Mel Roach
Melvin Earl Roach
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 25, 1933 in Richmond, VA
School: University of Virginia
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1953
Final Game: September 28, 1962
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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 Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1953 MLN NL 20 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.80
1954 MLN NL 21 1B 1 0 5.0 3 3 0 0 2 1.000 -0.3 -72.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 5.40 3.00 1.000 9.72 9.30
1957 MLN NL 24 2B 5 1 15.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 4.20 1.40 .971 5.40 4.96
1958 MLN NL 25 2B 27 25 220.0 137 56 80 1 13 .993 4.6 25.1 5.6 2.4 3.2 -1 5.56 5.04 .974 5.33 4.76
1958 MLN NL 25 OF 7 6 48.1 8 5 1 2 0 .750 -3.8 -94.3 -2.8 -3.0 0.2 -1 1.12 0.86 .988 2.25 1.94
1958 MLN NL 25 LF 4 3 28.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -2.6 -110.1 -1.6 -1.8 0.2 -1 1.27 1.00 .980 2.00 1.55
1958 MLN NL 25 RF 3 3 20.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -1.2 -72.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 0.90 0.67 1.000 2.02 1.73
1958 MLN NL 25 1B 1 0 5.0 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 48.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 9.00 5.00 .980 9.54 8.10
1959 MLN NL 26 2B 8 3 38.2 25 8 14 3 2 .880 -2.5 -77.6 -2.5 -1.9 -0.6 0 5.12 2.75 .980 5.28 4.78
1959 MLN NL 26 LF 4 4 23.0 8 4 2 2 0 .750 -1.1 -57.4 -1.1 -0.7 -0.4 0 2.35 1.50 .975 2.03 1.60
1959 MLN NL 26 OF 4 4 23.0 8 4 2 2 0 .750 -1.1 -57.4 -1.1 -0.7 -0.4 0 2.35 1.50 .988 2.19 1.90
1959 MLN NL 26 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -120.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1960 MLN NL 27 LF 21 20 161.1 37 36 0 1 0 .973 1.2 8.9 1.2 1.0 0.2 0 2.01 1.71 .973 1.98 1.54
1960 MLN NL 27 OF 21 20 161.1 40 39 0 1 0 .975 1.2 8.9 1.2 1.0 0.2 0 2.18 1.86 .978 2.20 1.92
1960 MLN NL 27 2B 20 17 128.0 58 26 29 3 5 .948 -1.5 -14.1 -1.5 -0.8 -0.7 0 3.87 2.75 .974 5.20 4.48
1960 MLN NL 27 1B 1 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 4.00 1.000 9.67 8.20
1960 MLN NL 27 3B 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 .900 2.70 2.60
1961 TOT NL 28 1B 9 6 53.1 72 68 3 1 8 .986 0.9 20.2 0.9 -0.1 1.0 0 11.98 7.89 .990 9.80 8.57
1961 MLN NL 28 LF 9 9 72.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -8.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.50 1.33 .975 1.88 1.50
1961 MLN NL 28 OF 9 9 72.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -8.3 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 1.50 1.33 .975 2.16 1.86
1961 MLN NL 28 1B 2 1 10.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 48.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 16.20 9.00 .989 9.81 8.55
1961 CHC NL 28 1B 7 5 43.1 54 50 3 1 8 .981 0.5 13.8 0.5 -0.2 0.7 0 11.01 7.57 .991 9.80 8.57
1961 CHC NL 28 2B 7 4 30.0 9 3 5 1 0 .889 -1.0 -40.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 2.40 1.14 .978 5.52 4.89
1962 PHI NL 29 3B 26 13 117.2 41 14 25 2 2 .951 -2.7 -27.5 -2.7 -2.6 0.0 0 2.98 1.50 .949 2.95 2.56
1962 PHI NL 29 2B 9 4 35.2 18 8 10 0 3 1.000 -2.2 -74.0 -2.2 -2.1 -0.1 0 4.54 2.00 .972 5.30 4.68
1962 PHI NL 29 1B 4 1 15.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 0.5 40.0 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 11.40 4.75 .989 9.78 8.05
1962 PHI NL 29 LF 3 2 16.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.9 -67.5 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0 1.12 0.67 .967 1.80 1.37
1962 PHI NL 29 OF 3 2 16.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.9 -67.5 -0.9 -0.2 -0.7 0 1.12 0.67 .967 2.08 1.80
7 Seasons 2B 77 54 467.1 254 105 141 8 23 .969 -2.6 -6.7 -1.6 -2.5 0.9 -1 4.74 3.19 .975 5.30 4.70
5 Seasons OF 44 41 320.2 71 62 3 6 0 .915 -5.1 -19.1 -4.1 -2.9 -1.2 -1 1.82 1.48 .979 2.19 1.90
5 Seasons LF 41 38 300.2 65 58 2 5 0 .923 -3.9 -15.6 -2.9 -1.7 -1.2 -1 1.80 1.46 .974 1.95 1.52
3 Seasons 3B 28 13 119.2 42 15 25 2 2 .952 -2.8 -28.1 -2.8 -2.6 -0.1 0 3.01 1.43 .948 2.95 2.57
5 Seasons 1B 16 7 82.1 103 97 5 1 10 .990 1.3 18.9 1.3 0.1 1.2 0 11.15 6.38 .990 9.77 8.43
1 Season RF 3 3 20.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 -1.2 -72.0 -1.2 -1.2 0.0 0 0.90 0.67 1.000 2.02 1.73
8 Seasons TOT 165 115 990.0 470 279 174 17 35 .964 -9.2 -11.2 -7.2 -7.9 0.8 -1 -1 4.12 2.75 .940 4.38 3.96
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp 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
1953 MLN NL 20 5 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 21 3 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1957 MLN NL 24 7 1 7 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
1958 MLN NL 25 44 31 44 44 0 0 1 27 0 0 4 0 3 7 13 0
1959 MLN NL 26 19 7 19 19 0 0 0 8 1 0 4 0 0 4 6 0
1960 MLN NL 27 48 37 48 48 0 0 1 20 1 0 21 0 0 21 10 0
1961 CHC NL 28 23 9 23 23 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1961 MLN NL 28 13 10 13 13 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 3 0
1962 PHI NL 29 65 20 65 65 0 0 4 9 26 0 3 0 0 3 28 3
8 Seasons 227 115 227 227 0 0 16 77 28 0 41 0 3 44 76 5
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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 MLN NL 24 65 63% 78% 28% 5 100% 0 4 2 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 MLN NL 25 893 63% 76% 31% 90 96% 0 54 18 29 7 79 69 8 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 14 6 4 2 0 13 2 11 1 1 0
1959 MLN NL 26 195 61% 79% 22% 18 72% 0 8 2 4 2 13 9 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 27 532 64% 77% 28% 40 95% 0 28 12 12 5 28 23 5 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 5 2 0 3 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1961 CHC NL 28 134 70% 73% 25% 7 86% 0 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 29 170 47% 77% 23% 14 79% 0 8 3 3 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
6 Seasons 1989 62% 77% 28% 174 91% 0 105 38 51 17 137 117 17 0 1 8 1 4 3 4 24 9 5 5 0 21 5 16 2 1 1
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

