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Solly
Hemus		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 180
 
Born: April 17, 1923 in Usa, AZ, PHOENIX
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1955   
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
1949 26 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 8 9 8
1950 27 CLE AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 4 3 6 8 7 8 10 10 8 8 8
1951 28 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 10 8 8 8
1952 29 CLE AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 8 8 8 10 9 7 8 8
1953 30 CLE AL $ 1,450,000   6 6 6 3 4 4 7 8 8 7 10 9 7 8 8
1954 31 CLE AL $ 1,607,143   6 6 6 3 4 4 6 8 8 7 9 9 7 8 7
1955 32 DET AL $ 2,992,857   6 6 5 2 3 3 6 8 7 7 9 9 7 7 7
1956 33 BOS AL $ 2,750,000   6 6 6 2 3 3 6 8 8 7 9 9 7 7 7
1957 34 BOS AL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 7 9 8 7 7 7
1958 35 CIN NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 7 6 8 8 6 7 6
1959 36 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 6 8 7 6 6 6
1960 37 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   5 5 4 1 2 2 5 7 6 5 8 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 4 1 2 2 5 7 6 5 8 7 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,992,857   7 7 6 4 4 4 7 8 8 8 10 10 8 9 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
1949 26 CLE AL 83 194 31 41 8 0 5 17 0 0 35 19 .211 .339 .330 .669 24.8 2.5
    AAA   16 14 6 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 0 .357 .500 .643 1.143 4.2  
1950 27 CLE AL 122 447 71 125 30 2 10 52 0 1 65 40 .280 .377 .423 .800 68.6 11.3
1951 28 CLE AL 149 431 67 116 22 4 7 41 1 0 79 38 .269 .386 .387 .774 67.6 10.4
1952 29 CLE AL 117 409 67 101 25 2 8 37 2 0 59 55 .247 .347 .377 .724 56.3 7.0
1953 30 CLE AL 147 509 69 108 24 5 4 47 0 0 102 69 .212 .349 .303 .652 60.9 6.9
1954 31 CLE AL 157 553 77 164 33 9 9 69 1 2 61 61 .297 .369 .438 .807 83.2 14.8
1955 32 CLE AL 26 92 15 33 11 1 1 20 1 1 15 10 .359 .454 .533 .986 20.0 4.0
  DET AL 97 266 48 78 20 5 10 41 4 1 40 39 .293 .390 .519 .909 52.2 10.4
  TOT   123 358 63 111 31 6 11 61 5 2 55 49 .310 .407 .522 .929 72.2 14.3
1956 33 BOS AL 154 571 95 141 35 4 10 48 0 1 88 86 .247 .350 .375 .725 76.8 11.8
1957 34 BOS AL 155 543 56 115 27 4 1 36 0 0 79 94 .212 .320 .282 .601 52.8 4.4
1958 35 CIN NL 145 438 55 93 15 5 5 32 1 2 60 83 .212 .310 .304 .614 38.8 2.6
1959 36 SDP NL 128 246 33 58 13 1 3 26 0 0 25 58 .236 .314 .333 .647 24.1 2.4
1960 37 SDP NL 120 328 26 69 18 1 2 35 0 0 30 76 .210 .288 .290 .577 27.4 2.5
12 Years Sim 1600 5027 710 1242 281 43 75 501 10 8 738 728 .247 .349 .365 .714 653.5 90.9
1 Years AAA 16 14 6 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 4 0 .357 .500 .643 1.143 4.2  
162 Game Average 508 71 125 28 4 7 50 1 0 74 73 .247 .349 .365 .714 66.2  
Career Highs 157 571 95 164 35 9 11 69 5 2 102 94 .310 .407 .522 .929 83.2  
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   3379 550 910 211 31 59 380 7 6 548 442 .269 .376 .402 .779 522.3
vs LH   1648 160 332 70 12 16 121 3 2 190 286 .201 .290 .288 .577 141.1
Home 806 2467 366 618 151 23 39 242 6 1 363 360 .251 .351 .378 .729 338.0
Away 794 2560 344 624 130 20 36 259 4 7 375 368 .244 .346 .352 .698 325.4
RISP   1114 0 272 55 2 9 374 0 0 199 170 .244 .358 .321 .680 144.5
Pinch Hitting   156 35 56 11 1 5 27 1 0 28 13 .359 .457 .538 .995 35.8
Close/Late   608 89 159 29 3 13 75 0 0 95 86 .262 .366 .383 .749 88.9
Mar/Apr 245 793 128 212 44 5 14 95 3 3 139 93 .267 .380 .388 .769 122.6
May 269 831 110 183 41 11 11 66 0 2 114 126 .220 .318 .336 .653 92.7
June 273 864 107 223 49 10 14 83 6 0 118 127 .258 .352 .387 .739 120.5
July 274 864 132 227 51 7 15 97 1 2 133 122 .263 .364 .390 .754 126.2
August 259 775 117 182 39 6 12 75 0 0 120 119 .235 .344 .347 .691 98.0
Sep/Oct 280 900 116 215 57 4 9 85 0 1 114 141 .239 .335 .341 .676 103.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1949 26 CLE AL 3B 27 25 206.0 8 44 1 3 .981 2.27   0.5
    2B 33 17 184.3 54 83 5 18 .965 6.69   0.3
    SS 13 0 28.7 3 10 0 5 1.000 4.08   0.1
1950 27 CLE AL SS 120 117 1025.3 189 446 18 94 .972 5.57   1.9
