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Solly Hemus
Full name Solomon Joseph Hemus Born April 17, 1923, Phoenix, Arizona Died October 2, 2017, Houston, Texas Buried at Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Texas First Game: April 27, 1949 ; Final Game: June 14, 1959 Managed First Game: April 10, 1959 ; Managed Final Game: July 5, 1961 Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 9" Weight: 165 Ejections as player: 1952 (3), 1953 (1), 1954 (1), 1955 (1), 1956 (5) , 1957 (2). Total: 13 Ejections as coach: 1962 (3), 1963 (1), 1964 (1), 1965 (2). Total: 7 Ejections as manager: 1959 (8) , 1960 (3), 1961 (1). Total: 12 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1949 STL N Daily Splits 20 33 8 11 1 0 0 2 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .450 .364 0.1 1949 STL N
1950 STL N Daily Splits 11 15 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 .235 .200 -0.1 1950 STL N
1951 STL N Daily Splits 120 420 68 118 18 9 2 32 75 2 31 4 8 0 4 6 7 7 .281 .395 .381 2.9 1951 STL N
1952 STL N Daily Splits 151 570 105 153 28 8 15 52 96 0 55 20 4 0 11 11 1 5 .268 .392 .425 4.2 1952 STL N
1953 STL N Daily Splits 154 585 110 163 32 11 14 61 86 0 40 12 7 0 12 10 2 1 .279 .382 .443 3.7 1953 STL N
1954 STL N Daily Splits 124 214 43 65 15 3 2 27 55 1 27 5 0 2 0 4 1 5 1 .304 .453 .430 1.9 1954 STL N
1955 STL N Daily Splits 96 206 36 50 10 2 5 21 27 0 22 2 4 1 0 2 2 1 1 .243 .335 .383 -0.1 1955 STL N
1956 STL N Daily Splits 8 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .429 .200 0.0 1956 STL N
1956 PHI N Daily Splits 78 187 24 54 10 4 5 24 28 2 21 7 1 2 0 2 6 1 1 .289 .397 .465 -0.1 1956 PHI N
1956 TOT N 86 192 25 55 10 4 5 26 29 2 21 8 2 2 0 3 6 1 1 .286 .398 .458 -0.1 1956 TOT N
1957 PHI N Daily Splits 70 108 8 20 6 1 0 5 20 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 .185 .323 .259 -0.6 1957 PHI N
1958 PHI N Daily Splits 105 334 53 95 14 3 8 36 51 6 34 8 6 2 0 4 4 3 1 .284 .390 .416 0.7 1958 PHI N
1959 STL N Daily Splits 24 17 2 4 2 0 0 1 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .500 .353 0.2 1959 STL N
Total (11 Years) Splits 961 2694 459 736 137 41 51 263 456 16 247 62 31 7 0 40 49 21 18 .273 .390 .411 12.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1949 STL N Daily Splits 2B 16 7 6 88 29 24 1 4 0 .981
1950 STL N Daily Splits 3B 5 2 2 23 2 8 0 1 0 1.000
1951 STL N Daily Splits SS 105 102 96 902.1 181 344 19 72 0 .965
1951 STL N 2B 12 12 10 108 40 32 2 14 0 .973
1952 STL N Daily Splits SS 148 148 140 1294.1 253 452 29 104 0 .960
1952 STL N 3B 2 2 2 18 3 7 1 0 0 .909
1953 STL N Daily Splits SS 151 144 139 1275 257 476 27 90 0 .964
1953 STL N 2B 3 2 1 13 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1954 STL N Daily Splits SS 66 25 11 270.1 49 102 9 18 0 .944
1954 STL N 3B 27 4 4 86 9 24 1 3 0 .971
1954 STL N 2B 12 9 9 85 27 25 0 8 0 1.000
1955 STL N Daily Splits 3B 43 40 15 285.1 38 70 5 7 0 .956
1955 STL N 2B 10 7 5 67.1 18 20 0 3 0 1.000
1955 STL N SS 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1956 PHI N Daily Splits 2B 49 43 34 382 94 93 5 18 0 .974
1956 PHI N 3B 1 1 1 9 1 2 0 0 0 1.000
