Roy Face Stats

Roy Face was born on Monday, February 20, 1928, in Stephentown, New York. Face was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 16, 1953, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Roy Face baseball stats page.

"Everyone asks me the same question. They want to know if I'm tired. I always say, 'No'. I've pitched so many times, once more doesn't matter." - Elroy Face (during the 1960 World Series) in Baseball Digest (November 1974)

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Roy Face

Roy Face Autograph on a 1994 Topps Archive (#87)

Roy Face Autograph on a 1994 Topps Archive (#87)
 

Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   Elroy Leon Face
Nickname:   Roy or The Baron
Born On:   02-20-1928
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Stephentown, New York
Zodiac:   Pisces
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08
Player Weight Chart Weight:   155
First Game:   04-16-1953 (Age 25)
Last Game:   08-15-1969
Draft:   Not Applicable
Roy Face

Roy Face Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1953 Pirates 41 13 13 6 8 .429 6.58 2 0 0 119.0 524 145 87 90 19 30 - 56 3 2 1 -
1955 Pirates 42 10 21 5 7 .417 3.58 4 0 5 125.2 524 128 50 58 10 40 4 84 3 0 0 -
1956 Pirates 68 3 34 12 13 .480 3.52 0 0 6 135.1 569 131 53 57 16 42 15 96 1 1 0 -
1957 Pirates 59 1 32 4 6 .400 3.07 0 0 10 93.2 395 97 32 41 9 24 5 53 2 1 0 -
1958 Pirates 57 0 40 5 2 .714 2.89 0 0 20 84.0 341 77 27 30 6 22 6 47 2 0 0 -
1959 Pirates 57 0 47 18 1 .947 2.70 0 0 10 93.1 380 91 28 29 5 25 8 69 4 1 0 -
1960 Pirates 68 0 61 10 8 .556 2.90 0 0 24 114.2 454 93 37 39 11 29 9 72 2 0 0 -
1961 Pirates 62 0 47 6 12 .333 3.82 0 0 17 92.0 373 94 39 44 12 10 4 55 5 1 0 -
1962 Pirates 63 0 57 8 7 .533 1.88 0 0 28 91.0 348 74 19 23 7 18 7 45 0 1 0 -
1963 Pirates 56 0 38 3 9 .250 3.23 0 0 16 69.2 298 75 25 33 6 19 11 41 1 3 0 -
1964 Pirates 55 0 25 3 3 .500 5.20 0 0 4 79.2 343 82 46 48 11 27 10 63 3 1 0 -
1965 Pirates 16 0 12 5 2 .714 2.66 0 0 0 20.1 85 20 6 6 1 7 5 19 2 0 0 -
1966 Pirates 54 0 42 6 6 .500 2.70 0 0 18 70.0 295 68 21 24 9 24 5 67 2 1 0 -
1967 Pirates 61 0 45 7 5 .583 2.42 0 0 17 74.1 298 62 20 23 5 22 11 41 2 0 0 -
1968 Pirates 43 0 33 2 4 .333 2.60 0 0 13 52.0 206 46 15 17 3 7 2 34 0 2 0 -
1968 Tigers 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1.0 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -
1969 Expos 44 0 27 4 2 .667 3.94 0 0 5 59.1 253 62 26 29 11 15 3 34 0 0 1 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
16 Years 848 27 574 104 95 .523 3.48 6 0 193 1,375.0 5,691 1,347 531 591 141 362 106 877 32 14 2 -
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Roy Face Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1953 Pirates 43 30 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 10 4 - 0 0 .133 .133 .167
1955 Pirates 43 26 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 0 .115 .148 .154
1956 Pirates 69 26 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 .192 .192 .192
1957 Pirates 59 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125
1958 Pirates 57 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1959 Pirates 58 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .231 .231 .231
1960 Pirates 68 17 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 .412 .412 .471
1961 Pirates 62 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273
1962 Pirates 63 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083
1963 Pirates 56 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250
1964 Pirates 55 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200 .000
1965 Pirates 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1966 Pirates 54 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000
1967 Pirates 61 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1968 Pirates 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1968 Tigers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1969 Expos 44 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
16 Years 853 194 9 31 3 0 0 0 7 2 0 47 18 0 0 3 .160 .168 .175
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Roy Face Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1953 Pirates P 41 13 357 23 0.6 23 11 12 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.74 -
1955 Pirates P 42 10 377 28 0.7 27 14 13 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .964 1.93 -
1956 Pirates P 68 3 406 36 0.5 35 10 25 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.33 -
1957 Pirates P 59 1 281 13 0.2 13 4 9 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.25 -
1958 Pirates P 57 0 252 24 0.4 24 6 18 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.57 -
1959 Pirates P 57 0 280 20 0.4 19 7 12 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.83 -
1960 Pirates P 68 0 344 33 0.5 33 12 21 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.59 -
1961 Pirates P 62 0 276 38 0.6 35 13 22 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .921 3.42 -
1962 Pirates P 63 0 273 18 0.3 16 4 12 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .889 1.58 -
1963 Pirates P 56 0 209 26 0.5 23 6 17 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .885 2.97 -
1964 Pirates P 55 0 239 19 0.3 19 8 11 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.15 -
1965 Pirates P 16 0 61 1 0.1 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.44 -
1966 Pirates P 54 0 210 19 0.4 17 2 15 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .895 2.19 -
1967 Pirates P 61 0 223 12 0.2 12 2 10 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.45 -
1968 Pirates P 43 0 156 10 0.2 9 2 7 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .900 1.56 -
1968 Tigers P 2 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00 -
1969 Expos P 44 0 178 10 0.2 10 3 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.52 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
P Totals 848 27 4,125 330 0.4 316 104 212 14 15 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.07 --
16 Years 848 27 4,125 330 0.4 316 104 212 14 15 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.07 --
Roy Face

Roy Face Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1953 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 15.0 1.87 4.24 2.27
1955 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 6.5 26.0 2.10 6.02 2.86
1956 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 5.2 26.0 2.29 6.38 2.79
1957 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 16.0 2.21 5.09 2.31
1958 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.5 0.0 2.14 5.04 2.36
1959 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.76 6.65 2.41
1960 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.3 0.0 2.48 5.65 2.28
1961 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 5.5 11.0 5.50 5.38 0.98
1962 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 6.0 0.0 2.50 4.45 1.78
1963 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 2.0 8.0 2.16 5.30 2.45
1964 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 2.33 7.12 3.05
1965 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.71 8.41 3.10
1966 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 1.8 0.0 2.79 8.61 3.09
1967 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 3.0 0.0 1.86 4.96 2.66
1968 Pirates 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.0 0.0 4.86 5.88 1.21
1968 Tigers 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.00 9.00 9.00
1969 Expos 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.27 5.16 2.28
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 0 0 .000 - - n/a 0.0 4.1 27.7 2.42 5.74 2.37
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Roy Face Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1953 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1956 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1958 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined Stats -
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined Stats Stats
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined Stats -
1962 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1963 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1964 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1965 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1966 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1967 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1968 Pittsburgh Pirates 26 Undetermined - -
1968 Detroit Tigers 30 Undetermined - -
1969 Montreal Expos 14 $30,000.00 - -


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