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Román Mejias

Roman (Gomez) Mejias

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 9, 1930 in Abreus, Cuba
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1955
Teams (by GP): Pirates/RedSox/Colt.45's 1955-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1953	22	PIT-min	D	117	484	484		156	30	10	8						.322	.322	.475	.798		230							BAT · PONY
1954	23	PIT-min	B	139	560	560		198	49	12	15						.354	.354	.564	.918		316							WAC · BSTL
1955	24	PIT	NL	71	176	167	14	36	8	1	3	21	1	3	9	13	.216	.256	.329	.585	56	55	3	0	0	0	0	79/8

1956	25	PIT-min	Opn	166	639	594	76	163	20	9	15	71	32		28	48	.274	.307	.414	.721		246	21	2	10	5			HOL · PCL
1957	26	PIT-min	AAA	28	117	110	15	35	7	2	4	20	3		4	9	.318	.350	.527	.878		58		2	0	1			CLB · IL
1957	26	PIT	NL	58	153	142	12	39	7	4	2	15	2	2	6	13	.275	.309	.423	.731	97	60	3	1	4	0	1	9/87
1958	27	PIT	NL	76	166	157	17	42	3	2	5	19	2	0	2	27	.268	.280	.408	.687	81	64	4	1	5	1	1	789
1959	28	PIT	NL	96	308	276	28	65	6	1	7	28	1	2	21	48	.236	.298	.341	.639	72	94	4	5	3	3	7	987
1960	29	PIT-min	AAA	131	518	474	55	132	11	9	16	71	7	4	32	54	.278	.327	.441	.768		209		3	7	2			CLB · IL
1960	29	PIT	NL	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	30	PIT-min	AAA	126	455	428	62	119	11	6	21	71	9		27	63	.278	.321	.479	.800		205							CLB · IL
1961	30	PIT	NL	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1962	31	HOU	NL	146	610	566	82	162	12	3	24	76	12	4	30	83	.286	.326	.445	.771	112	252	13	6	3	5	1	*9/8
1963	32	BOS	AL	111	381	357	43	81	18	0	11	39	4	1	14	36	.227	.260	.370	.630	72	132	11	3	4	3	2	89/7
1964	33	BOS	AL	62	109	101	14	24	3	1	2	4	0	0	7	16	.238	.294	.347	.640	74	35	4	1	0	0	1	789
1965	34	BOS-min	AAA	99	355	324	46	87	14	2	9	46	4	4	23	44	.269	.326	.407	.733		132		5	2	1			TTO · IL
1966	35	SKI	Fgn																										SKI · JPCL
9 Yrs				627	1905	1768	212	449	57	12	54	202	22	12	89	238	.254	.294	.391	.686	86	692	42	17	19	12	13
162 Game Avg.				162	492	457	55	116	15	3	14	52	6	3	23	61	.254	.294	.391	.686	86	179	11	4	5	3	3

PIT (6 yrs)				308	805	744	73	182	24	8	17	83	6	7	38	103	.245	.286	.367	.653	74	273	14	7	12	4	9
BOS (2 yrs)				173	490	458	57	105	21	1	13	43	4	1	21	52	.229	.267	.365	.632	73	167	15	4	4	3	3
HOU (1 yr)				146	610	566	82	162	12	3	24	76	12	4	30	83	.286	.326	.445	.771	112	252	13	6	3	5	1

NL (7 yrs)				454	1415	1310	155	344	36	11	41	159	18	11	68	186	.263	.304	.401	.704	90	525	27	13	15	9	10
AL (2 yrs)				173	490	458	57	105	21	1	13	43	4	1	21	52	.229	.267	.365	.632	73	167	15	4	4	3	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1955	24	PIT	NL	71	176	-10	-0	1	-3	-2	-15	-1.6	6	-9	-1.0	.479	.491	-0.6	-0.6	-6	$	79/8

