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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 record	0–0
Earned run average	9.95
Strikeouts	6
Teams
Brooklyn Dodgers (1946)
Member of the Canadian
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2021

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]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

На других языках

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- [en] Jean-Pierre Roy

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[ru] Руа, Жан-Пьер

Жан-Пьер Руа (фр. Jean-Pierre Roy, 26 июня 1920, Монреаль, Квебек — 1 ноября 2014, Помпано-Бич, Флорида) — канадский бейсболист , питчер. Выступал в Главной лиге бейсбола в составе «Бруклин Доджерс». Также играл за различные клубы Мексики и Кубы. После завершения карьеры работал теле- и радиокомментатором.

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