Roman Mejias
Roman (Gomez) Mejias
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
Final Game: October 4, 1964
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1955 PIT NL 24 OF 44 39 327.0 81 67 8 6 2 .926 -3.1 -11.4 -4.1 -0.5 -3.4 1 2.06 1.70 .978 2.30 2.10
1955 PIT NL 24 LF 29 27 223.0 56 46 6 4 1 .929 -1.7 -9.1 -2.7 -0.2 -2.4 1 2.10 1.79 .975 2.12 1.82
1955 PIT NL 24 RF 14 12 102.0 20 16 2 2 1 .900 -1.4 -16.5 -1.4 -0.3 -1.0 0 1.59 1.29 .980 2.07 1.86
1955 PIT NL 24 CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.50
1957 PIT NL 26 OF 42 30 290.0 66 60 6 0 0 1.000 2.2 9.1 0.2 -0.7 0.9 2 2.05 1.57 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 PIT NL 26 RF 29 19 194.2 41 37 4 0 0 1.000 1.9 11.7 0.9 -0.6 1.5 1 1.90 1.41 .971 1.98 1.72
1957 PIT NL 26 CF 7 6 43.0 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 -1.5 -41.9 -2.5 -2.0 -0.4 1 1.67 1.14 .988 2.83 2.61
1957 PIT NL 26 LF 7 5 52.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.8 41.3 1.8 1.9 -0.2 0 2.58 2.14 .980 2.03 1.71
1958 PIT NL 27 OF 57 30 326.2 110 104 3 3 0 .973 2.7 9.9 4.7 -0.1 4.7 -2 2.95 1.88 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 PIT NL 27 LF 37 8 124.2 31 29 0 2 0 .935 -1.7 -16.4 0.3 -0.1 0.3 -2 2.09 0.78 .977 2.00 1.54
1958 PIT NL 27 CF 12 11 99.2 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.5 30.1 2.5 0.1 2.4 0 3.34 3.08 .986 2.72 2.50
1958 PIT NL 27 RF 11 11 102.1 35 32 2 1 0 .971 1.9 22.3 1.9 -0.1 2.0 0 2.99 3.09 .977 2.02 1.73
1959 PIT NL 28 OF 85 72 671.1 168 155 8 5 2 .970 -4.0 -7.1 -1.0 1.3 -2.4 -3 2.19 1.92 .977 2.21 1.90
1959 PIT NL 28 RF 52 47 427.1 98 91 6 1 1 .990 -0.4 -1.1 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 0 2.04 1.87 .978 1.96 1.64
1959 PIT NL 28 CF 22 16 145.1 53 49 1 3 1 .943 -1.2 -9.9 0.8 0.9 -0.2 -2 3.10 2.27 .981 2.63 2.24
1959 PIT NL 28 LF 15 9 98.2 20 18 1 1 0 .950 -2.4 -29.2 -1.4 -0.2 -1.2 -1 1.73 1.27 .970 2.04 1.59
1961 PIT NL 30 LF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.50
1961 PIT NL 30 OF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.85
1962 HOU NL 31 OF 142 137 1217.0 240 217 10 13 2 .946 -11.6 -11.4 -11.6 -2.1 -9.5 0 1.68 1.60 .975 2.07 1.79
1962 HOU NL 31 RF 142 137 1214.0 237 215 9 13 2 .945 -12.1 -12.0 -12.1 -2.1 -10.0 0 1.66 1.58 .976 1.90 1.65
1962 HOU NL 31 CF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 200.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.40 2.30
1963 BOS AL 32 OF 86 80 724.2 188 177 6 5 1 .973 0.8 1.3 0.8 -3.0 3.8 0 2.27 2.13 .981 2.16 1.91
1963 BOS AL 32 CF 66 62 566.1 154 145 5 4 0 .974 2.7 5.7 1.7 -2.3 4.0 1 2.38 2.27 .986 2.58 2.19
1963 BOS AL 32 RF 14 12 108.1 31 30 0 1 0 .968 -0.6 -6.6 -0.6 -0.7 0.1 0 2.49 2.14 .981 2.01 1.72
1963 BOS AL 32 LF 7 6 50.0 9 8 1 0 1 1.000 -1.3 -31.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 -1 1.62 1.29 .978 1.91 1.57
1964 BOS AL 33 OF 37 18 214.1 53 49 2 2 0 .962 2.2 12.3 2.2 -0.6 2.8 0 2.14 1.38 .981 2.04 1.79
1964 BOS AL 33 LF 14 4 56.2 12 10 1 1 0 .917 0.1 2.1 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 1.75 0.79 .975 1.81 1.46
1964 BOS AL 33 CF 13 4 68.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -0.3 -5.3 0.7 -0.4 1.1 -1 2.25 1.31 .983 2.45 2.13
1964 BOS AL 33 RF 11 10 89.2 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.4 32.1 1.4 0.0 1.4 1 2.11 1.91 .986 1.88 1.61
8 Seasons OF 495 406 3773.0 907 830 43 34 7 .963 -10.6 -3.4 -8.6 -5.5 -3.1 -2 2.08 1.76 .978 2.16 1.90
7 Seasons RF 273 248 2238.1 483 441 24 18 4 .963 -8.3 -4.4 -10.3 -3.2 -7.0 2 1.87 1.70 .977 1.94 1.67
7 Seasons CF 122 99 927.1 272 255 9 8 1 .971 2.7 3.5 3.7 -3.7 7.4 -1 2.56 2.16 .985 2.60 2.25
7 Seasons LF 111 59 607.1 144 127 9 8 2 .944 -5.0 -9.9 -2.0 1.4 -3.5 -3 2.02 1.23 .976 2.03 1.62
9 Seasons TOT 495 406 3773.0 907 830 43 34 7 .963 -10.6 -3.4 -8.6 -5.5 -3.1 -2 2.08 1.76 .941 2.16 1.90
