Preacher Roe
1938–1954 · bats R / throws L · Brooklyn Dodgers, NLS, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals
333G
.110AVG
.161OBP
.119SLG
More career statistics
68H
1HR
28RBI
0SB
127–84W–L
1,914.1IP
956K
3.45ERA
261GS
10SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 215 | 219 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 721 | 722 |
| Batting · Walks | 38 | 39 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 7,904 | 7,945 |
| Pitching · p er | 734 | 731 |
| Pitching · p k | 956 | 958 |
| Pitching · p w | 504 | 503 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 333 | 721 | 620 | 37 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 38 | 215 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | .110 | .161 | .119 | .280 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,914.3 | 333 | 261 | 101 | 127 | 84 | 10 | 1,907 | 804 | 734 | 199 | 504 | 956 | 0 | 0 | 3.45 | 1.259 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1944-04-18 to 1944-04-26
6longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | Five Home Runs Allowed | 1953-09-01 | 1 in 1,585 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1948-09-05 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1950-09-18 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 179 | 357 | 37 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 107 | .121 | .162 | .124 |
| Away | 154 | 365 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 112 | .099 | .134 | .115 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 24 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 24 | .082 | .140 | .082 |
| May | 61 | 143 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 37 | .131 | .189 | .156 |
| June | 64 | 130 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 38 | .093 | .146 | .093 |
| July | 64 | 127 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 40 | .125 | .150 | .152 |
| August | 64 | 131 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 35 | .088 | .107 | .088 |
| September | 54 | 133 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 45 | .122 | .150 | .122 |
| October | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-cardinals | 73 | 171 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 57 | .097 | .117 | .104 |
| new-york-giants | 54 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 | .083 | .112 | .083 |
| boston-braves | 49 | 113 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 26 | .125 | .177 | .135 |
| cincinnati-reds | 44 | 122 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44 | .093 | .123 | .093 |
| chicago-cubs | 42 | 97 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 35 | .141 | .165 | .141 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 40 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .044 | .140 | .044 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 18 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .160 | .235 | .160 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 11 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .273 | .310 | .455 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 2 | 1 |
| 1944 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 53 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .132 | 185 | 89 |
| 1945 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 75 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .107 | 235 | 149 |
| 1946 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 15 | 1 | – | – | – | .067 | 70 | 28 |
| 1947 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 38 | 40 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .125 | 144 | 59 |
| 1948 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 51 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .098 | 177 | 87 |
| 1949 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 30 | 70 | 8 | – | 7 | – | .114 | 212 | 109 |
| 1950 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 36 | 91 | 14 | – | 3 | – | .154 | 250 | 125 |
| 1951 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 34 | 89 | 10 | – | 7 | – | .112 | 257 | 113 |
| 1952 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 27 | 57 | 4 | – | 3 | – | .070 | 158 | 83 |
| 1953 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 25 | 57 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | .053 | 157 | 84 |
| 1954 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 15 | 21 | 3 | – | – | – | .143 | 63 | 31 |