1957 PHI N Daily Splits 2B 24 21 10 172.2 51 45 2 10 0 .980
1958 PHI N Daily Splits 2B 84 78 70 714.2 188 220 13 52 1 .969
1958 PHI N 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
1959 STL N Daily Splits 3B 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.000
1959 STL N 2B 1 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 5 Years) Splits SS 472 419 386 3745 740 1375 84 284 0 .962
Total ( 9 Years) 2B 211 180 145 1635.2 447 463 23 109 1 .975
Total ( 7 Years) 3B 80 50 24 423.1 53 113 7 11 0 .960
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1959 STL N 154 71 83 .461 641 725 7
1960 STL N 155 86 68 .558 639 616 3
1961 STL N 75 33 41 .446 337 337 7- 5 6 5
Total ( 3 Years) 384 190 192 .497 1617 1678
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Coaching Record
Year Team Position START END
1962 NY N Third base 4-11 9-30
1963 NY N Coach 4- 9 9-29
1964 CLE A Coach 4-14 10- 4
1965 CLE A Coach 4-13 10- 3
Total ( 4 Years)
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-22-1952 BOX STL N Scotty Robb Balls and strikes (Threw bat)
7-16-1952 BOX STL N Babe Pinelli Balls and strikes
9-20-1952 BOX STL N Frank Secory Call at 3B
9- 1-1953 BOX STL N Hal Dixon Call at 2B (Threw ball)
4-18-1954 BOX STL N Lee Ballanfant Fair/foul call
9-13-1955 BOX STL N Bill Jackowski Bench jockeying
5- 1-1956 BOX STL N Bill Engeln Called third strike
6- 8-1956 BOX PHI N Hal Dixon Interference non-call
6-25-1956 BOX PHI N Babe Pinelli Call at 2B
9-13-1956(2) BOX PHI N Artie Gore Call at HP
9-25-1956 BOX PHI N Augie Donatelli Fair/foul call
8- 4-1957(1) BOX PHI N Bill Baker HBP non-call
9- 3-1957 BOX PHI N Tony Venzon Bench jockeying
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
4-15-1959 BOX STL N Dusty Boggess Call at HP
5- 5-1959 BOX STL N Tony Venzon Call at 1B
5-24-1959 BOX STL N Augie Donatelli Balls and strikes
7- 2-1959 BOX STL N Bill Jackowski Foul tip call
7-12-1959(1) BOX STL N Frank Dascoli Call at 2B
7-27-1959 BOX STL N Stan Landes Balls and strikes
8-16-1959 BOX STL N Stan Landes Call at 1B
9-22-1959 BOX STL N Al Barlick Balls and strikes
5-16-1960 BOX STL N Dusty Boggess Call at 1B
6- 8-1960 BOX STL N Dusty Boggess Call at 1B
8-31-1960 BOX STL N Frank Dascoli Balls and strikes
5-14-1961 BOX STL N Frank Secory Call at 3B
As coach:
Date Team Umpire Reason
5- 6-1962 BOX NY N Jocko Conlan Mocking umpires about Blue Law discussion
7-29-1962(1) BOX NY N Mel Steiner Obstruction non-call
8-21-1962(2) BOX NY N Frank Walsh Fair/foul call
6- 9-1963(2) BOX NY N Lee Weyer Call at 2B
5-17-1964(1) BOX CLE A Ed Runge Balls and strikes (Kicked dirt on HP)
7-10-1965 BOX CLE A Ed Runge Call at 3B
7-11-1965 BOX CLE A Bill Haller Check swing
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1946).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Bobby Morgan
(May 14, 1956 ).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Gene Freese
(September 29, 1958 ).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (October 17, 1958 ).
Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (1959).
Released by St. Louis Cardinals (June 19, 1959 ).
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