Johnny Romano
John Anthony Romano Jr. (Honey)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 23, 1934 in Hoboken, NJ
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1958
Final Game: September 4, 1967
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Standard Batting

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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
1958 23 CHW AL 4 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 86 2 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1959 24 CHW AL 53 153 126 20 37 5 1 5 25 0 1 23 18 .294 .407 .468 .875 141 59 3 1 3 0 0 2
1960 25 CLE AL 108 361 316 40 86 12 2 16 52 0 0 37 50 .272 .349 .475 .824 124 150 7 3 0 5 4 2
1961 26 CLE AL 142 580 509 76 152 29 1 21 80 0 0 61 60 .299 .377 .483 .860 132 246 10 5 1 4 3 *2 AS,MVP-24
1962 27 CLE AL 135 548 459 71 120 19 3 25 81 0 1 73 64 .261 .363 .479 .842 128 220 14 5 2 9 0 *2 AS
1963 28 CLE AL 89 300 255 28 55 5 2 10 34 4 3 38 49 .216 .317 .369 .685 92 94 3 2 0 5 4 2/7
1964 29 CLE AL 106 415 352 46 85 18 1 19 47 2 2 51 83 .241 .346 .460 .806 124 162 15 7 2 3 6 2/37
1965 30 CHW AL 122 425 356 39 86 11 0 18 48 0 2 59 74 .242 .355 .424 .779 128 151 13 5 2 3 3 *2/73
1966 31 CHW AL 122 395 329 33 76 12 0 15 47 0 0 58 72 .231 .344 .404 .749 122 133 3 1 3 4 7 2
1967 32 STL NL 24 71 58 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 15 .121 .282 .138 .420 25 8 1 0 0 0 0 2
10 Seasons 905 3256 2767 355 706 112 10 129 417 7 9 414 485 .255 .354 .443 .797 122 1225 69 29 13 33 27
162 Game Avg. 162 583 495 64 126 20 2 23 75 1 2 74 87 .255 .354 .443 .797 122 219 12 5 2 6 5
CLE (5 yrs) 580 2204 1891 261 498 83 9 91 294 6 6 260 306 .263 .355 .461 .816 123 872 49 22 5 26 17
CHW (4 yrs) 301 981 818 93 201 28 1 38 121 0 3 141 164 .246 .359 .422 .780 127 345 19 7 8 7 10
STL (1 yr) 24 71 58 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 15 .121 .282 .138 .420 25 8 1 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 881 3185 2709 354 699 111 10 129 415 6 9 401 470 .258 .356 .449 .805 124 1217 68 29 13 33 27
NL (1 yr) 24 71 58 1 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 15 .121 .282 .138 .420 25 8 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1958 23 CHW AL 8 5 1 5.3 97 .286 .286 .260 .375 .329 .286 .396 .661 .725 86 .599 -0.1 -0.0 .600 .143 .000
1959 24 CHW AL 153 96 25 7.0 98 .311 .294 .259 .407 .330 .468 .396 .875 .726 141 .701 8.0 0.8 .882 .349 .175 .0
1960 25 CLE AL 361 242 53 5.9 99 .275 .272 .260 .349 .333 .475 .398 .824 .731 124 .622 10.7 1.1 .802 .320 .203 .0
1961 26 CLE AL 580 372 95 6.8 101 .303 .299 .260 .377 .335 .483 .405 .860 .740 132 .668 24.3 2.4 .850 .305 .185 .0
1962 27 CLE AL 548 365 82 6.0 100 .251 .261 .259 .363 .331 .479 .404 .842 .736 128 .626 20.3 2.0 .839 .375 .218 .0
1963 28 CLE AL 300 211 32 4.1 95 .224 .216 .255 .317 .322 .369 .394 .685 .716 92 .489 -2.0 -0.2 .655 .306 .153 5.7
1964 29 CLE AL 415 289 54 5.0 95 .261 .241 .254 .346 .323 .460 .395 .806 .718 124 .578 12.6 1.3 .775 .364 .219 3.6
1965 30 CHW AL 425 290 54 5.0 86 .255 .242 .243 .355 .311 .424 .372 .779 .683 128 .598 15.1 1.6 .747 .343 .183 .0
1966 31 CHW AL 395 263 50 5.1 84 .248 .231 .240 .344 .306 .404 .370 .749 .676 122 .622 11.7 1.2 .750 .350 .173 .0
1967 32 STL NL 71 52 3 1.6 90 .163 .121 .257 .282 .319 .138 .377 .420 .696 25 .153 -5.2 -0.6 .423 .259 .017 .0
10 Seasons 3256 2185 449 5.5 95 .264 .255 .254 .354 .324 .443 .392 .797 .717 122 .611 95.3 9.5 .779 .336 .188 13.3
162 Game Avg. 583 391 80 5.5 95 .264 .255 .254 .354 .324 .443 .392 .797 .717 122 .611 17 2 .779 .336 .188 2
CLE (5 yrs) 2204 1479 316 5.7 98 .268 .263 .258 .355 .330 .461 .400 .816 .730 123 .613 65.8 6.5 .797 .335 .198 11.3
CHW (4 yrs) 981 654 130 5.4 87 .262 .246 .244 .359 .312 .422 .375 .780 .687 127 .626 34.7 3.6 .767 .345 .176 .0
