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	45-36 / in Starts: 43-30
Longest Hitting Streak	10 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	56 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 11 bases loaded PA and 11 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 299 PAs	26
Actual Runners on Base	187 (97-57-33) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 299 PAs	30
Avg. Runners on Base	195 (100-63-31)

Most Driven In
J Lindell	10
N Etten	5
D Savage	5
B Metheny	2
Self	2
R Derry	1

Most Driven In By
M Milosevich	3
S Stirnweiss	3
O Grimes	3
Self	2
M Dubiel	2
H Borowy	2
J Lindell	1
B Metheny	1

1944 Batting Game Log

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1944 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	1462	4 (3)	Apr 22	NYY		WSH	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	2.06	-0.172	4.90	-0.25%	-1.39	C
2	1463	5	Apr 25	NYY		PHA	L,4-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.45	-0.030	1.16	-0.05%	-0.84	C
3	1464	6	Apr 26	NYY		PHA	W,6-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	8	.30	-0.022	.73	-0.03%	-0.47	C
4	1465	7	Apr 29	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	8						C
5	1466	8	Apr 30 (1)	NYY	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.063	.063	.063	.125	8	.43	-0.042	1.01	-0.06%	-0.64	C
6	1467	9	Apr 30 (2)	NYY	@	WSH	W,3-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.059	.059	.118	8	.56	-0.014	1.43	-0.02%	-0.21	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
7	1468	10	May 2	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-1	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.056	.056	.056	.111	8	.38	-0.010	1.11	-0.02%	-0.33	PR C
8	1469	11	May 3	NYY	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.045	.045	.045	.091	8	.37	-0.037	1.18	-0.07%	-0.46	C
9	1470	12	May 5	NYY		BOS	W,11-7	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.148	.148	.296	8	1.57	0.211	5.37	0.43%	2.53	C
10	1471	13	May 6	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.226	.226	.452	8	1.77	0.216	6.08	0.44%	1.38	C
11	1472	14	May 10	NYY		DET	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.265	.265	.294	.559	8	1.70	0.126	5.99	0.27%	1.66	C
12	1473	15	May 11	NYY		DET	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.297	.316	.351	.667	8	.29	0.038	.93	0.07%	1.51	C
13	1474	16	May 12	NYY		DET	L,4-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.350	.683	8	.45	0.074	1.57	0.16%	0.43	C
14	1475	17	May 13	NYY		CLE	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.295	.326	.341	.667	8	.88	0.102	3.21	0.22%	1.51	C
15	1476	18	May 14 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	CG(13)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.314	.327	.640	8	1.95	-0.104	7.33	-0.24%	-0.73	C
16	1477	20 (1)	May 15	NYY		CHW	W,10-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.327	.327	.654	8	.35	-0.020	1.49	-0.05%	0.50	C
17	1478	21	May 16	NYY		CHW	L,4-10	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.339	.393	.732	8	.74	0.027	3.18	0.07%	0.77	C
18	1479	22	May 17	NYY		CHW	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.305	.339	.390	.729	8	.75	0.023	3.09	0.06%	0.23	C
19	1480	23	May 18	NYY		CHW	L,4-8	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	0	0	.281	.313	.359	.673	8	.68	-0.076	2.75	-0.18%	-1.01	C
20	1481	24	May 19	NYY		SLB	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.309	.354	.663	9	1.72	-0.043	6.82	-0.10%	-0.10	PH
21	1482	25	May 20	NYY		SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	.265	.306	.338	.644	7	.91	0.062	3.60	0.15%	0.86	C
22	1483	26	May 21 (1)	NYY		SLB	W,4-3	CG(12)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.286	.315	.601	7	1.50	-0.165	6.53	-0.43%	-1.09	C
23	1484	28 (1)	May 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.296	.325	.621	7	.95	0.102	4.07	0.26%	1.45	C
24	1485	29	May 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.259	.294	.333	.627	7						C