1957	26	PIT	NL	58	153	1	-0	0	2	-2	2	0.1	5	7	0.6	.503	.501	0.5	0.0	5	$	9/87
1958	27	PIT	NL	76	166	-3	1	-1	3	-2	-3	-0.3	6	3	0.2	.496	.498	0.0	0.0	0	$	789
1959	28	PIT	NL	96	308	-12	-2	1	-4	-3	-20	-2.2	10	-10	-1.1	.477	.487	-0.7	-0.7	-6	$	987
1960	29	PIT	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1961	30	PIT	NL	4	1	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/7
1962	31	HOU	NL	146	610	16	3	1	-12	-6	1	0.2	20	22	2.2	.501	.501	3.3	-1.8	33	$	*9/8
1963	32	BOS	AL	111	381	-10	0	-0	1	-2	-11	-1.4	11	-1	-0.4	.488	.492	-0.3	-0.2	-2	$	89/7
1964	33	BOS	AL	62	109	-4	-0	-1	2	-1	-3	-0.4	3	-0	-0.1	.494	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	789
9 Seasons				627	1905	-23	1	1	-11	-19	-50	-5.6	61	11	0.4	.491	.496	1.9	-3.2	22	$

PIT (6 yrs)				308	805	-25	-2	1	-2	-9	-37	-4.0	27	-10	-1.3	.487	.496	-0.8	-1.3	-8	$
BOS (2 yrs)				173	490	-14	-0	-1	3	-3	-15	-1.8	14	-1	-0.5	.490	.495	-0.6	-0.2	-4	$
HOU (1 yr)				146	610	16	3	1	-12	-6	1	0.2	20	22	2.2	.501	.501	3.3	-1.8	33	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1955	24	PIT	NL	176	137	13	2.5	104	.219	.216	.263	.256	.334	.329	.417	.585	.751	56	.246	-11.1	-1.1	.453	.156	.114	1.5

1957	26	PIT	NL	153	112	17	4.1	100	.291	.275	.265	.309	.328	.423	.410	.731	.738	97	.447	-1.2	-0.1	.620	.190	.148	2.0
1958	27	PIT	NL	166	125	17	3.6	104	.294	.268	.267	.280	.335	.408	.418	.687	.753	81	.390	-5.2	-0.5	.580	.166	.140	2.9
1959	28	PIT	NL	308	223	28	3.4	103	.259	.236	.268	.298	.334	.341	.415	.639	.748	72	.358	-11.4	-1.1	.548	.178	.105	1.8
1960	29	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	100		.000	.264	.000	.330	.000	.406	.000	.736	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105		.000	.269	.000	.335	.000	.419	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1962	31	HOU	NL	610	429	81	5.0	97	.297	.286	.262	.326	.328	.445	.397	.771	.725	112	.547	7.4	0.7	.703	.226	.159	16.0
1963	32	BOS	AL	381	295	32	2.9	97	.224	.227	.259	.260	.326	.370	.400	.630	.725	72	.341	-14.2	-1.5	.528	.190	.143	5.9
1964	33	BOS	AL	109	81	9	3.0	100	.265	.238	.261	.294	.330	.347	.406	.640	.736	74	.345	-3.9	-0.4	.531	.178	.109	.0
9 Yrs				1905	1404	197	3.8	100	.265	.254	.263	.294	.330	.391	.406	.686	.735	86	.419	-40.1	-4.1	.588	.193	.137	31.3
162 Game Avg.				492	363	51	3.8	100	.265	.254	.263	.294	.330	.391	.406	.686	.735	86	.419	-40.1	-4.1	.588	.193	.137	8

PIT (6 yrs)				805	599	75	3.4	103	.263	.245	.266	.286	.333	.367	.415	.653	.748	74	.356	-29.4	-2.9	.544	.172	.122	8.9
BOS (2 yrs)				490	376	41	2.9	98	.232	.229	.259	.267	.327	.365	.401	.632	.728	73	.342	-18.1	-1.9	.528	.188	.135	6.1
HOU (1 yr)				610	429	81	5.1	97	.297	.286	.262	.326	.328	.445	.397	.771	.725	112	.547	7.4	0.7	.703	.226	.159	16.0

NL (7 yrs)				1415	1028	156	4.1	100	.277	.263	.264	.304	.331	.401	.407	.704	.738	90	.443	-22.0	-2.2	.611	.195	.138	25.0
AL (2 yrs)				490	376	41	2.9	98	.232	.229	.259	.267	.327	.365	.401	.632	.728	73	.342	-18.1	-1.9	.528	.188	.135	6.1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	24	PIT	NL	176	1.7%	7.4%	5.1%	6.8%	33%	1.44	12.8	55.7	8.0	1.55	86%

