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
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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
1938 23 STL NL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 29 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
1944 29 PIT NL 13 11 .542 3.11 39 25 8 7 1 1 185.1 182 82 64 7 59 88 2 0 1 793 120 1.300 8.8 0.3 2.9 4.3 1.49
1945 30 PIT NL 14 13 .519 2.87 33 31 1 15 3 1 235.0 228 77 75 11 46 148 1 0 2 936 138 1.166 8.7 0.4 1.8 5.7 3.22
1946 31 PIT NL 3 8 .273 5.14 21 10 8 1 0 2 70.0 83 50 40 5 25 28 2 0 0 315 68 1.543 10.7 0.6 3.2 3.6 1.12
1947 32 PIT NL 4 15 .211 5.25 38 22 8 4 1 2 144.0 156 93 84 19 63 59 0 1 1 635 81 1.521 9.8 1.2 3.9 3.7 0.94
1948 33 BRO NL 12 8 .600 2.63 34 22 7 8 2 2 177.2 156 60 52 14 33 86 2 0 5 713 152 1.064 7.9 0.7 1.7 4.4 2.61
1949 34 BRO NL 15 6 .714 2.79 30 27 2 13 3 1 212.2 201 69 66 25 44 109 2 0 0 851 148 1.152 8.5 1.1 1.9 4.6 2.48 AS,MVP-16
1950 35 BRO NL 19 11 .633 3.30 36 32 4 16 2 1 250.2 245 96 92 34 66 125 4 0 2 1027 124 1.241 8.8 1.2 2.4 4.5 1.89 AS,MVP-17
1951 36 BRO NL 22 3 .880 3.04 34 33 1 19 2 0 257.2 247 91 87 30 64 113 0 0 2 1031 129 1.207 8.6 1.0 2.2 3.9 1.77 AS,MVP-5
1952 37 BRO NL 11 2 .846 3.12 27 25 2 8 2 0 158.2 163 59 55 16 39 83 3 0 1 651 117 1.273 9.2 0.9 2.2 4.7 2.13 AS,MVP-29
1953 38 BRO NL 11 3 .786 4.36 25 24 0 9 1 0 157.0 171 78 76 27 40 85 1 0 1 661 98 1.344 9.8 1.5 2.3 4.9 2.13
1954 39 BRO NL 3 4 .429 5.00 15 10 1 1 0 0 63.0 69 40 35 11 23 31 0 0 0 275 82 1.460 9.9 1.6 3.3 4.4 1.35
12 Seasons 127 84 .602 3.43 333 261 42 101 17 10 1914.1 1907 799 730 199 504 956 17 1 15 7904 116 1.259 9.0 0.9 2.4 4.5 1.90
162 Game Avg. 15 10 .602 3.43 38 30 5 12 2 1 219 218 91 84 23 58 109 2 0 2 905 116 1.259 9.0 0.9 2.4 4.5 1.90
BRO (7 yrs) 93 37 .715 3.26 201 173 17 74 12 4 1277.1 1252 493 463 157 309 632 12 0 11 5209 123 1.222 8.8 1.1 2.2 4.5 2.05
PIT (4 yrs) 34 47 .420 3.73 131 88 25 27 5 6 634.1 649 302 263 42 193 323 5 1 4 2679 104 1.327 9.2 0.6 2.7 4.6 1.67
STL (1 yr) 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 29 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50

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
1949 34 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 34 0.667 6.0 0.0 0.0 3.0
1952 37 BRO NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 3.18 3 1 1 1 0 0 11.1 9 4 4 2 6 1 7 1 0 0 50 1.324 7.1 1.6 4.8 5.6 1.17
1953 38 BRO NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 1 0 0 8.0 5 4 4 2 4 0 4 1 0 0 33 1.125 5.6 2.3 4.5 4.5 1.00
3 Seasons (3 Series) 2 1 .667 2.54 5 3 1 3 1 0 28.1 20 8 8 4 10 1 14 2 0 0 117 1.059 6.4 1.3 3.2 4.4 1.40
3 WS 2 1 .667 2.54 5 3 1 3 1 0 28.1 20 8 8 4 10 1 14 2 0 0 117 1.059 6.4 1.3 3.2 4.4 1.40

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA 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
1945 PIT NL 30
1949 BRO NL 34 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 BRO NL 35
1951 BRO NL 36
1952 BRO NL 37

