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Roberto Mejia

Roberto Antonio (Diaz) Mejia

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: April 14, 1972 in Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor, D.R.
High School: Hato Mayor (Hato Mayor, DO)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1993
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Cardinals 1993-1997

Final Game: April 11, 1997
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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
1991	19	LAD-min	Rk	23	93	84	17	22	6	2	2	14	3	1	7	22	.262	.323	.452	.775		38	0	1	0	1	0		GRF · PION
1992	20	LAD-min	A+	96	374	330	42	82	17	1	12	40	14	10	37	60	.248	.324	.415	.739		137	6	2	0	5	4		VRO · FLOR
1993	21	COL-min	AAA	77	313	291	51	87	15	2	14	48	12	5	18	56	.299	.339	.509	.847		148	6	1	0	3	0		CSP · PCL
1993	21	COL	NL	65	248	229	31	53	14	5	5	20	4	1	13	63	.231	.275	.402	.676	68	92	2	1	4	1	1	4
1994	22	COL-min	AAA	73	314	283	54	80	24	2	6	37	7	4	21	49	.283	.339	.445	.784		126	5	4	4	2	2		CSP · PCL
1994	22	COL	NL	38	132	116	11	28	8	1	4	14	3	1	15	33	.241	.326	.431	.757	83	50	1	0	0	1	2	4
1995	23	COL-min	AAA	38	153	143	18	42	10	2	2	14	0	2	7	29	.294	.331	.434	.765		62	6	1	2	0	2		CSP · PCL
1995	23	COL	NL	23	54	52	5	8	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	17	.154	.167	.231	.397	-6	12	1	1	0	1	0	4

1996	24	CIN-BOS-min	AAA	122	491	448	64	128	28	9	13	62	17	6	34	97	.286	.335	.475	.810		213	10	2	1	6	1		INA,PAW · AA,IL
1997	25	STL-min	AAA	6	22	21	3	7	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	4	.333	.364	.524	.887		11	0	1	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1997	25	STL	NL	7	16	14	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.071	.067	.143	.210	-47	2	0	0	1	1	0	/479
1998	26	STL-min	AAA	49	185	175	23	42	5	2	8	25	10	5	5	42	.240	.266	.429	.695		75	3	2	1	2	0		MEM · PCL
1999	27	LAD-min	AAA	16	42	41	6	6	0	0	1	5	0	1	1	8	.146	.167	.220	.386		9	0	0	0	0	0		ABQ · PCL
2000	28	OAX	AAA	50	225	200	40	73	10	3	10	36	3	1	21	28	.365	.429	.595	1.024		119	2	2	1	1	3		OAX · MEX
2001	29	TAB	AAA	90	371	329	46	102	18	3	12	49	8	8	35	49	.310	.380	.492	.873		162	9	3	3	1	3		TAB · MEX
2003	31	OAX,HWA	AAA,Fgn	51	232	210	37	73	9	1	12	36	10	4	18	31	.348	.400	.571	.971		120	6	1	2	1	3		OAX,HWA · MEX,KBO
2004	32	CMP	AAA																										CMP · MEX
2005	33	CMP	AAA	33	138	124	16	33	6	1	2	15	4	1	11	11	.266	.341	.379	.720		47	5	3	0	0	1		CMP · MEX
2006	34	OAX	AAA	50	206	192	23	48	12	1	5	32	2	3	10	28	.250	.293	.401	.694		77	10	2	1	1	0		OAX · MEX
2007	35	VCZ	AAA	28	120	112	12	28	6	0	2	8	2	4	7	28	.250	.300	.357	.657		40	1	1	0	0	0		VCZ · MEX
4 Yrs				133	450	411	47	90	24	6	10	40	7	3	28	118	.219	.270	.380	.649	59	156	4	2	5	4	3
162 Game Avg.				162	548	501	57	110	29	7	12	49	9	4	34	144	.219	.270	.380	.649	59	190	5	2	6	5	4

COL (3 yrs)				126	434	397	47	89	23	6	10	38	7	3	28	113	.224	.277	.388	.665	63	154	4	2	4	3	3
STL (1 yr)				7	16	14	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	.071	.067	.143	.210	-47	2	0	0	1	1	0

