Rollie Hemsley

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb

BornJune 24, 1907 · Syracuse, OH, USA

MLB debutApril 19, 1928

Final gameApril 17, 1947

Seasons19 (1928–1947)

Pittsburgh Pirates 1928–1930; Chicago Cubs 1931; Pittsburgh Pirates 1931; Chicago Cubs 1932; Cincinnati Reds 1933; St. Louis Browns 1933–1937; Cleveland Indians 1938–1941; Cincinnati Reds 1942; New York Yankees 1942–1944; Philadelphia Phillies 1946–1947

Percentile snapshot

1935 season — qualified batters

144

65.5

560

504

46.6

30.2

146

53.4

67.2

56.9

RBI

30.2

37.9

22.4

32.8

.290

40.5

OBP

.349

39.7

SLG

.381

22.4

OPS

.730

28.4

wRC+

82.9

15.5

OPS+

83.6

15.5

wOBA

.341

31.9

sWAR

1.7

of 117 qualified 1935 batters (min 480 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

71.2

3.8

OPS+

73.7

4.6

sWAR

9.7

86.6

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1928	50	140	133	14	36	2	3	0	18	4	10	1	0	.271	.292	.331	.623	54.2	60.4	.287	0.1
1929	88	255	235	31	68	13	7	0	37	11	22	1	0	.289	.321	.404	.725	74.0	77.2	.327	0.6
1930	104	356	324	45	82	19	6	2	45	22	21	3	0	.253	.301	.367	.668	59.1	60.4	.299	0.0
1931	76	262	239	31	69	20	4	3	32	20	33	4	0	.289	.344	.444	.787	108.5	109.3	.358	1.7
1932	60	165	151	27	36	10	3	4	20	10	16	2	0	.238	.286	.424	.710	86.5	89.8	.314	0.7
1933	81	229	211	16	45	10	1	1	22	17	20	0	0	.213	.272	.284	.556	49.1	51.1	.265	-0.1
1934	123	473	431	47	133	31	7	2	52	29	37	6	2	.309	.355	.427	.782	91.1	93.4	.360	1.8
1935	144	560	504	57	146	32	7	0	48	44	41	3	2	.290	.349	.381	.730	82.9	83.6	.341	1.7
1936	116	427	377	43	99	24	2	2	39	46	30	2	3	.263	.343	.353	.696	68.8	67.7	.329	0.5
1937	100	364	334	30	74	12	3	3	28	25	29	0	0	.222	.276	.302	.578	38.8	43.2	.270	-0.9
1938	66	230	203	27	60	11	3	2	28	23	14	1	1	.296	.367	.409	.776	97.6	97.1	.360	1.1
1939	107	432	395	58	104	17	4	2	36	26	26	2	4	.263	.309	.342	.651	69.6	70.6	.302	0.5
1940	119	443	416	46	111	20	5	4	42	22	25	1	3	.267	.304	.368	.671	74.9	77.8	.304	1.0
1941	98	309	288	29	69	10	5	2	24	18	19	2	0	.240	.284	.330	.614	62.8	66.7	.285	0.4
1942	67	211	200	19	38	4	3	0	22	9	20	1	0	.190	.225	.240	.465	27.0	35.2	.223	-0.6
1943	62	199	180	12	43	6	3	2	24	13	9	0	1	.239	.290	.339	.629	80.0	85.0	.301	0.7
1944	81	299	284	23	76	12	5	2	26	9	13	0	2	.268	.290	.366	.656	78.4	85.0	.306	0.9
1946	49	152	139	7	31	4	1	0	11	9	10	0	0	.223	.270	.266	.536	45.1	53.0	.260	-0.1
1947	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	75.0	79.6	.307	0.0

Career totals

1,593

5,509

5,047

562

1,321

257

362nd-most career 3B

RBI

555

357

395

.2617

OBP

.3110

SLG

.3596

OPS

.6706

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB
1934-05-09	BAL @ NYY Gameday	5	0	5	1	1	0	2	8
1939-07-15	BOS @ CLE Gameday	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	7
1934-05-11	BAL @ MIN Gameday	5	1	4	3	0	0	0	7
1940-06-11	CLE @ BOS Gameday	4	1	3	1	0	1	1	7
1932-06-18	CHC @ SF Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	1	1	7

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1928-04-11	PIT @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928-04-12	PIT @ STL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928-04-14	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928-04-15	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1928-04-16	PIT @ CIN Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.