Mel Rojas

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: December 10, 1966 in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic do

High School: Liceo Manresa (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

Last Game: July 1, 1999 (Age 32-203d)
vs. ATL 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Agents: Bob Gilhooley, Tom Reich

Full Name: Melquiades Rojas

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Relatives: Cousin of Moisés Alou; Nephew of Felipe Alou, Jesús Alou, Matty Alou

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.3

ERA

3.82

525

126

667.0

562

WHIP

1.267

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1986	19	-0.7	Expos	GULF	Rk	MON	4	5	.444	4.88	6.34	13	12	1	1	0	0	55.1	63	39	30	0	37	0	34	2	2	4		1.807	10.2	0.0	6.0	5.5	0.92
1987	20	-1.9	Burlington	MIDW	A	MON	8	9	.471	3.80	4.76	25	25	0	4	1	0	158.2	146	84	67	10	67	1	100	3	0	8		1.342	8.3	0.6	3.8	5.7	1.49
1988	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A	MON	7	4	.636	2.53	3.68	14	14	0	3	0	0	78.1	56	32	22	4	30	0	76	2	2	3		1.098	6.4	0.5	3.4	8.7	2.53
1988	21	-0.9	Rockford	MIDW	A	MON	6	4	.600	2.45	3.68	12	12	0	3	0	0	73.1	52	30	20	3	29	0	72	2	2	3		1.105	6.4	0.4	3.6	8.8	2.48
1988	21	-1.6	West Palm Beach	FLOR	A	MON	1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0		1.000	7.2	1.8	1.8	7.2	4.00
1989	22	-1.7	Jacksonville	SOUL	AA	MON	10	7	.588	2.49	3.13	34	12	17	1	1	5	112.0	62	39	31	1	57	0	104	5	1	8		1.063	5.0	0.1	4.6	8.4	1.82
1990	23	-3.6	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	MON	2	4	.333	3.13	3.87	17	17	0	0	0	0	97.2	84	42	34	9	47	3	64	1	1	3		1.341	7.7	0.8	4.3	5.9	1.36
1990	23	-5.4	MON	NL	Maj	MON	3	1	.750	3.60	3.83	23	0	5	0	0	1	40.0	34	17	16	5	24	4	26	2	0	2	173	1.450	7.7	1.1	5.4	5.9	1.08
1991	24	-2.4	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	MON	4	2	.667	4.10	4.96	14	10	2	0	0	1	52.2	50	29	24	4	14	1	55	1	1	3	221	1.215	8.5	0.7	2.4	9.4	3.93
1991	24	-4.1	MON	NL	Maj	MON	3	3	.500	3.75	3.94	37	0	13	0	0	6	48.0	42	21	20	4	13	1	37	1	0	3	200	1.146	7.9	0.8	2.4	6.9	2.85
1992	25	-1.5	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	MON	2	1	.667	5.40	5.40	4	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	10	5	5	0	3	0	7	0	0	1	37	1.560	10.8	0.0	3.2	7.6	2.33
1992	25	-3.3	MON	NL	Maj	MON	7	1	.875	1.43	1.52	68	0	26	0	0	10	100.2	71	17	16	2	34	8	70	2	0	2	399	1.043	6.3	0.2	3.0	6.3	2.06
1993	26	-2.2	MON	NL	Maj	MON	5	8	.385	2.95	3.97	66	0	25	0	0	10	88.1	80	39	29	6	30	3	48	4	0	5	378	1.245	8.2	0.6	3.1	4.9	1.60
1994	27	-1.1	MON	NL	Maj	MON	3	2	.600	3.32	3.75	58	0	27	0	0	16	84.0	71	35	31	11	21	0	84	4	0	3	341	1.095	7.6	1.2	2.3	9.0	4.00
1995	28	0.1	MON	NL	Maj	MON	1	4	.200	4.12	4.26	59	0	48	0	0	30	67.2	69	32	31	2	29	4	61	7	0	6	302	1.448	9.2	0.3	3.9	8.1	2.10
1996	29	0.6	MON	NL	Maj	MON	7	4	.636	3.22	3.33	74	0	64	0	0	36	81.0	56	30	29	5	28	3	92	2	0	3	326	1.037	6.2	0.6	3.1	10.2	3.29
1997	30		2 Teams	NL	Maj	CHC-NYM	0	6	.000	4.64	4.96	77	0	50	0	0	15	85.1	78	47	44	15	36	2	93	7	0	3	370	1.336	8.2	1.6	3.8	9.8	2.58
1997	30	1.9	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	0	4	.000	4.42	4.58	54	0	38	0	0	13	59.0	54	30	29	11	30	1	61	5	0	2	259	1.424	8.2	1.7	4.6	9.3	2.03
1997	30	1.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	2	.000	5.13	5.81	23	0	12	0	0	2	26.1	24	17	15	4	6	1	32	2	0	1	111	1.139	8.2	1.4	2.1	10.9	5.33
1998	31	2.7	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	5	2	.714	6.05	6.05	50	0	19	0	0	2	58.0	68	39	39	9	30	5	41	3	0	2	262	1.690	10.6	1.4	4.7	6.4	1.37
1999	32		3 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	DET	0	0		18.00	18.00	13	0	5	0	0	0	14.0	22	28	28	6	9	1	10	5	0	1	79	2.214	14.1	3.9	5.8	6.4	1.11
1999	32	5.3	Ottawa	IL	AAA	MON	0	1	.000	5.14	5.57	12	0	6	0	0	2	21.0	25	13	12	3	12	0	16	1	0	3	99	1.762	10.7	1.3	5.1	6.9	1.33
1999	32	2.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	0		22.74	22.74	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	12	16	16	3	4	0	6	3	0	0	39	2.526	17.1	4.3	5.7	8.5	1.50
1999	32	3.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	0	0		12.60	12.60	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	7	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	23	1.600	9.0	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
1999	32	3.6	MON	NL	Maj	MON	0	0		16.88	16.88	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	5	5	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	17	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	3.4	0.50
2000	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	BOS	0	1	.000	6.30	6.30	8	4	2	0	0	0	10.0	11	7	7	1	5	1	7	0	0	1	43	1.600	9.9	0.9	4.5	6.3	1.40
2000	33	6.5	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		3.00	3.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	13	1.333	3.0	0.0	9.0	6.0	0.67
2000	33	10.4	Sarasota	FLOR	A+	BOS	0	1	.000	7.71	7.71	5	4	0	0	0	0	7.0	10	6	6	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	30	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	6.4	2.50