25	1486	30	May 28 (1)	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.267	.300	.337	.637	7						C
26	1487	32 (1)	May 29	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-11	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.270	.301	.337	.638	7	.94	0.089	4.96	0.28%	0.47	C
27	1488	33	May 30 (1)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.261	.292	.326	.618	7						C
28	1489	34	May 30 (2)	NYY	@	DET	L,1-4	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.289	.323	.611	9						PH
29	1490	35	May 31	NYY	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.287	.313	.600	6	.72	-0.035	3.19	-0.09%	-0.15	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
30	1491	40 (4)	Jun 4 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.260	.295	.320	.615	7						C
31	1492	41	Jun 7	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.287	.311	.598	7	.33	-0.025	1.34	-0.06%	-0.28	C
32	1493	42	Jun 8	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.284	.308	.592	9	3.02	-0.105	11.43	-0.24%	-0.67	PH
33	1494	43	Jun 11 (1)	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.241	.274	.296	.571	7						C
34	1495	45 (1)	Jun 12	NYY	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.271	.292	.563	7	1.65	-0.159	5.18	-0.30%	-0.99	C
35	1496	46	Jun 13	NYY	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.270	.291	.561	7	1.58	-0.062	4.62	-0.11%	-0.63	C
36	1497	47	Jun 14	NYY	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	5	5	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.283	.320	.603	7	.46	0.071	1.20	0.11%	1.23	C
37	1498	48	Jun 15	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.282	.325	.608	3	1.21	0.029	3.40	0.05%	0.41	C
38	1499	49	Jun 16	NYY		PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.254	.281	.323	.605	6	.41	0.002	.99	0.00%	0.16	C
39	1500	50	Jun 17 (1)	NYY		PHA	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.273	.313	.587	6	1.01	-0.108	2.51	-0.16%	-1.38	C
40	1501	51	Jun 17 (2)	NYY		PHA	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.271	.311	.583	8	1.73	-0.043	4.83	-0.07%	-0.22	PH
41	1502	52	Jun 18 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.239	.266	.304	.570	6						C
42	1503	54 (1)	Jun 20	NYY		WSH	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.241	.267	.319	.586	6	1.47	0.129	3.06	0.16%	0.76	C
43	1504	55	Jun 21 (1)	NYY		WSH	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.248	.273	.324	.597	6	1.86	0.018	4.15	0.02%	0.13	C
44	1505	56	Jun 21 (2)	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.247	.272	.322	.593	8						C
45	1506	57	Jun 22	NYY		WSH	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.279	.342	.622	6	.60	-0.014	1.41	-0.02%	0.59	C
46	1507	58	Jun 23	NYY	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	5	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.289	.359	.649	6	.47	0.098	1.27	0.16%	1.30	C
47	1508	59	Jun 25 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.268	.294	.369	.664	6	.67	0.088	1.99	0.16%	1.03	C
48	1509	61 (1)	Jun 28	NYY		SLB	W,7-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.263	.289	.363	.652	6	.49	-0.033	2.21	-0.09%	-1.15	C
49	1510	62	Jun 29	NYY		SLB	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.294	.366	.660	6	1.76	0.348	8.06	0.96%	0.75	C
50	1511	63	Jun 30	NYY		SLB	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.263	.289	.359	.648	6	1.10	-0.098	6.02	-0.32%	-0.94	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
51	1512	64	Jul 1	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.263	.288	.363	.651	6	1.40	0.154	5.58	0.37%	-0.43	C
52	1513	73 (8)	Jul 9 (1)	NYY		DET	W,4-3	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.287	.371	.659	7	2.30	0.091	6.67	0.16%	-0.50	C
53	1514	75 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.260	.288	.367	.655	6	1.30	0.011	5.25	0.03%	0.07	C
54	1515	77 (1)	Jul 14	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	GS-3	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.296	.374	.670	6	.74	0.060	2.98	0.14%	0.95	C
