Roy Face | Major Leaguer 1953-1969

Full Name: Elroy Leon Face
Born: February 20,1928 in Stephentown, New York
Height: 5-8 Weight: 155 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Averill Park (NY)
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1949] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Phillies. [Dec 4,1950] - Selected by Dodgers from Phillies in the minor league draft. [Aug 31,1968] - Purchased by Tigers from Pirates. [Apr 29,1969] - Signed as Free Agent by Expos. [Apr 29,1969] - Released by Tigers. [Aug 21,1969] - Released by Expos.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1953	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	6	8	6.58	41	13	2	0	13	0	119.0	145	90	87	19	30	56	3	1	10.97	1.44	2.27	4.24	1.47	--
1955	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	5	7	3.58	42	10	4	0	21	5	125.2	128	58	50	10	40	84	3	0	9.17	0.72	2.86	6.02	1.34	--
1956	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	12	13	3.52	68	3	0	0	34	6	135.1	131	57	53	16	42	96	1	0	8.71	1.06	2.79	6.38	1.28	--
1957	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	4	6	3.07	59	1	0	0	32	10	93.2	97	41	32	9	24	53	2	0	9.32	0.86	2.31	5.09	1.29	52%
1958	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	5	2	2.89	57	0	0	0	40	20	84.0	77	30	27	6	22	47	2	0	8.25	0.64	2.36	5.04	1.18	49%
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	18	1	2.70	57	0	0	0	47	10	93.1	91	29	28	5	25	69	4	0	8.78	0.48	2.41	6.65	1.24	50%
1960	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	10	8	2.90	68	0	0	0	61	24	114.2	93	39	37	11	29	72	2	0	7.30	0.86	2.28	5.65	1.06	53%
1961	Pittsburgh	NL	33	Pit	MLB	6	12	3.82	62	0	0	0	47	17	92.0	94	44	39	12	10	55	5	0	9.20	1.17	0.98	5.38	1.13	50%
1962	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	8	7	1.88	63	0	0	0	57	28	91.0	74	23	19	7	18	45	0	0	7.32	0.69	1.78	4.45	1.01	44%
1963	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	3	9	3.23	56	0	0	0	38	16	69.2	75	33	25	6	19	41	1	0	9.69	0.78	2.45	5.30	1.35	45%
1964	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	3	3	5.20	55	0	0	0	25	4	79.2	82	48	46	11	27	63	3	0	9.26	1.24	3.05	7.12	1.37	58%
1965	Pittsburgh	NL	37	Pit	MLB	5	2	2.66	16	0	0	0	12	0	20.1	20	6	6	1	7	19	2	0	8.85	0.44	3.10	8.41	1.33	50%
1966	Pittsburgh	NL	38	Pit	MLB	6	6	2.70	54	0	0	0	42	18	70.0	68	24	21	9	24	67	2	0	8.74	1.16	3.09	8.61	1.31	49%
1967	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	7	5	2.42	61	0	0	0	45	17	74.1	62	23	20	5	22	41	2	0	7.51	0.61	2.66	4.96	1.13	51%
1968	Detroit	AL	40	Det	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	18.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	3.00	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	40	Pit	MLB	2	4	2.60	43	0	0	0	33	13	52.0	46	17	15	3	7	34	0	0	7.96	0.52	1.21	5.88	1.02	49%
1969	Montreal	NL	41	Mtl	MLB	4	2	3.94	44	0	0	0	27	5	59.1	62	29	26	11	15	34	0	1	9.41	1.67	2.28	5.16	1.30	55%

