Luther Roy
[edit] Biography
Born on July 29, 1902 in Ooletewah, Tennessee, Luther Roy (Luther Franklin Roy) played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Robins over the course of his 4 year career. Roy broke into the bigs on June 12, 1924 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 8.29 ERA in 92.1 innings pitched in 1929, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1924
| CLE
| A
| 16
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 7.77
| 14
| 48
| 42
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 48.2
| 62
| 3
| 31
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3.60
| 1
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 14
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| CHI
| N
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 2.29
| 5
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.2
| 14
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| 21
| 11
| 3
| 6
| 8.42
| 16
| 91
| 83
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 88.2
| 137
| 11
| 37
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1929
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4.91
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1929
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 11
| 3
| 6
| 8.29
| 16
| 93
| 85
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 92.1
| 141
| 11
| 39
| 0
| 4
| 3
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 34
| 11
| 6
| 7
| 7.23
| 21
| 102
| 90
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 112
| 155
| 11
| 50
| 0
| 4
| 4
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 22
| 6
| 0
| 5
| 7.06
| 15
| 55
| 46
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 58.2
| 76
| 4
| 42
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 56
| 17
| 6
| 12
| 7.17
| 36
| 157
| 136
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 170.2
| 231
| 15
| 92
| 0
| 6
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1924
| CLE
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| P
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1927
| CHI
| N
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| P
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| BRO
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1929
| TOT
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 25
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 56
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 44
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1924
| CLE
| A
| 16
| 15
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .267
| .267
| .267
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CLE
| A
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| CHI
| N
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| PHI
| N
| 21
| 32
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .281
| .410
| .281
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| BRO
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| TOT
| N
| 23
| 33
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 4
| .273
| .400
| .273
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 34
| 36
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 5
| .278
| .395
| .278
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 22
| 17
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .235
| .235
| .235
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 56
| 53
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 5
| .264
| .350
| .264
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Philadelphia Phillies from Birmingham (Southern Association) in the Rule 5 major league draft (October 3, 1928).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Lou Koupal (July 24, 1929).
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