Solly Hemus
1949–1959 · bats L / throws R · Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
961G
.273AVG
.390OBP
.411SLG
More career statistics
736H
51HR
263RBI
21SB
4Rare 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 · Caught stealing | 18 | 19 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 247 | 249 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,250 | 3,251 |
| Batting · RBI | 263 | 262 |
| Batting · Walks | 456 | 457 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 961 | 3,250 | 2,694 | 459 | 736 | 137 | 41 | 51 | 263 | 456 | 247 | 21 | 18 | 62 | 7 | 1,108 | .273 | .390 | .411 | .801 |
Streaks
16longest hitting streak · 1958-05-27 to 1958-06-17
48longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Five-Walk Game | 1951-09-15 | 1 in 1,833 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1953-05-20 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1953-08-09 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 494 | 1634 | 383 | 24 | 139 | 229 | 115 | .282 | .375 | .427 |
| Away | 467 | 1617 | 353 | 27 | 123 | 228 | 134 | .264 | .359 | .395 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 73 | 204 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 13 | .232 | .363 | .321 |
| May | 163 | 513 | 103 | 7 | 44 | 77 | 56 | .246 | .351 | .383 |
| June | 183 | 615 | 142 | 14 | 56 | 85 | 55 | .275 | .369 | .421 |
| July | 168 | 587 | 137 | 8 | 39 | 73 | 41 | .280 | .358 | .408 |
| August | 191 | 669 | 161 | 10 | 50 | 88 | 44 | .289 | .372 | .429 |
| September | 182 | 659 | 153 | 10 | 63 | 99 | 39 | .283 | .382 | .438 |
| October | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-cubs | 154 | 525 | 99 | 7 | 42 | 79 | 42 | .228 | .339 | .347 |
| cincinnati-reds | 142 | 470 | 102 | 5 | 31 | 65 | 38 | .260 | .355 | .387 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 140 | 492 | 120 | 9 | 50 | 79 | 36 | .304 | .404 | .476 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 119 | 376 | 87 | 5 | 27 | 49 | 37 | .276 | .362 | .416 |
| new-york-giants | 104 | 383 | 80 | 6 | 29 | 54 | 28 | .253 | .350 | .354 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 101 | 345 | 92 | 5 | 25 | 37 | 15 | .307 | .374 | .460 |
| milwaukee-braves | 92 | 276 | 66 | 6 | 21 | 38 | 22 | .288 | .377 | .445 |
| boston-braves | 42 | 172 | 37 | 4 | 18 | 29 | 11 | .274 | .384 | .422 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 20 | 33 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .333 | – | – |
| 1950 | St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 15 | 2 | – | – | – | .133 | – | – |
| 1951 | St. Louis Cardinals | 120 | 420 | 118 | 2 | 32 | 7 | .281 | – | – |
| 1952 | St. Louis Cardinals | 151 | 570 | 153 | 15 | 52 | 1 | .268 | – | – |
| 1953 | St. Louis Cardinals | 154 | 585 | 163 | 14 | 61 | 2 | .279 | – | – |
| 1954 | St. Louis Cardinals | 124 | 214 | 65 | 2 | 26 | 5 | .304 | – | – |
| 1955 | St. Louis Cardinals | 96 | 206 | 50 | 5 | 21 | 1 | .243 | – | – |
| 1956 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 192 | 55 | 5 | 26 | 1 | .286 | – | – |
| 1957 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 70 | 108 | 20 | – | 5 | 1 | .185 | – | – |
| 1958 | Philadelphia Phillies | 105 | 334 | 95 | 8 | 36 | 3 | .284 | – | – |
| 1959 | St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 17 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .235 | – | – |