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Mel Roach

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: January 25, 1933 in Richmond, VA us

Died: July 31, 2023 in Richmond, VA

High School: John Marshall HS (Richmond, VA)

School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Debut: July 31, 1953 (Age 20-187d, 11,043rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1962 (Age 29-246d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Melvin Earl Roach

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1957 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.5

499

119

.239

RBI

OBP

.275

SLG

.331

OPS

.606

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	46	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	5 (2)	Apr 20	MLN		CIN	L,5-10	GF	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
3	6	Apr 21	MLN		CIN	W,2-0	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	9 (2)	Apr 24	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	16 (6)	May 5	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	21 (4)	May 15 (1)	MLN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	24 (2)	May 18	MLN		SFG	W,3-1	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	25	May 21	MLN		CHC	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	28 (2)	May 26	MLN	@	STL	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	31 (2)	May 30	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	34 (2)	Jun 2	MLN	@	PHI	W,9-8	GS	37	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
12	38 (3)	Jun 5 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,4-1	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	39	Jun 7	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	43 (3)	Jun 11	MLN	@	SFG	W,9-5	GS	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
15	61 (17)	Jun 26	MLN		LAD	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	74 (12)	Jul 7	MLN		PHI	W,2-0	GS	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	78 (3)	Jul 14	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-0	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
18	79	Jul 15	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	88 (8)	Jul 24 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,1-0	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	92 (3)	Jul 29	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-7	GF	12	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
21	93	Jul 30	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-7	GS	18	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	97 (3)	Aug 4	MLN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	102 (4)	Aug 9	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	GS	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
24	104 (1)	Aug 11	MLN		SFG	L,7-8	GS	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
25	105	Aug 12	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	3	1	1	5	0	2B
26	106	Aug 13	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	2B
27	107	Aug 14	MLN		SFG	W,3-0	GS	32	9.0	7	3	0	10	1	2B 1B
28	108	Aug 15 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B 3B
29	110 (1)	Aug 16	MLN	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
30	111	Aug 17	MLN	@	CIN	W,11-4	GS	30	7.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
31	112	Aug 18	MLN		PHI	W,1-0	GS	21	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
32	113	Aug 19	MLN		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
33	114	Aug 20	MLN		PHI	W,1-0	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
34	116 (1)	Aug 23	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-0	GS	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
35	117	Aug 24	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
36	118	Aug 25	MLN	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	1	2B
37	119	Aug 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS	20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
38	120	Aug 27	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
39	122 (1)	Aug 29	MLN		STL	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	149 (26)	Sep 25	MLN		PIT	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
41	153 (3)	Oct 1	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-7	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 2B
							43gm		294.1	67	29	4	100	5