Mel Roach

American baseball player

PersonDied aged 93humanQ16094128

Also known as Melvin Earl Roach

Born: January 25, 1933
Died: 2023
Birthplace: Richmond
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: baseball player
Education: University of Virginia

Overview

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Melvin Earl Roach was an American professional baseball player. His career derailed by his bonus player status, military service and injury, he appeared in 227 games played over all or parts of eight years in Major League Baseball as a utilityman for the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs (1961) and Philadelphia Phillies (1962). Roach was born in Richmond, Virginia and attended John Marshall High School; he threw and batted right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg).

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MLB batting stats — season by season

9 seasons · from AIDB's MLB batting dataset

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1953	Milwaukee Braves	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1954	Milwaukee Braves	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000
1957	Milwaukee Braves	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333
1958	Milwaukee Braves	44	136	14	42	7	3	10	0	6	15	.309	.336	.426	.762
1959	Milwaukee Braves	19	31	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	.097	.152	.097	.248
1960	Milwaukee Braves	48	140	12	42	12	3	18	0	6	19	.300	.329	.450	.779
1961	Milwaukee Braves	13	36	3	6	0	1	6	0	2	4	.167	.244	.250	.494
1961	Chicago Cubs	23	39	1	5	2	0	1	1	3	9	.128	.190	.179	.370
1962	Philadelphia Phillies	65	105	9	20	4	0	8	0	5	19	.190	.225	.229	.454
Career		227	499	42	119	25	7	43	1	24	75	.238	.275	.331	.606

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Sex or gender: male
Member of sports team: Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
Chicago Cubs
Given name: Mel
Family name: Roach
Position played on team / speciality: second baseman
Sport: baseball
League: Major League Baseball

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