What years did Roy Campanella play?

Roy Campanella played in Major League Baseball from 1948 to 1957.

Was Roy Campanella a pitcher?

No. Roy Campanella was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 2 career games.

How many home runs did Roy Campanella hit?

Roy Campanella hit 260 career home runs with 1427 hits.

Is Roy Campanella in the Hall of Fame?

Yes. Roy Campanella was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.

Roy Campanella

Catcher · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1948-1957)

⭐ Hall of Fame 1969

AVG .283

HR 260

RBI 1,015

H 1,427

OPS .859

PIV 19,598

Position: Catcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'9" / 190 lb
Born: 11/19/1921 in Philadelphia, PA, USA
Died: 6/26/1993 in Woodland Hills, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1948-04-20
Last Game: 1957-09-29
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1969 (BBWAA)
Awards: 11× All-Star · 3× MVP

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1034.0	934.0	191.0	330.0	64.0	18.0	30.0	144.0	83.0	13.0	18.0	.353	.407	.557	.964

Pitching

W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2	0	3	2	0	0	24.1	13	14	0	1	6	16	0.00	0.78

Negro Leagues (season totals). Additive Retrosheet-digitized totals for seasons not already in the logs above; they are not summed into the career line. No team/league breakdown is available, and coverage may be partial.

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Season	W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
1944	1	0	1	1	0	0	9.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00
Listed seasons · 1	1	0	1	1	0	0	9.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
1,455	5,050	787	1,427	235	32	260	1,015	39	608	514	.283	.363	.496	.859	19,598

Career AVG .283 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — +7.3% above league average.

Career OBP .363 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — +8.4% above league average.

Career SLG .496 vs. league average .383 across their career seasons — +29.7% above league average.

Career OPS .859 vs. league average .717 across their career seasons — +19.8% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1937	WEG	NN2	7	22	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	.182	—	—	—	—	0.0
1938	BEG	NN2	9	30	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1939	BEG	NN2	18	46	6	10	1	0	0	5	0	2	0	.217	—	—	—	—	0.0
1940	BEG	NN2	35	119	18	31	5	1	6	25	1	6	1	.261	.267 (-3%)	.335 (-10%)	.387 (+21%)	.722 (+7%)	91.2
1941	BEG	NN2	37	128	26	41	11	3	4	22	3	12	6	.320	.262 (+22%)	.332 (+18%)	.373 (+47%)	.705 (+33%)	681.1
1942	BEG	NN2	42	150	22	42	8	3	1	26	2	14	6	.280	.253 (+11%)	.323 (+7%)	.349 (+12%)	.672 (+10%)	221.3
1944	BEG	NN2	34	138	28	54	13	2	2	30	4	8	0	.391	.261 (+50%)	.325 (+30%)	.357 (+56%)	.683 (+44%)	920.9
1944	PS	NN2	1	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	—	—	—	—	920.9
1945	BEG	NN2	57	207	51	77	18	5	5	48	3	31	0	.372	.260 (+43%)	.328 (+39%)	.354 (+63%)	.683 (+52%)	1844.2
1948	BRO	NL	83	279	32	72	11	3	9	45	3	36	45	.258	.263 (-2%)	.340 (+1%)	.379 (+10%)	.719 (+6%)	296.1
1949	BRO	NL	130	436	65	125	22	2	22	82	3	67	36	.287	.262 (+9%)	.343 (+12%)	.384 (+30%)	.727 (+21%)	1939.2
1950	BRO	NL	126	437	70	123	19	3	31	89	1	55	51	.281	.265 (+6%)	.346 (+5%)	.401 (+37%)	.747 (+22%)	1918.2
1951	BRO	NL	143	505	90	164	33	1	33	108	1	53	51	.325	.260 (+24%)	.336 (+17%)	.385 (+53%)	.721 (+36%)	3616.4
1952	BRO	NL	128	468	73	126	18	1	22	97	8	57	59	.269	.252 (+7%)	.326 (+8%)	.369 (+23%)	.696 (+16%)	1434.7
1953	BRO	NL	144	519	103	162	26	3	41	142	4	67	58	.312	.264 (+18%)	.335 (+18%)	.397 (+54%)	.733 (+37%)	3958.1
1954	BRO	NL	111	397	43	82	14	3	19	51	1	42	49	.207	.261 (-21%)	.333 (-14%)	.390 (+3%)	.723 (-5%)	-399.3
1955	BRO	NL	123	446	81	142	20	1	32	107	2	56	41	.318	.258 (+23%)	.332 (+19%)	.393 (+48%)	.726 (+35%)	3053.4
1956	BRO	NL	124	388	39	85	6	1	20	73	1	66	61	.219	.258 (-15%)	.331 (avg)	.397 (-1%)	.728 (avg)	108.0
1957	BRO	NL	103	330	31	80	9	0	13	62	1	34	50	.242	.257 (-6%)	.323 (-3%)	.391 (-1%)	.715 (-2%)	-85.9
Career · 19 seasons			1,455	5,050	787	1,427	235	32	260	1,015	39	608	514	.283	—	—	—	—	20,519

