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Roe		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 26, 1915 in Usa, AR, ASH FLAT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1945    1946   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 8 8 8 7 6 6
1939 24 CIN NL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1940 25 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1941 26 TAM AL $ 300,000 8 7 6 6 8 7 7 5 3 4
1942 27 TAM AL $ 435,000 8 7 6 6 8 7 8 5 4 4
1943 28 TAM AL $ 1,250,000 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4
1944 29 TAM AL $ 1,250,000 7 6 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4
1945 30 TAM AL $ 1,250,000 7 7 6 6 9 8 8 5 4 4
1946 31 TAM AL $ 1,250,000 7 6 5 6 9 8 8 5 4 4
1947 32 TAM AL $ 1,250,000 7 6 5 5 9 8 8 5 4 4
1948 33 DET AL $ 2,550,000 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 4
1949 34 BRK NL $ 2,550,000 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 5 4 4
1950 35 BSN NL $ 3,000,000 6 5 4 4 7 6 6 4 3 4
1951 36 BSN NL $ 2,000,000 4 4 3 3 6 5 5 3 3 3
1952 37 BSN NL $ 2,000,000 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 8 7 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1938 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1939 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1940 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1941 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1942 27 TAM AL $ 435,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1943 28 TAM AL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1944 29 TAM AL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1945 30 TAM AL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1946 31 TAM AL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1947 32 TAM AL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1948 33 DET AL $ 2,550,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1949 34 BRK NL $ 2,550,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1950 35 BSN NL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1951 36 BSN NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1952 37 BSN NL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1938 23 CIN NL 20 14 .588 41 41 19 3 0 333.0 321 119 23 64 143 3.22 .251 .286 .358 .644 27.6
1939 24 CIN NL 17 19 .472 43 43 12 1 0 317.7 361 154 25 67 135 4.36 .284 .319 .405 .724 14.5
1940 25 TAM AL 15 16 .484 38 36 13 1 0 282.7 305 136 21 62 128 4.33 .270 .308 .404 .712 14.1
1941 26 TAM AL 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 19.3 21 10 2 5 8 4.66 .269 .313 .385 .698 0.8
1942 27 TAM AL 10 6 .625 74 0 0 0 9 79.0 110 34 9 19 29 3.87 .327 .361 .467 .828 6.9
1943 28 TAM AL 18 18 .500 42 42 15 2 0 322.0 333 134 21 85 131 3.75 .267 .313 .374 .687 25.4
1944 29 TAM AL 11 14 .440 35 35 9 0 0 273.3 311 115 16 45 117 3.79 .287 .315 .399 .714 17.6
1945 30 TAM AL 25 8 .758 41 40 10 3 0 314.0 291 109 31 73 133 3.12 .243 .288 .383 .671 25.9
1946 31 TAM AL 20 16 .556 43 43 11 1 0 336.0 336 136 36 92 137 3.64 .264 .311 .407 .718 20.8
1947 32 TAM AL 22 11 .667 43 43 7 2 0 320.7 323 135 33 91 112 3.79 .262 .312 .390 .702 20.0
1948 33 TAM AL 4 14 .222 22 12 2 0 0 161.3 189 98 18 53 60 5.47 .291 .342 .428 .770 4.6
  DET AL 8 4 .667 31 18 4 0 3 83.7 78 30 8 32 29 3.23 .245 .312 .365 .676 8.6
  TOT   12 18 .400 53 30 6 0 3 245.0 267 128 26 85 89 4.70 .276 .332 .407 .739 13.2
1949 34 SDP NL 1 3 .250 11 3 1 1 1 16.0 17 11 2 3 6 6.19 .270 .299 .413 .711 0.3