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
1993	21	COL	NL	65	248	-11	0	0	-6	1	-15	-1.5	7	-9	-0.9	.475	.490	-0.3	-0.4	-2	$	4
1994	22	COL	NL	38	132	-3	-0	0	-1	1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.492	.498	0.1	-0.0	1	$130,000	4
1995	23	COL	NL	23	54	-9	-0	0	-0	0	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.8	.460	.494	-0.8	0.0	-7	$	4

1997	25	STL	NL	7	16	-4	0	0	-2	0	-5	-0.5	0	-5	-0.5	.423	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$185,000	/479
4 Seasons				133	450	-27	0	1	-9	2	-33	-3.3	12	-21	-2.2	.475	.495	-1.3	-0.6	-12	$315,000

COL (3 yrs)				126	434	-23	0	1	-7	2	-27	-2.8	12	-16	-1.7	.477	.494	-1.0	-0.5	-8	$130,000
STL (1 yr)				7	16	-4	0	0	-2	0	-5	-0.5	0	-5	-0.5	.423	.497	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$185,000

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
1993	21	COL	NL	248	184	26	3.8	117	.296	.231	.289	.275	.356	.402	.440	.676	.797	68	.408	-12.2	-1.2	.609	.240	.170	4.4
1994	22	COL	NL	132	91	17	5.0	123	.300	.241	.294	.326	.363	.431	.460	.757	.823	83	.508	-3.2	-0.3	.744	.336	.190	3.4
1995	23	COL	NL	54	47	2	1.1	129	.200	.154	.301	.167	.374	.231	.469	.397	.843	-6	.066	-9.0	-0.9	.261	.058	.077	.0

1997	25	STL	NL	16	15	0	0.0	107	.100	.071	.269	.067	.341	.143	.423	.210	.764	-47	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.154	.071	.071
4 Yrs				450	337	45	3.6	120	.279	.219	.291	.270	.360	.380	.449	.649	.809	59	.372	-27.3	-2.7	.579	.238	.161	8.2
162 Game Avg.				548	410	55	3.6	120	.279	.219	.291	.270	.360	.380	.449	.649	.809	59	.372	-27.3	-2.7	.579	.238	.161	10

COL (3 yrs)				434	322	45	3.7	120	.285	.224	.292	.277	.361	.388	.450	.665	.811	63	.393	-24.3	-2.4	.597	.244	.164	8.2
STL (1 yr)				16	15	0	0.0	107	.100	.071	.269	.067	.341	.143	.423	.210	.764	-47	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.154	.071	.071

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1993	21	COL	NL	248	2.0%	25.4%	5.2%	9.7%	45%	4.85	3.6	45.8	11.5	0.58	0.61	65%	19%	7.4%	33%
1994	22	COL	NL	132	3.0%	25.0%	11.4%	9.9%	46%	2.20	3.5	29.0	8.3	1.02	1.38	61%	20%	13.3%	27%
1995	23	COL	NL	54	1.9%	31.5%	0.0%	3.7%	25%		3.1	52.0	13.0	0.67	1.07	65%	22%	5.3%	10%

1997	25	STL	NL	16	0.0%	31.3%	0.0%	6.3%	100%		2.8		7.0	1.00	1.50	63%	9%	0.0%	20%
4 Yrs				450	2.2%	26.2%	6.2%	8.9%	44%	4.21	3.5	41.1	10.3	0.71	0.86	64%	20%	8.3%	28%
MLB Averages					2.6%	16.2%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	1.81	5.5	34.1	7.5	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.9%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	21	COL	NL	-12.4	-1.2	257	-1.1	3.8	-4.8	1.00	-0.5	-0.6	-10.6	-1.0	0.91	-7.2		0
1994	22	COL	NL	-3.2	-0.3	136	-0.3	1.8	-2.1	.89	-0.1	-0.2	-3.6	-0.3	0.93	-1.5	0.90	3
1995	23	COL	NL	-9.0	-0.9	56	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	1.11	-0.6	0.4	-7.3	-0.6	0.96	-7.3	1.86	4

