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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

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
1938 23 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 29 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 30 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 31 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 32 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 33 BRO NL 34 65 51 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 14 .098 .179 .098 .277 -24 5 1 0 9 1
1949 34 BRO NL 30 84 70 5 8 0 0 0 7 0 7 28 .114 .195 .114 .309 -16 8 0 0 7 1 AS,MVP-16
1950 35 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 36 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 37 BRO NL 27 65 57 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .070 .117 .070 .187 -47 4 1 0 5 1 AS,MVP-29
1953 38 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 39 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

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
1949 34 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 37 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 38 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

Standard Fielding

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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
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 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
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 (413th)

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)

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

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

Similarity Scores

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  8. John Smiley (935)
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Transactions

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

September 30, 1943: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Johnny Podgajny, Johnny Wyrostek and cash.

December 8, 1947: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Billy Cox and Gene Mauch to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Hal Gregg, Vic Lombardi and Dixie Walker.

December 13, 1954: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Billy Cox to the Baltimore Orioles for Harry Schwegeman (minors), Johnny Jancse (minors) and $50,000.

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Name and misspellings: Elwin Charles Preacher Roe

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