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Historical player · 1938–1954

Preacher Roe

B/T R/L · HT 74 · WT 170 · Born 2/26/1916 · From Ash Flat, AR USA · Debut 1938-08-22 · Final 1954-09-04

Career · batting

333

620

RBI

AVG/OPS

0.110 · 0.280

Career · pitching

333

261

1,914.3

W-L

127-84

956

ERA

3.43

WHIP

1.26

Where they rank

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

Career with the Brooklyn Dodgers · 1948–1954

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#598 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 T. Abreu

Hits

#593 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 B. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Richardson

RBI

#536 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 R. Bryant

↓ 1 S. Toole

Runs

#531 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 B. Abreu

↓ 1 C. Barger

#476 on the Dodgers

↑ 1 L. Cross

↓ 1 R. Cullenbine

Career with the Pittsburgh Pirates · 1944–1947

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Hits

#842 on the Pirates

↑ 1 G. Allen

↓ 1 O. Perez

RBI

#916 on the Pirates

↑ 1 G. Alexander

↓ 1 J. Zinn

Runs

#809 on the Pirates

↑ 1 S. Adams

↓ 1 E. Booe

#619 on the Pirates

↑ 1 D. Brain

↓ 1 A. Alford

Career with the St. Louis Cardinals · 1938–1938

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

#7,639 all-time MLB

↑ 1 E. Abreu

↓ 1 T. Zych

Hits

#7,138 all-time MLB

↑ 1 H. Aubrey

↓ 1 D. Young

RBI

#7,090 all-time MLB

↑ 1 L. Alcaraz

↓ 1 L. Yokely

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1938	Cardinals	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	—	0.000
1944	Pirates	NL	39	53	4	7	0	0	1	3	23	0.132	—	0.132
1945	Pirates	NL	33	75	3	8	1	0	3	6	21	0.107	—	0.120
1946	Pirates	NL	21	15	2	1	0	0	0	3	5	0.067	—	0.067
1947	Pirates	NL	38	40	1	5	0	0	1	2	15	0.125	—	0.125
1948	Dodgers	NL	34	51	4	5	0	0	1	5	14	0.098	—	0.098
1949	Dodgers	NL	30	70	5	8	0	0	7	7	28	0.114	—	0.114
1950	Dodgers	NL	36	91	8	14	1	0	3	2	27	0.154	—	0.165
1951	Dodgers	NL	34	89	3	10	0	0	7	2	36	0.112	—	0.112
1952	Dodgers	NL	27	57	2	4	0	0	3	3	19	0.070	—	0.070
1953	Dodgers	NL	25	57	4	3	0	1	2	3	18	0.053	—	0.105
1954	Dodgers	NL	15	21	1	3	1	0	0	2	9	0.143	0.217	0.190
Career			333	620	37	68	3	1	28	38	215	0.110	0.161	0.119

Pitching · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1938	Cardinals	NL	0	0	1	0	0	2.7	6	4	2	1	13.50	3.00
1944	Pirates	NL	13	11	39	25	1	185.3	182	64	59	88	3.11	1.30
1945	Pirates	NL	14	13	33	31	1	235.0	228	75	46	148	2.87	1.17
1946	Pirates	NL	3	8	21	10	2	70.0	83	40	25	28	5.14	1.54
1947	Pirates	NL	4	15	38	22	2	144.0	156	84	63	59	5.25	1.52
1948	Dodgers	NL	12	8	34	22	2	177.7	156	52	33	86	2.63	1.06
1949	Dodgers	NL	15	6	30	27	1	212.7	201	66	44	109	2.79	1.15
1950	Dodgers	NL	19	11	36	32	1	250.7	245	92	66	125	3.30	1.24
1951	Dodgers	NL	22	3	34	33	0	257.7	247	87	64	113	3.04	1.21
1952	Dodgers	NL	11	2	27	25	0	158.7	163	55	39	83	3.12	1.27
1953	Dodgers	NL	11	3	25	24	0	157.0	171	76	40	85	4.36	1.34
1954	Dodgers	NL	3	4	15	10	0	63.0	69	35	23	31	5.00	1.46
Career			127	84	333	261	10	1,914.3	1,907	730	504	956	3.43	1.26

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
P	333	10	63.0	90	295	10	26

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1972	BBWAA	2	297	Ballot
1971	BBWAA	3	270	Ballot
1970	BBWAA	1	225	Ballot
1968	BBWAA	2	213	Ballot
1962	BBWAA	1	120	Ballot
1960	BBWAA	1	202	Ballot