Rollie Sheldon
1961–1966 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees
161G
.096AVG
.141OBP
.096SLG
More career statistics
20H
0HR
7RBI
0SB
38–36W–L
724.2IP
371K
4.09ERA
101GS
2SV
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 113 | 112 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,062 | 3,061 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 239 | 209 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 113 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | .096 | .141 | .096 | .237 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 724.7 | 160 | 101 | 17 | 38 | 36 | 2 | 741 | 358 | 329 | 87 | 207 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 1.308 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1966-05-21 to 1966-05-27
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1965-08-11 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1961-07-14 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 1964-06-18 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 81 | 110 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 53 | .102 | .109 | .102 |
| Away | 80 | 129 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 59 | .090 | .140 | .090 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 24 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .097 | .184 | .097 |
| June | 34 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | .130 | .131 | .130 |
| July | 32 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31 | .086 | .108 | .086 |
| August | 34 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | .094 | .162 | .094 |
| September | 25 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .083 | .074 | .083 |
| October | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-white-sox | 19 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .053 | .048 | .053 |
| minnesota-twins | 19 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | .040 | .077 | .040 |
| boston-red-sox | 18 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | .156 | .214 | .156 |
| cleveland-guardians | 18 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .121 | .118 | .121 |
| baltimore-orioles | 17 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .158 | .227 | .158 |
| detroit-tigers | 17 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .091 | .083 | .091 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| kansas-city-athletics | 14 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .125 | .238 | .125 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |  New York Yankees | 36 | 56 | 7 | – | 4 | – | .125 | 162 | 84 |
| 1962 | New York Yankees | 34 | 26 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .077 | 118 | 54 |
| 1964 | New York Yankees | 19 | 34 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .088 | 102 | 57 |
| 1965 | Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees | 35 | 52 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .077 | 193 | 112 |
| 1966 | Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Athletics | 37 | 41 | 4 | – | – | – | .098 | 148 | 64 |