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Preacher Roe

Elwin Charles Roe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 26, 1916 in Ash Flat, AR
High School: Viola (Viola, AR)
School: Harding University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1938
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Pirates/Cardinals 1938-1954

Final Game: September 4, 1954
Died: November 9, 2008 in West Plains, MO
Buried: Howell County Memorial Park Cemetery, Pomona, MO
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1938 22 STL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1944 28 PIT NL 39 62 53 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 23 .132 .179 .132 .311 -13 7 1 0 6 1
1945 29 PIT NL 33 89 75 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 6 21 .107 .173 .120 .293 -19 9 1 0 8 1
1946 30 PIT NL 21 18 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .067 .222 .067 .289 -17 1 0 0 0 1
1947 31 PIT NL 38 46 40 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 15 .125 .167 .125 .292 -22 5 0 0 4 1
1948 32 BRO NL 34 65 51 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 14 .098 .179 .098 .277 -25 5 1 0 9 1
1949 33 BRO NL 30 84 70 5 8 0 0 0 7 0 7 28 .114 .195 .114 .309 -17 8 0 0 7 1 AS,MVP-16
1950 34 BRO NL 36 101 91 8 14 1 0 0 3 0 2 27 .154 .172 .165 .337 -12 15 1 0 8 1 AS,MVP-17
1951 35 BRO NL 34 100 89 3 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 36 .112 .132 .112 .244 -34 10 2 0 9 1 AS,MVP-5
1952 36 BRO NL 27 65 57 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .070 .117 .070 .187 -48 4 1 0 5 1 AS,MVP-29
1953 37 BRO NL 25 65 57 4 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 18 .053 .100 .105 .205 -47 6 0 0 5 1
1954 38 BRO NL 15 25 21 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 .143 .217 .190 .408 6 4 0 0 2 0 1
12 Seasons 333 721 620 37 68 3 0 1 28 0 0 38 215 .110 .161 .119 .280 -24 74 7 0 63 0
162 Game Avg. 162 351 302 18 33 1 0 0 14 0 18 105 .110 .161 .119 .280 -24 36 3 0 31
BRO (7 yrs) 201 505 436 27 47 2 0 1 23 0 0 24 151 .108 .154 .119 .274 -27 52 5 0 45 0
PIT (4 yrs) 131 215 183 10 21 1 0 0 5 0 14 64 .115 .178 .120 .298 -18 22 2 0 18
STL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1938 22 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1944 28 PIT NL 62 -8 0 0 0 0 3 2 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1
1945 29 PIT NL 89 -13 0 0 0 0 5 3 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1
1946 30 PIT NL 18 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1947 31 PIT NL 46 -7 0 0 0 0 3 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $ 1
1948 32 BRO NL 65 -9 0 0 0 0 4 2 -3 -0.3 -3 -0.3 0.0 $ 1
1949 33 BRO NL 84 -12 0 0 0 0 6 3 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-16
1950 34 BRO NL 101 -15 0 0 0 0 8 3 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 1 AS,MVP-17
1951 35 BRO NL 100 -17 0 0 0 0 6 3 -8 -0.9 -8 -0.8 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-5
1952 36 BRO NL 65 -12 0 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.6 -5 -0.5 -0.1 $ 1 AS,MVP-29
1953 37 BRO NL 65 -13 0 -1 1 0 5 2 -6 -0.6 -6 -0.6 0.0 $ 1
1954 38 BRO NL 25 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
12 Seasons 721 -111 0 -1 1 0 48 24 -39 -4.6 -39 -3.9 -0.7 $
BRO (7 yrs) 505 -81 0 -1 1 0 36 16 -29 -3.2 -29 -2.9 -0.3 $
PIT (4 yrs) 215 -30 0 0 0 0 12 8 -10 -1.4 -10 -1.0 -0.4 $
STL (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1938 22 STL NL 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .281 .000 .345 .000 .399 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1944 28 PIT NL 62 53 1 0.5 98 .233 .132 .274 .179 .342 .132 .385 .311 .726 -13 .021 -8.3 -0.9 .213 .057 .000
1945 29 PIT NL 89 76 2 0.7 100 .148 .107 .278 .173 .348 .120 .384 .293 .732 -19 .036 -12.5 -1.3 .221 .093 .013
1946 30 PIT NL 18 14 0 0.0 95 .100 .067 .266 .222 .342 .067 .373 .289 .714 -17 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .286 .200 .000
1947 31 PIT NL 46 39 1 0.7 108 .200 .125 .278 .167 .354 .125 .412 .292 .765 -22 .029 -7.3 -0.7 .200 .050 .000
1948 32 BRO NL 65 56 1 0.5 105 .135 .098 .274 .179 .349 .098 .405 .277 .754 -25 .016 -9.3 -0.9 .213 .098 .000
1949 33 BRO NL 84 69 2 0.8 108 .190 .114 .276 .195 .351 .114 .413 .309 .764 -17 .038 -12.1 -1.2 .242 .100 .000
1950 34 BRO NL 101 86 3 0.9 111 .219 .154 .273 .172 .351 .165 .423 .337 .774 -12 .048 -15.3 -1.5 .218 .033 .011
