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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-20 / in Starts: 21-10
Longest Hitting Streak	9 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 147 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	85 (48-26-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 147 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	90 (47-28-14)

Most Driven In
Self	3
B Bruton	2
W Covington	1
F Mantilla	1
B Trowbridge	1
H Aaron	1
J Adcock	1
J Logan	0

Most Driven In By
Self	3
F Torre	2
E Mathews	2
H Aaron	2
G Conley	1
W Covington	1
J Adcock	1
J Logan	1

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	16	1	Apr 15	MLN		PIT	L,3-4	9-GF(14)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	2.42	-0.085	5.99	-0.13%	-0.16	PH 1B
2	17	4 (2)	Apr 19	MLN	@	PHI	W,5-0	GS-7	3	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	.95	0.096	2.50	0.15%	0.77	RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	18	15 (10)	May 2	MLN	@	CHC	L,7-8	6-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.875	1.375	6	1.00	-0.040	3.33	-0.08%	0.39	PH LF
4	19	16	May 3	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.417	.667	1.083	7	1.23	-0.025	3.72	-0.05%	-0.24	RF
5	20	17	May 4	MLN	@	STL	W,7-2	GS-7	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.467	.467	.733	1.200	7	1.22	0.165	3.48	0.28%	1.88	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	21	43 (25)	Jun 4	MLN	@	SFG	W,10-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.438	.438	.688	1.125	8	.19	-0.005	1.21	-0.02%	-0.15	PH
7	22	44	Jun 5	MLN	@	SFG	L,4-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.471	.471	.706	1.176	9	2.90	0.085	19.25	0.34%	0.38	PH
8	23	46 (1)	Jun 7	MLN	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.429	.429	.619	1.048	5	1.47	0.021	6.87	0.06%	0.24	LF
9	24	47	Jun 8	MLN	@	LAD	L,4-12	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.423	.560	.983	2	.28	0.029	1.23	0.08%	-0.09	LF
10	25	48	Jun 10	MLN	@	CHC	L,6-9	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.444	.560	1.004	9	.52	0.025	2.53	0.07%	0.26	PH 2B
11	26	49	Jun 11	MLN	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.345	.387	.483	.870	3	.96	-0.077	4.57	-0.22%	-0.86	2B
12	27	51 (1)	Jun 13	MLN	@	STL	W,2-0	CG(6)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.371	.455	.826	2	1.08	0.008	5.82	0.03%	-0.09	2B
13	28	53 (1)	Jun 15	MLN	@	STL	W,4-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.324	.361	.441	.802	2	5.03	-0.150	28.70	-0.51%	-0.61	PH
14	29	57 (3)	Jun 21	MLN		STL	L,1-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.314	.351	.429	.780	9	5.33	-0.118	31.13	-0.41%	-0.45	PH
15	30	58	Jun 22	MLN		STL	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.342	.417	.759	9	2.47	-0.059	14.46	-0.21%	-0.15	PH
16	31	61 (2)	Jun 25	MLN		SFG	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.333	.405	.739	9	.01	0.000	.07	0.00%	-0.42	PH
17	32	63 (1)	Jun 27	MLN		LAD	L,1-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.325	.395	.720	9	1.38	-0.033	7.32	-0.11%	-0.15	PH
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	33	70 (6)	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.364	.439	.803	5	1.03	0.103	6.06	0.36%	0.94	LF
19	34	71	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		PHI	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311	.354	.422	.776	1	.75	-0.088	4.36	-0.31%	-0.79	2B
20	35	72	Jul 5	MLN		PIT	L,2-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.347	.413	.760	9	1.48	-0.037	8.02	-0.12%	-0.22	PH
21	36	73	Jul 6	MLN		PIT	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.365	.449	.814	6	.70	0.098	3.64	0.30%	1.37	2B
22	37	75 (1)	Jul 10	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.340	.386	.453	.839	2	.54	0.038	2.70	0.11%	0.27	2B
23	38	76	Jul 11	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.387	.439	.826	2	1.23	-0.062	6.63	-0.20%	-0.58	2B
24	39	77	Jul 12	MLN	@	SFG	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.328	.379	.426	.805	2	.83	-0.043	5.68	-0.18%	-0.23	2B
25	40	78	Jul 13	MLN	@	SFG	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.373	.419	.792	9	3.30	-0.146	21.94	-0.58%	-0.47	PH
26	41	79	Jul 14	MLN	@	SFG	W,12-3	4-GF	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.338	.380	.446	.826	1	.35	-0.002	2.40	-0.01%	0.86	PH 2B
27	42	80	Jul 15	MLN	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.324	.373	.426	.800	1	.71	-0.005	4.69	-0.02%	0.39	2B
28	43	81	Jul 16	MLN	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.350	.397	.747	2	.85	-0.113	5.75	-0.46%	-1.29	2B
29	44	82	Jul 17	MLN	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.299	.345	.390	.735	2	1.81	0.000	12.05	0.00%	-0.80	2B
30	45	83	Jul 18	MLN	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.341	.383	.724	2	1.13	-0.058	8.04	-0.25%	-0.25	2B
31	46	84	Jul 19	MLN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.337	.388	.725	2	.57	-0.002	4.14	-0.01%	-0.08	2B
32	47	85	Jul 20	MLN	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.333	.382	.715	2	1.38	0.002	9.75	0.01%	-0.43	2B
33	48	86	Jul 21	MLN		STL	L,4-5	CG(14)	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.324	.368	.692	2	1.63	-0.276	10.88	-1.10%	-2.15	2B
34	49	87	Jul 22	MLN		STL	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.321	.364	.684	1	.74	-0.032	5.20	-0.14%	-0.39	2B
35	50	88	Jul 23	MLN		STL	W,6-0	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.324	.365	.690	1	.37	0.044	2.46	0.18%	0.07	2B
36	51	89	Jul 24	MLN		STL	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.330	.370	.701	1	.85	0.021	5.70	0.08%	0.19	2B
37	52	90	Jul 25 (1)	MLN		CHC	L,4-5	GS-5	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.333	.382	.715	2	.85	0.014	5.74	0.06%	0.19	2B
38	53	94 (3)	Jul 29	MLN		LAD	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.322	.368	.691	2	.91	-0.089	5.96	-0.35%	-0.84	2B
39	54	95	Jul 30	MLN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.320	.364	.684	2	.77	-0.046	4.87	-0.18%	-0.33	2B
40	55	96	Jul 31	MLN		LAD	W,4-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.313	.355	.668	2	1.70	-0.117	10.99	-0.46%	-1.15	2B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	56	97	Aug 1	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.318	.384	.702	2	.79	0.173	8.22	1.08%	0.97	2B
42	57	98	Aug 2	MLN		SFG	W,10-0	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.328	.415	.744	2	.38	-0.015	3.77	-0.09%	1.86	2B
43	58	99	Aug 3 (1)	MLN		SFG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.340	.433	.773	2	1.41	0.169	14.04	1.01%	1.11	2B
44	59	100	Aug 3 (2)	MLN		SFG	W,6-0	GS-3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.309	.336	.426	.762	2	1.22	0.030	11.37	0.17%	0.26	2B
							24-20		147	136	14	42	7	0	3	10	6	0	16	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	.309	.336	.426	.762		1.08	-0.602	6.53	-1.80%	-0.95

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