55	1516	81 (3)	Jul 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.289	.366	.656	6	1.07	-0.109	6.46	-0.40%	-0.86	C
56	1517	82	Jul 20	NYY	@	SLB	L,3-7	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.294	.369	.663	6	1.08	0.054	7.53	0.23%	0.33	C
57	1518	83	Jul 21	NYY	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	0	0	.266	.291	.365	.656	6	.47	-0.080	2.98	-0.30%	-3.28	C
58	1519	85 (1)	Jul 22 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.287	.359	.646	6	.68	-0.052	3.17	-0.15%	-0.56	C
59	1520	86	Jul 23 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	1	0	0	.261	.286	.357	.643	6	1.33	0.006	5.85	0.02%	-0.58	C
60	1521	88 (1)	Jul 24	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.284	.358	.642	6	.25	0.029	1.14	0.08%	0.57	C
61	1522	89	Jul 25	NYY	@	CLE	L,0-10	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.285	.357	.643	6	.49	-0.030	2.55	-0.09%	-0.30	C
62	1523	90	Jul 26	NYY	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.280	.351	.631	6	.26	-0.019	1.22	-0.05%	-0.74	C
63	1524	91	Jul 27	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.284	.350	.634	6	.58	0.015	2.60	0.04%	0.02	C
64	1525	92	Jul 28	NYY	@	CLE	W,13-7	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.257	.283	.349	.632	6	.59	-0.003	2.62	-0.01%	-0.70	C
65	1526	93	Jul 29	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(10)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.251	.277	.341	.618	6	2.33	-0.192	9.73	-0.48%	-1.17	C
66	1527	94	Jul 30 (1)	NYY	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.275	.338	.613	6	.49	-0.051	2.09	-0.13%	-0.67	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
67	1528	96 (1)	Aug 1	NYY	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.275	.336	.611	6	1.03	-0.091	3.52	-0.19%	-1.17	C
68	1529	97	Aug 4	NYY	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.275	.335	.609	6	.97	-0.066	2.59	-0.11%	-0.59	C
69	1530	98	Aug 5 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.255	.279	.339	.618	6	1.19	-0.037	3.76	-0.07%	-0.11	C
70	1531	100 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	5	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.256	.280	.343	.623	6	.64	-0.039	1.40	-0.05%	0.18	C
71	1532	101	Aug 6 (2)	NYY	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.281	.347	.628	6	.59	0.037	1.52	0.06%	0.43	C
72	1533	102	Aug 9	NYY		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.253	.276	.341	.618	6	1.51	-0.170	6.17	-0.42%	-1.36	C
73	1534	103	Aug 10	NYY		SLB	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.276	.340	.616	6	.89	-0.003	2.51	-0.01%	-0.09	C
74	1535	104	Aug 11	NYY		SLB	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.261	.283	.358	.641	6	.51	0.125	.95	0.14%	0.82	C
75	1536	105	Aug 12	NYY		SLB	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.290	.368	.658	6	.57	0.093	1.42	0.14%	0.89	C
76	1537	106	Aug 13 (1)	NYY		CHW	W,10-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.264	.286	.362	.648	6	.30	-0.033	.29	-0.02%	0.65	C
77	1538	107	Aug 13 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,3-11	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.288	.365	.653	9	.04	0.002	.04	0.00%	0.38	PH
78	1539	108	Aug 14	NYY		CHW	W,2-1	CG(13)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.265	.286	.360	.646	6	2.29	0.205	1.91	0.10%	0.19	C
79	1540	109	Aug 15	NYY		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.286	.360	.646	6	.74	-0.018	.84	-0.01%	-0.19	C
80	1541	110	Aug 16	NYY		CLE	W,11-8	CG	5	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	.268	.288	.368	.656	6	1.69	0.233	2.07	0.17%	0.32	C
81	1542	111	Aug 17	NYY		CLE	W,10-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.290	.366	.656	6	.58	0.020	.88	0.02%	-0.14	C
							45-36		299	284	23	76	12	5	2	26	9	1	13	0	6		9	15	0	2	.268	.290	.366	.656		1.00	0.578	3.35	0.29%	-1.64

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