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Roy Face

Birthdate:

2/20/1928

Height / Weight:

5' 8" / 155 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Stephentown, NY, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Elroy Face ranks as one of the finest relief pitchers in history. He pitched 15 years for the Pittsburgh Pirates and five times had an ERA under 3.00 and once under 2.00. Relying mainly on a forkball, he stopped so many rallies in 1959 when his record was an unbelievable 18-1, the highest pct .947, in baseball history.

Roy Face ranks sixth in relief wins with 96, and was sixth in career saves with 193. He holds the NL record for most games finished with 574 and is tied with Walter Johnson with the most appearances for one team ( 802 ). Face stated this about his famous forkball, "it would come in hard and break anyway it wanted to, sometimes in, sometimes out, mostly down". Roy Face career 104-95, 1375 innings, ERA of 3.48. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1953	PIT (NL)	41	13	6	8	0	2	0	119.0	145	90	87	19	30	0	56	3	2	1	6.58
1955	PIT (NL)	42	10	5	7	5	4	0	125.2	128	58	50	10	40	4	84	3	0	0	3.58
1956	PIT (NL)	68	3	12	13	6	0	0	135.1	131	57	53	16	42	15	96	1	1	0	3.52
1957	PIT (NL)	59	1	4	6	10	0	0	93.2	97	41	32	9	24	5	53	2	1	0	3.07
1958	PIT (NL)	57	0	5	2	20	0	0	84.0	77	30	27	6	22	6	47	2	0	0	2.89
1959	PIT (NL)	57	0	18	1	10	0	0	93.1	91	29	28	5	25	8	69	4	1	0	2.70
1960	PIT (NL)	68	0	10	8	24	0	0	114.2	93	39	37	11	29	9	72	2	0	0	2.90
1961	PIT (NL)	62	0	6	12	17	0	0	92.0	94	44	39	12	10	4	55	5	1	0	3.82
1962	PIT (NL)	63	0	8	7	28	0	0	91.0	74	23	19	7	18	7	45	0	1	0	1.88
1963	PIT (NL)	56	0	3	9	16	0	0	69.2	75	33	25	6	19	11	41	1	3	0	3.23
1964	PIT (NL)	55	0	3	3	4	0	0	79.2	82	48	46	11	27	10	63	3	1	0	5.20
1965	PIT (NL)	16	0	5	2	0	0	0	20.1	20	6	6	1	7	5	19	2	0	0	2.66
1966	PIT (NL)	54	0	6	6	18	0	0	70.0	68	24	21	9	24	5	67	2	1	0	2.70
1967	PIT (NL)	61	0	7	5	17	0	0	74.1	62	23	20	5	22	11	41	2	0	0	2.42
1968	PIT (NL)	43	0	2	4	13	0	0	52.0	46	17	15	3	7	2	34	0	2	0	2.60
1968	DET (AL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0.00
1969	MON (NL)	44	0	4	2	5	0	0	59.1	62	29	26	11	15	3	34	0	0	1	3.94
17 years		848	27	104	95	193	6	0	1375.0	1347	591	531	141	362	106	877	32	14	2	3.48

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1953	PIT (NL)	43	30	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	.133	.133	SLG
1955	PIT (NL)	43	26	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	.115	.148	SLG
1956	PIT (NL)	69	26	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	.192	.192	SLG
1957	PIT (NL)	59	16	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.125	SLG
1958	PIT (NL)	57	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.0	.0	SLG
1959	PIT (NL)	58	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.231	SLG
1960	PIT (NL)	68	17	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.412	.412	SLG
1961	PIT (NL)	62	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	SLG
1962	PIT (NL)	63	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.83	.83	SLG
1963	PIT (NL)	56	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	SLG
1964	PIT (NL)	55	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.200	SLG
1965	PIT (NL)	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1966	PIT (NL)	54	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
1967	PIT (NL)	61	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1968	DET (AL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1968	PIT (NL)	43	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
1969	MON (NL)	44	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	SLG
17 years		853	194	9	31	3	0	0	7	2	47	0	0	0	0	18	0	.160	.168	.SLG

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