  BRK NL 2 3 .400 6 2 0 0 0 34.3 40 18 4 10 12 4.72 .292 .336 .401 .737 1.9
  TOT   3 6 .333 17 5 1 1 1 50.3 57 29 6 13 18 5.19 .285 .324 .405 .729 2.2
    AAA   3 0 1.000 3 3 1 1 0 24.0 18 1 2 13 19 0.38 .212 .316 .306 .622  
    AA   4 2 .667 32 0 0 0 7 27.0 18 9 1 14 20 3.00 .196 .302 .304 .606  
1950 35 BSN NL 12 20 .375 41 41 3 0 0 283.7 306 147 35 106 103 4.66 .278 .340 .423 .763 18.3
1951 36 BSN NL 3 1 .750 43 3 0 0 3 57.0 60 35 9 28 19 5.53 .280 .363 .444 .807 3.0
1952 37 A   1 2 .333 38 0 0 0 1 36.7 28 11 2 13 29 2.70 .207 .277 .311 .588  
14 Years Sim 188 168 .528 557 405 106 14 16 3233.6 3402 1421 293 835 1302 3.95 .270 .314 .397 .711 210.3
1 Years AAA 3 0 1.000 3 3 1 1 0 24.0 18 1 2 13 19 0.38 .212 .316 .306 .622  
1 Years AA 4 2 .667 32 0 0 0 7 27.0 18 9 1 14 20 3.00 .196 .302 .304 .606  
1 Years A 1 2 .333 38 0 0 0 1 36.7 28 11 2 13 29 2.70 .207 .277 .311 .588  
3 Years Minors 8 4 .667 73 3 1 1 8 87.7 64 21 5 40 68 2.16 .205 .295 .308 .603  
Season Average 13 12 .520 39 28 7 1 1 231.0 243 101 20 59 93 3.95 .270 .314 .397 .711  
Career Highs 25 20 .758 74 43 19 3 9 336.0 361 154 36 106 143 5.53 .327 .363 .467 .828  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   2398 987 208 598 886   .277 .323 .405 .728
vs LH   1004 434 85 237 416   .254 .296 .381 .677
Home 92 79 .538 277 200 45 3 6 1596.3 1697 687 150 423 645 3.87 .272 .318 .396 .714
Away 96 89 .519 280 205 61 11 10 1637.3 1705 734 143 412 657 4.03 .268 .312 .398 .711
Mar/Apr 36 37 .493 99 75 25 0 2 597.6 626 269 65 150 242 4.05 .266 .310 .407 .718
May 25 33 .431 104 70 11 1 2 550.6 601 269 44 136 240 4.40 .277 .320 .400 .720
June 26 34 .433 90 70 17 2 2 536.0 604 266 51 152 213 4.47 .284 .332 .415 .747
July 36 19 .655 81 67 13 2 1 525.3 532 210 48 144 195 3.60 .263 .312 .386 .698
August 31 27 .534 89 66 20 4 5 538.3 566 211 51 124 218 3.53 .270 .311 .399 .709
Sep/Oct 34 18 .654 94 57 25 6 4 485.6 473 196 34 129 194 3.63 .256 .304 .371 .675
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 23 CIN NL 41 111 5 18 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 33 .162 .184 .189 .373 2.8 0.0
1939 24 CIN NL 43 111 5 16 4 1 0 5 0 0 1 31 .144 .152 .198 .350 1.8 0.0
1940 25 TAM AL 38 87 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 28 .080 .130 .092 .222 -2.1 0.0
1941 26 TAM AL 3 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .400 .400 .600 1.000 1.1 0.1
1942 27 TAM AL 74 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1943 28 TAM AL 42 106 2 13 2 0 1 7 0 0 1 30 .123 .131 .170 .301 -0.1 0.0
1944 29 TAM AL 35 91 6 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 28 .121 .140 .143 .283 -0.4 0.0
1945 30 TAM AL 41 104 5 11 4 0 1 8 0 0 3 34 .106 .130 .173 .303 0.5 0.0
1946 31 TAM AL 43 119 5 12 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 45 .101 .108 .118 .226 -2.7 0.0
1947 32 TAM AL 43 107 4 7 0 1 0 5 0 0 3 42 .065 .090 .084 .174 -4.4 0.0
1948 33 TAM AL 22 52 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 20 .077 .111 .077 .188 -1.6 0.0
  DET AL 31 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.9 0.0
  TOT   53 74 3 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 25 .054 .079 .054 .133 -3.5 0.0
1949 34 SDP NL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  BRK NL 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0
  TOT   17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0
1950 35 BSN NL 41 87 2 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 21 .115 .133 .149 .283 -0.1 0.0
