Rich Rollins

Full Name: Richard John Rollins	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/185	First Game: June 16, 1961
Birthdate: April 16, 1938	Final Game: September 26, 1970
Birthplace: Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Rich Rollins (Richard John Rollins) was born on April 16, 1938 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on June 16, 1961 for the Minnesota Twins. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .298 with 16 home runs and 96 RBI. Rollins played for the Minnesota Twins, Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Rich Rollins's best season was 1962, when he slugged 16 home runs, hit for a .298 average and knocked in 96 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1961	MIN	A	13	17	3	5	0	3	.294	.400	.353	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
1962	MIN	A	159	624	96	186	16	96	.298	.374	.428	23	5	75	61	6	7	3	2	13
1963	MIN	A	136	531	75	163	16	61	.307	.359	.444	23	1	36	59	8	9	2	4	13
1964	MIN	A	148	596	87	161	12	68	.270	.334	.406	25	10	53	80	5	9	2	3	12
1965	MIN	A	140	469	59	117	5	32	.249	.309	.333	22	1	37	54	4	10	4	7	13
1966	MIN	A	90	269	30	66	10	40	.245	.286	.390	7	1	13	34	4	3	0	1	9
1967	MIN	A	109	339	31	83	6	39	.245	.305	.342	11	2	27	58	3	4	1	4	10
1968	MIN	A	93	203	14	49	6	30	.241	.287	.355	5	0	10	34	3	2	3	2	6
1969	SEA	A	58	187	15	42	4	21	.225	.270	.326	7	0	7	19	5	1	2	0	4
1970	MIL	A	14	25	3	5	0	5	.200	.276	.240	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
1970	CLE	A	42	43	6	10	2	4	.233	.283	.372	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0
1970	TOT	A	56	68	9	15	2	9	.221	.280	.324	1	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1002	3303	419	887	77	399	.269	.328	.388	125	20	266	410	39	45	17	23	80

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1961	MIN	A	2B	5	1	17	3	4	0	1	0	1.000
1961	MIN	A	3B	4	3	26	2	6	0	1	0	1.000
1962	MIN	A	SS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1962	MIN	A	3B	159	158	1415.1	137	324	28	33	0	.943
1963	MIN	A	3B	132	132	1163.2	121	255	26	22	0	.935
1963	MIN	A	2B	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1964	MIN	A	3B	146	146	1301.1	134	297	24	17	0	.947
1965	MIN	A	3B	112	110	952	112	229	15	21	0	.958
1965	MIN	A	2B	16	12	111	32	35	5	4	0	.931
1966	MIN	A	3B	63	59	515.2	54	107	8	13	1	.953
1966	MIN	A	LF	1	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1966	MIN	A	2B	4	3	27	2	1	0	0	0	1.000
1966	MIN	A	OF	1	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
1967	MIN	A	3B	97	90	729.1	83	153	9	13	0	.963
1968	MIN	A	3B	56	44	365	28	93	9	4	1	.931
1969	SEA	A	3B	47	44	382.2	42	103	8	6	0	.948
1969	SEA	A	SS	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.000
1970	MIL	A	3B	7	4	39.1	2	13	0	2	0	1.000
1970	CLE	A	3B	5	3	20	1	2	2	1	0	.600
1970	TOT	A	3B	12	7	59.1	3	15	2	3	0	.900
Total			LF	1	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	26	16	157	38	40	5	5	0	.940
Total			OF	1	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	828	793	6910.1	716	1582	129	133	2	.947
Total			SS	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1.000

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Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (1960).
Selected by Seattle Pilots from Minnesota Twins (26th pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 15, 1968).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (May 13, 1970).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (May 13, 1970).

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