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)						104	95	3.48	848	27	6	0	574	193	1,375.0	1347	591	531	141	362	877	32	2	8.82	0.92	2.37	5.74	1.24	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1953	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	p		43	30	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0		4		0	.133	*.142	.167	*309	--
1955	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	p		43	26	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	0	.115	.148	.154	302	--
1956	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	p		69	26	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.192	.192	.192	384	--
1957	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	p	9	59	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	45%
1958	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	p	9	57	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	75%
1959	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	p	9	58	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	.231	.231	.231	462	78%
1960	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	p	9	68	17	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	.412	.412	.471	883	62%
1961	Pittsburgh	NL	33	Pit	MLB	p	9	62	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.273	546	40%
1962	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	p	9	63	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.083	.083	.083	166	100%
1963	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	p	9	56	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	67%
1964	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	p	9	55	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200	33%
1965	Pittsburgh	NL	37	Pit	MLB	p	9	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1966	Pittsburgh	NL	38	Pit	MLB	p	9	54	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	75%
1967	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	p	9	61	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	50%
1968	Detroit	AL	40	Det	MLB	p	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	40	Pit	MLB	p	9	43	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1969	Montreal	NL	41	Mtl	MLB	p	9	44	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	--

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								853	194	9	31	3	0	0	7	0	0	2	47	0		18		3	.160	*.177	.175	*352	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1960	Pittsburgh	NL	32		Ws	0	0	5.23	4		0			3	10.1	9		6		2	4			7.84	---	1.74	3.48	1.06	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	0	5.23	4		0			3	10.1	9		6		2	4			7.84	---	1.74	3.48	1.06	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1960	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	Ws	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1953	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	P	41		119	11	12	0	23	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.74

1955	Pittsburgh	NL	27	Pit	MLB	P	42		125.2	14	13	1	28	1	-	-	-	.964	1.93

1956	Pittsburgh	NL	28	Pit	MLB	P	68		135.1	10	25	1	36	2	-	-	-	.972	2.33

1957	Pittsburgh	NL	29	Pit	MLB	P	59		93.2	4	9	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.25

1958	Pittsburgh	NL	30	Pit	MLB	P	57		84	6	18	0	24	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.57

1959	Pittsburgh	NL	31	Pit	MLB	P	57		93.1	7	12	1	20	0	-	-	-	.950	1.83

1960	Pittsburgh	NL	32	Pit	MLB	P	68		114.2	12	21	0	33	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.59

1961	Pittsburgh	NL	33	Pit	MLB	P	62		92	13	22	3	38	2	-	-	-	.921	3.42

1962	Pittsburgh	NL	34	Pit	MLB	P	63		91	4	12	2	18	3	-	-	-	.889	1.58

1963	Pittsburgh	NL	35	Pit	MLB	P	56		69.2	6	17	3	26	1	-	-	-	.885	2.97

1964	Pittsburgh	NL	36	Pit	MLB	P	55		79.2	8	11	0	19	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.15

1965	Pittsburgh	NL	37	Pit	MLB	P	16		20.1	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.44

1966	Pittsburgh	NL	38	Pit	MLB	P	54		70	2	15	2	19	1	-	-	-	.895	2.19

1967	Pittsburgh	NL	39	Pit	MLB	P	61		74.1	2	10	0	12	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.45

1968	Detroit	AL	40	Det	MLB	P	2		1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
1968	Pittsburgh	NL	40	Pit	MLB	P	43		52	2	7	1	10	1	-	-	-	.900	1.56

1969	Montreal	NL	41	Mtl	MLB	P	44		59.1	3	7	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.52

Awards

[1958] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #17) [1959] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #7), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1960] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #12) [1961] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1976] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (23 votes - 5.93%) [1977] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (33 votes - 8.62%) [1978] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (27 votes - 7.12%) [1979] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (35 votes - 8.1%) [1980] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (21 votes - 5.45%) [1981] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (23 votes - 5.74%) [1982] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (22 votes - 5.3%) [1983] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (32 votes - 8.56%) [1984] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (65 votes - 16.13%) [1985] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (62 votes - 15.7%) [1986] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (74 votes - 17.41%) [1987] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (78 votes - 18.89%) [1988] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (79 votes - 18.5%) [1989] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (47 votes - 10.51%) [1990] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (50 votes - 11.26%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960.

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1959-1961)

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