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Historical player · 1937–1957 · ★ Hall of Fame 1969

Roy Campanella

B/T R/R · HT 69 · WT 190 · Born 11/19/1921 · From Philadelphia, PA USA · Debut 1948-04-20 · Final 1957-09-29

Career · batting

1,455

5,050

1,427

260

RBI

1,015

608

AVG/OPS

0.283 · 0.859

Career · pitching

15.3

W-L

1-0

ERA

5.28

WHIP

1.24

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Brooklyn Dodgers · 1948–1957

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242

#4 on the Dodgers

↑ 28 E. Karros

↓ 14 R. Cey

Hits

1,161

#24 on the Dodgers

↑ 7 M. Griffin

↓ 17 D. Baker

RBI

856

#8 on the Dodgers

↑ 29 P. Reese

↓ 7 W. Davis

#162 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 L. Lacy

↓ 1 J. Dalton

Runs

627

#23 on the Dodgers

↑ 14 A. Ethier

↓ 35 T. Burns

533

#14 on the Dodgers

↑ 6 D. Walker

↓ 1 W. Parker

Career with the Baltimore Elite Giants · 1937–1945

#6 on the Giants

↑ 1 S. Hughes

↓ 2 B. Byrd

Hits

265

#8 on the Giants

↑ 19 J. Washington

↓ 8 J. West

RBI

159

#7 on the Giants

↑ 25 T. Butts

↓ 7 J. West

#12 on the Giants

↑ 1 G. Curry

↓ 2 J. Buford

Runs

158

#7 on the Giants

↑ 86 B. Hoskins

↓ 18 G. Scales

#10 on the Giants

↑ 16 J. West

↓ 8 B. Byrd

Career with the Philadelphia Stars · 1944–1944

Hits

#143 on the Stars

↑ 1 C. Andrews

#40 on the Stars

↑ 1 L. Holmes

Runs

#108 on the Stars

↑ 1 C. Andrews

↓ 1 Artez

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

260

#233 all-time MLB

↑ 2 D. Tartabull

↓ 1 C. Utley

Hits

1,427

#758 all-time MLB

↑ 2 R. Hunt

↓ 2 J. Loney

RBI

1,015

#293 all-time MLB

↑ 1 S. Perez

↓ 1 W. Boggs

#2,127 all-time MLB

↑ 1 K. Baldwin

↓ 1 J. Agler

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1937	Washington Elite Giants	NN2	7	22	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.182	—	0.227
1938	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	9	30	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.200	—	0.200
1939	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	18	46	6	10	1	0	0	5	0	2	0	0.217	0.265	0.239
1940	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	35	119	18	31	5	1	6	25	1	6	1	0.261	—	0.471
1941	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	37	128	26	41	11	3	4	22	3	12	6	0.320	—	0.547
1942	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	42	150	22	42	8	3	1	26	2	14	6	0.280	0.345	0.393
1944	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	34	138	28	54	13	2	2	30	4	8	0	0.391	0.425	0.558
1944	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	1	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.200	—	0.200
1945	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	57	207	51	77	18	5	5	48	3	31	0	0.372	0.456	0.580
1948	Dodgers	NL	83	279	32	72	11	3	9	45	3	36	45	0.258	—	0.416
1949	Dodgers	NL	130	436	65	125	22	2	22	82	3	67	36	0.287	—	0.498
1950	Dodgers	NL	126	437	70	123	19	3	31	89	1	55	51	0.281	—	0.551
1951	Dodgers	NL	143	505	90	164	33	1	33	108	1	53	51	0.325	—	0.590
1952	Dodgers	NL	128	468	73	126	18	1	22	97	8	57	59	0.269	—	0.453
1953	Dodgers	NL	144	519	103	162	26	3	41	142	4	67	58	0.312	—	0.611
1954	Dodgers	NL	111	397	43	82	14	3	19	51	1	42	49	0.207	0.285	0.401
1955	Dodgers	NL	123	446	81	142	20	1	32	107	2	56	41	0.318	0.395	0.583
1956	Dodgers	NL	124	388	39	85	6	1	20	73	1	66	61	0.219	0.333	0.394
1957	Dodgers	NL	103	330	31	80	9	0	13	62	1	34	50	0.242	0.316	0.388
Career			1,455	5,050	787	1,427	235	32	260	1,015	39	608	514	0.283	0.363	0.496

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1945	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	1	0	2	2	0	15.3	13	9	6	16	5.28	1.24
Career			1	0	2	2	0	15.3	13	9	6	16	5.28	1.24

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
C	1,371	606	5,361.7	7,501	685	107	89
OF	45	42	350.7	66	4	4	2
P	2	2	15.3	0	3	0	0
3B	1	1	8.0	3	3	1	1

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1969	BBWAA	270	255	Inducted
1968	BBWAA	205	213	Ballot
1967	BBWAA	204	219	Ballot
1967	Run Off	170		Ballot
1966	BBWAA	197	227	Ballot
1964	BBWAA	115	151	Ballot
1964	Run Off	138		Ballot