Jean-Pierre Roy
Jean-Pierre Roy (June 26, 1920 – November 1, 2014) was a Canadian pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in three games during the 1946 season for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.
| Jean-Pierre Roy | |
|---|---|
 Jean-Pierre Roy (left) with Hugh Casey (right) in Montreal, July 1946. | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: June 26, 1920 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| Died: November 1, 2014 (aged 94) Pompano Beach, Florida, United States | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 5, 1946, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| May 11, 1946, for the Brooklyn Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 0–0 |
| Earned run average | 9.95 |
| Strikeouts | 6 |
| Teams | |
| Member of the Canadian | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2021 |
While with the minor league Montreal Royals, Roy played with Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the major leagues. Roy retained a friendship with Robinson's widow, Rachel Robinson.
The major highlight of his Montreal years was going 25–11 with a 3.72 ERA in the 1945 season and he compiled an overall 45–28 career record pitching with the Royals.
Roy was later a television commentator for the Montreal Expos from 1968 to 1984 and a public relations representative for the Expos.
He was inducted into the Montreal Expos Hall of Fame in 1995, and the Quebec Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.[1]
He died on November 1, 2014 at his Pompano Beach, Florida winter home in the United States, at the age of 94.[2]
References
- Jean-Pierre Roy at the SABR Baseball Biography Project, by Rory Costello, Retrieved July 11, 2013.
- Jean-Pierre Roy s'éteint à 94 ans Archived 2014-11-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)