All-Star / MVP shortstop & Record Label Owner at Philadelphia Phillies & Jimmy Rollins Entertainment Group
Philadelphia, PA
- About me
Jimmy, a native of Oakland, California has become one of the
premier shortstops in Major League baseball and continues to thrive for
the Philadelphia Phillies. Jimmy began displaying his skills on the
baseball diamond at Encinal High School in Alameda, Calif., the same
school that produced current Florida Marlins pitcher Dontrell Willis
and former Pittsburgh Pirate outfielder and Hall of Famer Willie
Stargell. As an infielder for the Jets, Rollins broke 10 career school
records including steals (99) and batting average (.484). For his
accomplishments, he was selected to the All-USA High School Baseball
team by USA Today and was rated Northern California's top high school
infielder. He was also a Baseball America 1st Team All-American.
Jimmy played Babe Ruth and AAU Jr. Olympics baseball and his parents
James and Gigi were honored in 2002 by Babe Ruth Little League, Inc.
with a "Graduate Parents of the Year Award" for "their remarkable
accomplishments in raising their son." Rollins was a 2nd round
selection by the Phillies in the 1996 June draft. He began rookie ball
in Martinsville, and quickly worked his way through the Phillies farm
system. He played his first game in a Phillies uniform on September
17, 2000, making the start at shortstop. He promptly hit a triple in
his first at bat in the majors against the Florida Marlins.
Jimmy enjoys giving back to the community and in 2004, he served
as an Honorary Chairman for Easter Seals. In 2003, he also served as
an Honorary Chairman for the Negro Leagues Baseball Memorial Fund,
which sculpted a statue to honor Philadelphia's Negro League players.
Jimmy also hosts an annual celebrity bowling tournament at Lucky Strike
Lanes in Philadelphia. In addition, Jimmy has appeared in Public
Service Announcements for Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and RBI
(Revivng Baseball in Inner cities).
Growing up in Oakland, Jimmy got the chance to meet fellow Oakland
native, and former rap artist MC Hammer and he appeared in several
videos of Hammer's and Mavis Staples' in the late 80s and early 90s.
Jimmy's younger brother Antwon has spent time in the Rangers farm
system.
On July 3rd, Jimmy became the first Major League Baseball player and pro team sport athlete to join the Red Bull family.
Red Bull welcomed Jimmy to the team by driving him to Citizens Bank Park in the Military X-Treme vehicle (MXT Truck), and throwing an all-day tailgate party as only Red Bull knows how.
Red Bull welcomed Jimmy to the team by driving him to Citizens Bank Park in the Military X-Treme vehicle (MXT Truck), and throwing an all-day tailgate party as only Red Bull knows how.
2001 Season
- First full season in majors
- Finished 3rd in NL Rookie of the Year balloting
- Only NL player to hit a quadruple double (2B, 3B, HR,SB)
- Became 1st player to lead NL in triples (12) and stolen bases (46) since Lou Brock in 1968
- Led all NL rookies in 3B and SB; was 2nd in runs (97), hits (180), doubles (29), walks (48), extra-base hits (55), total bases (275) & multi-hit games (53); 3rd in HR (14) and RBI (54); 4th in avg (.274) and 5th in slugging % (.419)
- 1st Phillies rookie to lead NL in at-bats (656) since Juan Samuel in 1984 (701)
- Hit most HR by a Phillies shortstop since Dickie Thon's 15 in 1989
- Phillies' lone rep on NL All-Star team; 1st Phillies rookie since RHP Tyler Green in 1995 and 1st shortstop since Larry Bowa in 1979
- Had two 10-game hit streaks, 4/13-24 (.390, 16-41) and 6/6-16 (.357, 15-42) and a career-high 12-game streak, 7/19-8/1 (.340, 17-50)
- Hit 1st ML HR, 5/2 vs COL (Brian Bohanon)
- Hit first 3 leadoff HR of career: 5/4 vs SF, 8/9 vs SD, 9/8 at MTL
- Had career-high 4 hits, 4 times: 5/24 vs PIT, 8/17 at STL, 8/28 at NYM and 9/8 at MTL
- Set Phillies franchise record with 35 consecutive stolen bases without being thrown out; previous record was 20, set by Bowa in 1974
- Was caught stealing by Damian Miller, 8/26 vs ARI to end the streak; it was 1st time in his career he was thrown out by a catcher (was thrown out by a catcher just 4 times)
- After moving into leadoff spot permanently on 7/31, had a .353 on-base %; overall, had a .346 on-base % in leadoff spot
