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: (1920-06-26)June 26, 1920
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: November 1, 2014(2014-11-01) (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 record0–0
Earned run average9.95
Strikeouts6
Teams
  • Brooklyn Dodgers (1946)

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]

A young fan between Hugh Casey (left) and Jean-Pierre Roy (right) in Delorimier Stadium, Montreal, 6 July 1946.

References
  1. Jean-Pierre Roy at the SABR Bio Project, by Rory Costello, retrieved July 11, 2013
  2. Jean-Pierre Roy s'éteint à 94 ans Archived 2014-11-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)


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