:Roy Henshaw

{{Short description|American baseball player (1911–1993)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Roy Henshaw

|image=Roy Henshaw.jpeg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1911|7|29}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1993|6|8|1911|7|29}}

|death_place=LaGrange, Illinois, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Left

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 15

|debutyear=1933

|debutteam=Chicago Cubs

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 10

|finalyear=1944

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=33–40

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.16

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=337

|teams=

• Chicago Cubs ({{mlby|1933}}, {{mlby|1935}}–{{mlby|1936}})
• Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1937}})
• St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1938}})
• Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1942}}–{{mlby|1944}})

}}

Roy Knikelbine Henshaw (July 29, 1911 – June 8, 1993) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1933 to 1944.

Born in Chicago, Henshaw played collegiately for the University of Chicago. Henshaw spent eight seasons in the Major Leagues as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Detroit Tigers. He played in the National Baseball Congress with the St. Joseph's Autos team in 1946.{{cite web |last1=Preston |first1=J.G. |title=The only Class E player to make it to the majors; or, An excuse to obsess |url=https://prestonjg.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/the-only-class-e-player-to-make-it-to-the-majors-or-an-excuse-to-obsess/ |website=prestonjg.wordpress.com |access-date=29 January 2017 |date=August 5, 2009}}{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/roy-henshaw/ |title=Roy Henshaw |first1=Gregory H. |last1=Wolf |website=sabr.org |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=April 16, 2020}}

Henshaw died on June 8, 1993, in LaGrange, Illinois.