Roy Face
Elroy Leon Face
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 155 lb.

Born: February 20, 1928 in Stephentown, NY
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1953
Final Game: August 15, 1969
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 PIT NL 25 P 41 23 11 12 0 1 1.000 0.56 .952 0.87
1955 PIT NL 27 P 42 10 125.2 28 14 13 1 1 .964 1.93 0.64 .950 2.04 0.83
1956 PIT NL 28 P 68 3 135.1 36 10 25 1 2 .972 2.33 0.51 .967 2.05 0.83
1957 PIT NL 29 P 59 1 93.2 13 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.25 0.22 .962 2.06 0.82
1958 PIT NL 30 P 57 0 83.2 24 6 18 0 0 1.000 2.58 0.42 .954 1.97 0.77 MVP-17
1959 PIT NL 31 P 57 0 93.1 20 7 12 1 0 .950 1.83 0.33 .955 1.99 0.82 AS,MVP-7
1960 PIT NL 32 P 68 0 116.2 33 12 21 0 1 1.000 2.55 0.49 .961 2.09 0.87 AS,MVP-12
1961 PIT NL 33 P 62 0 92.0 38 13 22 3 2 .921 3.42 0.56 .961 2.18 0.88 AS
1962 PIT NL 34 P 63 0 91.0 18 4 12 2 3 .889 1.58 0.25 .950 2.07 0.82
1963 PIT NL 35 P 56 0 69.2 26 6 17 3 1 .885 2.97 0.41 .954 2.07 0.84
1964 PIT NL 36 P 55 0 79.2 19 8 11 0 1 1.000 2.15 0.35 .953 2.15 0.84
1965 PIT NL 37 P 16 0 20.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.44 0.06 1.000 2.08 0.81
1966 PIT NL 38 P 54 0 70.0 19 2 15 2 1 .895 2.19 0.31 .947 1.95 0.74
1967 PIT NL 39 P 61 0 74.1 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.45 0.20 .958 2.00 0.78
1968 TOT MLB 40 P 45 0 53.0 10 2 7 1 1 .900 1.53 0.20 .960 2.00 0.85
1968 PIT NL 40 P 43 0 52.0 10 2 7 1 1 .900 1.56 0.21 .960 2.01 0.85
1968 DET AL 40 P 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.75
1969 MON NL 41 P 44 0 59.1 10 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.52 0.23 .960 1.94 0.78
16 Seasons P 848 14 1257.2 330 104 212 14 15 .958 2.26 0.37 .957 2.05 0.82
16 Seasons TOT 848 14 1257.2 330 104 212 14 15 .958 2.26 0.37 .914 2.05 0.82
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 PIT NL 25 43 43 43 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 PIT NL 27 43 10 43 43 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 PIT NL 28 69 3 69 69 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 29 59 1 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PIT NL 30 57 0 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PIT NL 31 58 0 58 58 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 PIT NL 32 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PIT NL 33 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PIT NL 34 63 0 63 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 PIT NL 35 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 PIT NL 36 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 PIT NL 37 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 38 54 0 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 PIT NL 39 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 PIT NL 40 43 0 43 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 DET AL 40 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MON NL 41 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 853 14 853 853 848 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1955 PIT NL 27 290 78% 22% 12 92% 0 9 2 3 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 83%
1956 PIT NL 28 292 74% 23% 23 96% 0 5 1 3 22 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 88%
1957 PIT NL 29 362 80% 30% 12 92% 0 2 0 2 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1958 PIT NL 30 307 81% 28% 19 95% 0 5 0 5 18 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1959 PIT NL 31 378 77% 24% 13 92% 0 7 1 5 12 7 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1960 PIT NL 32 462 78% 27% 21 95% 0 11 0 9 20 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 100%
1961 PIT NL 33 383 83% 28% 26 88% 0 9 0 6 24 16 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 4 50%
1962 PIT NL 34 346 81% 25% 14 79% 0 5 2 2 12 5 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1 4 75%
1963 PIT NL 35 290 79% 26% 21 86% 0 5 0 2 15 15 0 3 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 88%
1964 PIT NL 36 324 73% 27% 15 93% 0 7 1 2 10 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1965 PIT NL 37 81 70% 23% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 PIT NL 38 264 70% 21% 15 93% 0 0 0 0 14 11 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 10 90%
1967 PIT NL 39 281 79% 24% 12 92% 0 1 1 0 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1968 PIT NL 40 174 79% 25% 6 100% 0 3 1 1 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 DET AL 40 5 60% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MON NL 41 260 81% 27% 7 100% 0 2 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
15 Seasons 4499 78% 26% 218 92% 0 71 9 42 193 141 24 12 1 3 8 5 11 4 7 4 60 87%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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