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Mel Roach

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: January 25, 1933 in Richmond, VA us

Died: July 31, 2023 in Richmond, VA

High School: John Marshall HS (Richmond, VA)

School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Debut: July 31, 1953 (Age 20-187d, 11,043rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1962 (Age 29-246d)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1958 season

Full Name: Melvin Earl Roach

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1957 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.5

499

119

.239

RBI

OBP

.275

SLG

.331

OPS

.606

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	27-21 / in Starts: 23-14
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	4

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 152 PAs	18
Actual Runners on Base	92 (45-28-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 152 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	94 (49-29-15)

Most Driven In
H Aaron	3
E Mathews	3
Self	3
J Adcock	2
F Mantilla	1
D Crandall	1
A Spangler	1
L Maye	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
D Crandall	3
B Buhl	2
J Logan	1
W Spahn	1
C Cottier	1
H Aaron	1

1960 Batting Game Log

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1960 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	79	2 (1)	Apr 14	MLN	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG(10)	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	6	1.70	-0.155	4.86	-0.27%	-0.43	LF
2	80	5 (2)	Apr 20	MLN		CIN	L,5-10	3-GF(10)	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	6	.35	-0.049	1.10	-0.09%	-0.85	PH LF
3	81	6	Apr 21	MLN		CIN	W,2-0	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.364	.333	.455	.788	6	.90	0.003	2.84	0.01%	-0.31	LF
4	82	9 (2)	Apr 24	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.313	.357	.670	6	.95	-0.090	2.77	-0.16%	-0.71	LF
5	83	10	Apr 26	MLN	@	CIN	W,4-3	11-11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.294	.333	.627	6	2.29	-0.058	5.39	-0.08%	-0.23	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	84	16 (5)	May 5	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.300	.500	.800	6	1.10	0.071	3.79	0.15%	0.05	LF
7	85	21 (4)	May 15 (1)	MLN		PIT	L,4-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.292	.455	.746	6	.58	-0.034	1.96	-0.07%	-0.31	LF
8	86	24 (2)	May 18	MLN		SFG	W,3-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.231	.250	.385	.635	6	.79	-0.052	2.29	-0.09%	-0.70	LF
9	87	25	May 21	MLN		CHC	W,4-2	GS-9	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.267	.429	.695	6	.46	0.029	1.14	0.04%	0.08	LF
10	88	28 (2)	May 26	MLN	@	STL	W,4-1	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.267	.273	.433	.706	6	.92	0.066	2.72	0.12%	0.44	LF
11	89	31 (2)	May 30	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.297	.500	.797	6	.39	-0.005	1.21	-0.01%	1.68	LF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	90	34 (2)	Jun 2	MLN	@	PHI	W,9-8	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.317	.486	.804	6	1.11	0.102	2.38	0.13%	0.72	LF
13	91	38 (3)	Jun 5 (2)	MLN		CIN	W,4-1	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.341	.513	.854	6	1.18	0.045	3.21	0.07%	0.12	LF
14	92	39	Jun 7	MLN	@	LAD	W,6-4	GS-9	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.347	.523	.870	6	.60	0.047	1.74	0.08%	1.01	LF
15	93	43 (3)	Jun 11	MLN	@	SFG	W,9-5	GS-9	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.352	.521	.873	2	.50	-0.004	1.82	-0.01%	0.04	2B
16	94	61 (17)	Jun 26	MLN		LAD	L,3-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.327	.362	.519	.881	6	.80	0.027	3.14	0.06%	-0.16	LF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	95	70 (8)	Jul 4 (1)	MLN		PIT	W,7-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.356	.509	.865	9	.75	-0.021	4.78	-0.08%	-0.20	PH
18	96	71	Jul 4 (2)	MLN		PIT	L,2-7	2-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.367	.519	.885	9	.56	0.024	4.09	0.11%	0.24	PH
19	97	74 (2)	Jul 7	MLN		PHI	W,2-0	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.365	.509	.874	6	.66	-0.001	2.03	0.00%	-0.07	LF
20	98	78 (3)	Jul 14	MLN	@	PIT	W,4-0	GS-8	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.364	.517	.880	6	1.38	-0.064	7.40	-0.20%	-1.34	LF
