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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 18	PHI		PIT	L,3-4	GS	27	6.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
2	10 (3)	Apr 24	PHI	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
3	12 (1)	Apr 26	PHI	@	MLN	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
4	13	Apr 27	PHI	@	NYM	W,11-9	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	20 (6)	May 5	PHI		NYM	W,2-1	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
6	21	May 6	PHI		NYM	L,5-7	GF	24	5.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
7	34 (12)	May 20 (2)	PHI		CHC	L,2-11	GF	24	5.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	36 (1)	May 22	PHI	@	STL	L,2-6	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	39 (2)	May 25	PHI	@	SFG	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
10	40	May 26	PHI	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	42	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
11	42 (1)	May 27 (2)	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-2	GF	13	2.2	2	0	0	2	0	3B
12	43	May 30 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 3B
13	44	May 30 (2)	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	45	May 31	PHI		SFG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	46	Jun 1 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,4-11	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
16	47	Jun 1 (2)	PHI		LAD	L,5-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
17	50 (2)	Jun 4	PHI		LAD	L,3-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	54 (3)	Jun 9	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-5	GF	10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
19	57 (2)	Jun 11	PHI	@	STL	W,8-5	CG	46	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	69 (11)	Jun 24 (2)	PHI		STL	L,1-5	GS	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	76 (6)	Jul 1	PHI	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
22	77	Jul 2 (1)	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
23	78	Jul 2 (2)	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
24	79	Jul 4 (1)	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-16	CG	46	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
25	81 (1)	Jul 5	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-5	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
26	83 (1)	Jul 7	PHI	@	PIT	L,4-6	GS	29	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
27	90 (6)	Jul 15 (1)	PHI		LAD	L,1-9	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	95 (4)	Jul 19	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
29	104 (8)	Jul 27 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,5-3	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	108 (3)	Aug 1	PHI	@	NYM	W,11-9	GS	17	3.0	0	0	2	2	0	3B
31	113 (4)	Aug 6	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-9	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
32	117 (3)	Aug 10	PHI	@	STL	L,4-7	GF	15	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B LF
33	121 (3)	Aug 14	PHI	@	NYM	W,3-1		14	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
34	122	Aug 15 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	2B
35	123	Aug 15 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-7	GF	8	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	PR 1B
36	131 (7)	Aug 23	PHI		LAD	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	135 (3)	Aug 28 (1)	PHI		NYM	L,0-2	CG	39	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	142 (6)	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	HOU	W,5-3	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	145 (2)	Sep 8	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-4		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
40	157 (11)	Sep 23	PHI		CIN	L,2-4	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B 2B
							42gm		184.1	42	36	3	81	5