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Johnny Romano
John Anthony Romano Jr. (Honey)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 205 lb.

Debut September 12, 1958
  vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 4, 1967
Born August 23, 1934 in Hoboken, NJ

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 23 CHW AL   4    7    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   0  .286  .375  .286   86    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 24 CHW AL  53  126   20   37   5  1   5   25   0  1  23  18  .294  .407  .468  141   59   3   0   0   1   3
 1960 25 CLE AL 108  316   40   86  12  2  16   52   0  0  37  50  .272  .349  .475  124  150   0   5   4   3   7
 1961 26 CLE AL 142  509   76  152  29  1  21   80   0  0  61  60  .299  .377  .483  132  246   1   4   3   5  10 MVP-24,AS
 1962 27 CLE AL 135  459   71  120  19  3  25   81   0  1  73  64  .261  .363  .479  128  220   2   9   0   5  14 AS
 1963 28 CLE AL  89  255   28   55   5  2  10   34   4  3  38  49  .216  .317  .369   92   94   0   5   4   2   3
 1964 29 CLE AL 106  352   46   85  18  1  19   47   2  2  51  83  .241  .346  .460  124  162   2   3   6   7  15
 1965 30 CHW AL 122  356   39   86  11  0  18   48   0  2  59  74  .242  .355  .424  128  151   2   3   3   5  13
 1966 31 CHW AL 122  329   33   76  12  0  15   47   0  0  58  72  .231  .344  .404  122  133   3   4   7   1   3
 1967 32 STL NL  24   58    1    7   1  0   0    2   1  0  13  15  .121  .282  .138   25    8   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     905 2767  355  706 112 10 129  417   7  9 414 485  .255  .354  .443  122 1225  13  33  27  29  69
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        495   64  126  20  2  23   75   1  2  74  87  .255  .354  .443  122  219   2   6   5   5  12
 Career High    142  509   76  152  29  3  25   81   4  3  73  83  .299  .377  .483  132  246   3   9   7   7  15
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 23 CHW AL    8    5    1   5.3    97| .286  .260| .375  .329| .286  .396| .661  .725|  86  .599  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1959 24 CHW AL  153   96   25   7.0    98| .294  .259| .407  .330| .468  .396| .875  .726| 141  .701   8.0   0.8   0%
 1960 25 CLE AL  361  242   53   5.9    99| .272  .260| .349  .333| .475  .398| .824  .731| 124  .622  10.7   1.1   0%
 1961 26 CLE AL  580  372   95   6.8   101| .299  .260| .377  .335| .483  .405| .860  .740| 132  .668  24.3   2.4   0%
 1962 27 CLE AL  548  365   82   6.0   100| .261  .259| .363  .331| .479  .404| .842  .736| 128  .626  20.3   2.0   0%
 1963 28 CLE AL  300  211   32   4.1    95| .216  .255| .317  .322| .369  .394| .686  .716|  92  .489  -2.0  -0.2  57%
 1964 29 CLE AL  415  289   54   5.0    95| .241  .254| .346  .323| .460  .395| .806  .718| 124  .578  12.6   1.3  50%
 1965 30 CHW AL  425  290   54   5.0    86| .242  .243| .355  .311| .424  .372| .779  .683| 128  .598  15.1   1.6   0%
 1966 31 CHW AL  395  263   50   5.1    84| .231  .240| .344  .306| .404  .370| .748  .676| 122  .622  11.7   1.2   0%
 1967 32 STL NL   71   52    3   1.6    90| .121  .257| .282  .319| .138  .377| .420  .696|  25  .153  -5.2  -0.6 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     3256 2185  449   5.5    95| .255  .254| .354  .324| .443  .392| .797  .717| 122  .611  95.3   9.6  43%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1958 23 CHW AL   C    2     13    0    0    0 1.000  .992  6.50  5.35  9.00  6.02    2   13.0   0   0    0   0
 1959 24 CHW AL   C   38    169   16    4    5  .979  .989  4.87  5.31  5.83  6.08   34  285.7   5   5   14   6
 1960 25 CLE AL   C   99    470   30    6    6  .988  .987  5.05  5.12  5.79  5.93   88  777.7   7  21   36  20
 1961 26 CLE AL   C  141    752   58    9    8  .989  .989  5.74  5.44  5.91  6.21  140 1232.7  10  41   48  31 AS
 1962 27 CLE AL   C  130    657   63    7    6  .990  .989  5.54  5.57  5.76  6.30  128 1124.7  15  18   46  30 AS
 1963 28 CLE AL   C   71    408   28    3    5  .993  .989  6.14  5.78  6.65  6.64   64  589.7   5  11   20  12
                 LF    4      5    0    1    0  .833  .980  1.25  1.57  1.88  1.91    4   24.0                 
 1964 29 CLE AL   C   96    714   38    7    3  .991  .990  7.83  6.07  8.04  7.07   93  841.7  11  30   37  17
                 1B    1      9    0    0    0 1.000  .989  9.00  8.10  9.00  9.40    1    9.0                 
                 LF    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.50  3.86  1.80    1    7.0                 
 1965 30 CHW AL   C  111    569   61    5   10  .992  .988  5.68  5.67  6.92  6.96  107  819.3  11  33   47  22
                 LF    4      6    1    0    0 1.000  .972  1.75  1.50  2.49  1.89    3   25.3                 
                 1B    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  7.90  0.00  9.45    0    2.0                 
 1966 31 CHW AL   C  102    552   46    4    7  .993  .988  5.86  5.86  6.80  6.86   96  791.0  10  26   43  18
 1967 32 STL NL   C   20    111    3    2    1  .983  .990  5.70  5.85  6.66  6.89   19  154.0   3   5    5   1