STL (1 yr) 71 52 3 1.6 90 .163 .121 .257 .282 .319 .138 .377 .420 .696 25 .153 -5.2 -0.6 .423 .259 .017 .0
AL (9 yrs) 3185 2133 446 5.6 95 .266 .258 .254 .356 .324 .449 .393 .805 .717 124 .617 100.5 10.1 .788 .338 .191 11.5
NL (1 yr) 71 52 3 1.6 90 .163 .121 .257 .282 .319 .138 .377 .420 .696 25 .153 -5.2 -0.6 .423 .259 .017 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1959 24 CHW AL WS LAD L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1961 CLE AL 26 as C 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 CLE AL 26 as C 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 27 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 27 DNP
2 Seasons (3 Appearances) 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1958 23 CHW AL 8 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 0.00 7.0 0.25 88%
1959 24 CHW AL 153 3.3% 11.8% 15.0% 7.2% 30% 0.78 7.0 25.2 5.0 0.74 67%
1960 25 CLE AL 361 4.4% 13.9% 10.3% 8.3% 35% 1.35 6.3 19.8 6.1 0.62 71%
1961 26 CLE AL 580 3.6% 10.3% 10.5% 8.8% 34% 0.98 8.5 24.2 6.4 0.86 74%
1962 27 CLE AL 548 4.6% 11.7% 13.3% 8.6% 39% 0.88 7.2 18.4 5.7 0.68 69%
1963 28 CLE AL 300 3.3% 16.3% 12.7% 5.7% 31% 1.29 5.2 25.5 7.5 0.55 67%
1964 29 CLE AL 415 4.6% 20.0% 12.3% 9.2% 45% 1.63 4.2 18.5 7.5 1.02 61%
1965 30 CHW AL 425 4.2% 17.4% 13.9% 6.8% 34% 1.25 4.8 19.8 7.4 0.69 63%
1966 31 CHW AL 395 3.8% 18.2% 14.7% 6.8% 36% 1.24 4.6 21.9 7.0 0.74 62%
1967 32 STL NL 71 0.0% 21.1% 18.3% 1.4% 14% 1.15 3.9 29.0 0.40 61%
10 Seasons 3256 4.0% 14.9% 12.7% 7.7% 36% 1.17 5.7 21.4 6.6 0.72 67%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1958 23 CHW AL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 24 CHW AL 4 0 27% 63 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 69% 7 2 5 2 1 0 4 0 4
1960 25 CLE AL 5 0 22% 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 8 28% 21 18 2 6 4 2 9 3 6
1961 26 CLE AL 11 0 28% 258 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 36% 28 24 4 8 7 1 22 6 16
1962 27 CLE AL 5 0 27% 222 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 26% 32 26 5 6 6 0 13 5 8
1963 28 CLE AL 2 0 21% 88 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 5 54% 10 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 2
1964 29 CLE AL 4 0 22% 149 2 2 50% 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 6 42% 24 15 8 5 3 2 12 4 7
1965 30 CHW AL 2 0 16% 146 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 7 61% 22 12 10 3 0 3 8 1 7
1966 31 CHW AL 4 0 15% 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 41% 11 8 3 5 4 1 6 0 5
1967 32 STL NL 3 0 5% 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 40 0 22% 1187 7 9 44% 6 7 0 2 1 0 5 1 30 57 39% 160 112 43 35 25 9 77 20 55
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1958 23 CHW AL 8 13% 2 2 0 0 0 0.69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 24 CHW AL 153 53% 37 13 8 3 5 1.86 5 0 4 1 4 2 3 0 3 3 100% 35 3 9% 14 6 43% 109 22 20% 9 6 67% 7 3 43% 0
1960 25 CLE AL 361 24% 86 11 0 0 0 2.11 16 0 7 12 4 10 6 0 0 0 76 7 9% 30 11 37% 234 37 16% 23 13 57% 26 9 35% 0
1961 26 CLE AL 572 21% 152 2 0 0 0 1.41 21 0 14 14 7 12 9 0 1 1 100% 93 10 11% 45 13 29% 346 67 19% 36 23 64% 35 12 34% 8
1962 27 CLE AL 548 27% 120 4 3 0 1 1.87 25 0 7 19 6 10 15 0 3 2 67% 85 14 16% 41 16 39% 352 58 16% 34 16 47% 20 7 35% 0
1963 28 CLE AL 300 31% 55 16 4 1 5 2.89 10 1 8 8 2 6 4 0 0 0 46 3 7% 19 5 26% 178 25 14% 10 7 70% 7 2 29% 0
1964 29 CLE AL 415 35% 85 10 2 0 0 2.35 19 0 7 10 9 9 10 0 2 2 100% 82 15 18% 45 7 16% 256 29 11% 22 6 27% 24 4 17% 0
1965 30 CHW AL 425 44% 86 7 1 0 1 1.78 18 1 8 9 9 6 12 0 3 2 67% 86 13 15% 36 8 22% 263 30 11% 23 8 35% 18 4 22% 0
1966 31 CHW AL 395 42% 76 16 4 0 3 2.95 15 0 7 9 6 5 10 0 3 3 100% 56 3 5% 33 11 33% 233 33 14% 30 12 40% 35 10 29% 0