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 39 BRO NL 15 274 246 40 69 9 2 11 0 1 23 31 .280 .341 .467 .808 .283 115 8 0 4 1
1 Season 15 274 246 40 69 9 2 11 0 1 23 31 .280 .341 .467 .808 .283 115 8 0 4 1
162 Game Avg. 41 745 669 109 188 24 5 30 0 3 63 84 .280 .341 .467 .808 .283 313 22 0 11 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1954 39 BRO NL 15 10 3 4 3 0 0 6 4 .600 2 1 1 0 4 40% 45 61 29 16 6 1 9 4.5 5.1 5.5
1 Season 15 10 3 4 3 0 0 6 4 .600 2 1 1 0 4 40% 45 61 29 16 6 1 9 4.5 5.1 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 39 BRO NL 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 5 1.023 0 3 2 1 0 4 4 1 3 2 3 0 4.8
1 Season 15 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 1.023 0 3 2 1 0 4 4 1 3 2 3 0 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1938 23 STL NL
1944 29 PIT NL
1945 30 PIT NL
1946 31 PIT NL
1947 32 PIT NL
1948 33 BRO NL
1949 34 BRO NL
1950 35 BRO NL
1951 36 BRO NL
1952 37 BRO NL
1953 38 BRO NL
1954 39 BRO NL 275 68% 4.0% 11.3% 8.4% 8.0% 32% 1.01 75% 46 8 17%
12 Seasons 275 68% 72.6% 348.9% 183.9% 8.0% 1% 1.01 75% 46 8 17%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1938 23 STL NL 6 0 0
1944 29 PIT NL 182 7 1
1945 30 PIT NL 228 11 2
1946 31 PIT NL 83 5 0
1947 32 PIT NL 156 19 1
1948 33 BRO NL 156 14 5
1949 34 BRO NL 201 25 0
1950 35 BRO NL 245 34 2
1951 36 BRO NL 247 30 2
1952 37 BRO NL 163 16 1
1953 38 BRO NL 171 27 1
1954 39 BRO NL 275 69 11 1 7 6 5 5 6 13 8 0 62% 4 0 0 92 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
12 Seasons 275 1907 199 1 7 6 5 5 6 13 8 0 62% 4 15 0 92 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1938 23 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 29 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 29
1939 24 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 29 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 29
1940 25 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 29 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 29
1941 26 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 29 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 29
1942 27 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 29 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 29
1943 28 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 16 29 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50 29
1944 29 13 11 .542 3.26 40 25 8 7 1 1 188.0 188 86 68 7 61 89 2 0 1 809 114 1.324 9.0 0.3 2.9 4.3 1.46 114
1945 30 27 24 .529 3.04 73 56 9 22 4 2 423.0 416 163 143 18 107 237 3 0 3 1745 126 1.236 8.9 0.4 2.3 5.0 2.22 126
1946 31 30 32 .484 3.34 94 66 17 23 4 4 493.0 499 213 183 23 132 265 5 0 3 2060 114 1.280 9.1 0.4 2.4 4.8 2.01 114
1947 32 34 47 .420 3.77 132 88 25 27 5 6 637.0 655 306 267 42 195 324 5 1 4 2695 103 1.334 9.3 0.6 2.8 4.6 1.66 103
1948 33 46 55 .455 3.52 166 110 32 35 7 8 814.2 811 366 319 56 228 410 7 1 9 3408 111 1.275 9.0 0.6 2.5 4.5 1.80 111
1949 34 61 61 .500 3.37 196 137 34 48 10 9 1027.1 1012 435 385 81 272 519 9 1 9 4259 117 1.250 8.9 0.7 2.4 4.5 1.91 117
1950 35 80 72 .526 3.36 232 169 38 64 12 10 1278.0 1257 531 477 115 338 644 13 1 11 5286 119 1.248 8.9 0.8 2.4 4.5 1.91 119
1951 36 102 75 .576 3.31 266 202 39 83 14 10 1535.2 1504 622 564 145 402 757 13 1 13 6317 120 1.241 8.8 0.8 2.4 4.4 1.88 120
1952 37 113 77 .595 3.29 293 227 41 91 16 10 1694.1 1667 681 619 161 441 840 16 1 14 6968 120 1.244 8.9 0.9 2.3 4.5 1.90 120
1953 38 124 80 .608 3.38 318 251 41 100 17 10 1851.1 1838 759 695 188 481 925 17 1 15 7629 118 1.253 8.9 0.9 2.3 4.5 1.92 118
1954 39 127 84 .602 3.43 333 261 42 101 17 10 1914.1 1907 799 730 199 504 956 17 1 15 7904 116 1.259 9.0 0.9 2.4 4.5 1.90 116

