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Roy Henshaw
Roy Knikelbine Henshaw

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 5' 8", Weight 155 lb.
School University of Chicago

Debut April 15, 1933
Final Game September 10, 1944
Born July 29, 1911 in Chicago, IL
Died June 8, 1993 in LaGrange, IL

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1933 21 CHC NL   2   1  21   0   0   0  10  0   38.7   32   22   18   0   20   16   2   2   163       0  4.19  3.27   78 1.345
 1935 23 CHC NL  13   5  31  18   7   3   7  1  142.7  135   60   52   6   68   53   4   2   620       1  3.28  3.94  120 1.423
 1936 24 CHC NL   6   5  39  14   6   2  10  1  129.3  152   67   57   8   56   69   5   2   585       0  3.97  3.98  100 1.608
 1937 25 BRO NL   5  12  42  16   5   0  13  2  156.3  176  110   88  14   69   98   4   5   715       0  5.07  4.02   79 1.567
 1938 26 STL NL   5  11  27  15   4   0   7  0  130.0  132   63   58   7   48   34   1   2   552       0  4.02  3.94   98 1.385
 1942 30 DET AL   2   4  23   2   0   0  14  1   61.7   63   32   28   3   27   24   1   0   267       0  4.09  3.95   97 1.459
 1943 31 DET AL   0   2  26   3   0   0  12  2   71.3   75   35   30   2   33   33   3   0   319       0  3.79  3.53   93 1.514
 1944 32 DET AL   0   0   7   1   0   0   2  0   12.3   17   12   12   0    6   10   0   0    60       0  8.76  3.57   41 1.865
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .452  33  40 216  69  22   5  75  7  742.3  782  401  343  40  327  337  20  13  3281       1  4.16  3.88   93 1.494
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  51  16   5   1  17  1  177.0  186   95   81   9   78   80   4   3   782   0   0  4.16  3.88   93 1.494
 Career High     13  12  42  18   7   3  14  2  156.3  176  110   88  14   69   98   5   5   715   0   1  3.28  4.02  120 1.385

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 21 CHC NL  21   10    1    2   0  0   0    0   0      0   2  .200  .200  .200   14    2   0           0   0
 1935 23 CHC NL  31   51    5   13   1  0   0    2   0      1  11  .255  .269  .275   46   14   5           0   0
 1936 24 CHC NL  39   44    3    6   1  0   0    1   0      1   7  .136  .156  .159  -16    7   2           0   1
 1937 25 BRO NL  43   48    2    8   1  0   0    2   0      0  10  .167  .167  .188   -5    9   4           0   0
 1938 26 STL NL  27   41    1    9   0  0   0    2   0      1   6  .220  .238  .220   23    9   1           0   3
 1942 30 DET AL  23   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .083  .154  .083  -34    1   0           0   0
 1943 31 DET AL  26   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .111  .111  .111  -37    2   0           0   2
 1944 32 DET AL   7    5    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      217  229   13   41   3  0   0    7   0  0   4  41  .179  .193  .192    4   44  12   0   0   0   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        171   10   31   2  0   0    5   0  0   3  31  .179  .193  .192    4   33   9   0   0   0   4
 Career High     43   51    5   13   1  0   0    2   0  0   1  11                          14   5   0   0   0   3
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 21 CHC NL   10    8    0   0.0    91| .200  .274| .200  .327| .200  .375| .400  .702|  14  .000  -1.1  -0.1     
 1935 23 CHC NL   57   43    4   2.5   104| .255  .287| .269  .342| .275  .409| .544  .751|  46  .239  -4.0  -0.4     
 1936 24 CHC NL   47   41    1   0.7   105| .136  .288| .156  .348| .159  .404| .315  .751| -16  .027  -7.3  -0.7     
 1937 25 BRO NL   52   44    2   1.2   103| .167  .282| .167  .344| .188  .400| .355  .745|  -5  .083  -7.2  -0.7     
 1938 26 STL NL   43   36    2   1.5   104| .220  .282| .238  .347| .220  .401| .458  .748|  23  .121  -4.5  -0.5     
 1942 30 DET AL   13   11    0   0.0   101| .083  .275| .154  .350| .083  .385| .237  .735| -34  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1943 31 DET AL   18   18    0   0.0    93| .111  .265| .111  .341| .111  .366| .222  .706| -37  .000  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1944 32 DET AL    5    5    0   0.0    96| .000  .275| .000  .343| .000  .375| .000  .718|-100  .000  -1.3  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       245  206    9   1.2   102| .179  .282| .193  .344| .192  .398| .385  .742|   4  .080 -31.0  -3.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1933 21 CHC NL P 21 1 5 1 0 .857 .968 0.29 1.28 1.40 2.35 0 38.7 1935 23 CHC NL P 31 6 15 4 2 .840 .959 0.68 1.18 1.32 2.31 18 142.7 1936 24 CHC NL P 39 4 16 3 1 .870 .948 0.51 1.16 1.39 2.32 14 129.3 1937 25 BRO NL P 42 4 32 3 2 .923 .957 0.86 1.20 2.07 2.39 16 156.3 1938 26 STL NL P 27 3 23 1 0 .963 .963 0.96 1.13 1.80 2.21 15 130.0 1942 30 DET AL P 23 4 10 2 0 .875 .959 0.61 1.30 2.04 2.30 2 61.7 1943 31 DET AL P 26 9 13 1 0 .957 .965 0.85 1.27 2.78 2.27 3 71.3 1944 32 DET AL P 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 1.14 3.66 2.12 1 12.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1933 21 CHC NL P 21 1 5 1 0 .857 .968 0.29 1.28 1.40 2.35 0 38.7 1935 23 CHC NL P 31 6 15 4 2 .840 .959 0.68 1.18 1.32 2.31 18 142.7 1936 24 CHC NL P 39 4 16 3 1 .870 .948 0.51 1.16 1.39 2.32 14 129.3 1937 25 BRO NL P 42 4 32 3 2 .923 .957 0.86 1.20 2.07 2.39 16 156.3 1938 26 STL NL P 27 3 23 1 0 .963 .963 0.96 1.13 1.80 2.21 15 130.0 1942 30 DET AL P 23 4 10 2 0 .875 .959 0.61 1.30 2.04 2.30 2 61.7 1943 31 DET AL P 26 9 13 1 0 .957 .965 0.85 1.27 2.78 2.27 3 71.3 1944 32 DET AL P 7 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.71 1.14 3.66 2.12 1 12.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 216 34 116 15 5 .909 .959 0.69 1.21 1.82 2.30 69 742.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 216 34 116 15 5 .909 .959 0.69 1.21 1.82 2.31 69 742
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1935   WS    CHC DET     L   1   0   7.36  0  0  0  0   3.2   2   3   5   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1935   WS    CHC DET     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Won-Loss %
1935 NL-.722-2

Strikeouts/9IP
1937 NL-5.64-4

Shutouts
1935 NL-3-6
1936 NL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1937 NL-14-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1935 NL-68-10

Wild Pitches
1937 NL-5-9

Hit Batsmen
1936 NL-5-9

Youngest Player
1933 NL-21-7

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1834) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1890) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1444) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 5, 1936: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Woody English to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Lonny Frey.

October 4, 1937: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Jim Bucher, Johnny Cooney, and Joe Stripp to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leo Durocher.

September 30, 1941: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from the New York Giants in the 1941 rule 5 draft.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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