Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > R Listing > Mel Rojas Statistics and History

News: B-R: Hall of Fame Ballot History »post

Mel Rojas

Melquiades (Medrano) Rojas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 10, 1966 in Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, D.R.
High School: Liceo Manresa (Santo Domingo, DO)
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1990
Teams (by GP): Expos/Mets/Cubs/Tigers/Dodgers 1990-1999
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Tom Reich [*]
Final Game: July 1, 1999
Relatives: Cousin of Moises Alou, Nephew of Felipe Alou, Nephew of Jesus Alou and Nephew of Matty Alou
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Like this page? Sponsor it for $30. Your message will replace this ad.

Fan EloRater

Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:31AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1986	19	WSN-min	Rk	4	5	.444	4.88	13	12	1	1	0	0	55.1	63	39	30	0	37	0	34	2	2	4			1.807	10.2	0.0	6.0	5.5	0.92	EXO · GULF
1987	20	WSN-min	A	8	9	.471	3.80	25	25	0	4	1	0	158.2	146	84	67	10	67	1	100	3	0	8			1.342	8.3	0.6	3.8	5.7	1.49	BUR · MIDW
1988	21	WSN-min	A	7	4	.636	2.53	14	14	0	3	0	0	78.1	56	32	22	4	30	0	76	2	2	3			1.098	6.4	0.5	3.4	8.7	2.53	RFD,WPB · MIDW,FLOR
1989	22	WSN-min	AA	10	7	.588	2.49	34	12	17	1	1	5	112.0	62	39	31	1	57	0	104	5	1	8			1.062	5.0	0.1	4.6	8.4	1.82	JCK · SOUL
1990	23	WSN-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.13	17	17	0	0	0	0	97.2	84	42	34	9	47	3	64	1	1	3			1.341	7.7	0.8	4.3	5.9	1.36	INA · AA
1990	23	MON	NL	3	1	.750	3.60	23	0	5	0	0	1	40.0	34	17	16	5	24	4	26	2	0	2	173	102	1.450	7.7	1.1	5.4	5.9	1.08
1991	24	WSN-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.10	14	10	2	0	0	1	52.2	50	29	24	4	14	1	55	1	1	3	221		1.215	8.5	0.7	2.4	9.4	3.93	INA · AA
1991	24	MON	NL	3	3	.500	3.75	37	0	13	0	0	6	48.0	42	21	20	4	13	1	37	1	0	3	200	98	1.146	7.9	0.8	2.4	6.9	2.85
1992	25	WSN-min	AAA	2	1	.667	5.40	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	10	5	5	0	3	0	7	0	0	1	37		1.560	10.8	0.0	3.2	7.6	2.33	INA · AA
1992	25	MON	NL	7	1	.875	1.43	68	0	26	0	0	10	100.2	71	17	16	2	34	8	70	2	0	2	399	244	1.043	6.3	0.2	3.0	6.3	2.06
1993	26	MON	NL	5	8	.385	2.95	66	0	25	0	0	10	88.1	80	39	29	6	30	3	48	4	0	5	378	143	1.245	8.2	0.6	3.1	4.9	1.60
1994	27	MON	NL	3	2	.600	3.32	58	0	27	0	0	16	84.0	71	35	31	11	21	0	84	4	0	3	341	129	1.095	7.6	1.2	2.3	9.0	4.00
1995	28	MON	NL	1	4	.200	4.12	59	0	48	0	0	30	67.2	69	32	31	2	29	4	61	7	0	6	302	105	1.448	9.2	0.3	3.9	8.1	2.10
1996	29	MON	NL	7	4	.636	3.22	74	0	64	0	0	36	81.0	56	30	29	5	28	3	92	2	0	3	326	134	1.037	6.2	0.6	3.1	10.2	3.29
1997	30	TOT	NL	0	6	.000	4.64	77	0	50	0	0	15	85.1	78	47	44	15	36	2	93	7	0	3	370	92	1.336	8.2	1.6	3.8	9.8	2.58
1997	30	CHC	NL	0	4	.000	4.42	54	0	38	0	0	13	59.0	54	30	29	11	30	1	61	5	0	2	259	98	1.424	8.2	1.7	4.6	9.3	2.03
1997	30	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	5.13	23	0	12	0	0	2	26.1	24	17	15	4	6	1	32	2	0	1	111	81	1.139	8.2	1.4	2.1	10.9	5.33
1998	31	NYM	NL	5	2	.714	6.05	50	0	19	0	0	2	58.0	68	39	39	9	30	5	41	3	0	2	262	70	1.690	10.6	1.4	4.7	6.4	1.37
1999	32	WSN-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.14	12	0	6	0	0	2	21.0	25	13	12	3	12	0	16	1	0	3	99		1.762	10.7	1.3	5.1	6.9	1.33	OTT · IL
1999	32	TOT	MLB	0	0		18.00	13	0	5	0	0	0	14.0	22	28	28	6	9	1	10	5	0	1	79	27	2.214	14.1	3.9	5.8	6.4	1.11
1999	32	TOT	NL	0	0		14.09	8	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	10	12	12	3	5	1	4	2	0	1	40	34	1.957	11.7	3.5	5.9	4.7	0.80
1999	32	LAD	NL	0	0		12.60	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	7	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	23	37	1.600	9.0	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
1999	32	DET	AL	0	0		22.74	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	12	16	16	3	4	0	6	3	0	0	39	23	2.526	17.1	4.3	5.7	8.5	1.50
1999	32	MON	NL	0	0		16.88	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	5	5	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	17	30	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	3.4	0.50
2000	33	BOS-min	A+,AAA	0	1	.000	6.30	8	4	2	0	0	0	10.0	11	7	7	1	5	1	7	0	0	1	43		1.600	9.9	0.9	4.5	6.3	1.40	SAR,PAW · FLOR,IL
2003	36	-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.35	27	0	8	0	0	2	43.0	49	17	16	2	18	2	29	5	0	10	196		1.558	10.3	0.4	3.8	6.1	1.61	MVA · MEX
10 Seasons				34	31	.523	3.82	525	0	282	0	0	126	667.0	591	305	283	65	254	31	562	37	0	30	2830	107	1.267	8.0	0.9	3.4	7.6	2.21
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.523	3.82	68	0	37	0	0	16	86	77	40	37	8	33	4	73	5	0	4	367	107	1.267	8.0	0.9	3.4	7.6	2.21

