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Solly Hemus

Positions: Shortstop, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: April 17, 1923 in Phoenix, AZ us

Died: October 2, 2017 in Houston, TX

Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX

High School: St. Augustine HS (San Diego, CA)

Debut: April 27, 1949 (Age 26-010d, 10,609th in major league history)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 14, 1959 (Age 36-058d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Solomon Joseph Hemus

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.9

2694

736

.273

459

RBI

263

OBP

.390

SLG

.411

OPS

.801

OPS+

115

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 51 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 14 go ahead

2 Tms
STL	38
PHI	13

Platoon
vs RHP	38
vs LHP	13

Home/Road
Away	27
Home	24

Outs
0	21
1	18
2	12

8 Opps
BSN/MLN	10
PIT	9
NYG/SFG	7
CHC	7
PHI	5
BRO	5
CIN	5
STL	3

42 Pitchers
Bob Friend	3
Karl Drews	2
Carl Erskine	2
Jim Hearn	2
Harry Perkowski	2
Warren Spahn	2
Bob Purkey	2
Jim Wilson	2
Juan Pizarro	1
Dutch Leonard	1
Roy Face	1
Nelson King	1
Moe Drabowsky	1
Bud Podbielan	1
Dave Jolly	1
Sam Jones	1
Dave Koslo	1
Ernie Johnson	1
Jim Hughes	1
Bob Chipman	1
Vinegar Bend Mizell	1
Lew Burdette	1
George Spencer	1
Al Worthington	1
Johnny Lindell	1
Chris Van Cuyk	1
Russ Meyer	1
Bob Schultz	1
Willard Schmidt	1
Carl Willey	1
Jim Konstanty	1
Vern Law	1
Murry Dickson	1
Warren Hacker	1
Bob Hall	1
Paul Minner	1
Robin Roberts	1
Ramón Monzant	1
Don Newcombe	1
Monty Kennedy	1
Sal Maglie	1
Joe Hatten	1

10 Parks
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	23
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	6
Polo Grounds (NYC)	5
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
Braves Fld (BOS)	3
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Crosley Fld (CIN)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Seals Stad (SFO)	1

Where Hit
9	35
89	1
7	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	45
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	14
-2-	3
123	2
--3	1

75 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	31
1 on	18
3 on	2
Any on	20

Inning
1	9
3	5
4	7
5	9
6	2
7	10
8	5
9	4

1-3	14
4-6	18
7-end	19

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	3
+1	7
Tied	12
-1	10
-2	1
-3	4
-4..	8

Ahead	16
Tied	12
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
SS	33
2B	15
3B	3

