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Mel Roach
Melvin Earl Roach

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.
School University of Virginia

Debut July 31, 1953
Final Game September 28, 1962
Born January 25, 1933 in Richmond, VA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 20 MLN NL   5    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1954 21 MLN NL   3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   1
 1957 24 MLN NL   7    6    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .167  .167  .167   -7    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1958 25 MLN NL  44  136   14   42   7  0   3   10   0  0   6  15  .309  .336  .426  108   58   4   1   0   0   1
 1959 26 MLN NL  19   31    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .097  .152  .097  -29    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 27 MLN NL  48  140   12   42  12  0   3   18   0  0   6  19  .300  .329  .450  118   63   3   2   1   1  10
 1961 28 TOT NL  36   75    4   11   2  0   1    7   1  0   5  13  .147  .217  .213   16   16   1   1   0   2   3
         MLN NL  13   36    3    6   0  0   1    6   0  0   2   4  .167  .244  .250   35    9   1   1   0   2   0
         CHC NL  23   39    1    5   2  0   0    1   1  0   3   9  .128  .190  .179   -1    7   0   0   0   0   3
 1962 29 PHI NL  65  105    9   20   4  0   0    8   0  0   5  19  .190  .225  .229   24   24   0   1   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      227  499   42  119  25  0   7   43   1  0  24  75  .238  .275  .331   66  165   9   5   1   3  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        356   30   85  18  0   5   31   1  0  17  54  .238  .275  .331   66  118   6   4   1   2  12
 Career High     65  140   14   42  12  0   3   18   1  0   6  19                          63   4   2   1   2  10
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 20 MLN NL    2    2    0   0.0   105| .000  .267| .000  .337| .000  .416| .000  .753|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1954 21 MLN NL    4    5    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .337| .000  .412| .000  .749|-100  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1957 24 MLN NL    7    6    0   0.0    97| .167  .260| .167  .322| .167  .403| .334  .725|  -7  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1958 25 MLN NL  147  100   20   5.4    99| .309  .260| .336  .327| .426  .406| .762  .733| 108  .565   1.6   0.2   0%
 1959 26 MLN NL   33   28    1   1.0    98| .097  .260| .152  .325| .097  .403| .249  .728| -29  .052  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1960 27 MLN NL  152  113   17   4.0    93| .300  .255| .329  .320| .450  .391| .779  .711| 118  .465   3.7   0.4   0%
 1961 28 TOT NL   84   69    4   1.6   103| .147  .267| .217  .333| .213  .416| .430  .749|  16  .118  -9.0  -0.9 100%
         MLN NL   42   32    3   2.5   100| .167  .263| .244  .328| .250  .409| .494  .737|  35  .242  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         CHC NL   42   37    1   0.7   106| .128  .271| .190  .338| .179  .422| .369  .760|  -1  .032  -5.8  -0.6 100%
 1962 29 PHI NL  111   88    5   1.5   100| .190  .266| .225  .333| .229  .404| .454  .737|  24  .118 -11.1  -1.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       540  411   47   3.1    98| .238  .261| .275  .327| .331  .403| .606  .730|  66  .327 -23.0  -2.3 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 20 MLN NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1954 21 MLN NL 1B 1 3 0 0 2 1.000 1.000 3.00 9.30 1957 24 MLN NL 2B 5 4 3 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 4.96 4.20 5.40 1 15.0 1958 25 MLN NL 2B 27 56 80 1 13 .993 .975 5.04 4.76 5.56 5.33 25 220.0 OF 7 5 1 2 0 .750 .984 0.86 1.94 1.12 2.25 6 48.3 LF 4 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 1.00 1.55 1.27 2.00 3 28.3 RF 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.000 0.67 1.73 0.90 2.02 3 20.0 1B 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 8.10 9.00 9.54 0 5.0 1959 26 MLN NL 2B 8 8 14 3 2 .880 .978 2.75 4.78 5.12 5.28 3 38.7 LF 4 4 2 2 0 .750 .968 1.50 1.60 2.35 2.03 4 23.