John Romano

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 205lb (180cm, 92kg)

Born: August 23, 1934 in Hoboken, NJ us

Died: February 24, 2019 in Naples, FL

Debut: September 12, 1958 (Age 24-020d, 11,585th in major league history)
vs. NYY 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 4, 1967 (Age 33-012d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: John Anthony Romano

Nicknames: Honey

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4x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.9

2767

706

129

.255

355

RBI

417

OBP

.354

SLG

.443

OPS

.797

OPS+

122

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

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
3	3	Apr 15	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	5	Apr 19	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-11	CG	47	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
7	7	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
8	8	Apr 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
9	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,10-8	GS	39	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	12 (2)	Apr 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	13	Apr 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
12	14	Apr 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	15	Apr 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
14	16	Apr 30 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	17	May 2	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	42	11.0	8	3	1	12	0	C
16	18	May 3	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	19	May 5	CLE		WSA	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	20	May 7 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	21	May 7 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
20	22	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	23	May 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	43	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
22	24	May 12	CLE		BAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	25	May 13	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	26	May 14 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,1-0	CG	56	15.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
25	27	May 14 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	28	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	29	May 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	30	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
29	31	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	32	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	33	May 21 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	34	May 21 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	36 (1)	May 23	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
34	37	May 24	CLE	@	LAA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
35	38	May 25	CLE	@	LAA	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
36	39	May 27	CLE		KCA	L,5-7	CG	53	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
37	40	May 28 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	41	May 28 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
39	42	May 30 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	43	May 30 (2)	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44	Jun 2	CLE		LAA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
42	45	Jun 3	CLE		LAA	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	46	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		LAA	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	47	Jun 4 (2)	CLE		LAA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	48	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-5	GS	32	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	49	Jun 6	CLE	@	WSA	W,14-3	GS	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	50	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSA	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
48	51	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	52	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	53	Jun 9	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
51	54	Jun 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	55	Jun 11 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
53	56	Jun 11 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
54	58 (1)	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	59	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	60	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
57	61	Jun 16	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
58	62	Jun 17	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
59	63	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
60	64	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,5-8	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	65	Jun 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
62	66	Jun 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-15	CG	43	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
63	67	Jun 21 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	68	Jun 23	CLE		DET	L,7-15	CG	49	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
65	69	Jun 24	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
66	70	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
67	72 (1)	Jun 27	CLE		WSA	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
68	73	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	74	Jun 28 (2)	CLE		WSA	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
70	75	Jun 29	CLE		WSA	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
71	76	Jun 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	77	Jul 1	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
73	78	Jul 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-6	CG	46	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	79	Jul 3	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	80	Jul 4	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
76	81	Jul 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
77	82	Jul 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	83	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,9-0	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
79	84	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
80	85	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	86	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,8-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
82	87	Jul 13	CLE		MIN	L,6-9	GS	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
83	89 (1)	Jul 15	CLE		LAA	L,5-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
84	90	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
85	91	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,5-12	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
86	93 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
87	94	Jul 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
88	95	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,12-11	GS	43	7.2	10	0	0	10	0	C
89	96	Jul 21	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
90	97	Jul 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
91	98	Jul 23	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
92	99	Jul 25	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	100	Jul 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	101	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	102	Jul 28	CLE	@	LAA	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
96	103	Jul 29	CLE	@	LAA	W,8-3	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
97	104	Jul 30	CLE	@	LAA	L,6-8	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	105	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
99	107 (1)	Aug 3	CLE		CHW	L,6-8	CG	48	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	108	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
101	109	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
102	110	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
103	111	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	112	Aug 8	CLE		WSA	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
105	113	Aug 9	CLE		WSA	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
106	114	Aug 11	CLE		LAA	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
107	115	Aug 12	CLE		LAA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	116	Aug 13	CLE		LAA	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
109	117	Aug 15	CLE		BOS	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
110	118	Aug 16	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
111	119	Aug 17	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
112	120	Aug 18	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
113	121	Aug 19	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
114	122	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
115	123	Aug 20 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
116	124	Aug 22	CLE		DET	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
117	125	Aug 23	CLE		DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
118	126	Aug 24	CLE		DET	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
119	127	Aug 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
120	128	Aug 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
121	129	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
122	131 (1)	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
123	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSA	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
124	133	Aug 31	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	138 (4)	Sep 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
126	139	Sep 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
127	140	Sep 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
128	141	Sep 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
129	142	Sep 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
130	143	Sep 9	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
131	144	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
132	146 (1)	Sep 13	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
133	150 (3)	Sep 17 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
134	151	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
135	153 (1)	Sep 20	CLE		KCA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
136	154	Sep 22	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
137	155	Sep 23	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
138	156	Sep 26	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
139	157	Sep 27	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	44	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
140	158	Sep 28	CLE	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
141	159	Sep 29	CLE	@	LAA	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							141gm		1232.2	752	58	9	819	8