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Rollie
Sheldon		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 17, 1936 in Usa, CT, PUTNAM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1965    1968   
Platinum Arm 1968    1970   
All-Star Selections 1967    1968    1969   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 24 SEM AL   8 3 4 4 7 8 7 5 5 5
1962 25 SEM AL   8 3 4 4 7 8 8 5 5 5
1963 26 SEM AL   8 3 4 4 7 8 8 4 5 5
1964 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 9 10 9 6 7 7
1965 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 9 10 10 7 7 7
1966 29 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 6 10 10 10 8 8 8
1967 30 SEM AL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1968 31 SEM AL $ 4,871,429 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1969 32 SEM AL $ 7,178,571 8 6 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1970 33 SEM AL $ 9,000,000 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1971 34 SEM AL $ 9,000,000 8 6 6 6 9 10 9 7 8 8
1972 35 SEM AL $ 9,000,000 8 5 6 5 8 9 8 6 7 6
1973 36 BSN NL $ 9,000,000 7 2 3 2 6 7 7 3 3 3
1974 37 BSN NL $ 9,000,000 7 2 3 2 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 2 3 2 6 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000 8 7 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 24 SEM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 25 SEM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 26 SEM AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 27 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 28 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 30 SEM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 31 SEM AL $ 4,871,429   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 32 SEM AL $ 7,178,571   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 33 SEM AL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 34 SEM AL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 35 SEM AL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 36 BSN NL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 37 BSN NL $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1961 24 AAA   2 1 .667 5 5 0 0 0 32.7 36 18 9 7 17 4.96 .275 .312 .542 .854  
    AA   6 11 .353 24 24 2 1 0 172.7 181 62 13 37 185 3.23 .267 .304 .376 .680  
1962 25 AA   16 4 .800 28 28 3 1 0 208.7 183 65 19 45 178 2.80 .234 .275 .350 .625  
1963 26 AA   13 5 .722 24 24 3 2 0 185.0 158 53 19 30 176 2.58 .226 .258 .350 .608  
1964 27 SEM AL 4 2 .667 20 8 4 0 2 87.0 77 28 10 12 59 2.90 .238 .266 .372 .637 8.5
    AAA   6 3 .667 12 12 0 0 0 90.3 96 27 9 9 71 2.69 .269 .287 .389 .676  
    AA   3 1 .750 4 4 0 0 0 30.0 26 8 2 6 24 2.40 .226 .264 .313 .578  
1965 28 SEM AL 17 18 .486 42 42 21 3 0 329.0 314 128 26 51 205 3.50 .249 .279 .373 .651 13.9
1966 29 SEM AL 20 6 .769 40 40 16 2 0 326.7 304 92 20 31 234 2.53 .245 .264 .346 .610 28.2
1967 30 SEM AL 20 17 .541 39 39 26 2 0 318.0 292 108 19 32 228 3.06 .242 .265 .345 .610 21.9
1968 31 SEM AL 26 12 .684 41 41 22 7 0 342.3 266 81 17 30 254 2.13 .211 .232 .298 .530 31.7
1969 32 SEM AL 20 11 .645 35 35 18 0 0 284.3 273 101 17 42 195 3.20 .251 .277 .352 .629 20.2
1970 33 SEM AL 20 4 .833 32 32 16 2 0 269.3 243 77 8 24 190 2.57 .236 .254 .312 .567 25.0
1971 34 SEM AL 10 8 .556 22 22 12 1 0 178.7 156 57 13 23 132 2.87 .234 .261 .341 .602 14.3
1972 35 SEM AL 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 23.7 23 6 2 2 19 2.28 .256 .272 .367 .638 2.7
1973 36 BSN NL 2 7 .222 12 12 3 0 0 98.0 98 44 7 28 38 4.04 .253 .301 .366 .667 4.4
    AAA   10 7 .588 18 18 1 0 0 134.3 142 60 19 27 78 4.02 .270 .306 .442 .748  
1974 37 AAA   9 9 .500 23 23 0 0 0 148.3 195 83 19 48 73 5.04 .313 .362 .455 .817  
10 Years Sim 141 86 .621 286 274 138 17 2 2257.0 2046 722 139 275 1554 2.88 .239 .264 .341 .605 170.8
4 Years AAA 27 20 .574 58 58 1 0 0 405.7 469 188 56 91 239 4.17 .286 .324 .443 .768  
4 Years AA 38 21 .644 80 80 8 4 0 596.3 548 188 53 118 563 2.84 .241 .278 .356 .634  
8 Years Minors 65 41 .613 138 138 9 4 0 1002.0 1017 376 109 209 802 3.38 .260 .297 .392 .690  
