20 .250 .275 .338 .613 23.5
Home 178 547 57 158 33 5 1 75 3 0 36 40 .289 .331 .373 .704 65.3
Away 183 546 55 128 29 5 3 62 3 0 18 33 .234 .256 .322 .578 42.4
RISP   296 0 86 13 2 1 122 0 0 17 23 .291 .317 .358 .675 33.5
Pinch Hitting   49 6 19 1 0 1 7 0 0 1 3 .388 .400 .469 .869 8.1
Close/Late   131 15 32 7 2 0 16 0 0 6 10 .244 .275 .328 .604 11.2
Mar/Apr 59 163 16 40 9 3 0 18 0 0 5 12 .245 .265 .337 .602 13.5
May 46 141 14 44 13 1 1 21 1 0 4 11 .312 .324 .440 .764 18.6
June 49 166 20 44 4 1 0 15 2 0 11 7 .265 .311 .301 .612 15.8
July 50 143 18 47 11 1 1 25 3 0 4 8 .329 .347 .441 .787 20.1
August 73 238 25 52 12 1 1 34 0 0 12 12 .218 .253 .290 .543 16.3
Sep/Oct 81 242 19 59 13 3 1 24 0 0 18 23 .244 .294 .335 .629 23.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1930 23 DET AL C 30 27 238.0 96 7 0 0 1.000 3.89 7 3 .429 0 1.6
    3B 8 8 68.0 3 20 2 5 .920 3.04 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 3 3 24.3 34 1 0 3 1.000 12.95 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 1 1 7.0 2 3 0 0 1.000 6.43 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1931 24 DET AL C 32 30 272.3 105 15 0 0 1.000 3.97 4 3 .750 0 2.3
    3B 16 16 137.7 6 31 0 4 1.000 2.42 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 12 12 103.7 25 36 2 10 .968 5.30 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 10 10 86.0 15 29 1 4 .978 4.60 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1932 25 DET AL C 34 33 276.3 100 10 2 0 .982 3.58 11 5 .455 0 1.8
1933 26 DET AL C 25 21 184.3 67 9 0 0 1.000 3.71 3 1 .333 0 1.5
1937 30 DET AL C 10 7 64.3 29 6 0 0 1.000 4.90 5 4 .800 0 0.8
    SS 1 0 3.0 2 3 0 2 1.000 15.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1938 31 TAM AL C 10 10 71.7 35 3 1 1 .974 4.77 4 1 .250 0 0.3
    1B 1 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  DET AL C 45 43 398.9 193 16 5 3 .977 4.72 19 7 .368 1 2.3
    1B 2 0 6.8 3 3 0 1 1.000 7.94 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 55 53 470.6 228 19 6 4 .976 4.72 23 8 .348 1 2.7
      1B 3 0 8.0 4 3 0 1 1.000 7.88   0.0
1939 32 DET AL C 21 19 172.0 50 10 0 0 1.000 3.14 5 4 .800 0 1.1
    1B 2 0 6.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1940 33 PIT NL C 13 9 85.3 42 1 0 0 1.000 4.54 1 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 2 0 3.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1941 34 PIT NL C 4 2 20.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.15 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1942 35 PIT NL C 25 22 200.7 62 6 0 0 1.000 3.05 4 3 .750 0 0.9
1943 36 PIT NL C 6 1 14.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.21 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
  C 255 224 1997.9 790 84 8 4 .991 3.94 64 32 .500 1 13.4
  3B 24 24 205.7 9 51 2 9 .968 2.63 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  2B 12 12 103.7 25 36 2 10 .968 5.30 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  SS 12 11 96.0 19 35 1 6 .982 5.06 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  1B 10 3 41.3 54 4 0 4 1.000 12.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   313 274 2444.6 897 210 13 33 .988 4.08 64 32 .500 1 14.9
Career Highs   70 68 599.7 232 111 6 18 1.000 5.35 23 8 1.000 1  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1932 25 DET AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
1933 26 DET AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
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  6. Pat Corrales (969)
  7. Hal Peck (968)
  8. Dick Burrus (968)
  9. Hardy Peterson (966)
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History
4/1/1930: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
Had first career hit on 4/7/1930, off Hugh Mcquillan (NYA)
Injured on 9/11/1930 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 5/3/1931, off Danny Macfayden (NYA)
Hit for the cycle against New York (A) on 5/3/1931
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 9/4/1932
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/6/1933 with a Inflamed Thigh Muscle, out for one week
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/5/1935: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1936: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1937: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1938: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Detroit to Tampa Bay on 3/3/1938 (Going to DET: P Frank Gabler. Going to TAM: P Jim Turner, P Garland Braxton, C Rollie Hemsley, SS Bill Cissell, 2B Greg Mulleavy)
3/3/1938: Signed a minor league contract extension with Tampa Bay
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 7/31/1938 (Going to DET: RF Carl Reynolds, 2B Greg Mulleavy, LF Beau Bell, C Rollie Hemsley. Going to TAM: LF Chuck Klein)
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/11/1940 to a 2-year deal worth $760,000 per year
4/2/1941: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/12/1943 to a 2-year deal worth $350,000 per year
4/2/1943: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
 
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