Roy Mahaffey Notable

b. February 9, 1904 · Pittsburgh Pirates 1926–1927, Philadelphia Athletics 1930–1935, St. Louis Browns 1936

Roy Mahaffey played for three clubs across 11 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1926 and closing with the St. Louis Browns in 1936. His longest stay was with the Philadelphia Athletics, from 1930 to 1935.

He went 67 and 49 with a 5.01 earned run average, pitching 1,056 innings in 224 games. He struck out 365 and completed 45 of his 128 starts. Across 224 games he batted .184, with 73 hits and 28 runs. He finished with 4 home runs and 9 doubles.

He was born in Belton, SC, USA on February 9, 1904, and died on July 23, 1969. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1926	PIT	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1927	PIT	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	.400
1930	PHA	33	59	2	7	1	0	1	7	0	21	.119
1931	PHA	30	63	7	12	2	0	2	8	4	25	.190
1932	PHA	37	87	7	15	1	1	1	6	3	37	.172
1933	PHA	33	65	4	14	1	0	0	6	2	23	.215
1934	PHA	37	48	5	13	2	0	0	4	2	5	.271
1935	PHA	27	51	3	9	1	0	0	1	2	18	.176
1936	SLB	21	16	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	7	.063
Career	—	224	396	28	73	9	1	4	33	14	139	.184

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1926	PIT	0	0	4	0	0	4.2	5	0	1	3	0.00
1927	PIT	1	0	2	1	0	9.1	9	8	9	4	7.71
1930	PHA	9	5	33	16	0	152.2	186	85	53	38	5.01
1931	PHA	15	4	30	20	2	162.1	161	76	82	59	4.21
1932	PHA	13	13	37	28	0	222.2	245	126	96	106	5.09
1933	PHA	13	10	33	23	0	179.1	198	103	74	66	5.17
1934	PHA	6	7	37	14	2	129.0	142	77	55	37	5.37
1935	PHA	8	4	27	17	0	136.0	153	59	42	39	3.90
1936	SLB	2	6	21	9	1	60.0	82	54	40	13	8.10
Career	—	67	49	224	128	5	1056.0	1181	588	452	365	5.01

On this day & linked events

1904

Born February 9, 1904

Belton, SC, USA

1969

Died July 23, 1969

1926

Major-league debut: Roy Mahaffey

Roy Mahaffey made a major-league debut on August 31, 1926.

1936

Final major-league game: Roy Mahaffey

Roy Mahaffey played a final major-league game on July 28, 1936.

Image: Goudey, public domain