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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: 15-18 / in Starts: 11-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 27, Entered with runners on base: 8

1930 Pitching Game Log

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1930 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	7	4	Apr 21	PHA		WSH	L,3-6	6-GF		99	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	2.36	15	5	6	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.105	1.30	0.20%	2.57	6t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
2	8	7	Apr 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-8	7-7		4	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.08	2.39	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.115	3.38	-0.22%	-1.41	7b --- 0 out d1	7b 12- 1 out d2
3	9	11	Apr 30	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-7	6-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.69	3.04	3	0	2	0	1	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.63	0.041	1.77	0.07%	1.43	6b 123 0 out d2	6b 3 out d3
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
4	10	22	May 11	PHA	@	CLE	L,7-25	1-4		10	3.1	8	11	4	5	1	0	0	5.19	4.47	24	7	3	1	0	8		2	0	0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	2	.31	-0.117	1.50	-0.34%	-8.42	1b -23 2 out d3	4b 3 out d14
5	11	25	May 16(1)	PHA		WSH	L,3-5	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.66	4.41	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.028	2.35	0.09%	0.64	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
6	12	27	May 17	PHA	@	WSH	L,5-16	4-GF(8)		0	5.0	7	9	2	2	1	1	0	4.30	5.04	26	8	8	0	4	7		0	0	1	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	2	.29	-0.131	1.44	-0.39%	-5.91	4b --- 0 out d2	8b end d11
7	13	31	May 22(1)	PHA		NYY	L,1-10	5-GF		4	5.0	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.12	4.99	21	5	8	1	1	4		0	0	1	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	.03	0.010	.15	0.03%	1.22	5t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 9
8	14	35	May 25	PHA	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	W(1-0)	2	9.0	7	3	3	3	2	2	0	3.77	5.40	36	13	12	5	1	6	60			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	0.175	3.16	0.38%	2.29	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
9	15	38	May 29	PHA		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.11	4.90	33	12	13	2	2	5	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.49	0.691	5.00	1.39%	4.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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	16	42	Jun 1	PHA	@	WSH	W,9-6	GS-9	W(3-0)	2	8.1	15	6	6	5	2	0	0	3.72	4.77	43	12	9	0	0	15	26			0	0	0	37	2	2	1	0	1	0	1.02	0.002	6.25	0.01%	-1.73	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a3
11	17	46	Jun 6	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-4	GS-9	W(4-0)	4	8.2	10	4	3	4	2	0	0	3.62	4.61	38	7	15	0	2	10	48			4	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.50	0.244	7.49	0.73%	1.10	1b start a 2	9b 1-3 2 out a1
12	18	50	Jun 10	PHA	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS-6		3	6.0	5	4	0	1	0	1	1	3.26	4.75	27	10	10	1	1	5	53			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	1	3	1.54	-0.137	7.95	-0.42%	-0.47	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
13	19	54	Jun 14	PHA	@	DET	L,2-11	GS-1	L(4-1)	3	0.1	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.84	4.74	6	0	1	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.269	4.40	-0.72%	-3.68	1b start tie	1b 1-3 1 out d3
14	20	57	Jun 18	PHA		CLE	W,7-2	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	11	2	2	1	4	1	1	3.60	4.66	39	9	13	4	1	11	60			0	0	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	1	.69	0.207	4.00	0.72%	3.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	21	63	Jun 23(2)	PHA		CHW	W,17-9	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	10	9	5	1	1	2	0	3.76	4.79	40	13	15	1	0	10	39			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	2	.34	0.145	1.80	0.47%	-3.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
16	22	68	Jun 27(2)	PHA		SLB	W,8-3	GS-5		3	4.0	3	2	2	4	1	0	1	3.80	4.86	20	5	6	1	2	3	45			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.006	5.02	0.02%	-0.27	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out a4
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