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%
1958 MLN NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 42.9% 3 0 0.0% 0 143 61% 85% 41% 14 29%
1959 MLN NL 26 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 2 101 65% 84% 48% 16 38%
1960 MLN NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 18 12 66.7% 6 0 0.0% 0 659 57% 80% 33% 78 45%
1961 MLN NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 313 58% 79% 29% 29 41%
1962 PHI NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 71 68% 82% 25% 8 25%
5 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 15 13 0 13 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 35 20 57.1% 14 0 0.0% 2 1287 59% 80% 33% 145 41%
MLB Averages 56.6% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1959 MLN NL 26 6 67% 83% 33% 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1960 MLN NL 27 3 33% 100% 67% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 29 568 60% 73% 24% 43 81% 1 14 12 0 2 24 18 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 40%
3 Seasons 577 60% 74% 24% 45 80% 1 15 13 0 2 24 18 3 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 33%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 MLN NL 21 20 35% 70% 20% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1958 MLN NL 25 19 58% 84% 26% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 MLN NL 27 13 54% 92% 23% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CHC NL 28 207 59% 79% 23% 14 93% 0 48 3 43 2 7 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 0 1 0 6 1 2 0 2 1 100%
1961 MLN NL 28 41 41% 83% 39% 3 100% 0 17 1 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 PHI NL 29 68 69% 75% 22% 7 86% 0 18 2 16 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
5 Seasons 368 58% 79% 25% 26 92% 0 94 6 86 2 13 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 7 1 3 0 3 2 100%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

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%
1958 MLN NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 81 65% 83% 20% 6 33%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 1 100.0% 0 81 65% 83% 20% 6 33%
MLB Averages 42.7% 3.2% 62% 78% 29% 53%

* 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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