Inducted 2018
Historic Era Player: Roy is known as one of the best pitchers to have ever came
out of the Michigan Charter. He won
13 State championships. He pitched
in 14 World tournaments starting in the era of qualifying by pitching 200 shoes
which was very hard do as there is no room for a below average run. He did go on to make the Championship
round five times starting in 1965 when he averaged 75.64%. His best year was 1969 when he finished 5th
with an average of 79.22%. That
year Roy had three straight games of 89% or better including a 90% game. Roy seemed to struggle in the 200-shoe qualifier
and often pitched in the 'B' group where he often had higher averages than
several of the Championship group pitchers at the completion of the tournament.
In actual games, he was a fierce
competitor always giving his best. Roy was inducted into the Michigan HOF in
1972.