Roy Welmaker

Pitcher

Born: December 6, 1913
Atlanta, Georgia

Died: February 3, 1998 (aged 84)
Decatur, Georgia

Batted: Both

Threw: Left

debut

1932, for the Atlanta Black Crackers

Last appearance

1953, for the Hollywood Stars

Teams

Atlanta Black Crackers (1932)
Homestead Grays (1936–1938, 1942, 1944–1945)
Philadelphia Stars (1939–1940)
Wilkes-Barre Indians (1949)
San Diego Padres (1950–1951)
Hollywood Stars (1951–1953)
Portland Beavers (1952–1953)

Career highlights and awards

Negro World Series champion (1944)
Pitching Triple Crown in LVBP (1946)

Roy Horace Welmaker (December 6, 1913 – February 3, 1998) was an American professional baseball pitcher star of Negro Leagues. He played from 1932 to 1953. Notably, in 1946 as pitcher of Sabios de Vargas Roy Welmaker hurled in 25 of the 30 games of LVBP inaugural season, including 25 starts, and posted a 12-8 record with 139 strikeouts and a 2.68 earned run average (ERA) in 181⅔ innings of work. Welmaker led the league in victories, strikeouts and ERA to easily win the Triple crown.

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