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1955 PIT NL 24 71 39 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 14 44 21 9
1957 PIT NL 26 58 30 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 29 42 18 2
1958 PIT NL 27 76 30 76 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 12 11 57 19 4
1959 PIT NL 28 96 72 96 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 22 52 85 6 9
1960 PIT NL 29 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1961 PIT NL 30 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 2
1962 HOU NL 31 146 137 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 142 142 7 1
1963 BOS AL 32 111 80 111 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 66 14 86 27 0
1964 BOS AL 33 62 18 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 13 11 37 18 9
9 Seasons 627 406 627 627 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 122 273 495 118 38
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 PIT NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 9 3 33.3% 5 1 11.1% 1 260 67% 81% 34% 24 29%
1957 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 10 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 18 7 38.9% 11 0 0.0% 3 537 54% 80% 27% 57 49%
1958 PIT NL 27 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 7 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 0 16 6 37.5% 9 1 6.3% 1 438 59% 82% 33% 58 59%
1959 PIT NL 28 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 3 1 15 5 2 12 0 1 10 5 0 6 1 0 2 2 0 45 13 28.9% 29 3 6.7% 3 1864 58% 80% 31% 175 55%
1962 HOU NL 31 13 0 13 0 2 9 1 4 1 3 55 21 2 23 2 1 5 2 0 16 7 1 20 16 1 119 48 40.3% 66 5 4.2% 4 5416 57% 76% 25% 420 53%
1963 BOS AL 32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 14 8 57.1% 6 0 0.0% 0 513 61% 74% 27% 56 54%
1964 BOS AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 387 58% 72% 27% 32 66%
7 Seasons 17 0 15 2 3 23 1 11 6 5 94 37 4 46 3 3 23 11 0 32 11 1 31 25 2 226 87 38.5% 129 10 4.4% 13 9415 58% 77% 27% 822 53%
MLB Averages 42.4% 3.1% 62% 78% 28% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 28.6% 4 1 14.3% 1 170 59% 85% 24% 19 42%
1958 PIT NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 447 64% 79% 30% 55 67%
1959 PIT NL 28 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 14 1 7.1% 12 1 7.1% 0 516 49% 83% 32% 68 59%
1962 HOU NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 29% 71% 29% 2 100%
1963 BOS AL 32 4 0 3 1 1 5 0 3 0 1 10 4 0 17 2 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 10 8 0 42 16 38.1% 25 1 2.4% 4 2426 56% 74% 27% 234 64%
1964 BOS AL 33 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 3 30.0% 7 0 0.0% 0 284 57% 74% 23% 33 52%
6 Seasons 7 0 5 2 1 9 0 5 2 1 25 6 1 29 4 1 3 1 0 8 2 0 16 11 1 81 24 29.6% 54 3 3.7% 6 3857 56% 76% 28% 411 62%
MLB Averages 41.8% 2.1% 62% 78% 28% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 PIT NL 24 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 12 6 50.0% 4 2 16.7% 3 592 53% 83% 30% 45 69%
1957 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 6 50.0% 5 1 8.3% -1 237 54% 77% 30% 33 48%
1958 PIT NL 27 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 19 8 42.1% 11 0 0.0% 0 509 54% 80% 26% 58 50%
1959 PIT NL 28 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 5 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 16 6 37.5% 10 0 0.0% 1 423 58% 81% 30% 51 37%
1961 PIT NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 71% 100% 43% 2 50%
1963 BOS AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0.0% 4 0 0.0% 1 211 56% 81% 33% 18 44%
1964 BOS AL 33 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 3 0 0.0% 1 247 57% 68% 23% 22 50%
7 Seasons 5 0 3 2 1 8 0 2 0 2 27 19 1 20 4 1 8 0 1 7 0 0 8 7 0 70 30 42.9% 37 3 4.3% 5 2226 55% 79% 28% 229 50%
MLB Averages 56.9% 2.3% 62% 78% 28% 48%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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