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Rollie Sheldon
Roland Frank Sheldon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.
Schools Texas A&M University, University of Connecticut

Debut April 23, 1961
vs. BAL 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 25, 1966
Born December 17, 1936 in Putnam, CT

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1961 24 NYY AL  11   5  35  21   6   2   5  0  162.7  149   70   65  17   55   84   2   6   670   2   0  3.60  3.74  104 1.254
 1962 25 NYY AL   7   8  34  16   2   0   5  1  118.0  136   78   72  12   28   54   1   2   512   3   0  5.49  3.77   69 1.390
 1964 27 NYY AL   5   2  19  12   3   0   2  1  102.3   92   43   41  18   18   57   1   2   405   2   0  3.61  3.63  101 1.075
 1965 28 TOT AL  10   8  35  29   4   1   2  0  193.0  185   87   83  22   57  112   7   9   812   3   1  3.87  3.49   90 1.254
         NYY AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    6.3    5    1    1   0    1    7   0   0    24   0   0  1.42  3.39  238 0.947
         KCA AL  10   8  32  29   4   1   1  0  186.7  180   86   82  22   56  105   7   9   788   3   1  3.95  3.49   88 1.264
 1966 29 TOT AL   5  13  37  23   2   1   5  0  148.7  179   80   68  18   49   64   3   5   663   7   0  4.12  3.64   88 1.534
         KCA AL   4   7  14  13   1   1   1  0   69.0   73   31   24   3   26   26   1   2   302   3   0  3.13  3.40  109 1.435
         BOS AL   1   6  23  10   1   0   4  0   79.7  106   49   44  15   23   38   2   3   361   4   0  4.97  3.85   77 1.619
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .514  38  36 160 101  17   4  19  2  724.7  741  358  329  87  207  371  14  24  3062  17   1  4.09  3.64   89 1.308
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   9  41  26   4   1   4  0  188.7  193   93   85  22   53   96   3   6   797   4   0  4.09  3.64   89 1.308
 Career High     11  13  37  29   6   2   5  1  193.0  185   87   83  22   57  112   7   9   812   7   1  3.60  3.77  104 1.075

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 24 NYY AL  36   56    1    7   0  0   0    4   0  0   2  24  .125  .155  .125  -22    7   2   0   0   0   0
 1962 25 NYY AL  34   26    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   7  17  .077  .273  .077    1    2   6   0   0   0   4
 1964 27 NYY AL  19   34    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  23  .088  .088  .088  -51    3   2   0   0   0   0
 1965 28 TOT AL  35   52    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  1   1  29  .077  .111  .077  -45    4   7   0   0   1   0
         NYY AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL  32   51    0    4   0  0   0    1   0  1   1  28  .078  .113  .078  -44    4   7   0   0   1   0
 1966 29 TOT AL  37   41    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  20  .098  .098  .098  -44    4   2   0   0   0   0
         KCA AL  14   23    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  15  .087  .087  .087  -49    2   2   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  23   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .111  .111  .111  -38    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      161  209    3   20   0  0   0    7   0  1  10 113  .096  .141  .096  -32   20  19   0   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        210    3   20   0  0   0    7   0  1  10 114  .096  .141  .096  -32   20  19   0   0   1   4
 Career High     37   56    1    7   0  0   0    4   0  1   7  29                           7   7   0   0   1   4

