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Roman
Mejias		  
Nickname: The Matador
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: August 9, 1930 in Cuba, , ABREUS
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 24 DET AL     4 4 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 8 7 7
1956 25 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 8 7 8
1957 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 3 2 3 8 7 7
1958 27 DET AL $ 750,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 3 3 3 8 7 7
1959 28 DET AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 9 8 9 6 5 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1960 29 DET AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 9 9 9 6 5 5 5 4 5 7 7 7
1961 30 DET AL $ 750,000   5 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 4 4 4 4 7 6 7
1962 31 TOR AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 9 9 9 5 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7
1963 32 DET AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 9 9 9 4 3 4 4 4 4 7 6 7
1964 33 DET AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 9 8 9 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 6 7
1965 34 DET AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 3 4 3 3 3 7 6 6
1966 35 DET AL $ 400,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6
1967 36 DET AL $ 400,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 4
1968 37 DET AL $ 400,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 750,000   5 5 6 9 9 9 6 5 6 5 5 5 8 7 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1955 24 AAA   137 556 73 143 15 3 33 74 10 1 29 72 .257 .294 .473 .767 79.1  
1956 25 DET AL 40 138 11 25 2 0 1 17 2 0 6 26 .181 .216 .217 .434 5.9 0.0
    AAA   106 434 47 106 16 6 20 64 7 0 30 58 .244 .293 .447 .740 58.5  
1957 26 DET AL 152 563 57 139 18 4 17 88 4 2 32 82 .247 .292 .384 .675 59.2 5.7
1958 27 DET AL 71 133 16 32 3 2 2 15 0 0 4 24 .241 .259 .338 .597 11.3 0.5
    AAA   27 109 16 29 4 1 5 11 0 0 5 17 .266 .298 .459 .757 14.6  
1959 28 DET AL 133 393 44 87 14 2 17 53 0 0 18 65 .221 .255 .397 .652 38.0 4.0
1960 29 DET AL 145 459 46 92 14 1 18 43 1 0 35 98 .200 .262 .353 .615 41.5 1.5
1961 30 DET AL 147 504 57 119 24 4 27 77 0 0 22 91 .236 .273 .460 .734 60.8 7.1
1962 31 TOR AL 154 569 71 140 30 5 26 83 2 2 40 100 .246 .303 .453 .757 76.1 14.6
1963 32 TOR AL 76 263 35 66 7 1 16 41 2 0 21 47 .251 .313 .468 .780 37.1 7.6
  DET AL 66 137 22 39 3 1 9 32 1 0 19 23 .285 .380 .518 .898 25.7 6.1
  TOT   142 400 57 105 10 2 25 73 3 0 40 70 .263 .336 .485 .821 62.9 13.7
1964 33 DET AL 150 428 58 91 14 4 21 64 5 0 32 72 .213 .272 .411 .683 50.6 6.4
1965 34 DET AL 127 315 34 73 8 0 17 43 4 0 11 46 .232 .260 .419 .679 34.4 4.5
1966 35 DET AL 142 365 36 85 9 2 14 53 5 3 27 73 .233 .287 .384 .670 38.2 4.8
1967 36 DET AL 87 145 17 29 3 1 4 13 2 1 5 32 .200 .235 .317 .553 9.0 0.0
1968 37 DET AL 27 57 1 7 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 17 .123 .180 .158 .338 0.8 0.0
    AAA   83 343 35 71 10 2 5 25 5 1 19 83 .207 .249 .292 .540 24.4  
13 Years Sim 1517 4469 505 1024 151 27 189 625 29 8 275 796 .229 .278 .402 .680 488.7 62.8
4 Years AAA 353 1442 171 349 45 12 63 174 22 2 83 230 .242 .287 .421 .708 176.7  
162 Game Average 477 53 109 16 2 20 66 3 0 29 85 .229 .278 .402 .680 52.2  
Career Highs 154 569 71 140 30 5 27 88 5 3 40 100 .263 .336 .485 .821 76.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2743 305 581 83 14 113 356 20 4 177 508 .212 .263 .376 .639 277.5
vs LH   1726 200 443 68 13 76 269 9 4 98 288 .257 .301 .443 .745 225.4
Home 752 2151 247 488 80 14 95 302 14 4 144 383 .227 .278 .410 .688 249.0
Away 765 2318 258 536 71 13 94 323 15 4 131 413 .231 .278 .395 .672 253.9
RISP   1077 0 252 37 9 44 400 0 0 95 179 .234 .294 .408 .701 133.5
Pinch Hitting   384 45 80 13 3 12 55 4 0 24 74 .208 .258 .352 .609 35.5
Close/Late   620 66 134 24 1 28 89 0 0 47 106 .216 .273 .394 .667 68.5
Mar/Apr 251 632 68 143 24 4 23 84 4 1 43 119 .226 .283 .386 .670 68.6
May 280 843 98 199 31 5 38 113 3 0 46 161 .236 .279 .420 .699 99.1
June 227 760 78 161 32 4 32 115 4 1 47 119 .212 .261 .391 .652 78.7
July 226 657 82 137 16 6 34 90 4 3 52 127 .209 .269 .406 .675 74.7
August 259 749 80 182 23 4 27 102 7 2 43 119 .243 .287 .393 .679 84.4
Sep/Oct 274 828 99 202 25 4 35 121 7 1 44 151 .244 .288 .411 .698 97.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1956 25 DET AL RF 37 37 313.0 61 0 6 0 .910 1.75   0.2
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    CF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1957 26 DET AL 3B 104 104 890.7 67 124 12 17 .941 1.93   0.4
