:Roy Mahaffey

{{Short description|American baseball player (1904–1969)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Roy Mahaffey

|image=RoyMahaffeyGoudeycard.jpg

|caption=Roy Mahaffey 1933 Goudey baseball card

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1904|2|9}}

|birth_place=Belton, South Carolina, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1969|7|23|1904|2|9}}

|death_place=Anderson, South Carolina, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 31

|debutyear=1926

|debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 28

|finalyear=1936

|finalteam=St. Louis Browns

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=67–49

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.01

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=365

|teams=

• Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–1927)
• Philadelphia Athletics (1930–1935)
• St. Louis Browns (1936)

}}

Lee Roy Mahaffey (February 9, 1904 – July 23, 1969) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Athletics, and St. Louis Browns.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mahafro01.shtml "Roy Mahaffey Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14. His key pitch was a fast-breaking curveball.James, Bill and Neyer, Rob. [https://books.google.com/books?id=7FfRLE6I5EEC The Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers] (Simon & Schuster, 2004), pp. 289–290.

In nine seasons, Mahaffey posted a 67-49 record with a 5.01 earned run average in 1,056 innings pitched with 365 strikeouts.

As a hitter, Mahaffey posted a .184 batting average (73-for-396) with 28 runs, 4 home runs and 33 RBI in 224 games pitched.