21	99	79	Jul 15	MLN	@	PHI	W,7-5	GS-8	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.328	.357	.500	.857	6	.24	-0.021	.98	-0.05%	-0.49	LF
22	100	88 (8)	Jul 24 (2)	MLN	@	CHC	W,1-0	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.338	.365	.515	.880	6	1.11	0.073	5.66	0.22%	0.16	LF
23	101	92 (3)	Jul 29	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-7	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.329	.355	.500	.855	8	.24	-0.012	1.48	-0.05%	-0.34	PH 2B
24	102	93	Jul 30	MLN	@	LAD	W,8-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.319	.346	.486	.832	3	.98	-0.047	5.30	-0.15%	-0.52	LF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	103	97 (3)	Aug 4	MLN	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.341	.474	.815	6	1.05	-0.044	5.80	-0.15%	-0.45	LF
26	104	102 (4)	Aug 9	MLN		LAD	L,2-3	GS-8	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.325	.349	.488	.836	1	.93	0.051	3.82	0.13%	0.23	LF
27	105	104 (1)	Aug 11	MLN		SFG	L,7-8	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.344	.476	.821	7	1.18	0.097	2.37	0.12%	0.51	2B
28	106	105	Aug 12	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	GS-7	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.322	.351	.483	.834	1	1.70	0.275	3.16	0.31%	1.75	2B
29	107	106	Aug 13	MLN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	4	3	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.344	.371	.533	.904	5	1.31	0.259	2.84	0.34%	2.00	2B
30	108	107	Aug 14	MLN		SFG	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.360	.516	.876	6	.28	-0.031	.72	-0.05%	-0.69	2B 1B
31	109	108	Aug 15 (1)	MLN	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.330	.356	.505	.861	6	.99	-0.030	2.73	-0.05%	-0.13	2B 3B
32	110	110 (1)	Aug 16	MLN	@	CIN	W,2-1	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.355	.495	.850	6	1.14	-0.041	2.53	-0.06%	-0.20	2B
33	111	111	Aug 17	MLN	@	CIN	W,11-4	GS-8	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.317	.348	.481	.829	6	.76	-0.040	1.61	-0.05%	-0.88	2B
34	112	112	Aug 18	MLN		PHI	W,1-0	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.477	.824	6	1.05	-0.038	2.18	-0.05%	-0.17	2B
35	113	113	Aug 19	MLN		PHI	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.315	.345	.477	.822	6	1.72	0.118	3.74	0.15%	-0.58	2B
36	114	114	Aug 20	MLN		PHI	W,1-0	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.307	.336	.465	.801	7	1.03	-0.149	2.12	-0.18%	-1.67	2B
37	115	116 (1)	Aug 23	MLN	@	LAD	W,7-0	GS-7	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.314	.341	.492	.833	6	.58	0.083	1.62	0.14%	1.24	2B
38	116	117	Aug 24	MLN	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.320	.346	.492	.838	6	.68	0.071	1.82	0.11%	0.40	2B
39	117	118	Aug 25	MLN	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS-7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.312	.343	.480	.823	6	.85	-0.069	1.64	-0.08%	-1.08	2B
40	118	119	Aug 26	MLN	@	SFG	W,3-2	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.343	.477	.820	7	.62	-0.026	1.63	-0.04%	-0.18	2B
41	119	120	Aug 27	MLN	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.308	.338	.469	.807	6	1.31	-0.117	4.29	-0.23%	-0.81	2B
42	120	122 (1)	Aug 29	MLN		STL	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.331	.459	.790	7	1.14	-0.083	4.19	-0.18%	-0.55	2B
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	121	128 (5)	Sep 3	MLN	@	CIN	W,10-9	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.336	.463	.798	9	3.84	0.205	8.98	0.29%	0.66	PH
44	122	129	Sep 4	MLN	@	CIN	L,5-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.459	.793	9	.04	-0.001	.13	0.00%	-0.10	PH
45	123	130	Sep 5 (1)	MLN	@	PIT	L,7-9	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.309	.338	.463	.801	8	.21	0.009	.93	0.02%	0.25	PH
46	124	132 (1)	Sep 6	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	.336	.460	.795	9	.94	-0.023	3.96	-0.06%	-0.15	PH
47	125	149 (16)	Sep 25	MLN		PIT	W,4-2	7-GF(10)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.302	.331	.453	.784	8	2.28	-0.170	.00	0.00%	-0.76	PH 2B
48	126	153 (3)	Oct 1	MLN	@	PIT	L,3-7	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.329	.450	.779	8	.28	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH 2B
							27-21		152	140	12	42	12	0	3	18	6	1	19	1	3	2	4	10	0	0	.300	.329	.450	.779		.93	0.172	2.73	0.12%	-3.71

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