#2 Mel Roach, Third Base, 28 yrs, Washington Senators Saturday, 10/21/1961 |
 | Name : Nickname : Birthday : Age : Born in : Height : Weight :
Position : Bats : Throws :
| Mel Roach
1/25/1933 28 USA,VA,RICHMOND 6"1 190
Third Base R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Suffers Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 150,000 1961 (Automatic) 3 Year(s), 104 Days (620 total Days) 172 Day(s) 8 Year(s), 0 Days (1376 total Days) 8 Year(s) Out of Option Years
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Versus LHP | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Versus RHP | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Talent | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Baserunning Instincts : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 2 1 4 1 Normal
| Fielding Ratings 2B : 10 (Range), .992 (Fielding Pct.) 3B : 7 (Range), .992 (Fielding Pct.) LF : 9 (Range), .993 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Infield Arm : 9 Outfield Arm : 3
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Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
9/20 | DET | L 2-8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/21 | DET | W 4-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #7 | | |
9/22 | @CLE | W 3-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/24 | @MIN | W 6-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
9/25 | @MIN | L 2-7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
9/27 | NYY | W 4-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #6 | | |
10/1 | @BOS | W 4-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #7 | | |
10/4 | DET | W 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/5 | @LAA | W 4-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #2 | | |
10/10 | KC | W 9-8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
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Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
Overall | 114 | 338 | 77 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 21 | 21 | .228 | .273 | .311 | .584 | .465 | .083 |
Projected | 114 | 338 | 77 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 21 | 21 | .228 | .273 | .311 | .584 | .465 | .083 |
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Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
Overall | 87 | 362 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 26.4 | 2.6 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHP | 109 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .211 | .248 | .275 | .523 |
vs. RHP | 229 | 54 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .236 | .286 | .328 | .613 |
Close/Late | 37 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .297 | .333 | .405 | .739 |
Scoring Position | 80 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .278 | .300 | .578 |
Pinch Hitting | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .286 | .429 | .714 |
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| G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Home | 52 | 147 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 8 | .211 | .275 | .265 | .540 |
Road | 62 | 191 | 46 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 13 | .241 | .272 | .346 | .618 |
Last Week | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
March/April | 17 | 56 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .214 | .241 | .286 | .527 |
May | 21 | 65 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .277 | .329 | .338 | .667 |
June | 15 | 52 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .269 | .283 | .404 | .687 |
July | 17 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .167 | .280 | .190 | .470 |
August | 22 | 60 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | .233 | .292 | .367 | .659 |
Sept/Oct | 22 | 63 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | .190 | .212 | .254 | .466 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1954 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .059 | .200 | .059 | .259 | SLA |
1959 | 87 | 230 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .303 | .365 | .668 | BAL |
1960 | 125 | 363 | 86 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 35 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 0 | .237 | .293 | .322 | .615 | BAL |
1961 | 114 | 338 | 77 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .228 | .273 | .311 | .584 | BAL LAA |
Total | 332 | 948 | 226 | 57 | 3 | 6 | 99 | 90 | 58 | 8 | 5 | 97 | 2 | 1 | .238 | .287 | .324 | .610 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
1953, AAA | 136 | 584 | 164 | 38 | 1 | 17 | 74 | 66 | 31 | 86 | 0 | 1 | .281 | .312 | .437 | .749 |
1954, AAA | 26 | 110 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .318 | .353 | .555 | .907 |
1955, AAA | 100 | 414 | 114 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 55 | 46 | 13 | 48 | 1 | 1 | .275 | .296 | .440 | .736 |
1956, AA | 138 | 536 | 162 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 67 | 74 | 65 | 43 | 3 | 2 | .302 | .372 | .437 | .809 |
1957, AA | 138 | 551 | 154 | 36 | 0 | 14 | 87 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 1 | 0 | .279 | .345 | .421 | .766 |
1958, AA | 129 | 531 | 168 | 38 | 2 | 18 | 84 | 80 | 58 | 46 | 0 | 3 | .316 | .374 | .497 | .871 |
1959, AAA | 7 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .286 | .290 | .393 | .683 |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Second Base | 35 | 25 | 60 | 101 | 26 | 162 | 1 | .994 | 252.0 | 5.79 | | | | |
Third Base | 72 | 62 | 26 | 138 | 9 | 167 | 3 | .982 | 547.1 | 2.75 | | | | |
Leftfield | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.0 | 1.29 | | | | |
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Transactions Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by St. Louis (A) in 1953... Injured on 7/31/1953 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week... Had first career hit on 6/18/1954, off Ray Herbert (DET)... Injured on 8/13/1954 with a Pulled Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks... Injured on 5/25/1955 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 6 weeks... Injured on 7/15/1956 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days... Injured on 8/11/1958 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks... Hit first career homerun on 4/22/1959, off Sandy Koufax (NYY)... Traded from Baltimore to Los Angeles (A) on 2/3/1961 (Going to LAA: CF Eddie Haas, 3B Mel Roach, P Johnny James, 3B Tony Roig. Going to BAL: C Bertram A1)... Traded from Los Angeles (A) to Washington on 2/3/1961 (Going to : C Jimmie Coker, P Don Ferrarese, 3B Mel Roach, P Johnny Klippstein, CF Carroll Hardy. Going to LAA: C Cal Neeman, LF Jim Small, P Ed Roebuck, LF Sandy Amoros, P Joey Jay)...
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