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Rich
Rollins		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 215
 
Born: April 16, 1938 in Usa, PA, MOUNT PLEASAN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1972   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 23 BSN NL     6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1962 24 BSN NL     6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1963 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1964 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1965 27 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 6 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1966 28 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1967 29 COL NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1968 30 COL NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7
1969 31 COL NL $ 400,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1970 32 CLN NL $ 400,000   6 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 8
1971 33 CLN NL $ 400,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 8 7 7
1972 34 CLN NL $ 400,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 400,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
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
1961 23 AAA   137 533 64 173 16 2 16 69 10 6 47 65 .325 .379 .452 .831 87.4  
1962 24 AAA   136 540 69 149 16 1 18 64 4 5 40 59 .276 .326 .409 .735 70.7  
1963 25 BSN NL 129 474 51 125 14 4 8 48 3 4 31 65 .264 .312 .361 .673 49.8 6.6
    AAA   26 117 16 43 5 2 3 7 2 2 1 20 .368 .373 .521 .894 19.5  
1964 26 BSN NL 152 544 70 139 14 3 14 80 5 5 42 67 .256 .311 .369 .680 61.9 9.5
1965 27 BSN NL 19 52 8 13 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 8 .250 .278 .423 .701 5.5 0.9
  TAM AL 26 99 14 31 6 1 3 11 1 0 8 12 .313 .364 .485 .849 15.4 4.1
  COL NL 57 87 12 21 5 0 0 10 1 0 8 10 .241 .305 .299 .604 7.0 0.9
  TOT   102 238 34 65 12 2 5 25 2 0 18 30 .273 .324 .403 .728 27.9 5.9
1966 28 COL NL 77 246 26 63 5 1 6 26 1 0 17 35 .256 .304 .358 .662 25.5 3.9
1967 29 COL NL 69 133 11 29 5 1 3 13 0 0 5 16 .218 .243 .338 .581 10.1 0.5
1968 30 COL NL 150 498 63 132 17 4 8 47 0 1 34 74 .265 .317 .363 .681 56.1 9.7
1969 31 COL NL 148 515 69 142 20 5 11 68 1 1 32 56 .276 .320 .398 .718 59.9 8.9
1970 32 CLN NL 49 166 14 52 6 1 4 16 2 1 8 15 .313 .349 .434 .782 22.6 4.5
1971 33 CLN NL 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1972 34 CLN NL 7 21 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .190 .227 .190 .418 0.8 0.0
10 Years Sim 884 2839 340 751 93 21 59 325 14 12 188 363 .265 .312 .374 .687 313.9 49.6
3 Years AAA 299 1190 149 365 37 5 37 140 16 13 88 144 .307 .361 .439 .801 177.6  
162 Game Average 520 62 137 17 3 10 59 2 2 34 66 .265 .312 .374 .687 57.5  
Career Highs 152 544 70 142 20 5 14 80 5 5 42 74 .313 .349 .434 .782 61.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1541 185 418 49 15 32 190 7 10 97 196 .271 .318 .385 .703 181.2
vs LH   1298 155 333 44 6 27 135 7 2 91 167 .257 .307 .362 .669 143.7
Home 446 1435 166 383 43 9 33 170 7 7 91 163 .267 .313 .378 .692 165.8
Away 438 1404 174 368 50 12 26 155 7 5 97 200 .262 .312 .370 .682 159.1
RISP   693 0 173 19 3 14 253 0 0 57 90 .250 .303 .346 .649 74.9
Pinch Hitting   105 12 23 2 1 0 11 0 0 8 10 .219 .281 .257 .538 7.3
Close/Late   375 36 93 16 2 4 33 0 0 25 49 .248 .303 .333 .636 36.3
Mar/Apr 135 465 63 130 11 7 14 57 4 1 23 56 .280 .312 .424 .736 60.4
May 163 530 69 139 25 5 10 60 2 2 44 67 .262 .324 .385 .709 64.2
June 146 454 49 109 17 2 8 48 0 0 23 73 .240 .284 .339 .623 41.5
July 135 437 46 104 10 1 4 39 1 2 32 55 .238 .294 .293 .586 37.0
August 158 484 57 136 12 3 9 58 3 4 34 53 .281 .328 .374 .702 58.1
Sep/Oct 146 469 56 133 18 3 14 63 4 3 32 59 .284 .330 .424 .754 63.6
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
1963 25 BSN NL 3B 125 119 1065.0 62 258 26 17 .925 2.70 0 0 .000 0 2.8
    SS 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 2 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 26 BSN NL 3B 148 140 1258.7 79 286 13 24 .966 2.61 0 0 .000 0 4.3
1965 27 BSN NL 3B 14 10 104.0 5 28 3 2 .917 2.86 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    SS 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TAM AL 3B 20 13 206.0 10 55 5 3 .929 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 1 0 2.2 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  COL NL 3B 43 28 182.9 9 49 5 3 .921 2.85 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   3B 77 51 492.9 24 132 13 8 .923 2.85   2.0
      SS 2 0 5.3 0 2 0 2 1.000 3.40   0.0
      C 1 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 .000 .00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1966 28 COL NL 3B 63 60 521.7 35 118 6 10 .962 2.64 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    2B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 29 COL NL 3B 30 28 238.3 13 52 7 3 .903 2.45 0 0 .000 0 0.6
1968 30 COL NL 3B 145 145 1294.3 71 335 28 28 .935 2.82 0 0 .000 0 5.0
1969 31 COL NL 3B 146 140 1243.0 86 315 31 23 .928 2.90 0 0 .000 0 3.6
1970 32 CLN NL 3B 5 3 27.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1971 33 CLN NL 3B 1 1 8.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1972 34 CLN NL 3B 7 6 51.0 3 14 0 2 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  3B 747 693 6199.9 376 1515 124 115 .938 2.75 0 0 .000 0 20.3
  SS 3 1 14.3 2 4 0 4 1.000 3.78 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   753 694 6226.1 380 1520 124 119 .939 2.75 0 0 .000 0 20.4
Career Highs   148 145 1294.3 86 335 31 28 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
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
1967 29 COL NL 2 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500
1968 30 COL NL 5 19 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .158 .238 .263 .501
1969 31 COL NL 20 71 8 25 2 1 4 16 0 0 4 9 .352 .385 .577 .962
Career Post-Season Batting 27 92 11 30 4 1 5 19 0 0 6 13 .326 .366 .554 .921
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Triples
1969-10-5
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Kurt Bevacqua (937)
  7. Johnny Vergez (934)
  8. Lee Maye (933)
  9. Dave Hostetler (930)
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 22nd overall pick, by Boston (N) in 1961
Injured on 4/26/1962 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit on 5/2/1963, off Arnold Earley (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 5/23/1963, off Don Kaiser (MIN)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/22/1963, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 5/24/1964
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1964, hitting .542 with 2 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 5/1/1965 (Going to BSN: RF Pancho Herrera, P Leo Kiely, 3B Lee Walls. Going to TAM: 3B Rich Rollins, P Dave Morehead, LF Al Pilarcik, LF Gino Cimoli, P Rob Gardner)
Traded from Tampa Bay to Colorado on 6/1/1965 (Going to COL: 3B Rich Rollins. Going to TAM: 3B Dick Kenworthy)
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
10/22/1968: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $400,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Colorado to Cleveland (N) on 2/21/1970 (Going to CLN: RF Lee Thomas, 3B Rich Rollins. Going to COL: 1B Joe Hague)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
 
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