17	23	73	Jul 2(1)	PHA		DET	L,3-4	GS-3	L(6-2)	4	3.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.98	4.82	15	6	3	0	1	5	36			1	0	0	12	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.07	-0.116	5.88	-0.38%	-1.07	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
18	24	78	Jul 5	PHA	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(7-2)	2	9.0	6	2	2	0	4	2	0	3.79	4.82	33	13	10	1	4	6	71			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	2	1.07	0.385	5.76	1.24%	3.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
19	25	82	Jul 9	PHA	@	NYY	L,6-12	GS-5	L(7-3)	3	4.0	7	5	4	1	2	0	0	4.00	4.73	19	5	4	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.260	7.00	-1.00%	-2.05	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out d1
20	26	85	Jul 13	PHA	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	W(8-3)	3	9.0	8	1	1	1	2	0	0	3.75	4.57	35	7	17	2	4	8	68			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.21	0.100	1.15	0.34%	4.68	1b start a 5	9b 3 out a11
21	27	89	Jul 17	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-8	GS-2		3	2.0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.85	4.54	10	5	1	0	0	4	36			0	0	0	10	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	-0.066	6.50	-0.21%	-0.82	1b start a 3	2b 3 out a1
22	28	91	Jul 19	PHA	@	CHW	L,9-10	GS-4	L(8-4)	1	3.1	5	6	6	3	0	0	0	4.21	4.57	18	5	6	1	0	4	23			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.281	4.41	-0.83%	-2.65	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d1
23	29	96	Jul 24	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS-5		4	5.0	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.41	4.63	22	7	8	1	0	6	34			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.03	-0.266	4.72	-0.73%	-1.84	1b start a 2	5b 3 out d1
24	30	99	Jul 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	6-6		2	0.2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.46	4.67	5	1	0	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.051	3.21	-0.09%	-0.59	6b -2- 0 out d1	6b 123 2 out d2
25	31	101	Jul 29	PHA		NYY	L,3-12	5-7		1	3.0	5	5	5	2	0	1	1	4.72	4.81	17	4	5	0	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	.36	-0.157	1.26	-0.33%	-3.07	5t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d7
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
26	32	105	Aug 2(2)	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	2-5		3	3.1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.60	4.75	14	3	5	1	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.077	.85	0.11%	2.31	2t -2- 2 out d5	5t 3 out d5
27	33	108	Aug 5	PHA		BOS	L,3-4	GS-9	L(8-5)	2	8.1	12	4	3	2	2	1	1	4.51	4.76	40	13	10	1	2	12	45			1	0	0	37	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.71	-0.120	3.71	-0.16%	0.74	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out d1
28	34	115	Aug 11	PHA		CHW	L,3-8	4-7		5	4.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.51	4.70	18	5	5	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.027	.45	0.03%	0.57	4t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d7
29	35	119	Aug 14	PHA		CLE	L,0-15	4-5		2	1.2	7	6	6	1	0	1	0	4.84	4.79	13	0	5	0	0	7		2	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.048	.38	-0.05%	-4.31	4t 12- 1 out d5	5t 3 out d11
30	36	125	Aug 22	PHA		DET	L,1-7	6-6		7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.81	4.80	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.010	.16	0.01%	0.64	6t --- 0 out d6	6t 3 out d6
Sept				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
31	37	133	Sep 1(1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,3-2	1-8	W(9-5)	9	7.2	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.62	4.71	29	6	14	3	3	5		3	0	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.436	1.86	0.32%	4.72	1b 123 0 out tie	8b 123 2 out a1
32	38	136	Sep 4	PHA		BOS	W,8-7	5-6		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.62	4.70	10	3	3	0	0	2		2	2	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	1.98	-0.109	2.07	-0.07%	-0.68	5t 12- 0 out a1	6t 3 out tie
33	39	147	Sep 18	PHA	@	CHW	W,14-10	3-6		13	2.2	5	5	4	1	2	1	0	4.78	4.74	14	4	2	0	0	5		2	0	0	1	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.440	.02	0.00%	-2.75	3b 12- 1 out tie	6b --3 0 out tie
							15-18		W-L:9-5	3.2	152.2	186	107	81	52	39	15	5	4.78	4.74	696	0.88		6%	8%	181	45	16	19%	10	2	0	623	40	6	1	10	11	14	.90	0.006	3.62	0.21%	-10.16

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