Rest in Peace Elroy "Roy" Face

N-seven year old Elroy "Roy" Face passed away recently. One of the oldest living former ballplayers, Face spent 16 years in the big leagues, most of which with the Pirates. He spent most of his career out of the bullpen and amassed 191 saves long before the save was considered a real statistic.

I am actually very familiar with him not because of his great career or his save total, but because I pulled his 1963 Topps baseball card out of one of those machines where you put in a quarter and get a card. Usually a current common card or two would come out of those machines, but being a teenager, I was ecstatic that I pulled that card. You didn't see older cards around back then. The world has certainly changed!

We continue to lose our favorite players almost daily it seems. But they stay alive on our memories and for that reason, Elroy "Roy" Face will always be a baseball card memory. Rest in Peace!