MON (8 yrs)				29	23	.558	3.11	388	0	209	0	0	109	512.1	428	196	177	35	181	23	419	24	0	25	2136	130	1.189	7.5	0.6	3.2	7.4	2.31
NYM (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	5.76	73	0	31	0	0	4	84.1	92	56	54	13	36	6	73	5	0	3	373	73	1.518	9.8	1.4	3.8	7.8	2.03
LAD (1 yr)				0	0		12.60	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	7	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	23	37	1.600	9.0	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
CHC (1 yr)				0	4	.000	4.42	54	0	38	0	0	13	59.0	54	30	29	11	30	1	61	5	0	2	259	98	1.424	8.2	1.7	4.6	9.3	2.03
DET (1 yr)				0	0		22.74	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	12	16	16	3	4	0	6	3	0	0	39	23	2.526	17.1	4.3	5.7	8.5	1.50

NL (10 yrs)			NL	34	31	.523	3.64	520	0	280	0	0	126	660.2	579	289	267	62	250	31	556	34	0	30	2791	112	1.255	7.9	0.8	3.4	7.6	2.22
AL (1 yr)			AL	0	0		22.74	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	12	16	16	3	4	0	6	3	0	0	39	23	2.526	17.1	4.3	5.7	8.5	1.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1990	23	MON	NL	40.0	0	17	22	0	1.1	5	0.3	$100,000
1991	24	MON	NL	48.0	0	21	26	0	1.1	5	0.2	$115,000
1992	25	MON	NL	100.2	0	17	51	0	1.2	34	3.5	$
1993	26	MON	NL	88.1	0	39	56	-1	1.4	17	1.2	$300,000
1994	27	MON	NL	84.0	0	35	49	2	1.3	14	0.9	$850,000
1995	28	MON	NL	67.2	0	32	43	-1	2.1	11	0.8	$1,300,000
1996	29	MON	NL	81.0	0	30	51	0	1.7	21	1.9	$2,025,000
1997	30	CHC	NL	59.0	0	30	36	1	1.7	6	0.1	$4,583,333
1997	30	NYM	NL	26.1	0	17	15	1	1.3	-2	-0.5	$
1998	31	NYM	NL	58.0	0	39	35	0	1.0	-4	-0.9	$4,583,333
1999	32	LAD	NL	5.0	0	7	3	0	.2	-4	-0.2	$4,583,334
1999	32	DET	AL	6.1	0	16	4	0	.8	-12	-1.0	$
1999	32	MON	NL	2.2	0	5	2	0	.2	-3	-0.2	$
10 Seasons				667.0	0	305	393	2	1.4	88	6.1	$18,440,000

