Roy Campanella

Nickname(s): Campy

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

Height: 5'8"

Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: Nov 19, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA

Major League Debut: Apr 20, 1948

Died: Jun 26, 1993 in Woodland Hills, CA

CAREER STATISTICS - BATTING TOTALS

BATTING

YR/ club/ G/ AB/ H/2B/3B/ HR/ R/ RBI/AVG.

1948/Brooklyn/83/279/72/11/3/9/32/45/.258

1949/Brooklyn/130/436/125/22/2/22/65/82/.287

1950/Brooklyn/126/437/123/19/3/31/70/89/.281

1951/Brooklyn/143/505/164/33/1/33/90/108/.325

1952/Brooklyn/128/468/126/18/1/22/73/97/.269

1953/Brooklyn/144/519/162/26/3/41/103/142/.312

1954/Brooklyn/111/397/82/14/3/19/43/51/.207

1955/Brooklyn/123/446/142/20/1/32/81/107/.318

1956/Brooklyn/124/388/85/6/1/20/39/73/.219

1957/Brooklyn/103/330/80/9/0/13/31/62/.242

Career/ /1215/4205/1161/178/18/242/627/856/.276

    Roy Campanella

was the catcher for a dynasty from 1947 on throughout the fifties. He could do anything that a manager could want from a catcher. He could hit for power and average, he could block the plate, and he had an amazing arm. He is one of the few men to ever win three Most Valuabale Player awards. If it wasn't for a tragic accident, many believe that he would have broken Ruth's then-record of 60 home runs in a single season because he was a dead pull hitter and for three years, the Dodgers played in the LA colisseum, which had a 250 foot left field fence. After the 1957 season, he was permanantly paralyzed in a one-car accident on an icy road. He lived through many hardships after that. One was an ugly divorce. He wrote an autobiography named It's Good to be Alive. It is a very good book. He died in 1993.