1951 36 BSN NL 43 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0
14 Years Sim 557 1027 40 112 20 3 2 48 0 0 22 328 .109 .128 .140 .268 -9.0 0.1
162 Game Average 298 11 32 5 0 0 13 0 0 6 95 .109 .128 .140 .268 -2.6  
Career Highs 74 119 6 18 4 1 1 8 0 0 4 45 .400 .400 .600 1.000 2.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   750 32 84 16 2 2 34 0 0 20 241 .112 .136 .147 .283 -8.7
vs LH   277 8 28 4 1 0 14 0 0 2 87 .101 .107 .123 .230 -7.8
Home 238 482 20 56 8 1 0 23 0 0 11 152 .116 .135 .137 .272 -6.9
Away 280 545 20 56 12 2 2 25 0 0 11 176 .103 .122 .143 .265 -9.6
RISP   283 0 23 3 1 1 43 0 0 5 91 .081 .096 .110 .206 -9.6
Close/Late   90 8 18 5 1 1 4 0 0 3 28 .200 .226 .311 .537 5.7
Mar/Apr 95 185 5 22 4 0 0 9 0 0 3 70 .119 .133 .141 .274 -2.7
May 70 171 10 18 4 0 1 7 0 0 5 56 .105 .131 .146 .277 -2.2
June 77 174 11 19 3 1 1 12 0 0 8 51 .109 .148 .155 .303 -0.5
July 81 165 6 17 5 0 0 5 0 0 1 47 .103 .113 .133 .246 -4.3
August 72 176 3 19 2 1 0 10 0 0 3 53 .108 .122 .131 .253 -3.6
Sep/Oct 63 156 5 17 2 1 0 5 0 0 2 51 .109 .120 .135 .255 -3.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1938 23 CIN NL P 41 41 333.0 16 61 1 5 .987 2.08    
1939 24 CIN NL P 43 43 317.7 24 44 0 2 1.000 1.93    
1940 25 TAM AL P 38 36 282.7 17 48 0 1 1.000 2.07    
1941 26 TAM AL P 3 3 19.3 3 5 0 0 1.000 3.72    
1942 27 TAM AL P 74 0 79.0 9 14 0 1 1.000 2.62    
1943 28 TAM AL P 42 42 322.0 11 67 1 4 .987 2.18    
1944 29 TAM AL P 35 35 273.3 13 51 1 4 .985 2.11    
1945 30 TAM AL P 41 40 314.0 19 70 2 7 .978 2.55    
1946 31 TAM AL P 43 43 336.0 22 51 3 4 .961 1.96    
1947 32 TAM AL P 43 43 320.7 17 65 2 1 .976 2.30    
1948 33 TAM AL P 22 12 161.3 11 28 1 1 .975 2.18    
  DET AL P 31 18 83.7 6 15 0 1 1.000 2.26    
  TOT   P 53 30 245.0 17 43 1 2 .984 2.20    
1949 34 SDP NL P 11 3 16.0 1 2 1 0 .750 1.69    
  BRK NL P 6 2 34.3 2 5 1 0 .875 1.84    
  TOT   P 17 5 50.3 3 7 2 0 .833 1.79    
1950 35 BSN NL P 41 41 283.7 18 52 2 6 .972 2.22    
1951 36 BSN NL P 43 3 57.0 1 12 0 5 1.000 2.05    
Career Totals   557 405 3233.6 190 590 15 42 .981 2.17    
Career Highs   74 43 336.0 24 70 3 7 1.000 3.72    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1938 23 CIN NL 1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 30.7 35 18 4 2 15 5.28 .285 .296 .480 .776
1942 27 TAM AL 1 1 .500 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 6 3 0 5 2 5.79 .316 .458 .368 .827
1944 29 TAM AL 3 1 .750 5 5 1 0 0 37.7 33 15 4 13 13 3.58 .237 .303 .367 .670
1945 30 TAM AL 2 2 .500 4 4 2 1 0 31.7 32 13 3 12 10 3.70 .267 .333 .392 .725
1946 31 TAM AL 0 2 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 16 12 0 8 3 8.76 .327 .421 .388 .809
1947 32 TAM AL 0 3 .000 3 3 1 0 0 21.0 18 9 4 9 7 3.86 .234 .314 .442 .756
Career Post-Season Pitching 7 11 .389 22 18 5 1 0 138.0 140 70 15 49 50 4.57 .266 .328 .412 .740
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1938 23 CIN NL 4 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000
1944 29 TAM AL 5 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143
1945 30 TAM AL 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .091 .231 .091 .322
1946 31 TAM AL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1947 32 TAM AL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 18 47 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .043 .082 .043 .124
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1938-5-3.22
1943-5-3.75
1944-8-3.79
1945-2-3.12
1946-7-3.64
1947-8-3.79
 Wins
1938-4-20
1939-10-17
1943-7-18