MON (8 yrs)				512.1	0	196	300	0	1.4	104	8.6	$4,690,000
NYM (2 yrs)				84.1	0	56	50	1	1.1	-6	-1.4	$4,583,333
LAD (1 yr)				5.0	0	7	3	0	.2	-4	-0.2	$4,583,334
CHC (1 yr)				59.0	0	30	36	1	1.7	6	0.1	$4,583,333
DET (1 yr)				6.1	0	16	4	0	.8	-12	-1.0	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1986	19	WSN-min	Rk	13	16	12	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.333	.429	.417	.845		5		0	2	0	0	EXO · GULF
1987	20	WSN-min	A	25	29	27	1	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.148	.179	.148	.327		4		0	1	0	0	BUR · MIDW
1988	21	WSN-min	A	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	RFD,WPB · MIDW,FLOR
1989	22	WSN-min	AA	34	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	JCK · SOUL
1990	23	WSN-min	AAA	17	15	14	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.214	.214	.214	.429		3		0	1	0	0	INA · AA
1990	23	MON	NL	23	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
1991	24	WSN-min	AAA	14	17	15	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.067	.067	.133	.200		2		0	2	0	0	INA · AA
1991	24	MON	NL	37	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1992	25	WSN-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	INA · AA
1992	25	MON	NL	68	15	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.067	.067	.067	.133	-62	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	26	MON	NL	66	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167	-56	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1994	27	MON	NL	58	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	28	MON	NL	59	8	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1996	29	MON	NL	74	8	8	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	127	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	30	TOT	NL	77	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	30	CHC	NL	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	30	NYM	NL	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	31	NYM	NL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	32	WSN-min	AAA	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OTT · IL
1999	32	TOT	MLB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	32	TOT	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999	32	LAD	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999	32	DET	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999	32	MON	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2000	33	BOS-min	AAA,A+	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PAW,SAR · IL,FLOR
2003	36	-min	AAA	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	MVA · MEX
10 Seasons				525	65	59	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	32	.119	.119	.136	.254	-32	8	0	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.119	.119	.136	.254	-32	2	0	0	2	0	0

MON (8 yrs)				388	64	58	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	32	.121	.121	.138	.259	-30	8	0	0	6	0	0
NYM (2 yrs)				73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (10 yrs)				520	65	59	1	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	32	.119	.119	.136	.254	-32	8	0	0	6	0	0
AL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1990	23	MON	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$100,000	1
1991	24	MON	NL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$115,000	1
1992	25	MON	NL	15	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1993	26	MON	NL	12	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$300,000	1
1994	27	MON	NL	10	-1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$850,000	1
1995	28	MON	NL	8	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$1,300,000	1
1996	29	MON	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$2,025,000	1
1997	30	CHC	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$4,583,333	1
8 Seasons				65	-11	0	1	0	0	5	0	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$9,273,333

MON (7 yrs)				64	-11	0	1	0	0	5	0	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$4,690,000
CHC (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$4,583,333

