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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1953 25 PIT NL 6 8 .429 6.58 41 13 13 2 0 0 119.0 145 90 87 19 30 56 2 1 3 524 68 1.471 11.0 1.4 2.3 4.2 1.87
1955 27 PIT NL 5 7 .417 3.58 42 10 21 4 0 5 125.2 128 58 50 10 40 4 84 0 0 3 524 115 1.337 9.2 0.7 2.9 6.0 2.10
1956 28 PIT NL 12 13 .480 3.52 68 3 34 0 0 6 135.1 131 57 53 16 42 15 96 1 0 1 569 107 1.278 8.7 1.1 2.8 6.4 2.29
1957 29 PIT NL 4 6 .400 3.07 59 1 32 0 0 10 93.2 97 41 32 9 24 5 53 1 0 2 395 124 1.292 9.3 0.9 2.3 5.1 2.21
1958 30 PIT NL 5 2 .714 2.89 57 0 40 0 0 20 84.0 77 30 27 6 22 6 47 0 0 2 341 134 1.179 8.3 0.6 2.4 5.0 2.14 MVP-17
1959 31 PIT NL 18 1 .947 2.70 57 0 47 0 0 10 93.1 91 29 28 5 25 8 69 1 0 4 380 143 1.243 8.8 0.5 2.4 6.7 2.76 AS,MVP-7
1960 32 PIT NL 10 8 .556 2.90 68 0 61 0 0 24 114.2 93 39 37 11 29 9 72 0 0 2 454 130 1.064 7.3 0.9 2.3 5.7 2.48 AS,MVP-12
1961 33 PIT NL 6 12 .333 3.82 62 0 47 0 0 17 92.0 94 44 39 12 10 4 55 1 0 5 373 105 1.130 9.2 1.2 1.0 5.4 5.50 AS
1962 34 PIT NL 8 7 .533 1.88 63 0 57 0 0 28 91.0 74 23 19 7 18 7 45 1 0 0 348 210 1.011 7.3 0.7 1.8 4.5 2.50
1963 35 PIT NL 3 9 .250 3.23 56 0 38 0 0 16 69.2 75 33 25 6 19 11 41 3 0 1 298 102 1.349 9.7 0.8 2.5 5.3 2.16
1964 36 PIT NL 3 3 .500 5.20 55 0 25 0 0 4 79.2 82 48 46 11 27 10 63 1 0 3 343 67 1.368 9.3 1.2 3.1 7.1 2.33
1965 37 PIT NL 5 2 .714 2.66 16 0 12 0 0 0 20.1 20 6 6 1 7 5 19 0 0 2 85 132 1.328 8.9 0.4 3.1 8.4 2.71
1966 38 PIT NL 6 6 .500 2.70 54 0 42 0 0 18 70.0 68 24 21 9 24 5 67 1 0 2 295 132 1.314 8.7 1.2 3.1 8.6 2.79
1967 39 PIT NL 7 5 .583 2.42 61 0 45 0 0 17 74.1 62 23 20 5 22 11 41 0 0 2 298 138 1.130 7.5 0.6 2.7 5.0 1.86
1968 40 TOT MLB 2 4 .333 2.55 45 0 33 0 0 13 53.0 48 17 15 3 8 3 35 2 0 0 211 114 1.057 8.2 0.5 1.4 5.9 4.38
1968 40 PIT NL 2 4 .333 2.60 43 0 33 0 0 13 52.0 46 17 15 3 7 2 34 2 0 0 206 112 1.019 8.0 0.5 1.2 5.9 4.86
1968 40 DET AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1969 41 MON NL 4 2 .667 3.94 44 0 27 0 0 5 59.1 62 29 26 11 15 3 34 0 1 0 253 93 1.298 9.4 1.7 2.3 5.2 2.27
16 Seasons 104 95 .523 3.48 848 27 574 6 0 193 1375.0 1347 591 531 141 362 106 877 14 2 32 5691 109 1.243 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.7 2.42
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .523 3.48 66 2 45 0 0 15 107 105 46 41 11 28 68 1 0 2 442 109 1.243 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.7 2.42
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
PIT (15 yrs) 100 93 .518 3.46 802 27 547 6 0 188 1314.2 1283 562 505 130 346 102 842 14 1 32 5433 110 1.239 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.8 2.43
MON (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.94 44 0 27 0 0 5 59.1 62 29 26 11 15 3 34 0 1 0 253 93 1.298 9.4 1.7 2.3 5.2 2.27
DET (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
NL (16 yrs) 104 95 .523 3.48 846 27 574 6 0 193 1374.0 1345 591 531 141 361 105 876 14 2 32 5686 109 1.242 8.8 0.9 2.4 5.7 2.43
AL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1960 32 PIT NL WS W NYY 0 0 5.23 4 0 3 0 0 3 10.1 9 6 6 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 41 1.065 7.8 1.7 1.7 3.5 2.00
1 WS 0 0 5.23 4 0 3 0 0 3 10.1 9 6 6 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 41 1.065 7.8 1.7 1.7 3.5 2.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1953 25 PIT NL 43 34 30 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .133 .133 .167 .300 -22 5 0 0 4 1
1955 27 PIT NL 43 30 26 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .115 .148 .154 .302 -19 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
1956 28 PIT NL 69 27 26 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .192 .192 .192 .385 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1957 29 PIT NL 59 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -31 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1958 30 PIT NL 57 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 MVP-17
1959 31 PIT NL 58 14 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462 24 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 AS,MVP-7
1960 32 PIT NL 68 19 17 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .412 .412 .471 .882 141 8 0 0 2 0 0 1 AS,MVP-12
1961 33 PIT NL 62 11 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1962 34 PIT NL 63 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 -55 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1963 35 PIT NL 56 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500 44 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 36 PIT NL 55 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -38 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1965 37 PIT NL 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 38 PIT NL 54 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1967 39 PIT NL 61 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 40 TOT MLB 45 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1968 40 PIT NL 43 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1968 40 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1969 41 MON NL 44 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 182 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
16 Seasons 853 214 194 9 31 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 47 .160 .168 .175 .344 -6 34 3 0 18 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 41 37 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .160 .168 .175 .344 -6 6 1 0 3
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PIT (15 yrs) 807 211 192 9 30 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 47 .156 .165 .172 .337 -8 33 3 0 17 0 0
MON (1 yr) 44 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 182 1 0 0 1 0 0
DET (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (16 yrs) 851 214 194 9 31 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 47 .160 .168 .175 .344 -6 34 3 0 18 0 0
AL (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 32 PIT NL WS NYY W 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1959-1 *
1959-2 *
1960-1 *
1960-2
1961-1 *
1961-2