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1964 29 CLE AL  1B    1      9    0    0    0 1.000  .989  9.00  8.10  9.00  9.40    1    9.0                 
 1965 30 CHW AL  1B    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  7.90  0.00  9.45    0    2.0                 

 1958 23 CHW AL   C    2     13    0    0    0 1.000  .992  6.50  5.35  9.00  6.02    2   13.0   0   0    0   0
 1959 24 CHW AL   C   38    169   16    4    5  .979  .989  4.87  5.31  5.83  6.08   34  285.7   5   5   14   6
 1960 25 CLE AL   C   99    470   30    6    6  .988  .987  5.05  5.12  5.79  5.93   88  777.7   7  21   36  20
 1961 26 CLE AL   C  141    752   58    9    8  .989  .989  5.74  5.44  5.91  6.21  140 1232.7  10  41   48  31
 1962 27 CLE AL   C  130    657   63    7    6  .990  .989  5.54  5.57  5.76  6.30  128 1124.7  15  18   46  30
 1963 28 CLE AL   C   71    408   28    3    5  .993  .989  6.14  5.78  6.65  6.64   64  589.7   5  11   20  12
 1964 29 CLE AL   C   96    714   38    7    3  .991  .990  7.83  6.07  8.04  7.07   93  841.7  11  30   37  17
 1965 30 CHW AL   C  111    569   61    5   10  .992  .988  5.68  5.67  6.92  6.96  107  819.3  11  33   47  22
 1966 31 CHW AL   C  102    552   46    4    7  .993  .988  5.86  5.86  6.80  6.86   96  791.0  10  26   43  18
 1967 32 STL NL   C   20    111    3    2    1  .983  .990  5.70  5.85  6.66  6.89   19  154.0   3   5    5   1

 1963 28 CLE AL  LF    4      5    0    1    0  .833  .980  1.25  1.57  1.88  1.91    4   24.0                 
 1964 29 CLE AL  LF    1      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  3.00  1.50  3.86  1.80    1    7.0                 
 1965 30 CHW AL  LF    4      6    1    0    0 1.000  .972  1.75  1.50  2.49  1.89    3   25.3                 

 1963 28 CLE AL  OF    4      5    0    1    0  .833  .980  1.25  1.90  1.88  2.17    4   24.0                 
 1965 30 CHW AL  OF    4      6    1    0    0 1.000  .972  1.75  1.77  2.49  2.03    3   25.3                 

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C* 810   4415  343   47   51  .990  .989  5.87  5.61  6.46  6.52  771 6629.3  77 190  296 157
                 LF*   9     14    1    1    0  .938  .974  1.67  1.53  2.40  1.89    8   56.3                 
                 1B*   3      9    0    0    0 1.000  .989  3.00  7.97  7.36  9.41    1   11.0                 
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total       821   4435  344   48   51  .990  .989  5.82  5.59  6.43  6.49  779   6690
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1959   WS    CHW LAD     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1961-1 CLE AL   *   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1961-2 CLE AL   *   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting C 
 1962-1 CLE AL       2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1962-2 CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/4      2   6   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0  .167  .167  .167 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

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

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1961-AL-24-0.00

Batting Average
1961 AL-.299-8

Slugging %
1962 AL-.479-10

OPS
1961 AL-.860-10
1962 AL-.842-9

Doubles
1961 AL-29-10

Adjusted OPS+
1961 AL-132-9
1962 AL-128-9

Batting Wins
1961 AL-2.4-10

Hit By Pitch
1964 AL-7-4
1965 AL-5-9

Sac. Flies
1962 AL-9-3

At Bats per Home Run
1962 AL-18.4-9

  

Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1423) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1483) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1021) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 6, 1959: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Norm Cash and Bubba Phillips to the Cleveland Indians for Minnie Minoso, Dick Brown, Don Ferrarese, and Jake Striker.

January 20, 1965: Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the Cleveland Indians with Tommie Agee and Tommy John to the Chicago White Sox. The Chicago White Sox sent Cam Carreon to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent a player to be named later, Jim Landis, and Mike Hershberger to the Kansas City Athletics. The Kansas City Athletics sent Rocky Colavito to the Cleveland Indians. The Chicago White Sox sent Fred Talbot (February 10, 1965) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

December 14, 1966: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Lee White (minors) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Walt Williams and Don Dennis.

October 20, 1967: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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