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Sam
Mejias		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: May 9, 1952 in D.R., , SANTIAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980   
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
1976 24 SDP NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 7 6 7
1977 25 SDP NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1978 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1979 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1980 28 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1981 29 SDP NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 2 2 8 8 8
1982 30 SDP NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 8
1983 31 SDP NL $ 350,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1984 32 KCR AL $ 450,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 6 5 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1985 33 KCR AL $ 450,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1986 34 KCR AL $ 450,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1987 35 KCR AL $ 450,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 450,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 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
1976 24 AA   137 590 60 167 20 3 17 55 4 3 24 60 .283 .311 .414 .725 72.8  
1977 25 AAA   137 567 48 156 20 2 5 62 12 2 29 58 .275 .310 .344 .654 60.1  
1978 26 SDP NL 42 43 9 10 1 0 0 6 0 2 5 4 .233 .313 .256 .568 2.5 0.0
1979 27 SDP NL 65 144 21 37 8 2 2 22 4 0 3 14 .257 .272 .382 .654 15.3 2.7
1980 28 SDP NL 114 363 26 66 10 2 1 30 5 0 12 31 .182 .207 .229 .436 9.1 0.0
1981 29 SDP NL 66 158 26 45 6 1 4 19 0 0 8 22 .285 .319 .411 .731 20.2 4.7
1982 30 SDP NL 105 284 35 71 11 2 5 26 4 1 13 24 .250 .281 .356 .637 27.7 4.0
1983 31 SDP NL 102 217 22 58 15 2 3 22 3 0 9 18 .267 .295 .396 .691 24.3 5.2
1984 32 KCR AL 89 310 37 92 19 3 3 38 1 1 12 30 .297 .321 .406 .728 39.4 7.9
1985 33 KCR AL 24 55 5 16 3 0 0 6 0 0 4 8 .291 .361 .345 .706 6.9 1.1
1986 34 KCR AL 63 221 34 56 10 1 6 26 0 0 13 24 .253 .289 .389 .678 26.3 3.7
1987 35 AAA   137 597 56 175 31 3 9 65 3 0 28 87 .293 .325 .400 .725 73.9  
9 Years Sim 670 1795 215 451 83 13 24 195 17 4 79 175 .251 .282 .352 .634 171.8 29.4
2 Years AAA 274 1164 104 331 51 5 14 127 15 2 57 145 .284 .316 .373 .689 134.1  
1 Years AA 137 590 60 167 20 3 17 55 4 3 24 60 .283 .310 .414 .723 72.8  
3 Years Minors 411 1754 164 498 71 8 31 182 19 5 81 205 .284 .314 .387 .701 206.9  
162 Game Average 434 51 109 20 3 5 47 4 0 19 42 .251 .282 .352 .634 41.5  
Career Highs 114 363 37 92 19 3 6 38 5 2 13 31 .297 .361 .411 .731 39.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1226 139 310 59 12 17 132 7 4 49 138 .253 .281 .362 .643 119.1
vs LH   569 76 141 24 1 7 63 10 0 30 37 .248 .284 .330 .614 53.8
Home 327 849 104 209 36 3 13 87 5 3 45 82 .246 .283 .342 .625 80.1
Away 343 946 111 242 47 10 11 108 12 1 34 93 .256 .281 .362 .642 92.9
RISP   445 0 109 21 4 5 158 0 0 17 51 .245 .268 .344 .612 39.5
Pinch Hitting   104 10 23 2 1 1 16 1 0 6 15 .221 .261 .288 .550 7.9
Close/Late   273 50 70 13 1 6 31 0 0 16 35 .256 .296 .377 .673 30.0
Mar/Apr 92 228 32 58 12 0 6 33 4 0 8 17 .254 .280 .386 .666 24.4
May 107 295 38 76 16 4 3 23 6 1 12 36 .258 .285 .369 .654 30.3
June 113 311 35 79 14 2 4 29 2 0 15 34 .254 .290 .350 .641 30.6
July 114 318 39 73 15 1 4 32 1 0 10 28 .230 .251 .321 .572 24.2
August 126 332 43 77 12 1 5 44 1 2 12 33 .232 .256 .319 .576 25.5
Sep/Oct 118 311 28 88 14 5 2 34 3 1 22 27 .283 .329 .379 .709 38.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1978 26 SDP NL CF 7 3 34.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 16 0 33.0 10 17 0 4 1.000 7.36 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 5 1 14.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.61 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 5 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0  