- Set Phillies single-season record for steals by a shortstop, eclipsing Bowa's record of 39 in 1974
- Hit .625 (10-16), 7 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB during 4-game series at MTL, 9/6-9
- Finished with 3rd-best fielding % (.979) among NL shortstops and committed a professional-low 14 errors
- Co-winner of the NL Cool Papa Bell Award, presented by the Negro League Hall of Fame
- Rated 5th-best rookie in major leagues, 3rd-best in NL, by Baseball America
- Named to Topps Major League Rookie All-Star team, voted by MLB managers
- Reached a quadruple double (2B, 3B, HR, SB) for 2nd time in as many seasons; only NL player to do it and 1 of just 2 ML players (Johnny Damon); 6th Phillie in club history to do it in back-to-back seasons
- Led NL in triples (10) and at-bats (637) for 2nd straight season, tied for 7th in stolen bases (31)
- Finished 2nd among NL shortstops with a .980 fielding %, 3rd in total chances (695), 4th in assists (504) and 5th in putouts (226)
- Made 3rd-fewest errors (14) among shortstops who played at least 130 games
- Led all NL shortstops in stolen bases and finished 3rd in runs (82), 4th in hits (156) and walks (53) and 5th in doubles (33) and RBI (60)
- Tied for 2nd on team with 45 multi-hit games
- Had a season-high 8-game hit streak, 4/23-30 (.577, 15-26, 6 R, 4 2B, 7 RBI)
- Hit a season-best .310 in April
- Hit leadoff HR in back-to-back games, 5/16 and 17 at ARI; now has 5 career leadoff HR
- Led team with 14 extra-base hits in May (6 2B, 4 3B, 4 HR)
- Scored a team- and career-high 4 runs, 6/26 at FLA
- Voted as starting shortstop for NL All-Star team (2-2, 2 R)
- Became 1st shortstop in ML history and 1st Phillie in franchise history to make All-Star team in his 1st two ML seasons
- Collected a career-best 5 hits, 8/11 at LA - all singles; tied Phillies record for singles in a game, done 14 times previously, last by Tom Herr, 5/19/90 at LA
- Stole 17 bases in final 22 attempts (77%), including a season-high 3 in the final game of the season, 9/29 at FLA; had 4 multi-steal games overall
- Named Best Defensive Shortstop in NL and 3rd-best NL Baserunner by Baseball America
- Participated in MLB vs Japan All-Star Series during November in Japan
- Led team and tied for 3rd among major league shortstops with career-high 42 doubles and became just the 2nd shortstop in Phillies history to hit 40 in a season (Dick Bartell, 1931-32)
- Also reached a career-high in RBI (62) and tied his high in walks (54)
- Finished tied for 3rd in NL in at-bats (628) and tied for 9th in triples (6), after leading league in both categories prior two seasons
- 2nd on team in hits (165)
- Finished 2nd among NL shortstops in fielding % (.979) and 3rd in assists (463)
- Tied his career highs with 5 hits, 4 runs and 3 RBI and set a career high with 3 doubles, 4/5 vs PIT
- Walked a career-high 3 times, 4/19 at ATL
- Scored a run in a team-high 7 straight, 5/3-10
- Hit game-winning RBI single in bottom of 9th inning off John Smoltz, 6/19 vs ATL
- Hit in a season-high 9 straight, 6/19-30 (8 RBI)
- Left the game, 7/17 vs MTL with tightness in his left hamstring; missed 2 games
- Stole career base #100, 9/27 vs ATL
- Had 44 multi-hit games
- Rated 3rd-best infield arm in NL by Baseball America
- Had a quadruple-double for 3rd time in 4 ML seasons (43 2B, 12 3B, 14 HR, 30 SB); only NL player to do it in 2004 and 1 of 3 in majors (TB's Carl Crawford and DET's Carlos Guillen)
- Set career highs in avg (.289), hits (190), bunt hits (10), at-bats (657), runs (119), doubles, RBI (73), on-base% (.348) and slugging % (.455)
- Tied career highs in HR and triples
- Had a career-low 73 SO
- Finished tied for NL lead in triples, ranked 3rd in runs and at-bats, tied for 7th in hits, 8th in SB (30) and multi-hit games (55) and tied for 9th in doubles
- Was hardest batter in NL to double up (164.3 AB/GIDP)
- His 190 hits was the 5th-highest total among Phillies since 1979 behind Doug Glanville (204 in 1999), Lenny Dykstra (194 in 1993 and 192 in 1990) and Juan Samuel (191 in 1984)
- Moved permanently into leadoff position on 6/1
- Among NL leadoff hitters, ranked 2nd in doubles (35) and RBI (64), 4th in avg (.299) and runs (93), 7th in walks (45) and tied for 7th in hits (149)
