Preacher Roe
Elwin Charles Roe
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 26, 1915 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
Final Game: September 4, 1954
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1938 STL NL 23 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.10
1944 PIT NL 29 P 39 40 11 27 2 0 .950 0.97 .962 1.09
1945 PIT NL 30 P 33 56 16 40 0 3 1.000 1.70 .961 1.06
1946 PIT NL 31 P 21 18 4 13 1 1 .944 0.81 .961 1.01
1947 PIT NL 32 P 38 27 6 20 1 2 .963 0.68 .967 0.91
1948 BRO NL 33 P 34 34 4 30 0 2 1.000 1.00 .962 0.91
1949 BRO NL 34 P 30 36 5 29 2 4 .944 1.13 .953 0.91 AS,MVP-16
1950 BRO NL 35 P 36 47 12 34 1 3 .979 1.28 .960 0.97 AS,MVP-17
1951 BRO NL 36 P 34 60 18 39 3 6 .950 1.68 .962 0.96 AS,MVP-5
1952 BRO NL 37 P 27 32 9 23 0 0 1.000 1.19 .950 0.98 AS,MVP-29
1953 BRO NL 38 P 25 34 4 30 0 3 1.000 1.36 .953 0.87
1954 BRO NL 39 P 15 10 63.0 11 1 10 0 2 1.000 1.57 0.73 .955 2.07 0.87
12 Seasons P 333 10 63.0 395 90 295 10 26 .975 55.00 1.16 .959 2.07 0.97
12 Seasons TOT 333 10 63.0 395 90 295 10 26 .975 55.00 1.16 .934 2.07 0.97

Appearances

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1938 STL NL 23 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1944 PIT NL 29 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1945 PIT NL 30 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946 PIT NL 31 21 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1947 PIT NL 32 38 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BRO NL 33 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BRO NL 34 30 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 35 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 36 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 37 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 38 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 BRO NL 39 15 10 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 333 10 333 333 333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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%
1954 BRO NL 39 277 80% 30% 9 89% 0 1 0 1 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1 Season 277 80% 30% 9 89% 0 1 0 1 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 80% 26% 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Preacher Roe    

Viewed 69,966 times through November 15, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Elwin Charles Preacher Roe

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.