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1960 27 MLN NL LF 21 36 0 1 0 .973 .973 1.71 1.55 2.01 1.99 20 161.3 2B 20 26 29 3 5 .948 .973 2.75 4.48 3.87 5.20 17 128.0 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.20 9.00 9.67 0 4.0 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.60 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1961 28 TOT NL 1B 9 68 3 1 8 .986 .990 7.89 8.57 11.99 9.81 6 53.3 MLN NL LF 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.50 1.50 1.88 9 72.0 1B 2 18 0 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 8.55 16.20 9.81 1 10.0 CHC NL 1B 7 50 3 1 8 .981 .991 7.57 8.57 11.02 9.81 5 43.3 2B 7 3 5 1 0 .889 .976 1.14 4.89 2.40 5.52 4 30.0 1962 29 PHI NL 3B 26 14 25 2 2 .951 .949 1.50 2.56 2.98 2.95 13 117.7 2B 9 8 10 0 3 1.000 .973 2.00 4.68 4.54 5.29 4 35.7 1B 4 18 1 0 0 1.000 .990 4.75 8.05 11.40 9.78 1 15.0 LF 3 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 1.37 1.12 1.80 2 16.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 21 MLN NL 1B 1 3 0 0 2 1.000 1.000 3.00 9.30 1958 25 MLN NL 1B 1 4 1 0 0 1.000 .980 5.00 8.10 9.00 9.54 0 5.0 1960 27 MLN NL 1B 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.00 8.20 9.00 9.67 0 4.0 1961 28 TOT NL 1B 9 68 3 1 8 .986 .990 7.89 8.57 11.99 9.81 6 53.3 MLN NL 1B 2 18 0 0 0 1.000 .989 9.00 8.55 16.20 9.81 1 10.0 CHC NL 1B 7 50 3 1 8 .981 .991 7.57 8.57 11.02 9.81 5 43.3 1962 29 PHI NL 1B 4 18 1 0 0 1.000 .990 4.75 8.05 11.40 9.78 1 15.0 1953 20 MLN NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80 1957 24 MLN NL 2B 5 4 3 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 4.96 4.20 5.40 1 15.0 1958 25 MLN NL 2B 27 56 80 1 13 .993 .975 5.04 4.76 5.56 5.33 25 220.0 1959 26 MLN NL 2B 8 8 14 3 2 .880 .978 2.75 4.78 5.12 5.28 3 38.7 1960 27 MLN NL 2B 20 26 29 3 5 .948 .973 2.75 4.48 3.87 5.20 17 128.0 1961 28 CHC NL 2B 7 3 5 1 0 .889 .976 1.14 4.89 2.40 5.52 4 30.0 1962 29 PHI NL 2B 9 8 10 0 3 1.000 .973 2.00 4.68 4.54 5.29 4 35.7 1959 26 MLN NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.70 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1960 27 MLN NL 3B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 2.60 9.00 2.70 0 1.0 1962 29 PHI NL 3B 26 14 25 2 2 .951 .949 1.50 2.56 2.98 2.95 13 117.7 1958 25 MLN NL LF 4 4 0 1 0 .800 .976 1.00 1.55 1.27 2.00 3 28.3 1959 26 MLN NL LF 4 4 2 2 0 .750 .968 1.50 1.60 2.35 2.03 4 23.0 1960 27 MLN NL LF 21 36 0 1 0 .973 .973 1.71 1.55 2.01 1.99 20 161.3 1961 28 MLN NL LF 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.50 1.50 1.88 9 72.0 1962 29 PHI NL LF 3 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 1.37 1.12 1.80 2 16.0 1958 25 MLN NL OF 7 5 1 2 0 .750 .984 0.86 1.94 1.12 2.25 6 48.3 1959 26 MLN NL OF 4 4 2 2 0 .750 .984 1.50 1.90 2.35 2.19 4 23.0 1960 27 MLN NL OF 21 39 0 1 0 .975 .977 1.86 1.92 2.18 2.20 20 161.3 1961 28 MLN NL OF 9 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.33 1.86 1.50 2.16 9 72.0 1962 29 PHI NL OF 3 2 0 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 1.80 1.12 2.08 2 16.0 1958 25 MLN NL RF 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.000 0.67 1.73 0.90 2.02 3 20.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 77 105 141 8 23 .969 .975 3.19 4.70 54 467.3 OF* 44 62 3 6 0 .915 .977 1.48 1.90 41 320.7 41 0 3# LF* 41 58 2 5 0 .923 .972 1.46 1.53 38 300.7 3B* 28 15 25 2 2 .952 .948 1.43 2.57 13 119.7 1B* 16 97 5 1 10 .990 .990 6.38 8.43 7 77.3 RF* 3 1 1 1 0 .667 1.000 0.67 1.73 3 20.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 165 279 174 17 35 .964 .976 2.75 3.96
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1953 NL-20-7
1954 NL-21-7

HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

July 2, 1953: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent (bonus baby).

May 9, 1961: Traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Frank Thomas.

November 30, 1961: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Cleveland Indians for Ely Churchich (minors) and Lou Holdener (minors).

March 20, 1962: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Philadelphia Phillies for Ken Lehman and Tony Curry.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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