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1951 28 CLE AL SS 58 57 510.0 84 228 11 43 .966 5.51   1.7
    2B 62 55 481.7 129 229 7 50 .981 6.69   1.9
    3B 15 2 47.3 1 14 1 3 .938 2.85   0.2
1952 29 CLE AL 2B 65 61 534.3 136 232 5 54 .987 6.20   2.2
    SS 42 42 372.7 81 149 11 37 .954 5.55   1.6
    3B 4 1 18.7 4 4 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.1
1953 30 CLE AL SS 143 140 1227.3 199 500 29 96 .960 5.13   5.9
    2B 2 1 14.3 1 5 2 1 .750 3.77   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1954 31 CLE AL SS 148 144 1258.0 209 507 18 88 .975 5.12   5.8
    2B 6 0 11.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 4.63   0.0
1955 32 CLE AL 2B 15 14 149.3 32 63 2 11 .979 5.73   0.8
    SS 6 5 60.0 9 25 1 5 .971 5.10   0.2
    1B 1 0 6.4 7 1 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.05   0.0
  DET AL 2B 58 50 428.7 90 181 5 32 .982 5.69   1.4
    SS 21 20 172.3 26 72 4 15 .961 5.12   0.9
    1B 2 2 18.3 21 3 1 2 .960 11.80   0.0
    3B 6 0 12.6 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.0
  TOT   2B 73 64 578.0 122 244 7 43 .981 5.70   2.2
      SS 27 25 232.3 35 97 5 20 .964 5.11   1.1
      1B 3 2 24.7 28 4 1 3 .970 11.66   0.0
      3B 8 0 17.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
1956 33 BOS AL SS 134 129 1135.0 180 420 15 80 .976 4.76   5.1
    2B 16 16 147.0 30 48 3 10 .963 4.78   0.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1957 34 BOS AL SS 148 146 1252.3 171 451 19 75 .970 4.47   3.5
    2B 4 4 34.0 3 19 0 2 1.000 5.82   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1958 35 CIN NL 2B 142 139 1193.7 255 448 22 105 .970 5.30   3.6
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 36 SDP NL 3B 29 17 176.7 17 49 1 3 .985 3.36   0.7
    2B 35 15 173.7 37 86 2 20 .984 6.37   0.9
    SS 35 13 171.3 32 76 2 19 .982 5.67   1.0
1960 37 SDP NL 2B 74 58 518.7 109 220 5 43 .985 5.71   1.2
    SS 24 21 183.0 42 88 3 20 .977 6.39   1.0
    3B 20 15 140.7 11 40 1 3 .981 3.26   0.2
  SS 893 834 7396.6 1225 2972 131 577 .970 5.11   28.7
  2B 513 430 3872.3 879 1618 58 347 .977 5.80   12.9
  3B 107 60 612.3 42 156 4 12 .980 2.91   1.7
  1B 3 2 24.7 28 4 1 3 .970 11.66   0.0
Career Totals   1516 1326 11905.9 2174 4750 194 939 .973 5.23   43.3
Career Highs   154 150 1287.3 255 510 31 105 .983 5.93    
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.
Games
1954-4-157
 Runs
1956-10-95
 Triples
1954-1-9
1955-5-6
1958-9-5
 Caught Stealing
1958-8-2
 Walks
1953-6-102
1956-7-88
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Dutch Meyer (907)
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  8. Tommy Glaviano (903)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1949
Had first career hit on 5/23/1949, off Duane Pillette (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 6/5/1949, off Dave Ferriss (SDP)
Injured on 7/4/1949 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/8/1950 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Injured on 5/1/1952 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,450,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/21/1953 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1954: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1954, hitting .455 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
2/1/1955: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,992,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland to Detroit on 5/1/1955 (Going to DET: SS Solly Hemus, P Luis Arroyo. Going to CLE: C Butch Nieman)
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Injured on 7/21/1955 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/17/1956 to a 3-year deal worth $2,750,000 per year
Hit for the cycle against Brooklyn on 4/13/1956
Released by Boston (A) on 10/10/1957
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/4/1958 to a 3-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Injured on 3/29/1958 with a Strained Achilles Tendon, out for one week
Traded from Cincinnati to San Diego on 2/1/1959 (Going to SDP: 1B Ron Fairly, P Cliff Fannin, CF Mel Clark, 2B Solly Hemus. Going to CIN: P Chuck Stobbs, SS Alex Grammas, P Bob Kuzava, P Jim Coates)
 
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