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Mel Roach

Retired

High Level

MLB

Years

1953-1962 (1953-1962)

Proper Name

Melvin Earl Roach

Positions

2B (77) ... OF (44) ... 3B (28) ... 1B (16)

Height / Weight

6-1 / 190

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

January 25,1933

Death Date

July 31,2023 Age: 90.187

Place

Richmond, Virginia

High School

John Marshall (Richmond,VA)

Colleges

University of Virginia (Charlottesville,VA)

MLB Debut

MLBAM ID

Retrosheet#

roacm101

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1953	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	14	20	2B		5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
1954	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	14	21	1B		3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	25.00	0.00	0.00
1957	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	12,29	24	2B		7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.334	.000	.000	.333	0.00	42.86	0.00	0.00
1958	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	12	25	2B	106*	44	136	14	42	7	0	3	10	0	0	6	15	0	4	1	0	1	58	147	10	32	.309	.336	.426	.762	.162	.117	.328	4.08	10.20	2.50	45.33
1959	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	12	26	2B-OF		19	31	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	33	0	3	.097	.152	.097	.249	.065	.000	.111	6.06	12.12	2.00	0.00
1960	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	12	27	OF-2B	107*	48	140	12	42	12	0	3	18	0	0	6	19	1	3	2	1	10	63	152	15	27	.300	.329	.450	.779	.193	.150	.325	3.95	12.50	3.17	46.67
1961	Milwaukee Braves	NL	MLB	MLN	12	28	OF		13	36	3	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	4	2	1	1	0	0	9	42	1	5	.167	.244	.250	.494	.139	.083	.156	4.76	9.52	2.00	36.00
1961	Chicago Cubs	NL	MLB	CHN	12	28	2B-1B		23	39	1	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	3	7	42	2	3	.128	.190	.179	.369	.154	.051	.167	7.14	21.43	3.00	0.00
1962	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	MLB	PHI	31	29	3B	65*	65	105	9	20	4	0	0	8	0	0	5	19	0	0	1	0	2	24	111	4	16	.190	.225	.229	.454	.086	.039	.230	4.50	17.12	3.80	0.00
Tot:	MLB (8 yrs)		MLB						227	499	42	119	25	0	7	43	1	0	24	75	3	9	5	1	17	165	540	32	87	.238	.275	.331	.606	.142	.092	.265	4.44	13.89	3.13	71.29
Tot:	NL (8 yrs)		NL						227	499	42	119	25	0	7	43	1	0	24	75	3	9	5	1	17	165	540	32	87	.238	.275	.331	.606	.142	.092	.265	4.44	13.89	3.13	71.29
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
* indicates player had a low sample size of plate appearances.

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