1957	26	PIT	NL	153	1.3%	8.5%	3.9%	8.5%	33%	2.17	10.9	71.0	9.5	1.03	83%
1958	27	PIT	NL	166	3.0%	16.3%	1.2%	6.0%	24%	13.50	5.8	31.4	8.3	1.09	76%
1959	28	PIT	NL	308	2.3%	15.6%	6.8%	4.6%	22%	2.29	5.8	39.4	9.9	1.11	73%
1960	29	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1962	31	HOU	NL	610	3.9%	13.6%	4.9%	6.4%	24%	2.77	6.8	23.6	7.4	0.94	76%
1963	32	BOS	AL	381	2.9%	9.5%	3.7%	7.6%	36%	2.57	9.9	32.5	9.2	0.80	82%
1964	33	BOS	AL	109	1.8%	14.7%	6.4%	5.5%	25%	2.29	6.3	50.5	25.3	0.59	76%
9 Yrs				1905	2.8%	12.5%	4.7%	6.5%	27%	2.67	7.4	32.7	8.8	0.97	78%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.6%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.57	6.5	38.0	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	24	PIT	NL	-11.1	-1.1	157	-0.6	2.5	-3.1	1.06	-0.6	0.1	-6.4	-0.6	0.93	-7.3	1.21	17

1957	26	PIT	NL	-1.2	-0.1	129	-0.4	2.2	-2.6	1.08	-0.4	0.1	-4.6	-0.5	0.96	-5.3	1.26	18
1958	27	PIT	NL	-5.0	-0.5	171	-0.4	2.8	-3.2	1.02	-0.1	-0.3	-2.9	-0.3	0.98	-2.5	0.96	21
1959	28	PIT	NL	-11.8	-1.2	308	-0.6	4.6	-5.2	1.02	-1.3	0.7	-13.7	-1.4	0.95	-10.6	2.28	6
1960	29	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.15	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.46	-0.2	1.15	1
1961	30	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.17	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	1.17	1
1962	31	HOU	NL	7.4	0.7	632	0.8	12.4	-11.6	1.10	1.2	-0.5	2.5	0.3	0.94	9.7	2.17	5
1963	32	BOS	AL	-14.2	-1.5	392	-0.3	6.6	-6.9	1.02	-0.5	0.2	-4.5	-0.5	0.93	-7.6	1.41	24
1964	33	BOS	AL	-3.9	-0.4	110	-0.5	1.4	-2.0	1.02	-0.6	0.0	-7.5	-0.8	0.94	-5.9	0.48	17
9 Yrs				-40.3	-4.1	1901	-2.0	32.5	-34.5	1.05	-2.4	0.5	-37.6	-3.8	0.94	-29.9	1.20	110

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	24	PIT	NL	2	0	26%	59	1	3	25%	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	36%	8	6	2	2	2	0	4	1	3

1957	26	PIT	NL	4	0	23%	29	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	43%	3	2	1	1	0	1	3	2	1
1958	27	PIT	NL	4	0	30%	72	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	38%	7	6	1	5	1	4	4	3	1
1959	28	PIT	NL	4	0	25%	119	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	6	2	43%	25	16	8	3	1	2	12	4	7
1960	29	PIT	NL	0	0		3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1961	30	PIT	NL	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	31	HOU	NL	17	0	33%	248	12	4	75%	12	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	8	56%	40	23	17	6	1	5	15	3	12
1963	32	BOS	AL	9	0	37%	115	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	50%	13	9	4	1	0	1	14	5	9
1964	33	BOS	AL	1	0	40%	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	29%	9	7	2	5	4	1	3	1	2
9 Yrs				41	0	32%	696	22	12	65%	22	8	0	2	0	1	4	0	22	29	46%	107	71	35	23	9	14	56	19	36

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1955	24	PIT	NL	176	70%	36			17	4	0	0	1.21	3	0	4	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0%	34	3	9%	11	2	18%	93	14	15%	6	5	83%	4	3	75%	0