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1938 23 0 0 12.00 3.0 6 4 4 0 2 1 0 2.667 18.0 6.0 3.0 0.50 0.0 1
1944 29 13 8 .619 3.17 190.0 191 74 67 7 62 90 2 1.332 9.0 2.9 4.3 1.45 0.3 39
1945 30 16 9 .640 2.88 234.0 230 83 75 11 46 147 1 1.179 8.8 1.8 5.7 3.20 0.4 33
1946 31 2 5 .286 5.79 70.0 91 50 45 5 27 28 2 1.686 11.7 3.5 3.6 1.04 0.6 21
1947 32 6 10 .375 5.02 147.0 159 91 82 19 64 60 0 1.517 9.7 3.9 3.7 0.94 1.2 38
1948 33 14 6 .700 2.67 182.0 163 60 54 15 34 88 2 1.082 8.1 1.7 4.4 2.59 0.7 34
1949 34 16 7 .696 2.77 211.0 204 72 65 25 45 108 2 1.180 8.7 1.9 4.6 2.40 1.1 30
1950 35 16 11 .593 3.31 250.0 251 102 92 35 68 125 4 1.276 9.0 2.4 4.5 1.84 1.3 36
1951 36 16 11 .593 3.24 250.0 255 100 90 31 66 110 0 1.284 9.2 2.4 4.0 1.67 1.1 34
1952 37 9 8 .529 3.65 153.0 176 69 62 17 42 80 3 1.425 10.4 2.5 4.7 1.90 1.0 27
1953 38 8 9 .471 4.24 157.0 173 82 74 27 40 85 1 1.357 9.9 2.3 4.9 2.13 1.5 25
1954 39 3 4 .429 4.92 64.0 72 39 35 11 24 31 0 1.500 10.1 3.4 4.4 1.29 1.5 15
12 Seasons 119 88 .575 3.51 1911.0 1971 826 745 203 520 953 17 1.304 9.3 4.5 1.83 1.0 333

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1945
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 (409th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1945 NL--2.872--6th
1948 NL--2.634--4th
1949 NL--2.793--4th
1950 NL--3.303--8th
1951 NL--3.039--6th

Wins s c a p y
1945 NL--14--9th
1949 NL--15--8th
1950 NL--19--4th
1951 NL--22--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1948 NL--.600--10th
1949 NL--.714--2nd
1950 NL--.633--7th
1951 NL--.880--1st
Career--.602--107th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1945 NL--1.166--4th
1948 NL--1.064--2nd
1949 NL--1.152--3rd
1950 NL--1.241--8th
1951 NL--1.207--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1948 NL--7.902--5th
1949 NL--8.506--7th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1945 NL--1.762--3rd
1948 NL--1.672--1st
1949 NL--1.862--2nd
1950 NL--2.370--5th
1951 NL--2.235--4th
1952 NL--2.212--6th
1953 NL--2.293--7th
Career--2.370--216th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL--4.273--7th
1945 NL--5.668--1st
1948 NL--4.357--8th
1949 NL--4.613--4th
1950 NL--4.488--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1945 NL--235.0--4th
1950 NL--250.7--9th
1951 NL--257.7--7th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1944 NL--88--10th
1945 NL--148--1st
1949 NL--109--4th
1950 NL--125--9th
1951 NL--113--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1945 NL--31--5th
1950 NL--32--10th
1951 NL--33--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1945 NL--15--7th
1950 NL--16--10th
1951 NL--19--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1945 NL--3--6th
1949 NL--3--8th
1950 NL--2--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1945 NL--11--9th
1947 NL--19--7th
1949 NL--25--3rd
1950 NL--34--1st
1951 NL--30--2nd
1953 NL--27--4th
Career--199--195th

Hits s c a p y
1945 NL--228--6th
1951 NL--247--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1944 NL--1.492--8th
1945 NL--3.217--2nd
1948 NL--2.606--2nd
1949 NL--2.477--1st
1950 NL--1.894--4th
1951 NL--1.766--6th
1952 NL--2.128--4th
1953 NL--2.125--3rd

Losses s c a p y
1945 NL--13--7th
1947 NL--15--4th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1948 NL--5--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1945 NL--936--7th
1951 NL--1031--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1945 NL--138--5th
1948 NL--152--3rd
1949 NL--148--4th
1950 NL--124--7th
1951 NL--129--3rd
Career--116--179th

Oldest s c a p y
1951 NL--born 1915-02-26--10th
1952 NL--born 1915-02-26--6th
1953 NL--born 1915-02-26--5th
1954 NL--born 1915-02-26--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (260), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 107 (193), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 55 (226), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 21 (267), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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