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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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1968 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,3-1		8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	8 (5)	Apr 20	PIT		SFG	L,0-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
3	11 (2)	Apr 24	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	14 (2)	Apr 28	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	15	Apr 29	PIT		CHC	W,7-4		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	20 (4)	May 4	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-3		12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	24 (3)	May 8	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
8	26 (1)	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	29 (2)	May 15	PIT		STL	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	35 (5)	May 21	PIT	@	NYM	L,3-4	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	38 (2)	May 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4		4	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	42 (3)	May 31	PIT		ATL	L,2-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	44 (1)	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		ATL	L,5-10	GF	0	2.0	0	2	1	3	1
14	50 (5)	Jun 8	PIT	@	HOU	L,2-3	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	53 (2)	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,7-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	55 (1)	Jun 13	PIT	@	SFG	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	58 (2)	Jun 16 (1)	PIT		HOU	W,3-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	60 (1)	Jun 17	PIT		HOU	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	64 (3)	Jun 20 (2)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	74 (9)	Jul 2	PIT	@	NYM	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	81 (6)	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	82	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	85 (2)	Jul 12	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	86	Jul 13	PIT		PHI	L,2-3		15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
25	91 (4)	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		NYM	L,4-5	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	96 (4)	Jul 23	PIT		CIN	L,6-7		13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	99 (2)	Jul 26 (2)	PIT		STL	W,5-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	106 (6)	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,10-1	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	107	Aug 1	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-1	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	114 (6)	Aug 8	PIT	@	HOU	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
31	115	Aug 9	PIT	@	HOU	L,1-2	GF	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	116	Aug 10 (1)	PIT	@	HOU	L,3-16	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	119 (2)	Aug 13	PIT		SFG	L,0-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	122 (2)	Aug 16	PIT		LAD	L,4-8		9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	125 (2)	Aug 19	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	127 (1)	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,19-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	128	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	130 (1)	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	W,6-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	131	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	133 (1)	Aug 27	PIT	@	ATL	W,4-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	134	Aug 28	PIT		STL	L,0-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	136 (1)	Aug 30	PIT		ATL	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	137	Aug 31	PIT		ATL	W,8-0		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Detroit Tigers
44	141	Sep 2 (2)	DET	@	OAK	W,4-3		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	142	Sep 3	DET	@	OAK	W,6-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							45gm		53.0	2	7	1	10	1