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
1	0	2	2	1	0	0	15.3	13	9	1	6	16	5.28	315.1

Career ERA 5.28 vs. league average 3.67 across their career seasons — 44.1% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1945	BEG	NN2	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	15.3	13	9	6	16	5.28	3.67 (-44%)	315.1
Career · 1 season			1	0	2	2	1	0	0	15.1	13	9	6	16	5.28	—	315

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
41	146	19	36	6	0	5	20	13	20	.247

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1956	WS	BRO	7	22	2	4	1	0	3	3	7	.182
1955	WS	BRO	7	27	4	7	3	2	4	3	3	.259
1953	WS	BRO	6	22	6	6	0	1	2	2	3	.273
1952	WS	BRO	7	28	0	6	0	0	1	1	6	.214
1949	WS	BRO	5	15	2	4	1	1	2	3	1	.267
1939	NLC	BEG	5	17	3	6	1	1	6	0	0	.353
1939	NLP1	BEG	4	15	2	3	0	0	2	1	0	.200

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (1439 games) →

Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	716	2345	415	725	153	511	.309
Away	721	2527	345	671	112	444	.266

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	2	15.1	13	0	6	16	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
1957-09-29	BRO	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1957-09-27	BRO	PHI	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1957-09-24	BRO	PIT	W	2	0	0	0	0	0
1957-09-22	BRO	PHI	W	3	0	1	0	0	1
1957-09-20	BRO	PHI	L	2	0	1	0	0	0
1957-09-15	BRO	CIN	L	4	0	0	0	0	1
1957-09-14	BRO	ATL	W	2	0	1	2	2	0
1957-09-13	BRO	ATL	W	3	1	0	0	1	0
1957-09-12	BRO	ATL	L	2	0	0	0	2	1
1957-09-11	BRO	CHC	W	5	2	2	0	0	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1945-09-04	BLG	NY6	—	6.1	8	6	0	3	6	0
1945-06-14	BLG	NW2	W	9.0	5	6	0	3	10	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
3B	1	1	3	3	1	1
C	1371	606	7501	685	107	89
OF	45	42	66	4	4	2
P	2	2	0	3	0	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1937	WEG	C	7	6	34	2	0	0
1938	BEG	C	8	7	36	5	0	0
1939	BEG	C	16	15	63	9	3	1
1940	BEG	C	32	29	180	25	7	1
1941	BEG	C	36	33	182	15	2	0
1941	BEG	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1942	BEG	C	27	25	119	27	0	1
1942	BEG	OF	15	13	19	2	2	0
1944	BEG	C	20	19	112	15	2	2
1944	BEG	OF	15	15	25	2	2	2
1944	PS	OF	1	1	2	0	0	0
1945	BEG	3B	1	1	3	3	1	1
1945	BEG	C	42	41	255	37	8	2
1945	BEG	OF	13	13	20	0	0	0
1945	BEG	P	2	2	0	3	0	0
1948	BRO	C	78	0	413	45	9	12
1949	BRO	C	127	0	684	55	11	5
1950	BRO	C	123	0	683	54	11	14
1951	BRO	C	140	0	722	72	11	12
1952	BRO	C	122	0	662	55	4	7
1953	BRO	C	140	0	807	57	10	9
1954	BRO	C	111	106	600	58	7	7
1955	BRO	C	121	118	672	54	6	8
1956	BRO	C	121	113	659	49	11	3
1957	BRO	C	100	94	618	51	5	5

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	2
Catcher	1370
Third Base	1
Left Field	14
Center Field	7
Right Field	24

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1955	Most Valuable Player
1955	TSN All-Star	C
1953	Most Valuable Player
1953	TSN All-Star	C
1953	TSN Player of the Year
1951	Most Valuable Player
1951	TSN All-Star	C
1950	Baseball Magazine All-Star	C
1949	Baseball Magazine All-Star	C
1949	TSN All-Star	C

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1955	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	226.0	336	8
1953	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	297.0	336	17
1952	Most Valuable Player	NL	10th	25.0	336	0
1951	Most Valuable Player	NL	1st	243.0	336	11
1950	Most Valuable Player	NL	13th	29.0	336	0
1949	Most Valuable Player	NL	15th	22.0	336	0
1948	Most Valuable Player	NL	21th	8.0	336	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Roy Campanella

What years did Roy Campanella play?: Roy Campanella played in Major League Baseball from 1948 to 1957.
Was Roy Campanella a pitcher?: No. Roy Campanella was a position player (Catcher), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Roy Campanella hit?: Roy Campanella hit 260 career home runs with 1427 hits.
Is Roy Campanella in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Roy Campanella was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969.