    RF 46 45 386.3 84 1 2 1 .977 1.98   0.4
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1958 27 DET AL 1B 12 10 87.0 113 6 0 10 1.000 12.31   0.2
    LF 9 8 66.0 9 0 2 0 .818 1.23   0.1
    RF 4 3 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    CF 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1959 28 DET AL 1B 51 50 419.7 482 36 6 50 .989 11.11   0.6
    RF 28 27 230.0 49 1 3 0 .943 1.96   0.5
    LF 10 10 78.0 20 0 1 0 .952 2.31    
    CF 10 1 22.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05    
1960 29 DET AL 1B 102 98 874.3 986 72 9 81 .992 10.89   1.0
    CF 7 7 59.0 12 1 2 1 .867 1.98   0.6
    LF 5 5 49.0 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.47    
    RF 3 2 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42    
1961 30 DET AL 1B 130 125 1112.7 1187 77 10 105 .992 10.22   2.3
    RF 2 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1962 31 TOR AL 1B 149 148 1290.3 1681 132 14 160 .992 12.65   1.6
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1963 32 TOR AL 1B 31 29 309.1 392 28 3 33 .993 12.23   1.2
    CF 28 14 188.6 47 0 1 0 .979 2.24   0.3
    LF 4 4 44.6 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.02   0.0
    RF 5 3 36.2 5 0 1 0 .833 1.24   0.0
  DET AL 1B 26 25 169.6 215 15 1 18 .996 12.21   0.2
    CF 25 12 103.4 26 0 1 0 .963 2.26   0.5
    LF 4 4 24.4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.0
    RF 4 3 19.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.91   0.0
  TOT   1B 57 54 478.7 607 43 4 51 .994 12.22   1.4
      CF 53 26 292.0 73 0 2 0 .973 2.25   0.7
      LF 8 8 69.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.96   0.0
      RF 9 6 56.0 7 0 1 0 .875 1.13   0.0
1964 33 DET AL RF 102 80 738.7 145 2 7 2 .955 1.79   1.9
    CF 19 9 103.3 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.53    
    1B 9 9 72.0 86 5 1 7 .989 11.38   0.2
    LF 8 8 69.0 13 0 1 0 .929 1.70    
1965 34 DET AL RF 70 69 586.7 112 1 8 1 .934 1.73   1.0
    1B 5 5 37.0 49 5 0 1 1.000 13.14   0.1
    CF 7 0 13.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77    
    LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1966 35 DET AL 1B 53 52 432.7 504 38 6 57 .989 11.27   0.2
    LF 14 14 122.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.99   0.3
    RF 13 13 108.0 27 0 2 0 .931 2.25    
    CF 17 10 93.0 27 1 2 0 .933 2.71    
1967 36 DET AL CF 16 16 132.0 38 0 5 0 .884 2.59   0.3
    LF 5 4 29.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.55    
    RF 3 3 25.0 5 0 1 0 .833 1.80    
1968 37 DET AL 1B 5 5 44.0 50 5 0 7 1.000 11.25   0.1
    RF 5 4 34.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.38   0.3
    LF 3 3 24.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.75    
    CF 2 2 18.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50    
  1B 573 556 4848.3 5745 419 50 529 .992 11.44   7.8
  RF 323 290 2535.7 510 5 30 4 .945 1.83   4.4
  3B 104 104 890.7 67 124 12 17 .941 1.93   0.4
  CF 134 72 743.7 195 2 11 1 .947 2.38   1.7
  LF 67 60 515.0 98 1 6 0 .943 1.73   0.4
  SS 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1203 1082 9535.3 6615 552 109 552 .985 6.76   14.7
Career Highs   152 149 1297.3 1681 132 14 160 .992 12.58    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1963 32 DET AL 6 18 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .333 .500
1964 33 DET AL 7 23 6 6 0 0 4 8 0 0 1 6 .261 .320 .783 1.103
Career Post-Season Batting 13 41 7 9 0 0 5 10 0 0 1 10 .220 .256 .585 .841
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns
1961-6-27
1962-10-26
1963-9-25
1964-9-21
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  5. Bob Allison (904)
  6. Max West (892)
  7. Charlie Maxwell (891)
  8. Luke Easter (891)
  9. Gorman Thomas (888)
  10. Ken Phelps (887)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 63rd overall pick, by Detroit in 1955
Had first career hit on 8/6/1956, off Billy O'dell (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 8/20/1956, off Saul Rogovin (MON)
10/3/1957: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1961, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
9/22/1961: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $400,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Toronto to Detroit on 7/1/1963 (Going to TOR: 1B Joe Adcock. Going to DET: 1B Roman Mejias, RF Roberto Clemente)
7/1/1965: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $400,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (N) on 7/7/1966
 
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