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Solly Hemus
	Solomon Joseph Hemus


	Born: April 17, 1923 in Phoenix, AZ
	90 years old
	Bats: L	Throws: R	Ht: 5'9"	Wt: 165

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an Amateur Free Agent in 1946
- High School: St. Augustine (San Diego, CA)
- Visit Hemus's Managerial Page

Comparison

Shortstops				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	NgLg	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Ernie Banks	1953 - 1971	SS	67.6	Pl	KOR	Y	62.0	4.9	0.0	-0.7
2	Pee Wee Reese	1940 - 1958	SS	66.2	Pl	WW2		55.4	25.6	0.0	14.8
3	Vern Stephens	1941 - 1955	SS	45.4				45.5	9.1	0.0	9.2
4	Alvin Dark	1946 - 1960	SS	42.9		WW2		41.4	12.2	-0.1	10.5
5	Phil Rizzuto	1941 - 1956	SS	40.6	Pl	WW2		28.1	22.9	0.0	10.4
6	Dick Groat	1952 - 1967	SS	36.8		KOR		32.1	17.2	0.0	12.5
7	Johnny Logan	1951 - 1963	SS	32.6		WW2		28.1	14.0	0.0	9.6
8	Johnny Pesky	1942 - 1954	SS	31.8		WW2		29.8	6.6	0.0	4.6
9	Eddie Joost	1936 - 1955	SS	30.6				30.0	10.1	0.0	9.5
10	Harvey Kuenn	1952 - 1966	SS	26.0				35.4	-8.4	0.0	1.0
11	Solly Hemus	1949 - 1959	SS	25.5				24.1	5.5	0.0	4.1
12	Roy McMillan	1951 - 1966	SS	25.3				16.7	21.6	0.0	13.0
13	Woodie Held	1954 - 1969	SS	22.0				21.2	3.8	0.0	2.9
14	Chico Carrasquel	1950 - 1959	SS	21.2				14.4	14.5	0.0	7.7
15	Granny Hamner	1944 - 1962	SS	18.6		WW2		19.2	9.0	-0.3	9.3
16	Daryl Spencer	1952 - 1963	SS	13.5				16.6	2.5	0.0	5.6
17	Bobby Morgan	1950 - 1958	SS	9.8		WW2		7.9	4.4	0.0	2.5
18	Dick Schofield	1953 - 1971	SS	8.3				6.3	6.9	0.0	4.8
19	Billy Klaus	1952 - 1963	SS	8.0				6.6	4.4	0.0	3.0
20	Alex Grammas	1954 - 1963	SS	7.3				3.7	7.8	0.0	4.2
21	George Strickland	1950 - 1960	SS	6.6		WW2		4.6	7.0	0.0	5.1
22	Johnny Lipon	1942 - 1954	SS	5.8		WW2		5.2	5.1	0.0	4.5
23	Rocky Bridges	1951 - 1961	SS	2.9				0.8	5.9	0.0	3.8
24	Roy Smalley	1948 - 1958	SS	2.9				6.0	2.1	0.0	5.3
25	Milt Bolling	1952 - 1958	SS	2.2				1.4	2.8	0.0	2.0
26	Jim Brideweser	1951 - 1957	SS	1.4		WW2		2.1	0.6	0.0	1.3
27	Chris Kitsos	1954 - 1954	SS	0.1				0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
28	Jerry Snyder	1952 - 1958	SS	-0.0				-0.3	1.4	0.0	1.2
29	Jim Baumer	1949 - 1961	SS	-0.0		KOR		-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
30	George Bullard	1954 - 1954	SS	-0.1				0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
31	Billy Consolo	1953 - 1962	SS	-0.2				0.7	1.3	0.0	2.1
32	Mickey Micelotta	1954 - 1955	SS	-0.2				-0.2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0
33	Willy Miranda	1951 - 1959	SS	-0.4				-2.3	5.8	0.0	3.9
34	Dick Cole	1951 - 1957	SS	-0.7		WW2		1.4	-0.4	0.0	1.7
35	Ron Samford	1954 - 1959	SS	-0.8				-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.7
36	Gair Allie	1954 - 1954	SS	-1.5				-0.8	0.0	0.0	0.7
37	Jack Littrell	1952 - 1957	SS	-1.6				-0.9	-0.3	0.0	0.5
38	Eddie O'Brien	1953 - 1958	SS	-1.9				-1.1	-0.7	0.4	0.6
39	Billy Hunter	1953 - 1958	SS	-1.9				-3.1	4.5	0.0	3.3
40	Neil Berry	1948 - 1954	SS	-2.1		WW2		-1.0	0.6	0.0	1.7
41	Eddie Pellagrini	1946 - 1954	SS	-3.1		WW2		-1.1	-0.2	0.0	1.8
42	Sam Dente	1947 - 1955	SS	-3.4		WW2		-1.1	1.2	0.0	3.6
43	Joe DeMaestri	1951 - 1961	SS	-3.9				-3.9	6.0	0.0	5.9

	Solly Hemus	1949 - 1959	SS	25.5				24.1	5.5	0.0	4.1

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James