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1958-NL-17-2%
1959-NL-7-20%
1960-NL-12-14%
0.36 Career Shares (524th)

Wins s c a p y
1959 NL--18--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1959 NL--.947--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
Career--1.243--242nd

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--2.370--216th

Games Played s c a p y
1956 NL--68--1st
1957 NL--59--2nd
1958 NL--57--2nd
1959 NL--57--6th
1960 NL--68--1st
1961 NL--62--3rd
1962 NL--63--4th
1963 NL--56--6th
1967 NL--61--4th
Career--848--33rd

Saves s c a p y
1955 NL--5--8th
1957 NL--10--5th
1958 NL--20--1st
1959 NL--10--5th
1960 NL--24--2nd
1961 NL--17--1st
1962 NL--28--1st
1963 NL--16--3rd
1966 NL--18--2nd
1967 NL--17--2nd
1968 NL--13--5th
Career--193--41st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
Career--2.423--99th

Losses s c a p y
1956 NL--13--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1955 NL--21--7th
1956 NL--34--5th
1957 NL--32--4th
1958 NL--40--1st
1959 NL--47--3rd
1960 NL--61--1st
1961 NL--47--1st
1962 NL--57--1st
1963 NL--38--5th
1966 NL--42--3rd
1967 NL--45--3rd
1968 NL--33--9th
Career--574--19th

Oldest s c a p y
1965 NL--born 1928-02-20--8th
1966 NL--born 1928-02-20--3rd
1967 NL--born 1928-02-20--3rd
1968 NL--born 1928-02-20--3rd
1968 AL--born 1928-02-20--2nd
1969 NL--born 1928-02-20--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 14 (154), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 49 (520), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 56 (219), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

December 4, 1950: Drafted by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1950 minor league draft.

December 1, 1952: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1952 rule 5 draft.

August 31, 1968: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 3, 1969: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

April 27, 1969: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

August 15, 1969: Released by the Montreal Expos.

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