Roy Face vs. Steve Stone — Career Comparison

Roy Face
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Steve Stone
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Steve Stone built a career as a starting pitcher and Roy Face as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Roy Face posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.320 compared to 3.97 and 1.367 for Steve Stone. By the career numbers, Roy Face had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roy Face and Steve Stone

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
5.55
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
1.61
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.18
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.68
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
0.54
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.62
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.47
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.26
52.26
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.5
53.5
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.06
84.06
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.22
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
1.26
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
3.48
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
3.97
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
4125
27
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5365
27
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1375
9
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1788.1
9
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1347
8.82
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1707
8.59
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.82
8.82
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.92
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
0.93
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
2.37
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
716
3.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
0.69
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.11
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
877
5.74
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1065
5.36
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.74
5.74
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.996
0.996
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.21
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.16
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.09
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.2
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
5691
37.25
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7640
38.45
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
574
3.76
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.08
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
3.87
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
4.43
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.44
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.2
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.47
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.355
1.355
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5315
34.79
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6758
34.01
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.25
37.25
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45

Fielding Stats for Roy Face and Steve Stone

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
848
6.07
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
1.61
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.1
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
269
1.35
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
3773
27
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5367
27
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1257.2
9
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1789
9
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.74
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.63
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
1.52
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.28
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.1
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.11
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
330
2.36
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
2.02
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
2.26
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
1.91
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.76
95.76
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.51
94.51
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.373
0.373
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.184
1.184
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.06
84.06
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roy Face and Steve Stone

Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
853
2391.59
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
340
806.32
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
214
600
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
253
600
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
194
543.93
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
219
519.37
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.402
0.402
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
86.92
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
22
52.17
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
78.5
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
20
47.43
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.74
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
8.41
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.74
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.93
13.82
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
3.35
7.95
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
95.33
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
24
56.92
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
92.52
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
80.63
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
25.23
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
9
21.34
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
19.63
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
7
16.6
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
44.86
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
16
37.94
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.04
5.73
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.68
-8.74
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.37
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.61
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
26.09
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47
131.78
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
92
218.18
Roy Face
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
2.75
2.75
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
18
50.47
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
52.17
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.41
Steve Stone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.74
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roy Face
Career
Per 600 PA
Steve Stone
Career
Per 600 PA