OrderPos
1st	26
2nd	21
7th	2
5th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1951-05-06	STL	@	BRO	Don Newcombe	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	1--	2	7	6	0.100	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Garagiola Scores
2	2	2	1	1951-05-15	STL		PHI	Russ Meyer	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	1	6	0.155	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1952-04-27	STL		CHC	Joe Hatten	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	1	1	6	0.142	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1952-04-28	STL		CHC	Paul Minner	behind 0-4	b 5	2	---	1	1	6
5	5	3	1	1952-05-14	STL	@	BRO	Chris Van Cuyk	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	-2-	2	1	6	0.201	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Rice Scores
6	6	4	1	1952-06-01 (1)	STL		NYG	Dave Koslo	behind 0-3	b 3	1	--3	2	1	6
7	7	5	1	1952-06-15 (1)	STL	@	NYG	George Spencer	behind 10-11	t 8	0	---	1	1	6	0.256	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	6	2	1952-06-15 (1)	STL	@	NYG	Monty Kennedy	ahead 12-11	t 9	1	-2-	2	1	6	0.107	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Rice Scores
9	9	7	1	1952-06-20	STL	@	BSN	Jim Wilson	behind 1-11	t 7	1	123	4	1	6	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Lowrey Scores; T. Glaviano Scores; H. Rice Scores
10	10	8	1	1952-06-28	STL	@	PIT	Murry Dickson	behind 2-3	t 8	1	---	1	2	6
11	11	9	1	1952-07-20	STL		BSN	Lew Burdette	ahead 5-4	b 7	0	---	1	1	6	0.098	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	10	1	1952-08-02	STL	@	PHI	Karl Drews	behind 1-6	t 9	0	---	1	2	6	0.007	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	11	1	1952-08-16	STL		CIN	Harry Perkowski	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	6	0.104	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run
14	14	12	2	1952-08-16	STL		CIN	Harry Perkowski	ahead 2-0	b 5	0	---	1	1	6	0.071	89%		Home Run
15	15	13	1	1952-09-16 (1)	STL	@	BSN	Warren Spahn	behind 3-4	t 7	0	1--	2	1	6	0.344	71%		Home Run; V. Stallcup Scores
16	16	14	2	1952-09-16 (1)	STL	@	BSN	Bob Chipman	ahead 7-5	t 8	1	---	1	1	6	0.067	93%		Home Run
17	17	15	1	1952-09-26	STL		CHC	Warren Hacker	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	6			Lead-Off
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1953-05-04	STL	@	PIT	Bob Hall	ahead 4-0	t 7	1	---	1	1	6
19	19	2	1	1953-05-12	STL		PHI	Jim Konstanty	behind 2-6	b 9	2	1--	2	1	6
20	20	3	1	1953-05-31	STL		CHC	Bob Schultz	tied 2-2	b 4	2	-2-	2	2	6
21	21	4	1	1953-06-03 (2)	STL	@	PHI	Karl Drews	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	6	0.094	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	5	1	1953-06-15	STL	@	NYG	Jim Hearn	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---	1	1	6	0.134	45%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	6	1	1953-06-16	STL		BRO	Jim Hughes	behind 4-5	b 4	1	---	1	1	6	0.131	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	7	1	1953-06-18	STL		BRO	Carl Erskine	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	1--	2	1	6	0.055	96%		Home Run (RF Line); H. Haddix Scores
25	25	8	1	1953-06-20	STL		PIT	Bob Friend	behind 0-1	b 5	1	1--	2	1	6
26	26	9	1	1953-07-17 (2)	STL	@	BRO	Carl Erskine	behind 1-4	t 7	2	1--	2	1	6	0.154	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Schofield Scores/unER; S. Hemus Scores/unER
27	27	10	1	1953-07-22	STL	@	NYG	Jim Hearn	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.094	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	11	1	1953-07-29	STL		PIT	Johnny Lindell	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	6
29	29	12	1	1953-07-30	STL		PIT	Roy Face	behind 1-4	b 6	0	1--	2	2	6	0.186	40%		Home Run; P. Lowrey Scores
30	30	13	1	1953-08-28	STL	@	PIT	Bob Friend	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1	2	6	0.098	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	14	1	1953-09-25	STL	@	CHC	Dutch Leonard	ahead 10-2	t 7	0	---	1	1	6	0.003	100%		Home Run
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	1954-05-09 (2)	STL	@	CIN	Bud Podbielan	behind 1-5	t 5	1	1--	2	2	6	0.114	22%		Home Run; W. Moon Scores
33	33	2	1	1954-07-05 (1)	STL		MLN	Jim Wilson	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	6	0.101	63%		Home Run
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1955-06-15	STL		PIT	Bob Friend	ahead 3-2	b 5	2	---	1	1	5
35	35	2	1	1955-08-11 (2)	STL	@	MLN	Ernie Johnson	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	---	1	1	5	0.046	95%		Home Run
36	36	3	1	1955-08-15	STL		MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 0-11	b 7	0	---	1	5	4	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
37	37	4	1	1955-09-10	STL		PHI	Robin Roberts	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	1	1	4
38	38	5	1	1955-09-20	STL		CHC	Sam Jones	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.152	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Blasingame Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1956-08-28	PHI	@	STL	Willard Schmidt	behind 2-3	t 5	1	---	1	2	4	0.149	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	2	1	1956-09-02 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	Vern Law	behind 4-10	t 9	2	1--	2	2	4	0.001	0%		Home Run; R. Ashburn Scores
41	41	3	1	1956-09-07	PHI		PIT	Nelson King	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.031	98%		Home Run
42	42	4	1	1956-09-14	PHI		MLN	Dave Jolly	ahead 7-1	b 6	1	123	4	7	4	0.007	100%		Home Run; D. Ennis Scores; W. Jones Scores; E. Valo Scores
43	43	5	1	1956-09-22	PHI	@	NYG	Al Worthington	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.104	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1958-06-01 (1)	PHI		CIN	Bob Purkey	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	1	2	4	0.110	38%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	2	1	1958-06-04	PHI	@	CHC	Moe Drabowsky	behind 0-7	t 5	1	1--	2	2	4	0.027	5%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Ashburn Scores
46	46	3	1	1958-06-14	PHI	@	SFG	Ramón Monzant	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	1	8	4	0.201	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
47	47	4	1	1958-07-03	PHI	@	MLN	Carl Willey	tied 1-1	t 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.262	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	5	1	1958-07-10	PHI	@	STL	Sal Maglie	ahead 3-2	t 4	2	1--	2	2	4	0.195	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Ashburn Scores
49	49	6	1	1958-08-08	PHI		MLN	Juan Pizarro	behind 0-3	b 3	2	1--	2	2	4	0.185	38%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Ashburn Scores
50	50	7	1	1958-08-19	PHI	@	STL	Vinegar Bend Mizell	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.098	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	8	1	1958-08-29	PHI	@	CIN	Bob Purkey	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	4	0.106	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)

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