Roy Face

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 155lb (173cm, 70kg)

Born: February 20, 1928 in Stephentown, NY us

High School: Averill Park HS (Averill Park, NY)

Debut: April 16, 1953 (Age 25-055d, 10,987th in major league history)
vs. PHI 0.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: August 15, 1969 (Age 41-176d)
vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1953 season

Full Name: Elroy Leon Face

Nicknames: The Bullpen Baron

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.6

104

ERA

3.48

848

191

1375.0

877

WHIP

1.243

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Team Record in Appearances: 8-33 / in Starts: 4-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 8

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	3	Apr 16	PIT		PHI	W,14-12	5-5	BS(1)	99	0.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	81.00	11.59	6	0	2	1	1	3		3	3	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.546	4.08	-0.72%	-4.84	5t 123 1 out a3	5t 12- 2 out d3
2	2	6	Apr 22	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20.25	9.34	4	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.009	.47	0.01%	0.53	9t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
3	3	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11.57	5.59	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.016	.50	0.02%	0.54	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
4	4	11	Apr 26(2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	2	2	0	2	1	0	10.38	6.29	8	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.04	-0.001	.07	0.00%	-0.92	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 7
5	5	14	Apr 30	PIT		CHC	W,4-2	9-GF	W(1-0)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.44	5.22	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.144	2.75	0.13%	0.53	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	6	20	May 9(2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-6	6-6		8	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.11	4.49	5	1	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.052	1.74	0.06%	0.56	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
7	7	26	May 17(1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	7-7		7	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.11	4.49	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.062	1.26	-0.05%	-1.67	7b 12- 1 out d2	7b 123 1 out d3
8	8	27	May 17(2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	5-5		-1	0.1	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	10.80	4.54	5	0	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	.38	-0.057	.39	-0.04%	-2.91	5b --- 0 out d4	5b -23 1 out d6
9	9	29	May 20	PIT	@	STL	L,6-11	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	10.38	3.75	8	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	.14	-0.041	.14	-0.02%	-0.92	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
10	10	35	May 27(2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-6	8-8	W(2-0)	6	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	10.24	3.73	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.028	.19	-0.01%	-0.47	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
11	11	36	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,8-9	7-7		0	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	10.97	4.47	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.68	-0.114	.41	-0.04%	-1.47	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d4
12	12	38	May 30(1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	7-GF		1	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	8.56	3.62	10	3	4	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.027	.05	0.01%	1.60	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
13	13	41	May 31(2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	6-GF(6)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.98	3.41	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.16	0.012	.03	0.00%	0.56	6b --- 0 out d4	6b end d 4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	14	46	Jun 6	PIT		CIN	L,7-15	6-8		5	3.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	7.64	3.05	12	1	6	0	2	3		1	1	0	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.003	.03	0.00%	-0.48	6t --3 0 out d3	8t 3 out d6
15	15	48	Jun 7(2)	PIT		CIN	L,6-11	5-5		0	0.1	4	5	5	1	0	2	0	10.00	4.65	6	0	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	-0.059	.01	0.00%	-4.02	5t --- 0 out d5	5t 1-- 1 out d9
16	16	54	Jun 12(2)	PIT		MLN	L,2-11	1-GF		4	8.2	9	2	2	1	2	0	0	7.43	3.94	34	9	13	1	0	9		2	2	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.03	-0.019	.00	0.00%	1.71	1t -23 1 out d7	9t end d 9
17	17	61	Jun 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-5		4	5.0	4	4	3	2	3	0	0	7.11	3.73	22	5	8	1	0	4	46			0	0	0	20	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.189	.00	0.00%	-1.25	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
18	18	63	Jun 19	PIT	@	STL	L,2-10			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.89	3.70	3												3					0
19	19	68	Jun 24	PIT	@	MLN	W,10-1	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.62	3.36	34	14	12	1	1	6	71			0	1	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.355	.00	0.00%	3.56	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