- Hit 4 leadoff HR (6/2 vs NYM, 8/1 at CHI, 8/6 at LA, 9/9 at ATL) to tie Phillies record for most in a season (Juan Samuel, 1989 and Lenny Dykstra, 1993); has 9 in his career to rank 3rd on club's all-time list, trailing Samuel (14) and Dykstra (12)
- Set Phillies record for most runs by a shortstop (Dick Bartell scored 118 in 1932)
- Had most RBI by a Phillies shortstop since Granny Hamner had 87 in 1952
- Finished with 2nd-best fielding % among NL shortstops (.986)
- Had three 10-game hit streaks - 6/26-7/5, (.340, 16-47); 7/19-28 (.400, 18-45), 8/31-9/10 (.357, 15-42)
- Scored 7 runs in 2 games, 5/14-15 at COL, including tying his career high with 4, 5/15
- Became 1st Phillie to hit 2 inside-the-park HR in one season - 6/20 vs KC (1st of ML career) and 8/4 at SD - since Larry Bowa in 1980
- His inside-the-park HRs were the first at each of 2004's new ballparks, Citizens Bank Park and PETCO Park; 1st player to do that since STL's Fernando Vina (SBC Park, 5/9/00 and Miller Park, 10/2/01)
- Tied his career high with 2 triples, 8/25 at HOU (3rd time in career)
- Stole his 30th base of the season, 9/17 vs MTL; has 30+ SB in 3 of last 4 seasons
- Homered in back-to-back games twice, 9/4-5 vs NYM and 10/1 & 10/3 vs FLA
- Hit game-winning solo HR in 10th inning, 9/23 at FLA (Armando Benitez)
- Slugged 1st career grand slam on final day of season, 10/3 vs FLA (Matt Perisho) and set career high with 4 RBI
- Hit .455 (5-11), 1 HR, 16 RBI with bases loaded
- Named to his third All-Star Team
- Ended the season with a 36-game hitting streak, eclipsing a 106-year-old franchise record along the way.
- The streak included 19 doubles, four triples, four homers, 22 RBIs, 107 total bases, 17 walks and 15 stolen bases. Of his streak-extending hits, he smacked 22 singles, 10 doubles, one triple and three homers
- Batted .379 during the streak
- Entered the season with a 36-game hit streak,which ended at 38 games, 4/6 vs STL (0-4); 4th-longest streak in NL history and longest ever by a Phillie
- Became just the 2nd player in MLB history to have at least 40 2B, 25 HR, 120 R and 35 SB in the same season (Alfonso Soriano, 2002)
- Set Phillies single-season records for HR and runs scored (127) by a SS
- Established career highs in R, 2B (45), HR, RBI (83), HBP (5) and SF (7)
- Became the 3rd Phillie since 1900 to score 100 runs in 3 straight seasons, joining Hall of Famer Chuck Klein (1929-33) and Bobby Abreu (1999- 2002)
- Slugged his 62nd career HR, 5/2 at FLA, giving him the all-time club record for HR by a SS (Granny Hamner had held the record with 61)
- Finished 2nd in the NL in runs and at-bats (689), 7th in extra-base hits (79), 8th in multi-hit games (57), 9th in hits (191), SB (36) and total bases (329), 10th in doubles and T-10th in triples (9)
- Led all NL shortstops in runs, RBI, extra-base hits, total bases and SB % (90.0) and finished 2nd in doubles, HR and times on base (253) and 3rd in hits
- Hit his 15th career leadoff HR, 5/4 vs ATL, setting a new Phillies record
- Had his first 3 career multi-HR games: 6/13 vs NYM, 8/2 at STL and 8/12 vs CIN
- Collected his 1,000th career hit, 7/15 at SF (7th-inning triple), at 27 years, 230 days old, becoming the youngest player to get his 1,000th hit as a Phillie since Greg Luzinski did it on 6/12/78 (Luzinski was 27 years, 202 days old)
- Tied a club record with 5 runs scored, 8/2 at STL; 7th Phillie since 1900 to do it and first since Mariano Duncan, 5/3/92 at LAD
- Became just the 3rd player in Phillies history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game, 8/12 vs CIN, joining Steve Jeltz (6/8/89) and Tomas Perez (7/24/01)
- Led all ML players in August in hits (45) and runs (30), becoming the first Phillie to score 30 runs in a month since June 1993 (Lenny Dykstra - 30)
- Homered in a career-best 3 straight games, 9/23-25
- Fell a triple shy of what would have been his 5th career (and 3rd consecutive) quadruple double
- Named National League MVP
- Won the first of two career Gold Glove Awards and first career Silver Slugger
- Became the 1st player in MLB history to have 200 hits, 15 3B, 25 HR, and 25 SB in the same season
