Preacher Roe passed away Sunday:

Elwin Charles Roe better known as major league baseball pitcher "Preacher" Roe died Sunday night after a battle with colon cancer.

The Ash Flat, Arkansas, native was originally signed by the St. Louis Cardinals but only played one game as a Redbird, before being traded.

Roe's best known for his time with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Playing along side Jackie Robinson and Duke Snyder in 1951, Roe was named Pitcher of the Year thanks to a record of 22-3.

He was a late bloomer due to World War II, but put together five excellent season for the Dodgers in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Roe appears to have given himself the nickname at a young age:

Roe got his nickname at about three years of age when his family lived in Wild Cherry. Although Roe has given various versions of how the nickname came about, his response in an interview in the West Plains Gazette is likely the closest to the truth: "I had an uncle that came back from the first World War who hadn't ever seen me. He said, 'What's your name, young man?' And for some reason I said, 'Preacher.'...My mother said maybe it was because I liked the preacher we had at our church so well."

My thoughts go out to his family and friends.