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 24 NYY AL   60   51    1   0.5   100| .125  .258| .155  .332| .125  .401| .280  .734| -22  .018  -9.7  -1.0   0%
 1962 25 NYY AL   39   34    1   0.8   100| .077  .260| .273  .331| .077  .404| .350  .736|   1  .039  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1964 27 NYY AL   36   33    0   0.0    97| .088  .257| .088  .325| .088  .399| .176  .724| -51  .000  -7.0  -0.7   0%
 1965 28 TOT AL   61   56    1   0.5    91| .077  .250| .111  .319| .077  .382| .188  .702| -45  .020 -10.0  -1.0   0%
         NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0    91| .000  .250| .000  .319| .000  .382| .000  .701|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         KCA AL   60   55    1   0.5    91| .078  .250| .113  .319| .078  .383| .191  .702| -44  .021  -9.7  -1.0   0%
 1966 29 TOT AL   43   39    0   0.0    92| .098  .251| .098  .319| .098  .388| .196  .707| -44  .000  -7.8  -0.9   0%
         KCA AL   25   23    0   0.0    87| .087  .245| .087  .311| .087  .378| .174  .689| -49  .000  -4.4  -0.5   0%
         BOS AL   18   16    0   0.0    98| .111  .260| .111  .328| .111  .401| .222  .729| -38  .000  -3.4  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       239  213    3   0.4    96| .096  .255| .141  .325| .096  .394| .237  .719| -32  .012 -37.8  -3.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1961 24 NYY AL   P   35     11   30    0    3 1.000  .953  1.17  0.83  2.27  2.05   21  162.7
 1962 25 NYY AL   P   34      7   10    1    1  .944  .960  0.50  0.79  1.30  2.08   16  118.0
 1964 27 NYY AL   P   19      7   20    0    2 1.000  .957  1.42  0.72  2.38  1.90   12  102.3
 1965 28 TOT AL   P   35     14   31    2    4  .957  .951  1.29  0.75  2.10  2.04   29  193.0
         NYY AL   P    3      1    1    0    1 1.000  .952  0.67  0.73  2.86  2.00    0    6.3
         KCA AL   P   32     13   30    2    3  .956  .951  1.34  0.75  2.07  2.04   29  186.7
 1966 29 TOT AL   P   37      9   28    0    2 1.000  .951  1.00  0.75  2.24  1.99   23  148.7
         KCA AL   P   14      4   13    0    2 1.000  .950  1.21  0.75  2.22  2.00   13   69.0
         BOS AL   P   23      5   15    0    0 1.000  .952  0.87  0.75  2.26  1.99   10   79.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1961 24 NYY AL   P   35     11   30    0    3 1.000  .953  1.17  0.83  2.27  2.05   21  162.7
 1962 25 NYY AL   P   34      7   10    1    1  .944  .960  0.50  0.79  1.30  2.08   16  118.0
 1964 27 NYY AL   P   19      7   20    0    2 1.000  .957  1.42  0.72  2.38  1.90   12  102.3
 1965 28 TOT AL   P   35     14   31    2    4  .957  .951  1.29  0.75  2.10  2.04   29  193.0
         NYY AL   P    3      1    1    0    1 1.000  .952  0.67  0.73  2.86  2.00    0    6.3
         KCA AL   P   32     13   30    2    3  .956  .951  1.34  0.75  2.07  2.04   29  186.7
 1966 29 TOT AL   P   37      9   28    0    2 1.000  .951  1.00  0.75  2.24  1.99   23  148.7
         KCA AL   P   14      4   13    0    2 1.000  .950  1.21  0.75  2.22  2.00   13   69.0
         BOS AL   P   23      5   15    0    0 1.000  .952  0.87  0.75  2.26  1.99   10   79.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 160     48  119    3   12  .982  .954  1.04  0.77  2.07  2.02  101  724.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       160     48  119    3   12  .982  .954  1.04  0.77  2.07  2.02  101    725

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    NYY STL     L   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2.2   0   0   2   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    NYY STL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

Won-Loss %
1961 AL-.688-6

Losses
1966 AL-13-10

Wild Pitches
1965 AL-9-7

Hit Batsmen
1965 AL-7-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1960 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.
May 3, 1965: Traded by the New York Yankees with Johnny Blanchard to the Kansas City Athletics for Doc Edwards.
June 13, 1966: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Jose Tartabull and John Wyatt to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Gosger, Ken Sanders, and Guido Grilli.
December 15, 1966: Sent by the Boston Red Sox to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on August 15, 1966. The Boston Red Sox sent players to be named later and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Hank Fischer. The Boston Red Sox sent Dick Stigman (December 15, 1966) and Rollie Sheldon (December 15, 1966) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
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Uniforms
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