MLB Stats for Roman Mejias

Roman Mejias Baseball Stats | Baseball Almanac

Roman Mejias, the Major League Baseball player, was born on Sunday, August 9, 1925, in Abreus, Cuba. Mejias was 29 years old when he broke into the major leagues on April 13, 1955, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Roman Mejias stats, height, weight, career totals, schools, positions, and more historical research are in the Baseball Almanac.

"The affable Roman (Mejias) admits his English has improved to the point where he no longer goes hungry, as he often did in his early years in the Pirate farm system because he couldn't order. 'Finally somebody teach me to say ham and eggs and fried chicken, and I eat for a long time.'" - Nealon, Clark. The Sporting News. 19 April 1962.

Birth Name:	Román Mejías
Nickname:	None
Born On:	08-09-1925 (Leo)
Born In:	Abreus, Cuba
Died On:	02-22-2023 (1,500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Sun City, California
Cemetery:	Menifee Memorial Park, Sun City, California

High School:	Undetermined
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-00	Weight:	175
First Game:	04-13-1955 (Age 29)
Last Game:	10-04-1964
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Roman Mejias Pitching Stats

Roman Mejias Roman Mejias Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1955	30	Pirates	71	167	14	36	8	1	3	0	21	9	0	13	0	0	0	3	.216	.256	.329
1957	32	Pirates	58	142	12	39	7	4	2	0	15	6	1	13	4	0	1	3	.275	.309	.423
1958	33	Pirates	76	157	17	42	3	2	5	0	19	2	1	27	5	1	1	4	.268	.280	.408
1959	34	Pirates	96	276	28	65	6	1	7	0	28	21	7	48	3	3	5	4	.236	.298	.341
1960	35	Pirates	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1961	36	Pirates	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1962	37	Colt .45s	146	566	82	162	12	3	24	0	76	30	1	83	3	5	6	13	.286	.326	.445
1963	38	Red Sox	111	357	43	81	18	0	11	0	39	14	2	36	4	3	3	11	.227	.260	.370
1964	39	Red Sox	62	101	14	24	3	1	2	0	4	7	1	16	0	0	1	4	.238	.294	.347
Career	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
9 Years	627	1,768	212	449	57	12	54	0	202	89	13	238	19	12	17	42	.254	.294	.391
Roman Mejias Hitting Stats

Roman Mejias Roman Mejias Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1955 Pirates	CF	1	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.000	0.00
1955 Pirates	LF	29	27	669	56	1.9	52	46	6	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	2.10
1955 Pirates	RF	14	12	306	20	1.4	18	16	2	2	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.900	1.59
1957 Pirates	CF	7	6	129	8	1.1	8	6	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.67
1957 Pirates	LF	7	5	156	15	2.1	15	15	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.60
1957 Pirates	RF	29	19	576	41	1.4	41	37	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.92
1958 Pirates	CF	12	11	297	37	3.1	37	36	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	3.36
1958 Pirates	LF	37	8	375	31	0.8	29	29	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.935	2.09
1958 Pirates	RF	11	11	306	35	3.2	34	32	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	3.00
1959 Pirates	CF	22	16	426	53	2.4	50	49	1	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.943	3.17
1959 Pirates	LF	15	9	294	20	1.3	19	18	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.950	1.74
1959 Pirates	RF	52	47	1,281	98	1.9	97	91	6	1	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.990	2.04
1961 Pirates	LF	2	0	6	1	0.5	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	4.50
1962 Colt .45s	CF	1	0	9	2	2.0	2	2	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
1962 Colt .45s	RF	142	137	3,642	237	1.7	224	215	9	13	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.945	1.66
1963 Red Sox	CF	66	62	1,698	154	2.3	150	145	5	4	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.974	2.39
1963 Red Sox	LF	7	6	150	9	1.3	9	8	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	1.62
1963 Red Sox	RF	14	12	324	31	2.2	30	30	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.968	2.50
1964 Red Sox	CF	13	4	204	18	1.4	17	17	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	2.25
1964 Red Sox	LF	14	4	168	12	0.9	11	10	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	.917	1.77
1964 Red Sox	RF	11	10	267	21	1.9	21	20	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	2.12
Career		G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
RF Totals		273	248	6,702	483	1.8	465	441	24	18	4	n/a	n/a	n/a	.963	1.87
CF Totals		122	99	2,769	272	2.2	264	255	9	8	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.971	2.57
LF Totals		111	59	1,818	144	1.3	136	127	9	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.944	2.02
8 Years		506	406	11,289	899	1.8	865	823	42	34	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.962	2.07
Roman Mejias Fielding Stats

Roman Mejias Roman Mejias Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1955 Pirates	1	3	.250	21	8	n/a	55.7	12.8	8.0	-	-	-
1957 Pirates	2	2	.500	20	2	n/a	71.0	10.9	9.5	-	-	-
1958 Pirates	2	0	1.000	21	7	n/a	31.4	5.8	8.3	-	-	-
1959 Pirates	1	2	.333	7	9	n/a	39.4	5.8	9.9	-	-	-
1960 Pirates	0	0	.000	1	2	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-
1961 Pirates	0	0	.000	1	2	n/a	0.0	1.0	0.0	-	-	-
1962 Colt .45s	12	4	.750	7	1	n/a	23.6	6.8	7.4	-	-	-
1963 Red Sox	4	1	.800	27	0	n/a	32.5	9.9	9.2	-	-	-
1964 Red Sox	0	0	.000	18	9	n/a	50.5	6.3	25.3	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
9 Years	22	12	.647	123	40	n/a	32.7	7.4	8.8	-	-	-
Roman Mejias Baserunning, Substitute Positions, & Ratio Related Stats

Roman Mejias Roman Mejias Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1955 Pittsburgh Pirates	25	Undetermined	-	-
1957 Pittsburgh Pirates	25	Undetermined	-	-
1958 Pittsburgh Pirates	25	Undetermined	-	-
1959 Pittsburgh Pirates	15	Undetermined	-	-
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates	15	Undetermined	-	-
1961 Pittsburgh Pirates	15	Undetermined	-	-
1962 Houston Colt .45s	25	Undetermined	-	-
1963 Boston Red Sox	4	Undetermined	-	-
1964 Boston Red Sox	4	$16,000.00	-	-
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Roman Mejias Teams Played For, Uniform Numbers Worn, & MLB Contracts

Román Mejías was a Major League Baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1955, 1957-1961), Houston Colt .45s (1962) and Boston Red Sox (1963-1964). In 1962, Mejias was given the starting job in Houston, and when he took the field with the expansion Colt .45s on April 10, he became their first player in franchise history to wear #25 in a regular season game!

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