José Román

Jose Rafael (Sarita) Roman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: May 21, 1963 in Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata, D.R.
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1984
Team: Indians 1984-1986

Final Game: August 27, 1986
Relatives: Cousin of Nelson Cruz
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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
1981	18	CLE-min	A-	0	3	.000	6.38	20	1	4	0	0	0	55.0	63	45	39	15	27	2	46	1	0	8			1.636	10.3	2.5	4.4	7.5	1.70	BAT · NYPL
1982	19	CLE-min	A	2	5	.286	5.15	24	5	12	1	0	2	57.2	64	42	33	5	37	5	56	0	1	13			1.751	10.0	0.8	5.8	8.7	1.51	WLO · MIDW
1983	20	CLE-min	A	6	7	.462	2.56	34	12	12	1	0	5	126.1	103	49	36	8	56	5	132	5	3	13			1.259	7.3	0.6	4.0	9.4	2.36	WLO · MIDW
1984	21	CLE-min	AA	14	6	.700	3.88	27	24	1	6	3	0	143.2	130	69	62	9	63	1	105	3	2	10			1.343	8.1	0.6	3.9	6.6	1.67	BFL · EL
1984	21	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	18.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	12	12	1	11	0	3	0	0	1	37	24	3.333	13.5	1.5	16.5	4.5	0.27
1985	22	CLE-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.65	11	9	1	0	0	0	49.1	46	23	20	7	30	0	27	1	0	3			1.541	8.4	1.3	5.5	4.9	0.90	MAI · IL
1985	22	CLE	AL	0	4	.000	6.61	5	3	1	0	0	0	16.1	13	17	12	3	14	0	12	0	1	1	79	64	1.653	7.2	1.7	7.7	6.6	0.86
1986	23	CLE-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.23	16	16	0	1	0	0	95.2	95	50	45	10	52	0	76	2	1	5			1.537	8.9	0.9	4.9	7.1	1.46	MAI · IL
1986	23	CLE	AL	1	2	.333	6.55	6	5	0	0	0	0	22.0	23	20	16	3	17	0	9	1	0	0	105	64	1.818	9.4	1.2	7.0	3.7	0.53
1987	24	CLE-NYM-min	AAA,AA	5	4	.556	4.36	50	0	35	0	0	10	66.0	60	34	32	6	44	5	82	2	4	5			1.576	8.2	0.8	6.0	11.2	1.86	TID,BFL,JAC · IL,AA,TL
1988	25	NYM-min	AA,AAA	2	6	.250	5.27	41	0	26	0	0	5	54.2	56	34	32	3	31	6	37	4	7	9			1.591	9.2	0.5	5.1	6.1	1.19	JAC,TID · TL,IL
3 Yrs				1	8	.111	8.12	14	10	1	0	0	0	44.1	45	49	40	7	42	0	24	1	1	2	221	52	1.962	9.1	1.4	8.5	4.9	0.57
162 Game Avg.				3	23	.111	8.12	40	28	3	0	0	0	126	128	139	113	20	119	0	68	3	3	6	626	52	1.962	9.1	1.4	8.5	4.9	0.57

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
1984	21	CLE	AL	6.0	3	2	12	18.00	4.46	-0.05	0.06	104.1	4.75	-9	-0.7	.2	0.0	-0.6	-8	.264	.496	$
1985	22	CLE	AL	16.1	5	3	17	9.37	5.21	-0.27	0.04	96.1	5.31	-7	-0.7	.9	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.367	.496	$
1986	23	CLE	AL	22.0	6	5	20	8.18	4.61	-0.28	0.16	98.0	4.95	-8	-0.7	.1	-0.0	-0.5	-6	.379	.496	$60,000
3 Seasons				44.1	14	10	49	9.95	4.81	-0.24	0.10	98.1	5.05	-24	-2.1	.5	0.0	-1.6	-19	.350	.496	$60,000