1957	26	PIT	NL	153	56%	39			18	3	0	1	1.26	2	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	5	4	80%	22	3	14%	13	3	23%	79	8	10%	6	2	33%	7	4	57%	0
1958	27	PIT	NL	166	48%	42			21	5	0	1	0.96	5	0	7	2	3	0	5	0	5	5	100%	25	4	16%	18	6	33%	90	14	16%	11	7	64%	9	4	44%	0
1959	28	PIT	NL	308	38%	65			6	1	0	1	2.28	7	0	8	4	3	1	6	0	4	3	75%	56	4	7%	27	9	33%	192	22	11%	15	9	60%	7	3	43%	0
1960	29	PIT	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	30	PIT	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1962	31	HOU	NL	610	26%	162			5	0	0	0	2.17	24	0	17	20	4	12	12	1	4	3	75%	137	13	9%	62	20	32%	397	52	13%	34	15	44%	24	15	63%	0
1963	32	BOS	AL	381	31%	81			24	4	0	1	1.41	11	0	5	10	1	8	3	0	4	4	100%	79	11	14%	39	10	26%	215	33	15%	16	10	63%	14	8	57%	0
1964	33	BOS	AL	109	26%	24			17	5	0	0	0.48	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		21	4	19%	8	0	0%	62	2	3%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
9 Yrs				1905	37%	449			110	22	0	4	1.20	54	0	46	38	15	25	29	1	23	19	83%	375	42	11%	179	50	28%	1129	145	13%	90	49	54%	67	37	55%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			76%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1955	24	71	176	167	14	36	8	1	3	21	1	3	9	13	.216	.256	.329	.585	56	55	3	0	0	0	0
1956	25	71	176	167	14	36	8	1	3	21	1	3	9	13	.216	.256	.329	.585	56	55	3	0	0	0	0
1957	26	129	329	309	26	75	15	5	5	36	3	5	15	26	.243	.280	.372	.652	74	115	6	1	4	0	1
1958	27	205	495	466	43	117	18	7	10	55	5	5	17	53	.251	.280	.384	.664	77	179	10	2	9	1	2
1959	28	301	803	742	71	182	24	8	17	83	6	7	38	101	.245	.287	.368	.655	75	273	14	7	12	4	9
1960	29	304	804	743	72	182	24	8	17	83	6	7	38	102	.245	.287	.367	.654	75	273	14	7	12	4	9
1961	30	308	805	744	73	182	24	8	17	83	6	7	38	103	.245	.286	.367	.653	74	273	14	7	12	4	9
1962	31	454	1415	1310	155	344	36	11	41	159	18	11	68	186	.263	.304	.401	.704	90	525	27	13	15	9	10
1963	32	565	1796	1667	198	425	54	11	52	198	22	12	82	222	.255	.294	.394	.688	86	657	38	16	19	12	12
1964	33	627	1905	1768	212	449	57	12	54	202	22	12	89	238	.254	.294	.391	.686	86	692	42	17	19	12	13

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	24	75	186	176	15	38	8	1	3	22	1	10	14	.216	.258	.324	.582	15	71

1957	26	61	161	150	13	42	8	4	2	16	2	6	14	.280	.312	.427	.739	20	58
1958	27	80	175	166	18	45	3	2	5	20	2	2	28	.271	.282	.404	.686	19	76
1959	28	100	323	290	30	69	6	1	7	30	1	22	50	.238	.300	.338	.638	29	96
1960	29	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1961	30	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1962	31	146	617	572	87	168	12	3	25	81	12	31	83	.294	.334	.456	.790	86	146
1963	32	111	385	360	46	84	19	0	11	42	4	15	36	.233	.268	.378	.645	36	111
1964	33	62	109	101	14	24	3	1	2	4	0	7	16	.238	.294	.347	.640	10	62
9 Yrs		642	1958	1817	225	470	59	12	55	215	22	93	243	.259	.299	.395	.694	215	627
162 Game Avg.		162	494	458	57	119	15	3	14	54	6	23	61	.259	.299	.395	.694	54	627

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1959 NL 5 (7th)	SB % s c a p y 1962 NL 75.00 (7th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1962 NL 16.0 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1959 NL 5 (7th)

SB % s c a p y
1962 NL 75.00 (7th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1962 NL 16.0 (9th)

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Lou Johnson (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Thomas (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Thomas (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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