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Red Rolfe
Robert Abial Rolfe

Bats Left, Throws Right
Weight 170 lb.
School Dartmouth College

Debut June 29, 1931
Final Game September 27, 1942
Born October 17, 1908 in Penacook, NH
Died July 8, 1969 in Gilford, NH

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1931 22 NYY AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0           0    
 1934 25 NYY AL  89  279   54   80  13  2   0   18   2  3  26  16  .287  .348  .348   85   97   4           0    
 1935 26 NYY AL 149  639  108  192  33  9   5   67   7  3  57  39  .300  .361  .404  102  258   7           3    
 1936 27 NYY AL 135  568  116  181  39 15  10   70   3  0  68  38  .319  .392  .493  120  280  10           0    
 1937 28 NYY AL 154  648  143  179  34 10   4   62   4  2  90  53  .276  .365  .378   87  245   1           1     AS
 1938 29 NYY AL 151  631  132  196  36  8  10   80  13  1  74  44  .311  .386  .441  106  278   6           3     MVP-24,AS
 1939 30 NYY AL 152  648  139  213  46 10  14   80   7  6  81  41  .329  .404  .495  130  321   1           1   6 MVP-27,AS
 1940 31 NYY AL 139  588  102  147  26  6  10   53   4  2  50  48  .250  .311  .366   78  215   7           2   4 AS
 1941 32 NYY AL 136  561  106  148  22  5   8   42   3  2  57  38  .264  .332  .364   85  204   3           0   3
 1942 33 NYY AL  69  265   42   58   8  2   8   25   1  1  23  18  .219  .281  .355   80   94   3           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1175 4827  942 1394 257 67  69  497  44 20 526 335  .289  .360  .413   99 1992  42   0   0  10  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        666  130  192  35  9  10   69   6  3  73  46  .289  .360  .413   99  275   6   0   0   1   2
 Career High    154  648  143  213  46 15  14   80  13  6  90  53  .329  .404  .495  130  321  10   0   0   3   6
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1931 22 NYY AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1934 25 NYY AL  309  206   33   4.3   106| .287  .279| .348  .352| .348  .402| .696  .754|  85  .426  -5.1  -0.5  40%
 1935 26 NYY AL  706  457   93   5.4   107| .300  .281| .361  .353| .404  .406| .765  .759| 102  .537   2.1   0.2  70%
 1936 27 NYY AL  646  397  110   7.4   119| .319  .295| .392  .370| .493  .433| .885  .803| 120  .627  17.5   1.6 100%
 1937 28 NYY AL  740  472   89   5.0   118| .276  .291| .365  .367| .378  .434| .743  .800|  87  .476 -11.5  -1.1  66%
 1938 29 NYY AL  714  442  109   6.5   118| .311  .290| .386  .369| .441  .432| .827  .801| 106  .593   7.3   0.7  92%
 1939 30 NYY AL  731  448  128   7.6   113| .329  .285| .404  .360| .495  .422| .899  .782| 130  .676  30.9   2.9  53%
 1940 31 NYY AL  647  454   66   3.9   107| .250  .274| .311  .347| .366  .416| .677  .762|  78  .387 -19.9  -1.9  66%
 1941 32 NYY AL  621  421   68   4.3   106| .264  .274| .332  .351| .364  .404| .696  .755|  85  .459 -13.0  -1.3  60%
 1942 33 NYY AL  291  212   26   3.3    93| .219  .263| .281  .337| .355  .368| .636  .706|  80  .399  -8.5  -0.9  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     5405 3509  722   5.5   111| .289  .283| .360  .358| .413  .417| .773  .775|  99  .535  -0.2  -0.3  68%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1931 22 NYY AL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.80 1934 25 NYY AL SS 46 84 103 11 26 .944 .951 4.07 5.07 3B 26 37 56 8 5 .921 .943 3.58 2.95 1935 26 NYY AL 3B 136 166 239 15 16 .964 .947 2.98 2.94 SS 17 31 44 4 6 .949 .957 4.41 5.18 1936 27 NYY AL 3B 133 162 265 19 20 .957 .946 3.21 3.02 1937 28 NYY AL 3B 154 195 309 20 27 .962 .946 3.27 3.07 AS 1938 29 NYY AL 3B 151 151 294 19 26 .959 .941 2.95 3.07 AS 1939 30 NYY AL 3B 152 151 282 19 22 .958 .943 2.85 3.03 AS 1940 31 NYY AL 3B 138 161 288 24 24 .949 .937 3.25 3.12 AS 1941 32 NYY AL 3B 134 140 263 23 28 .946 .947 3.01 3.19 1942 33 NYY AL 3B 60 57 132 8 16 .959 .939 3.15 3.03
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1934 25 NYY AL 3B 26 37 56 8 5 .921 .943 3.58 2.95 1935 26 NYY AL 3B 136 166 239 15 16 .964 .947 2.98 2.94 1936 27 NYY AL 3B 133 162 265 19 20 .957 .946 3.21 3.02 1937 28 NYY AL 3B 154 195 309 20 27 .962 .946 3.27 3.07 1938 29 NYY AL 3B 151 151 294 19 26 .959 .941 2.95 3.07 1939 30 NYY AL 3B 152 151 282 19 22 .958 .943 2.85 3.03 1940 31 NYY AL 3B 138 161 288 24 24 .949 .937 3.25 3.12 1941 32 NYY AL 3B 134 140 263 23 28 .946 .947 3.01 3.19 1942 33 NYY AL 3B 60 57 132 8 16 .959 .939 3.15 3.03 1931 22 NYY AL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 4.80 1934 25 NYY AL SS 46 84 103 11 26 .944 .951 4.07 5.07 1935 26 NYY AL SS 17 31 44 4 6 .949 .957 4.41 5.18
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 3B 1084 1220 2128 155 184 .956 .943 3.09 3.06 SS 64 116 147 15 32 .946 .953 4.11 5.10 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1148 1336 2275 170 216 .955 .944 3.15 3.17
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1936   WS    NYY NYG     W   6  25   5  10  0  0  0   4   3   1  .400  .464  .400   0  1   1   0   0 
 1937   WS    NYY NYG     W   5  20   3   6  2  1  0   1   3   2  .300  .391  .500   0  0   1   0   0 
 1938   WS    NYY CHC     W   4  18   0   3  0  0  0   1   0   3  .167  .167  .167   1  0   0   0   0 
 1939   WS    NYY CIN     W   4  16   2   2  0  0  0   0   0   0  .125  .125  .125   0  0   1   0   0 
 1941   WS    NYY BRO     W   5  20   2   6  0  0  0   0   2   1  .300  .364  .300   0  1   0   0   0 
 1942   WS    NYY STL     L   4  17   5   6  2  0  0   0   1   2  .353  .389  .471   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  6 World Series        5-1  28 116  17  33  4  1  0   6   9   9  .284  .336  .336   1  2   3   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1937   NYY AL   *   4   2   2  0  1  0   2   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1938   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1939   NYY AL   *   4   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 3B 
 1940   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/4      2   8   2   3  0  1  0   2   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .375  .444  .625 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1937 (3B)
1938
1939 (3B)
1940

