Mel Roach stats
Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1962
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Bio
- Debut
- 1953
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 227
- AB
- 499
- R
- 42
- H
- 119
- HR
- 7
- RBI
- 43
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .238
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | ATL | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1954 | ATL | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| 1957 | ATL | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| 1958 | ATL | 44 | 136 | 14 | 42 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .309 |
| 1959 | ATL | 19 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .097 |
| 1960 | ATL | 48 | 140 | 12 | 42 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .300 |
| 1961 |  ATL/CHC | 36 | 75 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .147 |
| 1962 | PHI | 65 | 105 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .190 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 540
- TB
- 165
- XBH
- 32
- HBP
- 3
- IBB
- 1
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | ATL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATL | 147 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATL | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATL | 152 | 63 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATL/CHC | 84 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | PHI | 111 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- -1.9
- RC
- 47.4
- RC/27
- 3.30
- ISOP
- .092
- SECA
- .142
- BB/K
- 0.32
- AB/HR
- 71.3
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | ATL | -0.1 | -0.2 | -2.8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | ATL | -0.2 | -0.4 | -2.8 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | ATL | -0.1 | 0 | 0.2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | ATL | 0.9 | 20 | 5.5 | .118 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 45.3 | 0 |
| 1959 | ATL | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.6 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | ATL | 0.6 | 21.4 | 5.6 | .150 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 46.7 | 0 |
| 1961 | ATL/CHC | -0.7 | 3.2 | 1.3 | .067 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 75 | 0 |
| 1962 | PHI | -1.5 | 4.6 | 1.4 | .038 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Mel Roach's career stats?
Mel Roach played 8 seasons for the Braves and the Phillies. He was a career .238 hitter with 119 hits, 7 home runs and 43 RBI. His best season was 1958: a .309 batting average, 3 home runs and 10 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1953 to 1962
Championships
- 1957 World Series with the Atlanta Braves