1979 27 SDP NL CF 27 14 144.3 32 4 0 1 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    RF 23 14 135.7 35 1 0 1 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 9 3 32.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 8 0 14.7 4 8 0 1 1.000 7.37 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1980 28 SDP NL CF 86 82 751.7 189 9 0 3 1.000 2.37 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    RF 14 7 83.0 15 2 0 1 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 9 1 20.7 2 13 0 3 1.000 6.53 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 4 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1981 29 SDP NL CF 22 15 141.0 24 5 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    RF 18 13 124.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 18 8 84.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 6 1 13.0 3 2 1 2 .833 3.46 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 30 SDP NL LF 53 41 388.0 67 5 0 1 1.000 1.67 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    CF 13 7 75.0 16 2 0 0 1.000 2.16 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 9 7 61.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 18 1 44.0 12 22 0 6 1.000 6.95 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1983 31 SDP NL RF 19 11 109.7 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 18 13 108.0 23 3 0 1 1.000 2.17 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 20 10 96.7 22 3 0 1 1.000 2.33 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 31 1 85.3 11 43 0 9 1.000 5.70 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1984 32 KCR AL C 22 22 199.0 103 8 4 0 .965 5.02 27 4 .148 18 0.2
    RF 16 14 121.0 42 1 0 0 1.000 3.20 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 11 11 94.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 7 7 55.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 33 KCR AL CF 14 13 109.0 44 1 0 0 1.000 3.72 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 8 0 28.7 8 14 1 1 .957 6.91 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 34 KCR AL CF 17 17 146.0 36 4 0 1 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    LF 14 13 116.3 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 10 10 85.0 16 2 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 9 8 70.0 16 26 0 9 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  CF 211 171 1564.0 390 29 0 6 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0 5.8
  LF 135 87 844.3 169 9 0 2 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  RF 115 77 736.0 170 6 0 2 1.000 2.15 0 0 .000 0 1.6
  2B 107 12 312.3 67 146 2 35 .991 6.14 0 0 .000 0 1.8
  C 22 22 199.0 103 8 4 0 .965 5.02 27 4 .148 18 0.2
Career Totals   590 369 3655.6 899 198 6 45 .995 2.70 27 4 .148 18 10.2
Career Highs   113 90 869.3 208 49 4 11 1.000 4.12 27 4 .148 18  
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
1978 26 SDP NL 5 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800
1980 28 SDP NL 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 29 SDP NL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Career Post-Season Batting 14 9 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667
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  1. George Wright (986)
  2. Hub Walker (975)
  3. Jose Zardon (973)
  4. Al Cowens (970)
  5. Clint Conatser (970)
  6. Chuck Hinton (967)
  7. Bob Borkowski (967)
  8. Joe Gantenbein (963)
  9. Dick Davis (963)
  10. Paul Lehner (962)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 72nd overall pick, by San Diego in 1976
Had first career hit on 4/3/1978, off Bill Slayback (CLN)
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
Hit first career homerun on 6/29/1979, off John Tudor (TOR)
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
10/23/1983: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $450,000 per year, for 5 years
Traded from San Diego to Kansas City on 2/2/1984 (Going to SDP: 1B Oscar Gamble, RF Greg Luzinski, C Johnny Bench, 2B Bobby Grich, SS Joe Ferguson. Going to KCR: RF Sam Mejias)
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/2/1984 (Going to SDP: DH Bernie Carbo, 2B Keith Moreland, 3B Eric Soderholm, CF Larry Hisle, RF Sam Mejias. Going to KCR: 2B Bob Sheldon)
Traded from San Diego to Kansas City on 2/2/1984 (Going to SDP: P Luis Aponte, P Ed Halicki, P Balor Moore, P Ray Corbin, 2B Bob Sheldon. Going to KCR: RF Sam Mejias)
Injured on 4/21/1984 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/26/1987 with a Sore Knee, out for one week
 
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