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Roy Mahaffey

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: February 9, 1904 in Belton, SC us

Died: July 23, 1969 in Anderson, SC

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Anderson, SC

Debut: August 31, 1926 (Age 22-203d, 6,435th in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 28, 1936 (Age 32-170d)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1930 season

Full Name: Lee Roy Mahaffey

Nicknames: Popeye

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1930 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.0

ERA

5.01

224

129

1056.0

365

WHIP

1.546

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-14 / in Starts: 9-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 7

1935 Pitching Game Log

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1935 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	177	3	Apr 19	PHA	@	NYY	W,6-5	5-9	W(1-0)	99	3.2	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.45	2.91	18	4	5	0	1	6		2	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	0.169	5.04	0.22%	0.67	5b 12- 2 out a1	9b 12- 1 out a1
2	178	6	Apr 23	PHA		WSH	L,4-6	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	2.95	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.32	0.016	.59	0.02%	0.98	9t 12- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
3	179	9	Apr 26	PHA		NYY	L,2-11	8-8		2	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	7.71	2.97	5	1	0	0	0	4		3	3	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.15	-0.050	.23	-0.05%	-4.70	8t 123 1 out d3	8t -2- 2 out d9
4	180	11	Apr 28	PHA		NYY	L,5-7	3-7		1	4.2	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	4.82	4.68	16	4	6	1	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.039	.31	0.03%	1.56	3t --- 1 out d5	7t 3 out d5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	181	14	May 4	PHA	@	CLE	W,12-1	CG	W(2-0)	5	9.0	7	1	1	4	4	0	1	2.95	4.33	38	5	18	1	6	6	69			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	1	0	0	.40	0.181	.30	0.08%	4.23	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a11
6	182	16	May 8	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	GS-2		3	2.0	3	4	2	2	1	1	0	3.54	5.05	10	3	1	1	0	3	37			0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.248	.59	-0.10%	-2.91	1b start tie	2b 3 out d4
7	183	23	May 19	PHA		SLB	W,6-5	3-6		10	3.0	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.47	4.94	14	6	1	0	0	6		1	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	-0.053	.98	-0.02%	0.30	3t 1-- 1 out d3	6t 12- 1 out d1
8	184	27	May 25(1)	PHA		CLE	L,6-9	GS-8		5	8.0	9	5	5	3	2	0	1	4.02	4.75	36	9	13	1	4	8	43			0	0	0	32	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.325	.88	-0.10%	-0.48	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
9	185	32	May 29	PHA	@	BOS	L,9-10	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.90	4.64	6	1	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.056	.41	-0.02%	-0.40	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	186	38	Jun 3	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		4	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.93	4.64	10	4	3	2	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	.10	-0.009	.08	0.00%	0.08	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
11	187	40	Jun 7	PHA	@	WSH	L,6-11	7-7		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.89	4.65	2	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.033	.69	-0.01%	-0.19	7b 123 2 out d2	7b 3 out d3
12	188	41	Jun 8	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-7		0	7.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	1	3.67	4.55	32	12	11	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.08	0.150	.69	0.06%	1.88	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
13	189	44	Jun 11(2)	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	W(3-0)	2	9.0	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	3.20	4.37	34	9	14	3	3	5	69			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	3	0	0	.84	0.269	.66	0.13%	4.23	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a4
14	190	47	Jun 14	PHA	@	CLE	W,5-4	GS-6	W(4-0)	2	5.1	8	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.54	4.31	23	5	10	1	3	7	35			0	2	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.083	.99	-0.04%	-0.51	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a2
15	191	53	Jun 21	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-5	GS-6	L(4-1)	6	6.0	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.63	4.26	25	9	5	1	1	8	43			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.23	-0.027	.52	-0.01%	0.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
16	192	57	Jun 24	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(4-2)	2	9.2	9	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.39	4.09	38	9	14	2	0	9	65			0	1	0	36	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.47	0.250	.67	0.07%	3.51	1b start tie	10b -2- 2 out d1
17	193	61	Jun 30	PHA		BOS	W,10-9	GS-4		5	4.0	7	3	3	3	1	1	0	3.57	4.31	20	1	8	0	0	7	34			1	1	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.007	.22	0.00%	-0.74	1t start tie	4t 3 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	194	63	Jul 3	PHA		NYY	L,0-2	CG	L(4-3)	2	9.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	1	3.40	4.34	33	7	18	1	4	3	73			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.188	.23	0.03%	3.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
19	195	67	Jul 7(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	5	5	3	2	1	0	0	3.47	4.31	26	9	9	1	0	5	45			1	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	.92	-0.193	.07	-0.01%	-1.37	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
20	196	71	Jul 11(2)	PHA		SLB	L,6-9	GS-3		3	2.0	5	4	4	3	1	2	0	3.79	4.64	14	3	2	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.271	.08	-0.01%	-3.51	1t start tie	3t -2- 0 out d4
21	197	74	Jul 13(2)	PHA		DET	L,3-6	GS-7	L(4-4)	1	7.0	12	6	5	1	3	1	0	3.97	4.64	34	5	13	0	0	12	33			0	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.373	.08	-0.02%	-2.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
22	198	79	Jul 20(2)	PHA		CLE	W,5-2	CG	W(5-4)	6	9.0	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	3.81	4.66	33	8	18	5	3	6	66			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.80	0.362	.05	0.01%	3.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	199	86	Jul 30	PHA		NYY	W,6-5	GS-5		9	5.0	10	5	5	0	2	1	0	4.04	4.68	25	4	10	0	1	9	29			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.273	.03	0.00%	-2.18	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	200	88	Aug 4(1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-6		4	5.1	8	5	5	3	2	2	0	4.24	4.87	27	6	8	1	0	8	31			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.217	.01	0.00%	-1.66	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d2
25	201	97	Aug 11(2)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	3-9	W(6-4)	6	5.2	4	2	1	2	3	0	1	4.11	4.82	25	4	11	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.86	0.102	.00	0.00%	1.65	3b 12- 1 out tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
26	202	99	Aug 14	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-2	4-GF	W(7-4)	2	5.1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.95	4.76	21	9	6	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	1	.97	0.270	.00	0.00%	3.77	4b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 6
27	203	105	Aug 19(2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS-6	W(8-4)	4	6.0	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.90	4.81	28	3	14	2	0	8	47			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	0.140	.00	0.00%	1.49	1b start tie	6b 3 out a2
							13-14		W-L:8-4	3.4	136.0	153	66	59	43	39	12	5	3.90	4.81	595	0.63		6%	7%	145	47	16	25%	3	7	0	539	27	7	0	12	0	8	1.05	-0.068	.49	0.25%	10.32

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