1997	25	STL	NL	-3.0	-0.3	16	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.53	-0.2	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.96	-2.7	1.54	3
4 Yrs				-27.6	-2.7	465	-2.0	6.6	-8.6	1.00	-1.5	-0.5	-23.7	-2.1	0.93	-18.8	1.48	10

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
1993	21	COL	NL	3	0	42%	69	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	56%	11	6	5	2	1	0	5	0	5
1994	22	COL	NL	2	0	18%	46	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	25%	6	4	1	2	2	0	4	2	2
1995	23	COL	NL	0	0	50%	12	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2

1997	25	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				5	0	34%	128	7	3	70%	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	10	49%	18	10	7	4	3	0	11	2	9

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
1993	21	COL	NL	248	22%	53	11	3	0	0	0	0		5	0	6	3	2	3	2	0	5	4	80%	40	2	5%	30	7	23%	136	16	12%	18	4	22%	13	4	31%	0
1994	22	COL	NL	132	23%	28	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.90	4	0	3	3	1	1	3	0	0	0		25	1	4%	13	3	23%	86	11	13%	8	4	50%	4	2	50%	0
1995	23	COL	NL	54	41%	8	0	0	4	1	0	1	1.86	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0%	13	1	8%	5	3	60%	41	3	7%	2	2	100%	3	3	100%	0

1997	25	STL	NL	16	38%	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	2	2	100%	9	2	22%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				450	25%	90	14	3	10	1	0	1	1.48	10	0	10	7	3	5	5	0	7	5	71%	83	4	5%	50	15	30%	272	32	12%	29	11	38%	20	9	45%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	21	COL	NL	225	790	3.51	540	68%	22%	23%	27%	29%	78%	0%	54%	71%	32%	4%	10	0	12%	26	10	7%	15	5	20%	23	0	0
1994	22	COL	NL	124	492	3.97	292	59%	21%	23%	30%	26%	79%	3%	47%	71%	31%	4%	5	2	10%	13	7	6%	7	1	28%	8	0	0
1995	23	COL	NL	54	214	3.96	145	68%	26%	25%	24%	25%	74%	0%	50%	66%	30%	4%	2	0	13%	7	3	6%	3	1	35%	0	0	0

1997	25	STL	NL	16	63	3.94	40	63%	33%	25%	15%	28%	68%	0%	43%	63%	13%	6%	1	0	13%	2	1	13%	2	1	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				419	1559	3.72	1017	65%	23%	23%	27%	27%	77%	1%	50%	70%	30%	4%	18	2	11%	48	21	6%	27	8	24%	31	0	0
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

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
1993	21	65	248	229	31	53	14	5	5	20	4	1	13	63	.231	.275	.402	.676	68	92	2	1	4	1	1
1994	22	103	380	345	42	81	22	6	9	34	7	2	28	96	.235	.293	.412	.704	74	142	3	1	4	2	3
1995	23	126	434	397	47	89	23	6	10	38	7	3	28	113	.224	.277	.388	.665	63	154	4	2	4	3	3
1996	24	126	434	397	47	89	23	6	10	38	7	3	28	113	.224	.277	.388	.665	63	154	4	2	4	3	3
1997	25	133	450	411	47	90	24	6	10	40	7	3	28	118	.219	.270	.380	.649	59	156	4	2	5	4	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1993	21	65	242	224	26	48	13	5	5	17	4	12	63	.214	.256	.384	.640	21	65
1994	22	54	177	158	12	34	10	1	5	16	4	18	46	.215	.294	.386	.680	18	38
1995	23	26	58	56	3	6	1	0	1	2	0	0	19	.107	.121	.179	.299	1	23

1997	25	7	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
4 Yrs		152	493	452	41	88	24	6	11	35	8	30	133	.195	.246	.347	.593	40	133
162 Game Avg.		162	525	482	44	94	26	6	12	37	9	32	142	.195	.246	.347	.593	43	133

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1993 NL born 1972-04-14 (3rd) 1994 NL born 1972-04-14 (7th)

Youngest s c a p y
1993 NL born 1972-04-14 (3rd)
1994 NL born 1972-04-14 (7th)

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