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1990	MON	NL	23	P	23	40.0	7	2	4	1	0	.857	1.35	0.26	.957	1.80	1.79	4	2	33%	0
1991	MON	NL	24	P	37	48.0	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.31	0.19	.954	1.86	1.85	5	1	17%	0
1992	MON	NL	25	P	68	100.2	23	9	12	2	1	.913	1.88	0.31	.954	1.94	1.94	12	3	20%	0
1993	MON	NL	26	P	66	88.1	16	7	9	0	1	1.000	1.63	0.24	.953	1.84	1.83	8	1	11%	0
1994	MON	NL	27	P	58	84.0	18	8	10	0	1	1.000	1.93	0.31	.958	1.86	1.85	10	1	9%	0
1995	MON	NL	28	P	59	67.2	11	4	7	0	1	1.000	1.46	0.19	.956	1.84	1.83	11	0	0%	0
1996	MON	NL	29	P	74	81.0	18	4	13	1	0	.944	1.89	0.23	.954	1.84	1.83	7	0	0%	0
1997	TOT	NL	30	P	77	85.1	10	2	7	1	0	.900	0.95	0.12	.953	1.85	1.84	8	2	20%	0
1997	CHC	NL	30	P	54	59.0	6	0	5	1	0	.833	0.76	0.09	.953	1.85	1.84	6	0	0%	0
1997	NYM	NL	30	P	23	26.1	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.37	0.17	.952	1.85	1.84	2	2	50%	0
1998	NYM	NL	31	P	50	58.0	18	6	11	1	1	.944	2.64	0.34	.961	1.85	1.84	13	4	24%	1
1999	TOT	MLB	32	P	13	14.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.93	0.23	.950	1.74	1.69	3	0	0%	0
1999	TOT	NL	32	P	8	7.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.35	0.25	.950	1.76	1.71	3	0	0%	0
1999	LAD	NL	32	P	5	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80	0.20	.950	1.80	1.72	2	0	0%	0
1999	DET	AL	32	P	5	6.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.42	0.20	.950	1.71	1.66	0	0		0
1999	MON	NL	32	P	3	2.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.38	0.33	.950	1.69	1.70	1	0	0%	0
	10 Seasons			P	525	667.0	131	44	81	6	5	.954	1.69	0.24	.956	1.86	1.85	81	14	15%	1
	10 Seasons			TOT	525	667.0	131	44	81	6	5	.954	1.69	0.24	.956	1.86	1.85	81	14	15%	1

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1994 NL 58 (2nd) 1996 NL 74 (7th) 1997 NL 77 (4th)	Saves s c a p y 1994 NL 16 (8th) 1995 NL 30 (7th) 1996 NL 36 (5th) Career 126 (95th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1995 NL 48 (9th) 1996 NL 64 (3rd) 1997 NL 50 (10th) Career 282 (125th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1992 NL 24 (7th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1992 NL 2.6 (7th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1992 NL 29.58 (4th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1992 NL 2.9 (6th) 1994 NL 2.8 (5th) 1996 NL 4.3 (4th) Career 8.2 (250th)	Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1992 NL 2.2 (9th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1992 NL 3.3 (4th)	Def. Games as P s c a p y 1994 NL 58 (2nd) 1997 NL 77 (4th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1993 NL 1.000 (1st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1351), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 13 (827), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Most Similar by Ages

Hold mouse over #'s to see names

Jeff Reardon (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Cecil Upshaw (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wayne Granger (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jeff Brantley (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Wayne Granger (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Keith Foulke (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Braden Looper (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Wohlers (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

November 7, 1985: Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.
December 7, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
December 10, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
August 8, 1997: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Brian McRae and Turk Wendell to the New York Mets for players to be named later and Lance Johnson. The New York Mets sent Mark Clark (August 11, 1997) and Manny Alexander (August 14, 1997) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
November 11, 1998: Traded by the New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bobby Bonilla.
April 16, 1999: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Dave Mlicki to the Detroit Tigers for Aposto Garcia (minors), Richard Roberts (minors) and Robinson Checo.
May 12, 1999: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
May 17, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
July 3, 1999: Released by the Montreal Expos.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1990	23	Montreal Expos	$100,000	USA Today
1991	24	Montreal Expos	$115,000	USA Today survey

1993	26	Montreal Expos	$300,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	27	Montreal Expos	$850,000	4/5/94 USA Today	Arbitration loss; $1,200,000 request
1995	28	Montreal Expos	$1,300,000	7/7/95 USA Today	Arbitration loss; asked $2,100,000
1996	29	Montreal Expos	$2,025,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	30	Chicago Cubs	$4,583,333	1997 AP survey
1998	31	New York Mets	$4,583,333	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	32	Los Angeles Dodgers	$4,583,334	4/6/99 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$18,440,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Mel Rojas

Viewed 18,486 times through February 12, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Melquiades (Medrano) Mel mell melvin Rojas

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Automatic Player Linking / Statistical Sharing Tool / Basic Player Linking / Data Coverage

See Front Page for time of last update

Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.

Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.

Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

Play Index Loading Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.

A Sports Reference Site: About Baseball Reference | Found a bug or have a suggestion?
Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group.