1951 35 BRO NL 100 90 1 0.3 105 .189 .112 .270 .132 .344 .112 .409 .244 .753 -34 .007 -17.3 -1.8 .148 .022 .000
1952 36 BRO NL 65 59 0 0.0 99 .105 .070 .264 .117 .337 .070 .393 .187 .730 -48 .000 -11.7 -1.2 .130 .053 .000
1953 37 BRO NL 65 59 1 0.4 113 .053 .053 .278 .100 .350 .105 .433 .205 .782 -47 .013 -12.9 -1.3 .167 .105 .053 .0
1954 38 BRO NL 25 20 1 1.3 113 .250 .143 .279 .217 .351 .190 .431 .408 .782 6 .088 -3.0 -0.3 .333 .143 .048
12 Seasons 721 622 13 0.6 105 .166 .110 .274 .161 .347 .119 .407 .280 .754 -24 .022 -112.3 -11.4 .200 .071 .010 .0
162 Game Avg. 351 303 6 0.6 105 .166 .110 .274 .161 .347 .119 .407 .280 .754 -24 .022 -112.3 -11.4 .200 .071 .010
BRO (7 yrs) 505 439 9 0.5 107 .162 .108 .273 .154 .347 .119 .414 .274 .761 -27 .020 -81.6 -8.2 .193 .067 .011 .0
PIT (4 yrs) 215 182 4 0.6 101 .176 .115 .276 .178 .347 .120 .389 .298 .736 -18 .025 -30.5 -3.2 .220 .082 .005
STL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .281 .000 .345 .000 .399 .000 .744 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1949 33 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 36 BRO NL WS NYY L 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
1953 37 BRO NL WS NYY L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 5 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0
3 WS 5 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 2 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 PIT NL 29 DNP
1949 BRO NL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 34 DNP
1951 BRO NL 35 DNP
1952 BRO NL 36 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1938 22 STL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1944 28 PIT NL 62 0.0% 37.1% 4.8% 0.0% 0% 7.67 2.3 53.0 48%
1945 29 PIT NL 89 0.0% 23.6% 6.7% 1.1% 13% 3.50 3.6 25.0 61%
1946 30 PIT NL 18 0.0% 27.8% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 1.67 3.0 56%
1947 31 PIT NL 46 0.0% 32.6% 4.4% 0.0% 0% 7.50 2.7 40.0 54%
1948 32 BRO NL 65 0.0% 21.5% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 2.80 3.6 51.0 57%
1949 33 BRO NL 84 0.0% 33.3% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 4.00 2.5 10.0 50%
1950 34 BRO NL 101 0.0% 26.7% 2.0% 1.0% 7% 13.50 3.4 30.3 1.08 63%
1951 35 BRO NL 100 0.0% 36.0% 2.0% 0.0% 0% 18.00 2.5 12.7 2.12 53%
1952 36 BRO NL 65 0.0% 29.2% 4.6% 0.0% 0% 6.33 3.0 19.0 1.53 58%
1953 37 BRO NL 65 1.5% 27.7% 4.6% 1.5% 33% 6.00 3.2 57.0 28.5 2.42 58%
1954 38 BRO NL 25 0.0% 36.0% 8.0% 4.0% 33% 4.50 2.3 1.75 48%
12 Seasons 721 0.1% 29.8% 5.3% 0.6% 6% 5.66 2.9 620.0 22.1 1.66 56%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.5% 9.3% 6.3% 27% 1.02 9.3 56.4 8.3 0.95 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1938 22 STL NL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 28 PIT NL -8.3 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 29 PIT NL -12.5 -1.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 30 PIT NL -2.3 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 31 PIT NL -7.3 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 32 BRO NL -9.3 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 33 BRO NL -12.1 -1.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 34 BRO NL -15.3 -1.5 102 -0.6 1.3 -1.9 .99 -1.2 0.6 -13.9 -1.4 1.01 -14.2 0
1951 35 BRO NL -17.3 -1.8 101 -1.3 1.0 -2.2 1.09 -1.5 0.4 -17.8 -1.8 1.00 -17.9 0
1952 36 BRO NL -11.7 -1.2 66 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 .80 -1.1 -0.1 -11.0 -1.2 1.00 -11.1 0
1953 37 BRO NL -12.9 -1.3 65 -0.9 0.3 -1.1 .73 -1.2 0.1 -15.7 -1.5 0.97 -14.0 0
1954 38 BRO NL -3.0 -0.3 25 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .69 -0.3 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.77 -3.5 0
12 Seasons -112.3 -11.4 359 -3.9 2.9 -6.8 .92 -5.3 1.1 -61.3 -6.1 0.98 -60.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 34 BRO NL 5 0 50% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13% 4 4 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
1951 35 BRO NL 1 0 25% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 3 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1952 36 BRO NL 2 0 29% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 37 BRO NL 0 0 60% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1954 38 BRO NL 0 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 8 0 34% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17% 11 10 1 3 3 0 4 2 2