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
1984	21	CLE	AL	3	37	23	12	9	0	0	1	0	0	11	3	.391	.541	.522	1.062	.364	12	1	0	0	3	0	0
1985	22	CLE	AL	5	79	65	17	13	1	1	3	2	0	14	12	.200	.342	.385	.726	.200	25	1	0	0	0	0	4
1986	23	CLE	AL	6	105	82	20	23	9	1	3	1	1	17	9	.280	.394	.524	.919	.270	43	2	1	1	4	0	1
3 Yrs				14	221	170	49	45	10	2	7	3	1	42	24	.265	.400	.471	.871	.260	80	4	1	1	7	0	5
162 Game Avg.				40	626	482	139	128	28	6	20	9	3	119	68	.265	.400	.471	.871	.260	227	11	3	3	20	0	14
MLB Averages																.258	.324	.390	.714	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1984	21	CLE	AL	-8.2	-0.7	38	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.12	-0.5	-0.0	-7.2	-0.6	1.12	-5.3	0	1
1985	22	CLE	AL	-6.0	-0.6	83	-0.7	1.0	-1.8	1.04	-0.2	-0.5	-7.1	-0.7	1.04	-3.1	1	1
1986	23	CLE	AL	-6.8	-0.6	108	-0.4	1.6	-2.0	.96	-0.7	0.2	-8.5	-0.8	0.96	-7.5	0	1
3 Yrs				-21.0	-1.9	229	-1.7	3.0	-4.7	1.02	-1.3	-0.4	-22.8	-2.1	1.02	-16.0	1	3

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
1984	21	CLE	AL	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.5	29	26	3	3	0	1	3.5	3.6	2.5
1985	22	CLE	AL	5	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	46	27	3	2	1	0	1.3	1.3	4.1
1986	23	CLE	AL	6	5	1	2	2	1	1	1	4	.200	1	0	0	0	1	20%	44.0	49	32	9	5	1	2	4.2	5.6	4.4
3 Yrs				14	10	1	7	2	1	1	1	9	.100	1	0	0	0	1	10%	39	49	26	15	10	2	3	3.2	3.8	3.9
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-3					4.4	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1984	21	CLE	AL	3	1	0	0	0	0		6	1.118	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0
1985	22	CLE	AL	5	2	1	1	2	0	0%	5	1.039	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	6.0
1986	23	CLE	AL	6	1	0	0	3	3	100%	6	.964	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0.0
3 Yrs				14	4	1	1	5	3	60%		1.017	1	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	3.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1984	21	CLE	AL	37	46%	2.7%	8.1%	29.7%	2.7%	11%	0.50	59%	17	1	6%
1985	22	CLE	AL	79	39%	3.8%	15.2%	17.7%	6.3%	39%	1.64	63%	16	1	6%
1986	23	CLE	AL	105	48%	2.9%	8.6%	16.2%	12.4%	57%	0.75	70%	14	2	14%
3 Yrs				221	44%	3.2%	10.9%	19.0%	8.6%	42%	0.93	66%	47	4	9%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.5%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.06	73%			11%

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
1984	21	CLE	AL	37	9			1	0	4	0	1	0	1	7	6	0	86%	0	1	0	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1985	22	CLE	AL	79	13			3	1	5	1	2	0	3	7	6	1	86%	4	1	0	26	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1986	23	CLE	AL	105	23			3	1	1	2	1	2	1	6	6	0	100%	1	0	0	39	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				221	45			7	2	10	3	4	2	5	20	18	1	90%	5	2	0	83	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1984	21	0	2	.000	18.00	3	2	0	6.0	9	12	12	1	11	3	0	0	1	37	24	3.333	13.5	1.5	16.5	4.5	0.27	24
1985	22	0	6	.000	9.67	8	5	1	22.1	22	29	24	4	25	15	0	1	2	116	44	2.104	8.9	1.6	10.1	6.0	0.60	44
1986	23	1	8	.111	8.12	14	10	1	44.1	45	49	40	7	42	24	1	1	2	221	52	1.962	9.1	1.4	8.5	4.9	0.57	52

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1984	21	0		19.50	6.0	9	14	13	1	11	3	0	3.333	13.5	16.5	4.5	0.27	1.5	3
1985	22	1	.000	6.88	17.0	13	14	13	3	14	13	0	1.588	6.9	7.4	6.9	0.93	1.6	5
1986	23	2	.000	7.29	21.0	23	19	17	3	17	9	1	1.905	9.9	7.3	3.9	0.53	1.3	6
3 Yrs		3	.000	8.80	44.0	45	47	43	7	42	25	1	1.977	9.2		5.1	0.60	1.4	14

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1984 AL born 1963-05-21 (7th)

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