1967 32 STL NL 71 83% 7 4 0 0 0 1.75 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 5 1 20% 32 2 6% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 0
10 Seasons 3248 34% 706 85 22 4 15 2.30 129 2 64 82 47 60 69 0 15 13 87% 572 69 12% 269 78 29% 2009 304 15% 190 92 48% 176 52 30% 8
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1958 23 4 8 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .286 .375 .286 .661 86 2 0 0 0 0 0
1959 24 57 161 133 21 39 5 1 5 26 0 1 24 18 .293 .405 .459 .864 138 61 3 1 3 0 0
1960 25 165 522 449 61 125 17 3 21 78 0 1 61 68 .278 .366 .470 .836 129 211 10 4 3 5 4
1961 26 307 1102 958 137 277 46 4 42 158 0 1 122 128 .289 .372 .477 .849 130 457 20 9 4 9 7
1962 27 442 1650 1417 208 397 65 7 67 239 0 2 195 192 .280 .369 .478 .846 130 677 34 14 6 18 7
1963 28 531 1950 1672 236 452 70 9 77 273 4 5 233 241 .270 .361 .461 .822 124 771 37 16 6 23 11
1964 29 637 2365 2024 282 537 88 10 96 320 6 7 284 324 .265 .358 .461 .819 124 933 52 23 8 26 17
1965 30 759 2790 2380 321 623 99 10 114 368 6 9 343 398 .262 .358 .455 .813 124 1084 65 28 10 29 20
1966 31 881 3185 2709 354 699 111 10 129 415 6 9 401 470 .258 .356 .449 .805 124 1217 68 29 13 33 27
1967 32 905 3256 2767 355 706 112 10 129 417 7 9 414 485 .255 .354 .443 .797 122 1225 69 29 13 33 27

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
1958 23 4 10 8 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .375 .500 .375 .875 1 4
1959 24 55 159 133 21 40 5 1 5 26 0 25 19 .301 .415 .466 .881 26 53
1960 25 114 383 335 43 93 13 2 17 56 0 40 53 .278 .355 .481 .836 58 108
1961 26 142 585 513 77 156 30 1 22 81 0 63 60 .304 .383 .495 .878 96 142
1962 27 135 552 463 73 124 20 3 26 83 0 75 64 .268 .370 .492 .862 84 135
1963 28 89 310 261 31 61 6 2 11 37 4 42 49 .234 .339 .398 .737 35 89
1964 29 105 417 354 50 89 19 1 20 52 2 53 82 .251 .357 .480 .838 60 106
1965 30 122 444 368 47 98 13 0 21 58 0 67 74 .266 .385 .473 .858 65 122
1966 31 123 420 346 40 91 14 0 18 57 0 69 72 .263 .383 .460 .843 61 122
1967 32 24 80 61 1 10 1 0 0 3 1 19 15 .164 .363 .180 .543 4 24
10 Seasons 913 3360 2842 384 765 121 10 140 454 7 455 488 .269 .372 .467 .839 490 905
162 Game Avg. 162 596 504 68 136 21 2 25 81 1 81 87 .269 .372 .467 .839 87 905

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1 (C)
1961-2 (C)
1962-1 *
1962-2

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1961 AL (24, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1961 AL  .299 (8th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1962 AL  .479 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1961 AL  .860 (10th)
1962 AL  .842 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1961 AL  29 (10th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1961 AL  132 (9th)
1962 AL  128 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1964 AL  7 (4th)
1965 AL  5 (9th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1962 AL  9 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1962 AL  18.4 (9th)
Career  21.4 (160th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1042), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1568), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jim Pagliaroni (919)
  6. Jody Davis (911)
  7. Damian Miller (907)
  8. Rich Gedman (906)
  9. Ed Bailey (905)
  10. Greg Myers (901)
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  1. Rick Wilkins (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mike Lieberthal (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ed Bailey (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Lieberthal (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ed Bailey (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ed Bailey (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ed Bailey (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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