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1950 34 BRO NL 101 32% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 20 1 5% 20 3 15% 86 7 8% 5 3 60% 1 0 0% 0
1951 35 BRO NL 100 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 13 9 69% 19 2 11% 25 6 24% 74 8 11% 8 4 50% 3 1 33% 0
1952 36 BRO NL 65 12% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 56% 13 1 8% 16 2 13% 41 3 7% 4 1 25% 1 0 0% 0
1953 37 BRO NL 65 20% 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 9 5 56% 10 0 0% 14 1 7% 49 1 2% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 0
1954 38 BRO NL 25 12% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 5 0 0% 4 1 25% 13 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 356 23% 68 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 1 0 0 1 0 46 63 137% 67 7 10% 79 13 16% 263 19 7% 21 9 43% 10 2 20% 0
MLB Averages 50% 354% 37% 32% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1938 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1939 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1940 24 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1941 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1942 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1943 27 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1944 28 40 63 54 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 3 23 .130 .175 .130 .305 -15 7 1 0 6
1945 29 73 152 129 7 15 1 0 0 4 0 9 44 .116 .174 .124 .298 -17 16 2 0 14
1946 30 94 170 144 9 16 1 0 0 4 0 12 49 .111 .179 .118 .298 -17 17 2 0 14
1947 31 132 216 184 10 21 1 0 0 5 0 14 64 .114 .177 .120 .296 -18 22 2 0 18
1948 32 166 281 235 14 26 1 0 0 6 0 19 78 .111 .177 .115 .292 -20 27 3 0 27
1949 33 196 365 305 19 34 1 0 0 13 0 26 106 .111 .181 .115 .296 -19 35 3 0 34
1950 34 232 466 396 27 48 2 0 0 16 0 28 133 .121 .179 .126 .306 -17 50 4 0 42
1951 35 266 566 485 30 58 2 0 0 23 0 0 30 169 .120 .171 .124 .295 -20 60 6 0 51
1952 36 293 631 542 32 62 2 0 0 26 0 0 33 188 .114 .165 .118 .283 -23 64 7 0 56
1953 37 318 696 599 36 65 2 0 1 28 0 0 36 206 .109 .159 .117 .276 -25 70 7 0 61
1954 38 333 721 620 37 68 3 0 1 28 0 0 38 215 .110 .161 .119 .280 -24 74 7 0 63 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1938 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1944 28 40 57 54 3 6 0 0 0 1 0 3 24 .111 .158 .111 .269 1 39
1945 29 34 82 77 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 5 22 .091 .146 .104 .250 1 33
1946 30 22 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .000 .158 .000 .158 0 21
1947 31 40 45 43 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 2 16 .140 .178 .140 .317 1 38
1948 32 36 60 54 5 6 0 0 0 1 0 6 15 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 34
1949 33 31 77 71 3 7 0 0 0 5 0 6 29 .099 .169 .099 .267 1 30
1950 34 38 95 93 6 13 1 0 0 2 0 2 28 .140 .158 .151 .308 2 36
1951 35 35 93 91 2 9 0 0 0 6 0 2 37 .099 .118 .099 .217 1 34
1952 36 28 63 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .000 .048 .000 .048 0 27
1953 37 26 64 60 7 4 0 0 1 3 0 4 19 .067 .125 .117 .242 1 25
1954 38 16 24 22 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 .136 .208 .182 .390 1 15
12 Seasons 347 680 642 30 61 3 0 1 21 0 38 224 .095 .146 .104 .250 10 333
162 Game Avg. 162 317 300 14 28 1 0 0 10 0 18 105 .095 .146 .104 .250 5 333

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1960 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1962 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1968 BBWAA ( 0.7%)
1970 BBWAA ( 0.3%)
1971 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1972 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1945--not played
1949 *
1950
1951
1952

Awards (yr lg award)
1951 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1949 NL (16, 6%)
1950 NL (17, 4%)
1951 NL (5, 41%)
1952 NL (29, 2%)
0.53 Career Shares (428th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1945 NL  5.3 (7th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL  9 (8th)

Oldest s c a p y
1953 NL  born 1916-02-26 (8th)
1954 NL  born 1916-02-26 (3rd)

             

Similarity Scores

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