John Roach

John F. Roach

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 19, 1867 in North Bend, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1887
Team: Giants 1887

Final Game: May 14, 1887
Died: April 2, 1934 in Peoria, IL
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, West Peoria, IL
About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1886	18	LGI,WBY	N/A	1	4	.200	2.49	6	6		5	0		50.2	63	42	14		18	20	3		9			1.599	11.2		3.2	3.6	1.11	LGI,WBY · EL
1887	19	LOW	N/A	2	1	.667	1.67	3	3		3	0		27.0	49	23	5		14	13	0		2			2.333	16.3		4.7	4.3	0.93	LOW · NENL
1887	19	NYG	NL	0	1	.000	11.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	18	17	10	0	4	3	1	0	1	48	35	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	3.4	0.75
1889	21	ELM,GAL	N/A	7	5	.583	16.94	12	2		2	1		17.0	10	72	32		23	45	1		1			0.588	5.3		12.2	23.8	1.96	ELM,GAL · NYSL,TL
1891	23	LIN,KCY	N/A	15	16	.484	2.90	32	28		26	1		264.0	311	183	85		59	141	4		19			1.402	10.6		2.0	4.8	2.39	LIN,KCY · WA
1892	24	LOS	B	28	23	.549	1.51	52	51		49	7		454.0	440	240	76		108	203	8		14			1.207	8.7		2.1	4.0	1.88	LOS · CALL
1893	25	LOS,WKB	N/A	10	7	.588	1.75	18	17		16	1		154.2	203	124	30		45	33	6		2			1.603	11.8		2.6	1.9	0.73	LOS,WKB · CALL,EL
1895	27	DTR,QUI,PEO	A,B	21	15	.583		37	36		33	1		7.0																		DTR,QUI,PEO · WL,WA
1897	29	WKB,PEO	A,B	24	23	.511	3.09	51	48		44	3		43.2	61	38	15		12	14	18		2			1.672	12.6		2.5	2.9	1.17	WKB,PEO · EL,WA
1898	30	PEO	B	11	2	.846		16	15		13	1		134.0	125	63			12	41	1					1.022	8.4		0.8	2.8	3.42	PEO · WA
1 Yr				0	1	.000	11.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	18	17	10	0	4	3	1	0	1	48	35	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	3.4	0.75
162 Game Avg.				0	34	.000	11.25	34	34	0	34	0	0	272	612	578	340	0	136	102	34	0	34	1632	35	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	3.4	0.75

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1887	19	NYG	NL	8.0	1	1	17	19.13	6.05	0.65	0.00	93.0	5.02	-12	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-12	.061	.497	$
1 Season				8.0	1	1	17	19.13	6.05	0.65	0.00	93.0	5.02	-12	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-12	.061	.497	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1887	19	0	1	.000	11.25	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	18	17	10	0	4		3	1	0	1	48	35	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	3.4	0.75	35

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1887	19	0	1	.000	6.75	12.0	20	10	9	0	4	4	1	2.000	15.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	0.0	1
1 Yr		0	1	.000	6.75	12.0	20	10	9	0	4	4	1	2.000	15.0		3.0	1.00	0.0	1

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1887 NL born 1867-11-19 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1887 NL born 1867-11-19 (1st)

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