1945-1-25
1946-3-20
1947-2-22
 Losses
1939-6-19
1940-7-16
1943-7-18
1946-8-16
1950-3-20
 Winning Pct
1942-7-.625
1945-2-.758
1947-5-.667
 Saves
1942-9-9
 Games Pitched
1942-4-74
Games Started
1939-4-43
1943-9-42
1945-10-40
1946-2-43
1947-5-43
1950-7-41
 Complete Games
1938-6-19
1943-4-15
1944-9-9
1945-10-10
1946-8-11
 Shutouts
1938-2-3
1943-5-2
1945-1-3
1946-9-1
1947-5-2
 Innings Pitched
1938-7-333.0
1939-9-317.7
1943-5-322.0
1945-4-314.0
1946-1-336.0
1947-6-320.7
 Hits Allowed
1939-2-361
1943-6-333
1944-7-311
1945-7-291
1946-2-336
1947-6-323
1950-5-306
 Homeruns Allowed
1938-5-23
1939-1-25
1940-10-21
1945-5-31
1946-2-36
1947-3-33
1950-2-35
Strikeouts
1938-9-143
1945-8-133
1946-3-137
 Walks per 9IP
1938-4-1.7
1939-7-1.9
1940-6-2.0
1943-5-2.4
1944-1-1.5
1945-2-2.1
1946-4-2.5
1947-2-2.6
1948-6-3.1
1950-8-3.4
 Hits per 9IP
1938-8-8.7
1945-9-8.3
 WHiP
1938-2-1.16
1940-9-1.30
1943-4-1.30
1944-8-1.30
1945-2-1.16
1946-4-1.27
1947-8-1.29
 OAVG
1938-7-.251
1945-8-.243
 OOBP
1938-2-.286
1940-6-.308
1943-4-.313
1944-6-.315
1945-2-.288
1946-5-.311
1947-8-.312
OSLG
1938-5-.358
1943-8-.374
 OOPS
1938-3-.644
1943-6-.687
1945-7-.671
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 136    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1938
Had first career hit on 4/7/1938, off Johnny Marcum (SEM)
Earned first career win on 4/7/1938
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1938, winning 2 games with a 1.02 ERA
Traded from Cincinnati to Tampa Bay on 4/2/1940 (Going to CIN: 2B Chile Gomez. Going to TAM: P Preacher Roe)
Injured on 4/11/1941 with a Ruptured Disc Back, out for full season
2/1/1942: Gets a new one-year contract worth $435,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1942: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $1,250,000 per year, for 5 years
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1943, off Tiny Bonham (DET)
Won World Series with Tampa Bay in 1944
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1945, going 5-0, 1.88
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1945, winning 2 games with a 0.55 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1945, going 4-1, 2.00
Won Platinum Arm in 1945, going 25-8, 3.12 ERA
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
6/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $2,550,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1947, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1947, going 4-1, 2.09
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1947, going 7-0, 2.09
Traded from Tampa Bay to Detroit on 7/1/1948 (Going to TAM: P Joe Krakauskas, SS John Mihalic, P Forrest Thompson. Going to DET: P Preacher Roe, P Allie Reynolds, P Hal Manders)
Traded from Detroit to San Diego on 3/3/1949 (Going to SDP: P Allie Reynolds, P Preacher Roe, 3B Hank Majeski, 1B Mickey Vernon. Going to DET: 3B Ellis Clary, P Walt Masterson, SS Merl Combs)
Traded from San Diego to Brooklyn on 7/1/1949 (Going to BRK: 3B Mickey Witek, P Preacher Roe, RF Danny Litwhiler. Going to SDP: 1B Luke Easter)
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/9/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Injured on 3/15/1950 with a Tender Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
7/1/1950: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $2,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 5/11/1952 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
 
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