Roy Face stats

Last played for the Washington Nationals, 1969

Pitcher

Age 98

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Roy Face played 16 MLB seasons, 1953 to 1969.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
848
W
104
L
95
ERA
3.48
IP
1,375.0
K
877
BB
362
WHIP
1.24
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1953PIT41686.58119.056301.47
1955PIT42573.58125.284401.34
1956PIT6812133.52135.196421.28
1957PIT59463.0793.253241.29
1958PIT57522.8984.047221.18
1959PIT571812.7093.169251.24
1960PIT681082.90114.272291.06
1961PIT626123.8292.055101.13
1962PIT63871.8891.045181.01
1963PIT56393.2369.241191.35
1964PIT55335.2079.263271.37
1965PIT16522.6620.11971.33
1966PIT54662.7070.067241.31
1967PIT61752.4274.141221.13
1968PIT/DET45242.5553.03581.06
1969WSH44423.9459.134151.30

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
4
W
0
L
0
ERA
5.40
IP
10.0
K
4
BB
2
WHIP
1.10

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
6
SHO
0
K/9
5.7
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1953PIT0204.20000
1955PIT0406.00000
1956PIT0006.40000
1957PIT0005.10000
1958PIT0005.00000
1959PIT0006.70000
1960PIT0005.70000
1961PIT0005.40000
1962PIT0004.50000
1963PIT0005.30000
1964PIT0007.10000
1965PIT0008.40000
1966PIT0008.60000
1967PIT0005.00000
1968PIT/DET0005.90000
1969WSH0005.20000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
98 yearsFeb 20, 1928
Debut
1953

What were Roy Face's career stats?

Roy Face played 16 seasons for the Pirates and the Nationals. He had 104 wins and 877 strikeouts with a 3.48 ERA over 1,375.0 innings. His best season was 1959: 18 wins, a 2.70 ERA and 69 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

16 seasons, 1 postseason, 1953 to 1969

Roy Face finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.

Championships ×2

All-time career rank

  • 55th in saves (193)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

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