#34 Roberto Mejia, Second Base, 32 yrs, Kansas City Royals

#34 Roberto Mejia, Second Base, 32 yrs, Kansas City Royals
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Roberto Mejia

4/14/1972
32
D.R.,,HATO MAYOR
5"11
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Second Base
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Big League Contract
$ 3,230,000
2006
7 Year(s), 51 Days (1255 total Days)
172 Day(s)
9 Year(s), 20 Days (1568 total Days)
11 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	7	8	6	4	6
Versus LHP	8	8	6	4	6
Versus RHP	6	8	6	4	6
Talent	8	8	5	5	7

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Fielding Ratings
2B : 5 (Range), .961 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 3
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/26	@TEX	W 4-0	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	#2
9/27	@TEX	L 2-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	#2
9/28	BOS	W 2-1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
9/29	BOS	W 9-8	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
9/30	@BAL	W 5-1	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	#2
10/1	MIN	W 9-4	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	#2
10/2	@MIN	W 4-3	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	#5
10/3	@DET	L 3-8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#5
10/4	SEA	L 3-6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	#5
10/5	MIN	L 1-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	#5

Batting Stats 2004

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	160	631	172	42	5	13	73	99	68	96	.273	.343	.417	.760	.764	.144
Projected	159	627	171	42	5	13	73	98	68	95	.273	.343	.417	.760	.764	.144

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	156	708	1	1	0	8	5	3	263	60	30	7	81.1	98.1	5.5

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	172	52	10	1	1	15	21	11	23	1	2	1	.302	.342	.390	.732
vs. RHP	459	120	32	4	12	58	78	57	73	2	3	0	.261	.342	.427	.769
Close/Late	72	19	3	1	2	9	11	7	17	0	3	0	.264	.317	.417	.734
Scoring Position	143	38	11	0	2	54	0	16	19	3	2	0	.266	.329	.385	.714
Pinch Hitting	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	79	303	86	21	3	7	33	47	26	40	.284	.339	.442	.782
Road	81	328	86	21	2	6	40	52	42	56	.262	.341	.393	.735
March/April	24	102	30	9	2	1	10	12	4	7	.294	.321	.451	.772
May	26	99	33	6	1	3	12	18	4	14	.333	.359	.505	.864
June	26	111	35	10	2	1	10	17	12	17	.315	.379	.468	.848
July	23	88	27	7	0	3	14	18	14	10	.307	.400	.489	.889
August	28	109	24	4	0	4	19	17	16	21	.220	.313	.367	.679
Sept/Oct	33	122	23	6	0	1	8	17	18	27	.189	.289	.262	.551

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1997	14	27	6	1	0	1	5	6	2	0	1	5	1	0	.222	.267	.370	.637	KCA
1998	47	69	21	6	1	2	8	13	4	0	0	19	4	1	.304	.342	.507	.850	KC
1999	75	128	36	9	2	2	14	29	6	0	0	28	4	3	.281	.313	.430	.743	KC
2000	124	447	112	24	8	7	43	55	27	5	0	97	10	8	.251	.301	.387	.688	KC
2001	140	502	142	37	5	10	51	68	43	1	2	114	26	10	.283	.339	.436	.776	KC
2002	136	493	128	32	6	10	53	77	40	2	6	104	22	7	.260	.314	.410	.724	KC
2003	152	610	172	35	17	9	74	88	55	2	2	95	31	6	.282	.342	.439	.782	KC
2004	160	631	172	42	5	13	73	99	68	1	3	96	30	7	.273	.343	.417	.760	KC,AL
Total	848	2907	789	186	44	54	321	435	245	11	14	558	128	42	.271	.329	.421	.750

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1993, A	101	384	115	21	2	14	57	51	52	79	7	8	.299	.376	.474	.850
1993, AA	36	154	39	7	1	5	18	20	9	25	2	1	.253	.284	.409	.693
1994, AA	137	554	162	50	4	22	95	84	49	97	12	7	.292	.348	.516	.864
1995, AA	83	319	101	23	7	17	62	55	47	70	6	5	.317	.400	.592	.992
1995, AAA	50	209	72	11	1	11	33	36	14	40	8	0	.344	.384	.565	.949
1996, AAA	135	582	166	36	4	32	89	95	43	140	11	4	.285	.332	.526	.858
1997, AAA	120	438	140	28	8	19	81	72	43	93	9	3	.320	.378	.550	.928

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2003	14	61	21	1	0	9	16	16	3	10	4	1	.344	.375	.803	1.178
Total	14	61	21	1	0	9	16	16	3	10	4	1	.344	.375	.803	1.178

Fielding Stats 2004

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Second Base

165

249

.964

396.0

5.66

Player History

2/5/2003: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration...
9/17/2003: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $3,230,000 per year, for 3 years.
Won World Championship with Kansas City in 2003...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/10/2004, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Toronto on 6/1/2004...
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

Triples
2000 - 8 - 9th
2003 - 17 - 1st

SB
2003 - 31 - 6th

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