Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 848
- W
- 104
- L
- 95
- ERA
- 3.48
- IP
- 1375.0
- K
- 877
- BB
- 362
- WHIP
- 1.24
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | PIT | 41 | 6 | 8 | 6.58 | 119.0 | 56 | 30 | 1.47 |
| 1955 | PIT | 42 | 5 | 7 | 3.58 | 125.2 | 84 | 40 | 1.34 |
| 1956 | PIT | 68 | 12 | 13 | 3.52 | 135.1 | 96 | 42 | 1.28 |
| 1957 | PIT | 59 | 4 | 6 | 3.07 | 93.2 | 53 | 24 | 1.29 |
| 1958 | PIT | 57 | 5 | 2 | 2.89 | 84.0 | 47 | 22 | 1.18 |
| 1959 | PIT | 57 | 18 | 1 | 2.70 | 93.1 | 69 | 25 | 1.24 |
| 1960 | PIT | 68 | 10 | 8 | 2.90 | 114.2 | 72 | 29 | 1.06 |
| 1961 | PIT | 62 | 6 | 12 | 3.82 | 92.0 | 55 | 10 | 1.13 |
| 1962 | PIT | 63 | 8 | 7 | 1.88 | 91.0 | 45 | 18 | 1.01 |
| 1963 | PIT | 56 | 3 | 9 | 3.23 | 69.2 | 41 | 19 | 1.35 |
| 1964 | PIT | 55 | 3 | 3 | 5.20 | 79.2 | 63 | 27 | 1.37 |
| 1965 | PIT | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2.66 | 20.1 | 19 | 7 | 1.33 |
| 1966 | PIT | 54 | 6 | 6 | 2.70 | 70.0 | 67 | 24 | 1.31 |
| 1967 | PIT | 61 | 7 | 5 | 2.42 | 74.1 | 41 | 22 | 1.13 |
| 1968 |  PIT/DET | 45 | 2 | 4 | 2.55 | 53.0 | 35 | 8 | 1.06 |
| 1969 | WSH | 44 | 4 | 2 | 3.94 | 59.1 | 34 | 15 | 1.30 |
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
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | PIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1967 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | PIT/DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1969 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
- 1960 World Series with the Pittsburgh Pirates
- 1968 World Series with the Detroit Tigers
All-time career rank
- 55th in saves (193)
Among the 8,948 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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