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	27-23 / in Starts: 21-11
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 140 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	75 (40-21-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 140 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	92 (46-29-17)

Most Driven In
A Comorosky	3
D Bartell	2
P Traynor	2
P Scott	2
M Hillis	2
F Brickell	1
G Wright	1
C Barnhart	1

Most Driven In By
S Adams	5
L Waner	2
B Grimes	2
L Bartholomew	1
E Brame	1
C Hill	1

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 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	1	6 (5)	Apr 19	PIT		STL	L,10-13	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						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
2	2	22 (15)	May 9	PIT		NYG	L,0-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						C
3	3	25 (2)	May 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.46	-0.038	4.24	-0.07%	-0.24	C
4	4	26	May 14	PIT		BRO	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8						C
5	5	27	May 15	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	5-GF	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	8	.06	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.28	PH C
6	6	28	May 18	PIT		PHI	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661	8	.55	0.002	1.07	0.00%	0.45	C
7	7	30 (1)	May 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	8	1.00	-0.039	2.67	-0.06%	-0.59	C
8	8	31	May 21 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8	1.51	-0.154	3.63	-0.22%	-1.01	C
9	9	34 (2)	May 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	8						C
10	10	39 (4)	May 29	PIT		STL	L,1-7	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	8	.13	-0.007	.14	-0.01%	-0.72	PR C
11	11	40	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.158	.238	.158	.396	8	.34	-0.025	.37	-0.02%	0.03	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
12	12	45 (4)	Jun 3	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-7	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.136	.208	.136	.345	8	1.32	0.020	.82	0.01%	0.18	C
13	13	47 (1)	Jun 8	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.179	.115	.294	8	.56	-0.056	.53	-0.03%	-0.72	C
14	14	59 (11)	Jun 22	PIT		CIN	W,11-1	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.115	.179	.115	.294	8						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
15	15	81 (21)	Jul 18	PIT		BSN	W,16-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.172	.111	.284	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	C
16	16	87 (5)	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.219	.233	.452	8	1.15	0.215	.40	0.05%	1.53	C
17	17	89 (1)	Jul 24	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.161	.212	.226	.438	8	.78	-0.020	.42	-0.01%	-0.25	C
18	18	95 (5)	Jul 31	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-11	5-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	8	.13	0.012	.04	0.00%	0.46	PH 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
19	19	96	Aug 2	PIT	@	PHI	W,18-4	CG	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	3				0	0	.189	.231	.243	.474	8						C
20	20	97	Aug 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-6	0-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.195	.233	.244	.476	8						C
21	21	99 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1	0	0				0	0	.178	.213	.222	.435	8						C
22	22	101 (1)	Aug 7 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	9-GF(12)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.229	.239	.468	8	1.82	0.060	.92	0.02%	0.26	C
23	23	108 (6)	Aug 15	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.229	.239	.468	8						C
24	24	109	Aug 16	PIT		BRO	W,11-6	6-7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.229	.239	.468	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR C
25	25	110	Aug 17 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.250	.300	.550	8	.62	0.145	.43	0.06%	0.98	C
26	26	111	Aug 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,9-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.268	.315	.583	8	.36	0.037	.41	0.03%	0.99	C
27	27	112	Aug 18 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,9-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.267	.310	.577	8	.24	-0.017	.30	-0.01%	-0.15	C
28	28	113	Aug 18 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,8-11	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.297	.328	.625	8	.63	0.030	1.13	0.03%	1.12	C
29	29	114	Aug 20	PIT		BSN	L,11-14	CG	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.258	.290	.318	.608	8	.82	-0.014	1.11	-0.01%	0.36	C
30	30	115	Aug 21	PIT		BSN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.274	.300	.574	8	.51	-0.051	.52	-0.03%	-1.46	C
31	31	116	Aug 22	PIT		BSN	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.243	.273	.297	.570	8	.47	-0.014	.71	-0.01%	0.49	C
32	32	117	Aug 23 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.272	.295	.566	8	.71	-0.035	1.62	-0.05%	-0.45	C
33	33	118	Aug 23 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,13-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.241	.267	.313	.581	8	.66	0.190	1.25	0.22%	0.82	C
34	34	123 (4)	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.289	.345	.634	8	.67	0.155	1.06	0.15%	2.65	C
35	35	127 (3)	Aug 31 (2)	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.277	.330	.606	8	1.24	-0.136	6.18	-0.41%	-1.13	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
36	36	129 (1)	Sep 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.277	.330	.606	8						C
37	37	130	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,16-1	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.258	.281	.333	.615	8	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.53	PH C
38	38	135 (4)	Sep 8	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.290	.340	.630	8	.62	0.065	.13	0.01%	0.60	C
39	39	136	Sep 9	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.282	.330	.612	8	1.84	-0.145	.52	-0.03%	-1.16	C
40	40	137	Sep 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-5	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.279	.327	.606	8	.99	-0.026	.50	-0.01%	-0.24	C
41	41	138	Sep 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.257	.278	.324	.602	8	.49	0.030	.41	0.02%	0.04	C
42	42	140 (1)	Sep 15	PIT		CIN	W,6-1	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.288	.343	.631	8	.93	-0.020	.03	0.00%	-0.21	C
43	43	141	Sep 16	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.281	.333	.614	8	1.16	-0.086	.03	0.00%	-0.86	C
44	44	142	Sep 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.288	.333	.621	8	.32	0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.36	C
45	45	143	Sep 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.288	.333	.621	8						C
46	46	144	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.254	.279	.322	.601	8	1.22	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.71	C
47	47	147 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	GS-0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.258	.282	.325	.607	8						C
48	48	148	Sep 24 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.273	.315	.588	8	1.68	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-1.11	C
49	49	150 (1)	Sep 25	PIT	@	BSN	W,13-8	CG	5	5	2	4	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				1	0	.271	.293	.333	.627	8						C
50	50	152 (1)	Sep 27 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.292	.331	.623	8	.66	0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.20	C
							27-23		140	133	14	36	2	3	0	17	4	0	10	0	3		4		1	0	.271	.292	.331	.623		.75	-0.135	.91	-0.39%	-0.47

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