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Minnie Rojas

Minervino Alejandro (Landin) Rojas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 26, 1933 in Remedios, Villa Clara, Cuba
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1966
Team: Angels 1966-1968

Final Game: July 24, 1968
Died: March 23, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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Standard Pitching

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
1964 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1965 Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1966 32 CAL AL 7 4 .636 2.88 47 2 22 0 0 10 84.1 83 28 27 9 15 2 37 1 0 1 338 116 1.162 8.9 1.0 1.6 3.9 2.47
1967 33 CAL AL 12 9 .571 2.52 72 0 53 0 0 27 121.2 106 45 34 7 38 17 83 3 1 5 513 124 1.184 7.8 0.5 2.8 6.1 2.18 MVP-24
1968 34 CAL AL 4 3 .571 4.25 38 0 20 0 0 6 55.0 55 29 26 11 15 4 33 0 0 5 235 69 1.273 9.0 1.8 2.5 5.4 2.20
3 Yrs 23 16 .590 3.00 157 2 95 0 0 43 261.0 244 102 87 27 68 23 153 4 1 11 1086 105 1.195 8.4 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.25
162 Game Avg. 10 7 .590 3.00 67 1 41 0 0 18 112 104 44 37 12 29 10 65 2 0 5 464 105 1.195 8.4 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.25

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1966 32 CAL AL 84.1 47 2 28 2.99 3.96 0.03 -0.13 96.0 3.65 8 0.9 1.6 0.1 1.6 13 .519 .505 $
1967 33 CAL AL 121.2 72 0 45 3.33 3.66 0.25 -0.15 97.2 3.18 -0 -0.0 2.1 -0.3 0.6 7 .500 .500 $ MVP-24
1968 34 CAL AL 55.0 38 0 29 4.75 3.57 0.18 -0.15 96.8 3.14 -9 -1.1 1.4 -0.3 -1.0 -6 .470 .493 $
3 Seasons 261.0 157 2 102 3.52 3.74 0.16 -0.14 96.7 3.32 -2 -0.3 1.8 -0.4 1.2 15 .498 .499 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1966 32 CAL AL 47 338 317 28 83 8 1 9 2 2 15 37 .262 .296 .379 .675 .272 120 9 1 4 1 2 0
1967 33 CAL AL 72 512 456 45 106 17 1 7 9 1 38 83 .232 .292 .320 .612 .266 146 5 3 9 6 17 7
1968 34 CAL AL 38 234 218 29 55 10 1 11 3 2 15 33 .252 .299 .459 .758 .251 100 1 0 1 1 4 1
3 Yrs 157 1084 991 102 244 35 3 27 14 5 68 153 .246 .295 .369 .664 .265 366 15 4 14 8 23 8
162 Game Avg. 67 464 424 44 104 15 1 12 6 2 29 65 .246 .295 .369 .664 .265 157 6 2 6 3 10 3
MLB Averages .243 .305 .357 .662 .273

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1966 32 CAL AL 5.7 0.6 344 1.3 7.9 -6.6 1.18 0.4 0.7 7.6 0.8 1.18 1.8 21 6 17
1967 33 CAL AL 5.6 0.6 528 1.2 15.1 -13.9 1.81 1.0 -0.3 -2.8 -0.3 1.81 6.8 46 11 13
1968 34 CAL AL -8.0 -0.9 242 -0.7 4.7 -5.4 1.18 -0.9 0.3 -11.1 -1.3 1.19 -12.0 13 5 18
3 Yrs 3.3 0.3 1114 1.8 27.7 -25.9 1.48 0.4 0.8 -6.4 -0.7 1.48 -3.4 80 22 48

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1966 32 CAL AL 47 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 59.0 68 50 15 6 1 1 3.7 2.3 5.8
1 Yr 47 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 59 68 50 15 6 1 1 3.7 2.3 5.8
MLB Averages .500 58% 55 112 0 3.7 3.7 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1966 32 CAL AL 47 45 22 5 4 13 10 3 77% 16 3 30 11 37% 7 1.181 21 6 17 17 10 18 17 28 27 8 28 8 4.8
1967 33 CAL AL 72 72 53 12 9 38 27 11 71% 39 1 71 27 38% 7 1.814 46 11 13 39 16 17 39 33 47 15 49 19 5.1
1968 34 CAL AL 38 38 20 4 3 9 6 3 67% 12 3 20 8 40% 8 1.183 13 5 18 13 8 17 11 27 20 8 21 8 4.3
3 Yrs 157 155 95 21 16 60 43 17 72% 67 7 121 46 38% 1.480 80 22 48 69 34 52 67 88 94 31 98 35 4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 32 CAL AL 338 62% 2.7% 11.0% 4.4% 5.3% 22% 0.97 80% 60 9 15%
1967 33 CAL AL 512 53% 1.4% 16.2% 7.4% 4.9% 24% 0.93 73% 109 5 5%
1968 34 CAL AL 235 62% 4.7% 14.1% 6.4% 9.4% 40% 0.70 75% 36 1 3%
3 Yrs 1085 58% 2.5% 14.1% 6.3% 6.0% 27% 0.89 76% 205 15 7%
MLB Averages 47% 2.0% 15.9% 7.8% 5.9% 27% 1.11 74% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1966 32 CAL AL 338 83 9 0 4 4 5 8 1 16 9 3 56% 0 1 0 127 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1967 33 CAL AL 512 106 7 0 23 4 3 1 6 51 27 8 53% 7 5 0 206 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1968 34 CAL AL 234 55 11 0 5 6 5 4 7 8 2 1 25% 1 5 0 84 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
3 Yrs 1084 244 27 0 32 14 13 13 14 75 38 12 51% 8 11 0 417 14 5 74% 14 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 1
MLB Averages 49% 61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1966 32 7 4 .636 2.88 47 2 22 0 0 10 84.1 83 28 27 9 15 2 37 1 0 1 338 116 1.162 8.9 1.0 1.6 3.9 2.47 116
1967 33 19 13 .594 2.67 119 2 75 0 0 37 206.0 189 73 61 16 53 19 120 4 1 6 851 120 1.175 8.3 0.7 2.3 5.2 2.26 120
1968 34 23 16 .590 3.00 157 2 95 0 0 43 261.0 244 102 87 27 68 23 153 4 1 11 1086 105 1.195 8.4 0.9 2.3 5.3 2.25 105

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1966 32 4 4 .500 3.69 78.0 90 36 32 10 16 34 1 1.359 10.4 1.8 3.9 2.13 1.2 47
1967 33 7 5 .583 3.23 117.0 118 47 42 8 42 80 3 1.368 9.1 3.2 6.2 1.90 0.6 72
1968 34 2 3 .400 5.88 52.0 63 38 34 13 17 31 0 1.538 10.9 2.9 5.4 1.82 2.3 38
3 Yrs 13 12 .520 3.94 247.0 271 121 108 31 75 145 4 1.401 9.9 5.3 1.93 1.1 157

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1967 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1712th)

Games Played s c a p y
1967 AL  72 (2nd)

Saves s c a p y
1967 AL  27 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1967 AL  53 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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