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.

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	1	Apr 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	2	Apr 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	43	11.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 13	CLE		WSA	L,2-5	CG	24	5.1	6	2	1	9	0	C
4	4	Apr 14	CLE		WSA	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 17	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	6	Apr 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
7	7	Apr 22 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	8	Apr 22 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
9	9	Apr 24	CLE	@	LAA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	LAA	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	LAA	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
12	12	Apr 27	CLE		MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	13	Apr 28	CLE		MIN	W,8-7	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	14	Apr 29 (1)	CLE		MIN	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16 (1)	May 1	CLE		LAA	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
16	17	May 4	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	18	May 5 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,6-18	GS	45	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	19	May 5 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	20	May 6	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	21	May 8	CLE	@	MIN	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	22	May 9	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	23	May 10	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	24	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	25	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	26	May 13 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	27	May 13 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	28	May 15	CLE		KCA	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
28	29	May 16	CLE		KCA	W,10-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	30	May 18	CLE		DET	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
30	31	May 19	CLE		DET	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
31	32	May 20 (1)	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	33	May 20 (2)	CLE		DET	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
33	34	May 21	CLE		BAL	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	35	May 22	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	36	May 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
36	37	May 25	CLE	@	WSA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	38	May 26	CLE	@	WSA	L,6-8	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	39	May 27	CLE	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	40	May 28	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
40	41	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	43 (1)	May 31	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
43	45	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
44	46	Jun 3	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
45	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
46	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-9	CG	59	13.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
48	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-10	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
49	51	Jun 10 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
50	52	Jun 10 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
51	53	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	54	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	55	Jun 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	56	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
55	57	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	58	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	59	Jun 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
58	60	Jun 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
59	61	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
60	64 (2)	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
61	65	Jun 22	CLE		WSA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
62	66	Jun 23	CLE		WSA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
63	67	Jun 24 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
64	68	Jun 24 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	69	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
66	70	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	44	12.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
67	71	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	72	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
69	73	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	74	Jul 1 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	34	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	76 (1)	Jul 2	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	27	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
72	77	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	33	10.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
73	79 (1)	Jul 5	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
74	80	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
75	81	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
76	82	Jul 8 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
77	84 (1)	Jul 12	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
78	85	Jul 13	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-10	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	86	Jul 14	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	49	13.0	9	3	0	12	1	C
80	87	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
81	89 (1)	Jul 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-7	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	90	Jul 18	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-14	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
83	91	Jul 19	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-8	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	92	Jul 20	CLE	@	LAA	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	93	Jul 21	CLE	@	LAA	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
86	97 (3)	Jul 27	CLE		MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	98	Jul 28	CLE		MIN	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	99	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
89	100	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,5-7	CG	54	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
90	101	Jul 31	CLE		LAA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	102	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		LAA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
92	104 (1)	Aug 2	CLE		LAA	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
93	105	Aug 3	CLE		KCA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
94	106	Aug 4	CLE		KCA	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	107	Aug 5 (1)	CLE		KCA	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
96	109 (1)	Aug 6	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
97	112 (2)	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
98	113	Aug 10	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	114	Aug 11	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-9	GS	25	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
100	116 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,2-11	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
101	118 (1)	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,0-9	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
102	119	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-10	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
103	120	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
104	121	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
105	122	Aug 17	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
106	123	Aug 18	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
107	124	Aug 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
108	126 (1)	Aug 22	CLE	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
109	127	Aug 23	CLE	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
110	128	Aug 24	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
111	129	Aug 25	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
112	130	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
113	132 (1)	Aug 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
114	133	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	18	4.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
115	134	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
116	135	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	139 (3)	Sep 2 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	1	9	1	C
118	140	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
119	141	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
120	142	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GS	42	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
121	143	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
122	149 (5)	Sep 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
123	150	Sep 15	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-12	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
124	153 (2)	Sep 19	CLE	@	KCA	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
125	154	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
126	155	Sep 21	CLE	@	LAA	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
127	156	Sep 22	CLE	@	LAA	L,4-6	GS	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
128	157	Sep 23	CLE	@	LAA	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
129	158	Sep 25	CLE		MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
130	159	Sep 29 (1)	CLE		LAA	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
							130gm		1124.2	657	63	7	727	6