Roy Partlow

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records

Roy Partlow was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Tigers, the Homestead Grays, and the Philadelphia Stars. Across 104 career appearances, he went 42-26 with a 3.50 ERA and 384 strikeouts. He also batted .250 with 2 home runs. Roy Partlow was an All-Star. His totals include Negro Leagues seasons, which MLB recognized as major league in 2020. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 13871.8.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 42–26
ERA 3.50
WHIP 1.28
SO 384
Pitcher PIV 13871.8
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
5'11" / 180 lb
Born
6/18/1912 in Washington, GA, USA
Died
4/19/1987 in Cherry Hill, NJ, USA
Awards
All-Star

Full name: Roy E. Partlow

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

Roy Partlow — Batting
PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
479.0 456.0 62.0 116.0 11.0 5.0 6.0 44.0 17.0 6.0 0 .254 .283 .340 .623

Pitching

Roy Partlow — Pitching
W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
66 39 110 70 30 6 865.0 757 376 100 27 205 341 1.04 1.11

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 Batting

Roy Partlow — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Batting
Season PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1936 9.0 9.0 1.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Listed seasons · 1 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 — — —

Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching

Roy Partlow — Negro Leagues Season-by-Season Pitching
Season W L GS CG GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA WHIP
1944 2 0 2 2 0 0 16.0 18 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.12
Listed seasons · 1 2 0 2 2 0 0 16.0 18 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.12

Career Pitching Statistics

Roy Partlow — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
42 26 104 73 45 4 7 607.1 573 236 22 203 384 3.50 13871.8

Career ERA 3.50 vs. league average 3.93 across their career seasons — 11.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Roy Partlow Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1937 CT NAL 2 1 3 3 2 0 0 20.0 19 7 6 31 3.15 4.34 (+27%) 1022.4
1938 HG NN2 5 4 12 9 5 0 2 72.1 63 38 32 42 4.73 4.35 (-9%) 603.1
1939 HG NN2 4 2 10 6 5 2 1 55.2 39 18 22 34 2.91 4.28 (+32%) 1357.8
1941 HG NN2 3 2 12 7 3 1 0 47.1 49 27 17 24 5.13 3.94 (-30%) 620.2
1942 HG NN2 9 2 15 12 9 1 1 106.2 83 27 33 60 2.28 3.57 (+36%) 1579.7
1943 HG NN2 4 3 8 4 2 0 1 37.1 48 21 11 22 5.06 3.50 (-45%) 347.5
1945 PS NN2 8 4 18 13 9 0 0 113.0 94 33 36 80 2.63 3.67 (+28%) 3184.0
1946 PS NN2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 2 3 0 6.75 — 0.0
1947 PS NN2 5 6 15 11 6 0 2 87.1 98 38 29 58 3.92 3.97 (+1%) 3168.8
1948 PS NN2 2 2 10 8 4 0 0 65.0 77 25 14 33 3.46 4.10 (+16%) 1988.3
Career · 10 seasons 42 26 104 73 45 4 7 607.1 573 236 203 384 3.50 — 13,872

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 Batting Statistics

Roy Partlow — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
166 392 53 98 13 3 2 40 1 16 4 .250 .281 .314 .595 -486

Career AVG .250 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 5.3% below league average.

Career OBP .281 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 15.9% below league average.

Career SLG .314 vs. league average .372 across their career seasons — 15.7% below league average.

Career OPS .595 vs. league average .706 across their career seasons — 15.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Roy Partlow Stats, Bio & Career Records
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 CT NAL 8 27 3 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .222 — — — — 0.0
1938 HG NN2 15 38 4 9 3 0 0 4 0 1 0 .237 — — — — 0.0
1939 HG NN2 14 29 6 8 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 .276 — — — — 0.0
1941 HG NN2 22 42 6 11 4 0 1 10 0 2 1 .262 — — — — 0.0
1942 HG NN2 25 62 8 11 1 1 0 5 1 1 1 .177 .253 (-30%) .323 (-37%) .349 (-35%) .672 (-36%) -350.9
1943 HG NN2 11 24 8 9 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 .375 — — — — 0.0
1945 PS NN2 33 86 8 24 1 0 0 5 0 5 1 .279 .260 (+7%) .328 (-3%) .354 (-18%) .683 (-11%) -134.7
1946 PS NN2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1947 PS NN2 19 41 7 13 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 .317 — — — — 0.0
1948 PS NN2 18 42 3 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .167 — — — — 0.0
Career · 10 seasons 166 392 53 98 13 3 2 40 1 16 4 .250 — — — — -486

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

Roy Partlow — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
9 19 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263

Playoff Batting by Year

Roy Partlow — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1943 NWS HG 3 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
1942 NWS HG 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
1939 NLC HG 3 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

