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Mel Rojas
Melquiades (Medrano) Rojas
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 10, 1966 in Haina, D.R.
Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 1990
Final Game: July 1, 1999
Relatives: Cousin of Moises Alou, Nephew of Felipe Alou, Nephew of Jesus Alou and Nephew of Matty Alou
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 2 173 101 1.450 7.7 1.1 5.4 5.9 1.08
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 97 1.146 7.9 0.8 2.4 6.9 2.85
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 2 399 243 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 5 378 142 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 3 341 128 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 91 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 97 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 80 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 69 1.690 10.6 1.4 4.7 6.4 1.37
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 26 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 31 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 34 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 22 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 27 2.625 16.9 0.0 6.8 3.4 0.50
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 106 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 4 367 106 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 129 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 72 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 34 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 97 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 22 2.526 17.1 4.3 5.7 8.5 1.50
NL (10 yrs) 34 31 .523 3.64 520 0 280 0 0 126 660.2 579 289 267 62 250 31 556 34 0 30 2791 111 1.255 7.9 0.8 3.4 7.6 2.22
AL (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 22 2.526 17.1 4.3 5.7 8.5 1.50

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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
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 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 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 74 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 53 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 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 31 NYM NL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 32 TOT MLB 8 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 MON NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 516 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 19 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 .119 .119 .136 .254 -32 3 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) 70 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) 53 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 516 65 59 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 32 .119 .119 .136 .254 -32 8 0 0 6 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 MON NL 23 P 23 0 40.0 7 2 4 1 0 .857 1.35 0.26 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 MON NL 24 P 37 0 48.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.31 0.19 .957 1.86 0.59
1992 MON NL 25 P 68 0 100.2 23 9 12 2 1 .913 1.88 0.31 .957 1.94 0.60
1993 MON NL 26 P 66 0 88.1 16 7 9 0 1 1.000 1.63 0.24 .950 1.84 0.54
1994 MON NL 27 P 58 0 84.0 18 8 10 0 1 1.000 1.93 0.31 .956 1.86 0.54
1995 MON NL 28 P 59 0 67.2 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.46 0.19 .955 1.84 0.51
1996 MON NL 29 P 74 0 81.0 18 4 13 1 0 .944 1.89 0.23 .956 1.84 0.52
1997 TOT NL 30 P 77 0 85.1 10 2 7 1 0 .900 0.95 0.12 .960 1.85 0.52
1997 CHC NL 30 P 54 0 59.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 0.76 0.09 .967 1.85 0.52
1997 NYM NL 30 P 23 0 26.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.37 0.17 .950 1.85 0.52
1998 NYM NL 31 P 50 0 58.0 18 6 11 1 1 .944 2.64 0.34 .961 1.85 0.54
1999 TOT MLB 32 P 13 0 14.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.23 .900 1.74 0.47
1999 TOT NL 32 P 8 0 7.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 0.25 .900 1.76 0.48
1999 LAD NL 32 P 5 0 5.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0.20 .900 1.80 0.48
1999 DET AL 32 P 5 0 6.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.20 .900 1.71 0.46
1999 MON NL 32 P 3 0 2.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 0.33 .900 1.69 0.47
10 Seasons P 525 0 667.0 131 44 81 6 5 .954 1.69 0.24 .955 1.86 0.54
10 Seasons TOT 525 0 667.0 131 44 81 6 5 .954 1.69 0.24 .909 1.86 0.54

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--90th

Games Finished s c a p y
1995 NL--48--9th
1996 NL--64--3rd
1997 NL--50--10th
Career--282--120th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1380), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 13 (795), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (995), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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 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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1990Montreal Expos$100,000
1991Montreal Expos$115,000
1993Montreal Expos$300,000
1994Montreal Expos$850,000
1995Montreal Expos$1,300,000
1996Montreal Expos$2,025,000
1997Chicago Cubs$4,583,333
1998New York Mets$4,583,333
1999Los Angeles Dodgers$4,583,334
Career (may be incomplete)$18,440,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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