- Became the 2nd player in Phillies history to have 30 HR and 30 SB in the same season (Bobby Abreu, 2001 & 2004) and the 3rd shortstop in MLB history to do it, joining Barry Larkin (1996) and Alex Rodriguez (1998)
- Set career highs in games (162), hits (212), HR (30), RBI (94), triples (20), total bases (380), extra-base hits (88) and at-bats (716)
- His 716 at-bats set a new MLB record, eclipsing Willie Wilson's 705 from 1980
- Became just the 4th player in MLB history to have 20 2B, 20 3B, 20 HR and 20 SB in a season, joining Hall of Famer Willie Mays (1957), Frank Schulte (1911) and Curtis Granderson, who also did it this year; is the only one of those 4 to have 200 hits in the same season
- Set the NL records for runs (139) and extra-base hits (88) by a shortstop; only Alex Rodriguez had more XBH (91 in 1996)
- Led the NL in runs, triples, at-bats and multi-hit games (63),T-1st in games (162), finished 2nd in extra-base hits, total bases (380) and 3-hit games (21),T-2nd in hits, 5th in SB (41), 8th in SB % (87.2) and 9th in times on base (268)
- T-3rd among all MLB switch-hitters in HR (30), behind only Lance Berkman (34) and Carlos Beltran (33)
- His 212 hits were the most by a Phillie since 1975, when Dave Cash had 213
- Homered on Opening Day in his 4,000th career at-bat
- Played in his 1,000th career game, 5/25 at FLA
- Slugged 9 HR in April, a new monthly best for him and the most by a leadoff hitter in April since 1996, when BAL's Brady Anderson hit 11
- Became only the 3rd Phillie in the last 100 years to have as many as 6 HR in the first 10 team games of the season and first since 1976,when Mike Schmidt had 8 HR in the team's first 9 games (other:Dolph Camilli had 6 through the first 9 games of 1935)
- Had a 14-game hitting streak, 7/20-8/3 (.365, 23-63, 4 2B, 4 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 13 R)
- Became the 6th player in Phillies history to have 7 straight multi-hit games, 8/26-9/1 (.563, 18-32, 2 2B, 3 HR, 7 RBI) and first since 1992, when Ricky Jordan had 8 straight
- Collected his 5th career quadruple-double, 6/28 vs CIN, and first before the All-Star break, becoming only the 10th player in the past 50 years to reach double figures in doubles, triples, and home runs before the All-Star break
- His 20 triples set a Phillies single-season record
- Named NL Player of the Week, 8/27-9/2
- Hit 9 leadoff HR this season, a Phillies single-season record, bringing his club record to 26
- Won his second consecutive Gold Glove
- Despite playing in a career low 137 games due to an ankle injury, Rollins established a career high in SB (47) and BB (58)
- Hit .313 in September to help lead the Phillies to their second straight NL East title and first World Series title since 1980
- Collected over 150 hits for the eighth consecutive season
- Hit 30 doubles or more (38) for the seventh consecutive season.
More interesting facts about Jimmy
Jersey: No. 11
Favorite movie: The Boys N the Hood
Favorite actor: Samuel L. Jackson
Favorite comedian: Dave Chappelle
Most famous person I've met outside baseball: Samuel L. Jackson
Favorite classic TV show: The Cosby Show
Favorite baseball player growing up: Rickey Henderson
Favorite actress: Halle Berry
Who I'd ask for an autograph: Michael Jordan
Person in history I'd most like to meet: Martin Luther King
Favorite movie: The Boys N the Hood
Favorite actor: Samuel L. Jackson
Favorite comedian: Dave Chappelle
Most famous person I've met outside baseball: Samuel L. Jackson
Favorite classic TV show: The Cosby Show
Favorite baseball player growing up: Rickey Henderson
Favorite actress: Halle Berry
Who I'd ask for an autograph: Michael Jordan
Person in history I'd most like to meet: Martin Luther King
Favorite visiting ballpark: AT&T Park, San Francisco
Teen crush: Angela Bassett
Favorite music style: Rap
Favorite visiting city: Chicago
Dream vacation: Spain
Post baseball ambition: Become the black Donald Trump
Worst job I've had: Street cleaning, pulling weeds
Teen crush: Angela Bassett
Favorite music style: Rap
Favorite visiting city: Chicago
Dream vacation: Spain
Post baseball ambition: Become the black Donald Trump
Worst job I've had: Street cleaning, pulling weeds
- Where I grew up
- Alameda, CA
- Schools I've attended
- Encinal High School
- Other names
- J-Clutch, Fastest Man In Baseball Cleats
