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Rollie Sheldon

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

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

[edit] Batting Stats

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