20	20	72	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-15	7-7	L(3-1)	2	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	6.48	3.36	4	0	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.350	.00	0.00%	-3.35	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 1-3 0 out d2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	21	77	Jul 4(1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	3-7		6	4.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.83	3.15	14	5	6	2	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.277	.00	0.00%	3.86	3b 123 1 out d2	7b 3 out d1
22	22	81	Jul 6	PIT		BRO	L,2-14	6-6		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	5.89	3.42	4	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.47	6t --- 0 out d5	6t 3 out d6
23	23	85	Jul 9	PIT		NYG	L,0-4	GS-5	L(3-2)	2	5.0	9	3	3	0	6	1	0	5.85	3.36	23	3	7	3	2	7	43			0	0	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.093	.00	0.00%	-0.33	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
24	24	88	Jul 12(1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	GS-7	L(3-3)	2	7.0	11	6	6	1	2	2	0	6.07	3.69	33	6	13	2	2	11	32			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.273	.00	0.00%	-2.23	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
25	25	94	Jul 19 susp	PIT		STL	W,6-4	GS-4		6	4.0	5	4	4	1	1	2	0	6.25	4.05	19	4	8	0	1	5	36			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	.97	-0.219	.00	0.00%	-1.87	1t start tie	4t 3 out d1
26	26	96	Jul 21	PIT		CIN	L,2-7	8-GF		1	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	6.20	4.02	8	2	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.013	.00	0.00%	0.07	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
27	27	101	Jul 26(1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2		W(4-3)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.11	4.00	3												3					0
28	28	102	Jul 26(2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-7			-1	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	6.19	3.92	10												10					0
29	29	105	Jul 30	PIT	@	STL	L,4-10	GS-6		3	5.0	5	4	4	3	3	1	0	6.26	4.05	21	3	7	0	3	5	41			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.112	.00	0.00%	-0.70	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 0 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	30	110	Aug 4	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-7	W(5-3)	4	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	5.83	3.89	25	6	11	0	0	4	67			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.239	.00	0.00%	2.77	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
31	31	116	Aug 9(2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-10	GS-5	L(5-4)	4	4.0	9	7	7	3	2	0	0	6.30	3.89	24	5	5	0	0	9	15			0	0	0	21	4	0	1	0	0	0	.91	-0.292	.00	0.00%	-4.36	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d5
32	32	120	Aug 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-14	GS-2	L(5-5)	5	2.0	5	6	6	1	1	1	1	6.78	4.05	12	1	8	4	0	0	22			0	0	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.01	-0.391	.00	0.00%	-4.89	1b start a 1	2b 3 out d5
33	33	125	Aug 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	6.42	4.07	34	12	10	0	2	8	59			0	0	1	32	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.36	0.229	.00	0.00%	1.85	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
34	34	129	Aug 23(1)	PIT		BRO	L,4-10	4-5		3	1.1	6	6	6	0	0	1	0	6.89	4.19	11	6	5	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.188	.00	0.00%	-4.90	4t 12- 1 out d3	5t --3 2 out d8
35	35	132	Aug 25(2)	PIT		CIN	L,8-9	8-8		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.82	4.13	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.53	8t --- 0 out d5	8t 3 out d5
36	36	134	Aug 29	PIT		STL	L,4-5	GS-		3	6.0	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	6.68	4.20	26						45						24					0
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	37	138	Sep 6	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	GS-4	L(6-6)	7	4.0	4	4	4	2	3	2	0	6.77	4.39	18	1	8	0	3	4	39			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.192	.00	0.00%	-1.87	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
38	38	141	Sep 9	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	4-GF	L(6-7)	2	4.2	7	4	2	2	0	1	0	6.65	4.48	25	7	9	1	0	7		3	3	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	2	2.30	-0.840	.00	0.00%	-3.17	4b 123 1 out a3	9b end d 1
39	39	145	Sep 13(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-8	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.61	4.47	2	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.22	8b 1-3 1 out d1	8b end d 2
40	40	147	Sep 16	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-7	GS-2	L(6-8)	2	2.0	5	4	4	1	0	1	1	6.81	4.60	12	2	3	0	1	5	29			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.263	.00	0.00%	-2.99	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
41	41	153	Sep 26	PIT		NYG	L,3-5			9	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.58	4.53	13												13					0
							8-33		W-L:6-8,BSv:1	3.1	119.0	145	90	87	30	56	19	2	6.58	4.53	524	0.68		7%	7%	111	42	18	61%	0	1	2	490	24	5	4	9	0	8	.84	-3.011	.12	-0.65%	-31.14

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