Season Average 14 8 .636 28 27 13 1 0 225.7 204 72 13 27 155 2.88 .239 .264 .341 .605  
Career Highs 26 18 .833 42 42 26 7 2 342.3 314 128 26 51 254 4.04 .256 .301 .373 .667  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   960 329 65 98 883   .227 .244 .325 .569
vs LH   1086 393 74 177 671   .252 .281 .357 .638
Home 77 38 .670 144 141 74 8 0 1190.3 1056 358 75 139 810 2.71 .236 .258 .330 .588
Away 64 48 .571 142 133 64 9 2 1066.6 990 364 64 136 744 3.07 .244 .268 .354 .622
Mar/Apr 27 19 .587 58 58 28 2 0 485.0 471 174 38 54 311 3.23 .252 .273 .366 .639
May 25 18 .581 53 53 24 5 0 425.3 400 136 20 67 269 2.88 .247 .276 .341 .617
June 22 13 .629 41 41 22 5 0 339.3 304 100 18 33 240 2.65 .238 .257 .337 .594
July 22 13 .629 42 42 19 2 0 321.6 290 100 19 37 224 2.80 .238 .261 .331 .592
August 20 13 .606 54 42 23 0 2 365.3 324 119 26 39 270 2.93 .234 .255 .338 .593
Sep/Oct 25 10 .714 38 38 30 5 0 320.3 257 93 18 45 240 2.61 .218 .246 .320 .566
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
1964 27 SEM AL 20 24 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 8 .208 .231 .250 .481 1.5 0.0
1965 28 SEM AL 42 118 3 8 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 51 .068 .074 .076 .151 -5.8 0.0
1966 29 SEM AL 40 116 1 6 2 0 0 10 0 0 3 42 .052 .083 .069 .152 -4.8 0.0
1967 30 SEM AL 39 117 1 5 0 0 0 9 0 0 2 47 .043 .058 .043 .101 -7.4 0.0
1968 31 SEM AL 41 110 6 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 47 .045 .086 .055 .141 -4.8 0.0
5 Years Sim 182 485 12 29 5 0 0 32 0 1 12 195 .060 .083 .070 .153 -21.3 0.0
162 Game Average 431 10 25 4 0 0 28 0 0 10 173 .060 .083 .070 .153 -19.0  
Career Highs 42 118 6 8 2 0 0 10 0 1 5 51 .208 .231 .250 .481 1.5  
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   332 7 19 4 0 0 23 0 1 6 132 .057 .076 .069 .145 -17.9
vs LH   153 5 10 1 0 0 9 0 0 6 63 .065 .100 .072 .172 -6.5
Home 93 252 7 12 1 0 0 15 0 0 9 110 .048 .080 .052 .131 -13.8
Away 89 233 5 17 4 0 0 17 0 1 3 85 .073 .088 .090 .178 -10.7
RISP   154 0 14 4 0 0 32 0 0 4 65 .091 .115 .117 .232 -4.2
Close/Late   36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .027 .000 .027 -3.5
Mar/Apr 31 94 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 44 .043 .082 .043 .124 -5.3
May 29 79 2 5 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 29 .063 .098 .089 .186 -3.5
June 24 72 2 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 30 .042 .067 .042 .108 -4.4
July 26 69 2 7 1 0 0 8 0 0 1 25 .101 .111 .116 .227 -1.9
August 43 89 0 5 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 35 .056 .056 .067 .123 -5.3
Sep/Oct 29 82 3 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 32 .061 .092 .073 .165 -4.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1964 27 SEM AL P 20 8 87.0 3 13 1 1 .941 1.66    
1965 28 SEM AL P 42 42 329.0 23 48 1 2 .986 1.94    
1966 29 SEM AL P 40 40 326.7 16 50 1 3 .985 1.82    
1967 30 SEM AL P 39 39 318.0 21 61 1 3 .988 2.32    
1968 31 SEM AL P 41 41 342.3 21 68 1 4 .989 2.34    
1969 32 SEM AL P 35 35 284.3 16 41 0 3 1.000 1.80    
1970 33 SEM AL P 32 32 269.3 18 47 2 2 .970 2.17    
1971 34 SEM AL P 22 22 178.7 12 16 1 1 .966 1.41    
1972 35 SEM AL P 3 3 23.7 1 4 1 0 .833 1.90    
1973 36 BSN NL P 12 12 98.0 6 10 0 0 1.000 1.47    
Career Totals   286 274 2257.0 137 358 9 19 .982 1.97    
Career Highs   42 42 342.3 23 68 2 4 1.000 2.34    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1965 28 SEM AL 1 3 .250 6 6 3 0 0 50.0 45 13 3 8 28 2.34 .247 .279 .363 .642
1966 29 SEM AL 2 3 .400 6 6 0 0 0 47.7 41 21 6 9 37 3.97 .227 .263 .392 .655
1967 30 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 3 3 1 0 0 22.3 14 1 1 3 20 0.40 .177 .207 .241 .448
1968 31 SEM AL 4 0 1.000 7 7 3 1 0 58.7 47 13 3 8 45 1.99 .216 .243 .275 .519
1969 32 SEM AL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 15.7 13 5 2 3 10 2.87 .224 .262 .328 .590
1970 33 SEM AL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 1 0 17.7 17 4 1 6 14 2.04 .270 .333 .333 .667
1971 34 SEM AL 3 3 .500 6 6 1 0 0 47.3 61 29 3 17 25 5.51 .307 .361 .442 .803
Career Post-Season Pitching 13 11 .542 32 32 9 2 0 259.3 238 86 19 54 179 2.98 .243 .282 .351 .633
