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Roman Mejias

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Full Name: Roman (Gomez) Mejias Primary Position: OF,RF,CF
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/175 First Game: April 13, 1955
Birthdate: August 9, 1930 Final Game: October 4, 1964
Birthplace: Abreus, Cuba MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Roman Mejias (Roman (Gomez) Mejias) was born on August 9, 1930 in Abreus, Cuba. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1955 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1955, his rookie year, he hit .216 with 3 home runs and 21 RBI. Mejias played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Colt .45s and Boston Red Sox over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Roman Mejias's best season was 1962, when he slugged 24 home runs, hit for a .286 average and knocked in 76 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1955 PIT N 71 167 14 36 3 21 .216 .256 .329 8 1 9 13 0 0 1 0 3
1957 PIT N 58 142 12 39 2 15 .275 .309 .423 7 4 6 13 1 4 2 1 3
1958 PIT N 76 157 17 42 5 19 .268 .280 .408 3 2 2 27 1 5 2 1 4
1959 PIT N 96 276 28 65 7 28 .236 .298 .341 6 1 21 48 5 3 1 7 4
1960 PIT N 3 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 PIT N 4 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1962 HOU N 146 566 82 162 24 76 .286 .326 .445 12 3 30 83 6 3 12 1 13
1963 BOS A 111 357 43 81 11 39 .227 .260 .370 18 0 14 36 3 4 4 2 11
1964 BOS A 62 101 14 24 2 4 .238 .294 .347 3 1 7 16 1 0 0 1 4
Total NL 454 1310 155 344 41 159 .263 .304 .401 36 11 68 186 13 15 18 10 27
Total AL 173 458 57 105 13 43 .229 .267 .365 21 1 21 52 4 4 4 3 15
Total 627 1768 212 449 54 202 .254 .294 .391 57 12 89 238 17 19 22 13 42

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1955 PIT N OF 44 0 0 67 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 .926
1957 PIT N RF 29 19 194.2 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 PIT N LF 7 5 52.1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 PIT N OF 42 30 290 60 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1957 PIT N CF 7 6 43 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1958 PIT N OF 58 30 326.2 104 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1958 PIT N RF 11 11 102.1 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .971
1958 PIT N LF 37 8 124.2 29 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .935
1958 PIT N CF 12 11 99.2 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1959 PIT N RF 52 47 427.1 91 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .990
1959 PIT N CF 22 16 145.1 49 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .943
1959 PIT N OF 85 72 671.1 155 8 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1959 PIT N LF 15 9 98.2 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .950
1961 PIT N OF 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 PIT N LF 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 HOU N RF 142 137 1214 215 9 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1962 HOU N CF 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1962 HOU N OF 142 137 1217 217 10 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 .946
1963 BOS A CF 66 62 566.1 145 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .974
1963 BOS A RF 14 12 108.1 30 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .968
1963 BOS A OF 86 80 724.2 177 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1963 BOS A LF 7 6 50 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 BOS A OF 37 18 214.1 49 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .962
1964 BOS A RF 11 10 89.2 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1964 BOS A LF 14 4 56.2 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .917
1964 BOS A CF 13 4 68 17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .944
Total OF 496 367 3446 830 43 34 7 0 0 0 0 0 .963
Total CF 121 99 925.1 255 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 .971
Total RF 259 236 2136.1 425 22 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 .965
Total LF 82 32 384.1 81 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .955

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1953).
  • Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Pittsburgh Pirates in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
  • Traded by Houston Colt .45s to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Pete Runnels (November 26, 1962).

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