Mel Rojas

Position: 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)

Debut: August 1, 1990 (Age 23-234d, 13,421st in MLB history)
vs. NYM 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

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 (Medrano) Rojas

Relatives: Cousin of Moises Alou; Nephew of Felipe Alou, Jesus Alou, Matty Alou

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.6

W

L

ERA

3.82

G

525

GS

SV

126

IP

667.0

SO

562

WHIP

1.267

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1986	19	MON-min	Rk	4	5	.444	4.88	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	EXO GULF
1987	20	MON-min	A	8	9	.471	3.80	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	BUR MIDW
1988	21	MON-min	A	7	4	.636	2.53	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	RFD,WPB MIDW,FLOR
1989	22	MON-min	AA	10	7	.588	2.49	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	JCK SOUL
1990	23	MON-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.13	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	INA AA
1990	23	MON	NL	3	1	.750	3.60	23	0	5	0	0	1	40.0	34	17	16	5	24	4	26	2	0	2	173	102	5.08	1.450	7.7	1.1	5.4	5.9	1.08
1991	24	MON-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.10	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	INA AA
1991	24	MON	NL	3	3	.500	3.75	37	0	13	0	0	6	48.0	42	21	20	4	13	1	37	1	0	3	200	98	3.27	1.146	7.9	0.8	2.4	6.9	2.85
1992	25	MON-min	AAA	2	1	.667	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	INA AA
1992	25	MON	NL	7	1	.875	1.43	68	0	26	0	0	10	100.2	71	17	16	2	34	8	70	2	0	2	399	244	2.72	1.043	6.3	0.2	3.0	6.3	2.06
1993	26	MON	NL	5	8	.385	2.95	66	0	25	0	0	10	88.1	80	39	29	6	30	3	48	4	0	5	378	142	3.94	1.245	8.2	0.6	3.1	4.9	1.60
1994	27	MON	NL	3	2	.600	3.32	58	0	27	0	0	16	84.0	71	35	31	11	21	0	84	4	0	3	341	128	3.73	1.095	7.6	1.2	2.3	9.0	4.00
1995	28	MON	NL	1	4	.200	4.12	59	0	48	0	0	30	67.2	69	32	31	2	29	4	61	7	0	6	302	105	3.28	1.448	9.2	0.3	3.9	8.1	2.10
1996	29	MON	NL	7	4	.636	3.22	74	0	64	0	0	36	81.0	56	30	29	5	28	3	92	2	0	3	326	134	2.81	1.037	6.2	0.6	3.1	10.2	3.29
1997	30	TOT	NL	0	6	.000	4.64	77	0	50	0	0	15	85.1	78	47	44	15	36	2	93	7	0	3	370	92	4.73	1.336	8.2	1.6	3.8	9.8	2.58
1997	30	CHC	NL	0	4	.000	4.42	54	0	38	0	0	13	59.0	54	30	29	11	30	1	61	5	0	2	259	98	5.24	1.424	8.2	1.7	4.6	9.3	2.03
1997	30	NYM	NL	0	2	.000	5.13	23	0	12	0	0	2	26.1	24	17	15	4	6	1	32	2	0	1	111	81	3.56	1.139	8.2	1.4	2.1	10.9	5.33
1998	31	NYM	NL	5	2	.714	6.05	50	0	19	0	0	2	58.0	68	39	39	9	30	5	41	3	0	2	262	70	5.45	1.690	10.6	1.4	4.7	6.4	1.37
1999	32	MON-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.14	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	OTT IL
1999	32	TOT	MLB	0	0		18.00	13	0	5	0	0	0	14.0	22	28	28	6	9	1	10	5	0	1	79	27	10.28	2.214	14.1	3.9	5.8	6.4	1.11
1999	32	TOT	NL	0	0		14.09	8	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	10	12	12	3	5	1	4	2	0	1	40	34	9.92	1.957	11.7	3.5	5.9	4.7	0.80
1999	32	LAD	NL	0	0		12.60	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	7	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	23	37	11.53	1.600	9.0	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
1999	32	DET	AL	0	0		22.74	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	12	16	16	3	4	0	6	3	0	0	39	22	10.71	2.526	17.1	4.3	5.7	8.5	1.50
1999	32	MON	NL	0	0		16.88	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.2	5	5	5	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	17	30	6.88	2.625	16.9	0.0	6.8	3.4	0.50
2000	33	BOS-min	A+,AAA	0	1	.000	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	SAR,PAW FLOR,IL
2001			Did not play in major or minor leagues (Did Not Play)
2002	35	NAS	Ind	4	1	.800	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	NAS ATLL
2003	36	MVA	AAA	3	1	.750	3.35	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	MVA MEX
2004	37	BPT	Ind	0	0		2.08	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	BPT ATLL
10 Yrs				34	31	.523	3.82	525	0	282	0	0	126	667.0	591	305	283	65	254	31	562	37	0	30	2830	107	3.91	1.267	8.0	0.9	3.4	7.6	2.21
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.523	3.82	68	0	37	0	0	16	86	77	40	37	8	33	4	73	5	0	4	367	107	3.91	1.267	8.0	0.9	3.4	7.6	2.21

MON (8 yrs)				29	23	.558	3.11	388	0	209	0	0	109	512.1	428	196	177	35	181	23	419	24	0	25	2136	129	3.44	1.189	7.5	0.6	3.2	7.4	2.31
NYM (2 yrs)				5	4	.556	5.76	73	0	31	0	0	4	84.1	92	56	54	13	36	6	73	5	0	3	373	73	4.86	1.518	9.8	1.4	3.8	7.8	2.03
LAD (1 yr)				0	0		12.60	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	5	7	7	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	23	37	11.53	1.600	9.0	5.4	5.4	5.4	1.00
CHC (1 yr)				0	4	.000	4.42	54	0	38	0	0	13	59.0	54	30	29	11	30	1	61	5	0	2	259	98	5.24	1.424	8.2	1.7	4.6	9.3	2.03
DET (1 yr)				0	0		22.74	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	12	16	16	3	4	0	6	3	0	0	39	22	10.71	2.526	17.1	4.3	5.7	8.5	1.50

NL (10 yrs)				34	31	.523	3.64	520	0	280	0	0	126	660.2	579	289	267	62	250	31	556	34	0	30	2791	112	3.85	1.255	7.9	0.8	3.4	7.6	2.22
AL (1 yr)				0	0		22.74	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.1	12	16	16	3	4	0	6	3	0	0	39	22	10.71	2.526	17.1	4.3	5.7	8.5	1.50

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SUMMARY

WAR

W

L

ERA

G

GS

SV

IP

SO

WHIP

Standard Pitching

Player Value--Pitching

Player News

Standard Batting

Player Value--Batting

Standard Fielding

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