James Calvin Rollins...Single...1996 graduate of Encinal High School (CA), where he played baseball...Selected to All-USA High School Baseball team by USA Today after setting 10 school career records, including steals (99) and batting (.484)...Rated by Baseball America as Northern California's top high school infielder; also was a Baseball America 2nd Team All-American...Played Babe Ruth, AAU Jr. Olympics ball...Appeared in several MC Hammer and Mavis Staples music videos in the late '80s and early '90s...Started the "J-Roll's Readers" club in 2002 through his involvement as chairman of the Philadelphia Reads program...In 2003, served as honorary chairman for the Negro Leagues Baseball Memorial Fund, which constructed a statue located in Fairmount Park to honor Philadelphia's Negro Leagues players...Served as honorary chairman for Easter Seals in 2004...Phillies nominee for MLB's Roberto Clemente Award in 2005...Brother, Antwon, spent time in the Rangers and Expos farm systems...His parents, James and Gigi, were honored in 2002 by Babe Ruth Little League, Inc. with the "Graduate Parents of the Year Award" for "their remarkable accomplishments in raising their son"...Selected to the United States' provisional roster for the 2006 World Baseball Classic...Is a member of the Philadelphia Action Team, a national youth volunteer initiative administered by the Major League Baseball Players Trust and Volunteers of America...Was the recipient of the 2007 Mike Schmidt MVP Award from the Philadelphia chapter of the BBWAA...Won the Oscar Charleston Legacy Award from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as the museum's choice for Most Valuable Player for the National League...Was the 2008 recipient of the John Wanamaker award...2008 inductee into the Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame...Hobby: Traveling.

Finished 2nd in the NL in SB % (94.0), 3rd in stolen bases (47), 4th in triples (9) and 10th in avg with RISP (.318)...Was the 7th-hardest batter in the NL to strike out (11.4 PA/SO)...Led all NL shortstops in fielding % (.988)...Homered on Opening Day for the 2nd straight year...Hit 2 leadoff HR, extending his franchise record to 28...The Phillies went 42-15 (.737) when he scored at least one run...Got his 250th career stolen base, 4/6 at CIN, his 300th career double, 9/7 at NYM (gm 1) and his 125th career HR, 9/13 vs MIL...Left the game, 4/8 vs NYM, in the 8th inning with a left ankle sprain, and did not start the next 10 games before being placed on the 15-day DL, 4/20; was activated on 5/2 after playing in 2 extended spring training games (.750, 6-8, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB) and one game for Clearwater (A)...Set a career best in stolen bases...Set a Phillies record with 39 consecutive stolen bases (dating to 2007) before being thrown out, 7/26 vs ATL...Batted .352 (44-125), 11 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 17 RBI, 19 BB, .439 OBP in his final 31 games...Finished the season with 295 career SB, the most by any Phillie in the modern era and 4th overall in Phillies history...Hit a leadoff HR in Game 4 of the NLDS, 10/5 at MIL (Jeff Suppan)...Hit a leadoff HR in Game 5 of the NLCS, 10/15 vs LAD (Chad Billingsley), becoming the 1st player in MLB history to hit 3 career leadoff HR in the postseason.