Playoff Career Pitching

Roy Partlow — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 3 6 6 0 42.0 37 9 10 17 1.93

Playoff Pitching by Year

Roy Partlow — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1943 NWS HG 0 1 2 2 0 16.0 15 4 3 5 2.25
1942 NWS HG 0 1 2 2 0 9.0 11 4 5 5 4.00
1939 NLC HG 1 1 2 2 0 17.0 11 1 2 7 0.53

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Roy Partlow — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home711682746117.274
Away701431632212.224

Pitching — Home / Away

Roy Partlow — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home44256.126631661171.09
Away47297.12674178881.24

Last 10 Games — Batting

Roy Partlow — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1948-09-12 PH5NY6W 100000100
1948-09-05 PH5BLGL 400000000
1948-08-17 PH5BLGW 411000000
1948-08-16 PH5NW2L 200000000
1948-07-27 PH5NY5W 100000000
1948-07-26 PH5BLGL 101000000
1948-07-25 PH5BLGL 100000000
1948-07-15 PH5NW2W 000000000
1948-07-11 PH5NY6W 211000000
1948-07-05 PH5NY5L 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Roy Partlow — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1948-09-05 PH5BLG L 9.2833431
1948-08-16 PH5NW2 — 6.0630000
1948-07-26 PH5BLG L 4.0520140
1948-07-15 PH5NW2 W 9.0050000
1948-07-11 PH5NY6 — 4.0732000
1948-07-05 PH5NY5 L 3.2020000
1948-07-03 PH5BLG — 8.01044230
1948-06-27 PH5NW2 L 8.0844201
1948-06-20 PH5HOM — 3.1820120
1948-05-31 PH5NW2 W 3.1666400

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Roy Partlow — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
1B 2 1 11 0 0 1
2B 1 0 1 1 0 0
OF 35 23 30 1 1 0
P 104 73 12 123 10 4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Roy Partlow — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1937 CT OF 4 3 3 0 0 0
1937 CT P 3 3 0 4 0 0
1938 HG OF 5 2 5 1 0 0
1938 HG P 12 9 4 23 1 1
1939 HG OF 1 0 0 0 0 0
1939 HG P 10 6 2 8 0 0
1941 HG 2B 1 0 1 1 0 0
1941 HG OF 8 3 4 0 1 0
1941 HG P 12 7 1 9 3 0
1942 HG OF 3 2 4 0 0 0
1942 HG P 15 12 1 29 1 1
1943 HG OF 1 1 0 0 0 0
1943 HG P 8 4 1 6 0 0
1945 PS 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0
1945 PS OF 11 10 12 0 0 0
1945 PS P 18 13 2 20 3 2
1946 PS P 1 0 0 0 0 0
1947 PS 1B 1 1 11 0 0 1
1947 PS P 15 11 1 13 2 0
1948 PS OF 2 2 2 0 0 0
1948 PS P 10 8 0 11 0 0

Career Games by Position

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Roy Partlow Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 104
First Base 2
Second Base 1
Left Field 17
Center Field 2
Right Field 16

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Roy Partlow: the record in brief

The season rows for Roy Partlow begin in 1937. The season rows list, in order, the Cincinnati Tigers (1937), the Homestead Grays (1938 through 1943), and the Philadelphia Stars (1945 to 1948). Partlow played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw left-handed. Born on June 18, 1912, in Washington, GA, USA, Partlow was listed at 5-foot-11 and 180 pounds. The bio records the death on April 19, 1987, in Cherry Hill, NJ, USA. Partlow's full given name, per the bio, is Roy E. Partlow.

The pitching table credits Partlow with a 42-26 record and a 3.50 ERA in 104 games. Partlow had 384 strikeouts and 45 complete games. That 3.50 ERA compares with a 3.93 league average across the same seasons, 11.0% better. No season topped the 9 wins of 1942. Partlow struck out 80 batters in 1945, a career high. 1942 was Partlow's sharpest full season, a 2.28 ERA against the league's 3.57. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 13,871.8 for Partlow's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Roy Partlow

Was Roy Partlow a pitcher?
Yes. Roy Partlow pitched in the major leagues, recording 42 wins and 384 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Roy Partlow hit?
Roy Partlow hit 2 career home runs with 98 hits.
What was Roy Partlow's career batting average?
Roy Partlow batted .250 over his career, with 98 hits in 392 at bats.
How many RBI did Roy Partlow have?
Roy Partlow drove in 40 runs in his career.
What was Roy Partlow's career ERA?
Roy Partlow finished with a 3.50 career ERA, going 42-26 with 384 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Roy Partlow have?
Roy Partlow recorded 384 career strikeouts.