Preacher Roe

Full Name: Elwin Charles Roe	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/170	First Game: August 22, 1938
Birthdate: February 26, 1915	Final Game: September 4, 1954
Birthplace: Ash Flat, Arkansas	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Left

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Born on February 26, 1915 in Ash Flat, Arkansas, Preacher Roe (Elwin Charles Roe) played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 12 year career. Roe broke into the bigs on August 22, 1938 with the St. Louis Cardinals, and put up a 3.11 ERA in 185.1 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Preacher Roe's best season was 1951, when he posted a 3.04 ERA, won 22 games and struck out 113 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1938	STL	N	1	0	0	0	13.50	1	4	4	0	0	0	2.2	6	0	2	0	0	0
1944	PIT	N	39	25	13	11	3.11	88	82	64	7	1	1	185.1	182	7	59	0	1	2
1945	PIT	N	33	31	14	13	2.87	148	77	75	15	3	1	235	228	11	46	0	2	1
1946	PIT	N	21	10	3	8	5.14	28	50	40	1	0	2	70	83	5	25	0	0	2
1947	PIT	N	38	22	4	15	5.25	59	93	84	4	1	2	144	156	19	63	0	1	0
1948	BRO	N	34	22	12	8	2.63	86	60	52	8	2	2	177.2	156	14	33	0	5	2
1949	BRO	N	30	27	15	6	2.79	109	69	66	13	3	1	212.2	201	25	44	0	0	2
1950	BRO	N	36	32	19	11	3.30	125	96	92	16	2	1	250.2	245	34	66	0	2	4
1951	BRO	N	34	33	22	3	3.04	113	91	87	19	2	0	257.2	247	30	64	0	2	0
1952	BRO	N	27	25	11	2	3.12	83	59	55	8	2	0	158.2	163	16	39	0	1	3
1953	BRO	N	25	24	11	3	4.36	85	78	76	9	1	0	157	171	27	40	0	1	1
1954	BRO	N	15	10	3	4	5.00	31	40	35	1	0	0	63	69	11	23	2	0	0
Total			333	261	127	84	3.43	956	799	730	101	17	10	1914.1	1907	199	504	2	15	17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	CS	PkO	AVG
1938	STL	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1944	PIT	N	P	39	0	0	11	27	2	0	0	0	.950
1945	PIT	N	P	33	0	0	16	40	0	3	0	0	1.000
1946	PIT	N	P	21	0	0	4	13	1	1	0	0	.944
1947	PIT	N	P	38	0	0	6	20	1	2	0	0	.963
1948	BRO	N	P	34	0	0	4	30	0	2	0	0	1.000
1949	BRO	N	P	30	0	0	5	29	2	4	0	0	.944
1950	BRO	N	P	36	0	0	12	34	1	3	0	0	.979
1951	BRO	N	P	34	0	0	18	39	3	6	0	0	.950
1952	BRO	N	P	27	0	0	9	23	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	BRO	N	P	25	0	0	4	30	0	3	0	0	1.000
1954	BRO	N	P	15	10	63	1	10	0	2	1	1	1.000
Total			P	333	10	63	90	295	10	26	1	1	.975

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1938	STL	N	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1944	PIT	N	39	53	4	7	0	1	.132	.179	.132	0	3	23	6	1
1945	PIT	N	33	75	3	8	0	3	.107	.173	.120	1	6	21	8	1
1946	PIT	N	21	15	2	1	0	0	.067	.222	.067	0	3	5	0	0
1947	PIT	N	38	40	1	5	0	1	.125	.167	.125	0	2	15	4	0
1948	BRO	N	34	51	4	5	0	1	.098	.179	.098	0	5	14	9	1
1949	BRO	N	30	70	5	8	0	7	.114	.195	.114	0	7	28	7	0
1950	BRO	N	36	91	8	14	0	3	.154	.172	.165	1	2	27	8	1
1951	BRO	N	34	89	3	10	0	7	.112	.132	.112	0	2	36	9	2
1952	BRO	N	27	57	2	4	0	3	.070	.117	.070	0	3	19	5	1
1953	BRO	N	25	57	4	3	1	2	.053	.100	.105	0	3	18	5	0
1954	BRO	N	15	21	1	3	0	0	.143	.217	.190	1	2	9	2	0
Total			333	620	37	68	1	28	.110	.161	.119	3	38	215	63	7

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals (1938).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Johnny Podgajny, Johnny Wyrostek and cash (September 30, 1943).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Billy Cox and Gene Mauch to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Dixie Walker, Hal Gregg and Vic Lombardi (December 8, 1947).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Billy Cox to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Johnny Jancse, Harry Schwegeman and $50000 (December 13, 1954).

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