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1938-AL-24-0.01
1939-AL-27-0.02
Car-1221-0.03 shares

Batting Average
1939 AL-.329-6

Games
1937 AL-154-7
1938 AL-151-7
1939 AL-152-3

At Bats
1935 AL-639-2
1937 AL-648-3
1938 AL-631-5
1939 AL-648-2

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1935 AL-706-5
1937 AL-740-2
1938 AL-714-4
1939 AL-731-2

Runs
1935 AL-108-9
1937 AL-143-2
1938 AL-132-4
1939 AL-139-1
1941 AL-106-5

Hits
1935 AL-192-7
1938 AL-196-5
1939 AL-213-1

Total Bases
1939 AL-321-3

Doubles
1938 AL-36-6
1939 AL-46-1

Triples
1936 AL-15-1
1939 AL-10-9

Bases on Balls
1937 AL-90-6
1939 AL-81-10

Stolen Bases
1938 AL-13-8

Singles
1935 AL-145-3
1937 AL-131-10
1938 AL-142-5
1939 AL-143-2

Runs Created
1939 AL-128-6

Adjusted Batting Runs
1939 AL-31-8

Batting Wins
1939 AL-2.9-8

Extra-Base Hits
1939 AL-70-4

Times on Base
1935 AL-252-10
1937 AL-270-8
1938 AL-273-7
1939 AL-295-1

Offensive Win%
1939 AL-.676-9

Outs
1935 AL-457-3
1937 AL-472-3
1938 AL-442-6
1939 AL-448-4
1940 AL-454-9

     

Black Ink: Batting - 9 (243) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 47 (520) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 21.4 (563) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 74.0 (240) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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