Jean-Pierre Roy

Jean-Pierre Roy (June 26, 1920 – November 1, 2014) was a Canadian pitcher in Major League Baseball.

While with the minor league Montreal Royals, Roy played with Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the major leagues.

The major highlight of his Montreal years was going 25–11 with a 3.72 ERA in the 1945 season and he compiled an overall 45–28 career record pitching with the Royals.

[1] He died on November 1, 2014, at his Pompano Beach, Florida, winter home in the United States, at the age of 94.

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A young fan between Hugh Casey (left) and Jean-Pierre Roy (right) in Delorimier Stadium , Montreal, 6 July 1946.