2002	35	5.7	Nashua	ATLL	Ind		4	1	.800	3.24	3.24	31	0	29	0	0	13	33.1	27	12	12	3	12	1	26	2	0	3	140	1.170	7.3	0.8	3.2	7.0	2.17
2003	36	7.6	Monclova	MEX	AAA		3	1	.750	3.35	3.56	27	0	8	0	0	2	43.0	49	17	16	2	18	2	29	5	0	10	196	1.558	10.3	0.4	3.8	6.1	1.61
2004	37	8.3	Sinon	CPBL	Fgn		0	0		1.20	3.00	11	0		0	0	3	15.0	12	5	2	1	3	0	14	2	0	2	61	1.000	7.2	0.6	1.8	8.4	4.67
2004	37	7.8	Bridgeport	ATLL	Ind		0	0		2.08	2.60	17	0	13	0	0	9	17.1	14	5	4	2	2	0	14	0	0	1	68	0.923	7.3	1.0	1.0	7.3	7.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		34	31	.523	3.82	4.12	525	0	282	0	0	126	667.0	591	305	283	65	254	31	562	37	0	30	2830	1.267	8.0	0.9	3.4	7.6	2.21
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		37	34	.521	3.52	4.39	141	94	29	9	2	8	594.0	507	290	232	32	272	6	463	15	7	34	400	1.311	7.7	0.5	4.1	7.0	1.70
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		3	1	.750	2.79	3.41	38	0	8	0	0	5	58.0	61	22	18	3	21	2	43	7	0	12	257	1.414	9.5	0.5	3.3	6.7	2.05
Other (2 seasons)					Other		4	1	.800	2.84	3.02	48	0	42	0	0	22	50.2	41	17	16	5	14	1	40	2	0	4	208	1.086	7.3	0.9	2.5	7.1	2.86
All Levels (18 Seasons)							78	67	.538	3.61	4.17	752	94	361	9	2	161	1369.2	1200	634	549	105	561	40	1108	61	7	80	3695	1.286	7.9	0.7	3.7	7.3	1.98

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		8	8	.500	3.74	4.43	50	27	11	0	0	3	182.2	170	90	76	16	79	5	144	3	2	10	370	1.363	8.4	0.8	3.9	7.1	1.82
AAA (1 season)					Foreign		3	1	.750	3.35	3.56	27	0	8	0	0	2	43.0	49	17	16	2	18	2	29	5	0	10	196	1.558	10.3	0.4	3.8	6.1	1.61
AA (1 season)					Minors		10	7	.588	2.49	3.13	34	12	17	1	1	5	112.0	62	39	31	1	57	0	104	5	1	8		1.063	5.0	0.1	4.6	8.4	1.82
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	7.71	7.71	5	4	0	0	0	0	7.0	10	6	6	1	2	0	5	0	0	1	30	1.714	12.9	1.3	2.6	6.4	2.50
A (2 seasons)					Minors		15	13	.536	3.38	4.41	39	39	0	7	1	0	237.0	202	116	89	14	97	1	176	5	2	11		1.262	7.7	0.5	3.7	6.7	1.81
Rk (1 season)					Minors		4	5	.444	4.88	6.34	13	12	1	1	0	0	55.1	63	39	30	0	37	0	34	2	2	4		1.807	10.2	0.0	6.0	5.5	0.92
Fgn (1 season)					Foreign		0	0		1.20	3.00	11	0		0	0	3	15.0	12	5	2	1	3	0	14	2	0	2	61	1.000	7.2	0.6	1.8	8.4	4.67