Rollie Sheldon

Full Name: Roland Frank Sheldon	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/185	First Game: April 23, 1961
Birthdate: December 17, 1936	Final Game: September 25, 1966
Birthplace: Putnam, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 17, 1936 in Putnam, Connecticut, Rollie Sheldon (Roland Frank Sheldon) played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 5 year career. Sheldon broke into the bigs on April 23, 1961 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.60 ERA in 162.2 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rollie Sheldon's best season was 1965, when he posted a 3.87 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 112 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1961	NY	A	35	21	11	5	3.60	84	70	65	6	2	0	162.2	149	17	55	2	6	2
1962	NY	A	34	16	7	8	5.49	54	78	72	2	0	1	118	136	12	28	3	2	1
1964	NY	A	19	12	5	2	3.61	57	43	41	3	0	1	102.1	92	18	18	2	2	1
1965	NY	A	3	0	0	0	1.42	7	1	1	0	0	0	6.1	5	0	1	0	0	0
1965	KC	A	32	29	10	8	3.95	105	86	82	4	1	0	186.2	180	22	56	3	9	7
1965	TOT	A	35	29	10	8	3.87	112	87	83	4	1	0	193	185	22	57	3	9	7
1966	KC	A	14	13	4	7	3.13	26	31	24	1	1	0	69	73	3	26	3	2	1
1966	BOS	A	23	10	1	6	4.97	38	49	44	1	0	0	79.2	106	15	23	4	3	2
1966	TOT	A	37	23	5	13	4.12	64	80	68	2	1	0	148.2	179	18	49	7	5	3
Total			160	101	38	36	4.09	371	358	329	17	4	2	724.2	741	87	207	17	24	14

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1961	NY	A	P	35	21	162.2	11	30	0	3	3	7	4	0	1.000
1962	NY	A	P	34	16	118	7	10	1	1	0	3	0	0	.944
1964	NY	A	P	19	12	102.1	7	20	0	2	0	1	2	0	1.000
1965	NY	A	P	3	0	6.1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000
1965	KC	A	P	32	29	186.2	13	30	2	3	3	13	2	0	.956
1965	TOT	A	P	35	29	193	14	31	2	4	3	14	2	0	.957
1966	KC	A	P	14	13	69	4	13	0	2	0	5	3	1	1.000
1966	BOS	A	P	23	10	79.2	5	15	0	0	0	4	4	1	1.000
1966	TOT	A	P	37	23	148.2	9	28	0	2	0	9	7	2	1.000
Total			P	160	101	724.2	48	119	3	12	6	34	15	2	.982

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1961	NY	A	36	56	1	7	4	.125	.155	.125	2	24	0	2	0
1962	NY	A	34	26	1	2	1	.077	.273	.077	7	17	0	6	4
1964	NY	A	19	34	0	3	1	.088	.088	.088	0	23	0	2	0
1965	NY	A	3	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0
1965	KC	A	32	51	0	4	1	.078	.113	.078	1	28	1	7	0
1965	TOT	A	35	52	0	4	1	.077	.111	.077	1	29	1	7	0
1966	KC	A	14	23	1	2	0	.087	.087	.087	0	15	0	2	0
1966	BOS	A	23	18	0	2	0	.111	.111	.111	0	5	0	0	0
1966	TOT	A	37	41	1	4	0	.098	.098	.098	0	20	0	2	0
Total			161	209	3	20	7	.096	.141	.096	10	113	1	19	4

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1960).
Traded by New York Yankees with Johnny Blanchard to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Doc Edwards (May 3, 1965).
Traded by Kansas City Athletics with John Wyatt and Jose Tartabull to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Jim Gosger, Ken Sanders and Guido Grilli (June 13, 1966).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Dick Stigman to Cincinnati Reds (December 15, 1966) completing trade in which Boston Red Sox traded cash and 2 players to be named later to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Hank Fischer (August 15, 1966).

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