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
1965 28 SEM AL 6 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 29 SEM AL 6 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
1967 30 SEM AL 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 31 SEM AL 7 22 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 9 .182 .182 .318 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 22 64 3 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 24 .063 .063 .109 .172
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1966-3-2.53
1967-4-3.06
1968-2-2.13
1969-10-3.20
1970-5-2.57
1971-5-2.87
CAR-8-2.88
 Wins
1966-7-20
1967-6-20
1968-1-26
1969-1-20
1970-4-20
 Losses
1965-7-18
 Winning Pct
1966-1-.769
1968-4-.684
1970-2-.833
CAR-29-.621
 Games Started
1965-9-42
1969-5-35
 Complete Games
1965-3-21
1966-4-16
1967-1-26
1968-4-22
1969-4-18
1970-5-16
1971-5-12
Shutouts
1965-4-3
1966-6-2
1967-4-2
1968-2-7
1970-9-2
 Innings Pitched
1965-6-329.0
1966-5-326.7
1967-7-318.0
1968-3-342.3
1969-3-284.3
1970-5-269.3
 Hits Allowed
1965-7-314
1966-7-304
1967-8-292
1969-5-273
1970-8-243
 Strikeouts
1966-8-234
 Walks per 9IP
1965-4-1.4
1966-1-0.9
1967-1-0.9
1968-2-0.8
1969-2-1.3
1970-3-0.8
1971-2-1.2
CAR-3-1.1
 WHiP
1965-7-1.11
1966-2-1.03
1967-2-1.02
1968-2-0.86
1970-3-0.99
1971-3-1.00
CAR-5-1.03
OOBP
1965-7-.279
1966-2-.264
1967-3-.265
1968-1-.232
1969-9-.277
1970-3-.254
1971-4-.261
CAR-5-.264
 OSLG
1967-9-.345
1968-4-.298
1970-7-.312
CAR-33-.341
 OOPS
1966-7-.610
1967-5-.610
1968-1-.530
1969-9-.629
1970-5-.567
1971-7-.602
CAR-10-.605
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 17    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 110    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 50    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Rich Bordi (930)
  2. Bob Rush (902)
  3. Joey McLaughlin (884)
  4. Bill Campbell (882)
  5. Ken Dayley (875)
  6. Andy Rincon (868)
  7. Luis Deleon (867)
  8. Pedro Borbon (861)
  9. Nino Espinosa (854)
  10. Tom Hausman (849)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Whitey Wilshere (979)
  2. Dean Chance (976)
  3. John Hiller (973)
  4. Dave Wickersham (972)
  5. Karl Drews (971)
  6. George Brunet (969)
  7. Bob Trowbridge (968)
  8. Ed Hanyzewski (963)
  9. Dick Ellsworth (959)
  10. Jack Fisher (953)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 41st overall pick, by Seattle in 1961
Injured on 5/1/1962 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Earned first career win on 9/9/1964
Had first career hit on 9/13/1964, off Ralph Lumenti (TAM)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1965, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 8/6/1965 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1965
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1966, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 6/11/1966 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1966, going 4-0, 0.70
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Injured on 7/12/1967 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,871,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1968, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1968, going 7-1, 2.13
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1968, going 6-0, 1.10
Injured on 6/15/1968 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $7,178,571 through salary arbitration
6/1/1969: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $9,000,000 per year, for 7 years
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1970, winning 2 games with a 0.50 ERA
Injured on 8/27/1970 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 7/19/1971 with a Fractured Elbow, out for 7-8 weeks
Injured on 4/13/1972 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for full season
Traded from Seattle to Boston (N) on 2/1/1973 (Going to SEM: P Jerry Johnson. Going to BSN: P Rollie Sheldon)
Injured on 4/22/1974 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 8/31/1974 with a Sore Back, out for one week
 
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