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Mel Rojas
Melquiades (Medrano) Rojas

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

Debut August 1, 1990
  vs. NYM 0.7 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 1, 1999
Born December 10, 1966 in Haina, D.R.

Cousin of Moises Alou, Nephew of Felipe Alou, Nephew of Jesus Alou, and Nephew of Matty Alou

Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent in 1985. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1990 23 MON NL   3   1  23   0   0   0   5  1   40.0   34   17   16   5   24   26   2   2   173   4   0  3.60  3.65  101 1.450
 1991 24 MON NL   3   3  37   0   0   0  13  6   48.0   42   21   20   4   13   37   1   3   200   1   0  3.75  3.65   97 1.146
 1992 25 MON NL   7   1  68   0   0   0  26 10  100.7   71   17   16   2   34   70   2   2   399   8   0  1.43  3.47  243 1.043
 1993 26 MON NL   5   8  66   0   0   0  25 10   88.3   80   39   29   6   30   48   4   5   378   3   0  2.95  4.21  142 1.245
 1994 27 MON NL   3   2  58   0   0   0  27 16   84.0   71   35   31  11   21   84   4   3   341   0   0  3.32  4.26  128 1.095
 1995 28 MON NL   1   4  59   0   0   0  48 30   67.7   69   32   31   2   29   61   7   6   302   4   0  4.12  4.31  105 1.448
 1996 29 MON NL   7   4  74   0   0   0  64 36   81.0   56   30   29   5   28   92   2   3   326   3   0  3.22  4.31  134 1.037
 1997 30 TOT NL   0   6  77   0   0   0  50 15   85.3   78   47   44  15   36   93   7   3   370   2   0  4.64  4.23   91 1.336
         CHC NL   0   4  54   0   0   0  38 13   59.0   54   30   29  11   30   61   5   2   259   1   0  4.42  4.29   97 1.424
         NYM NL   0   2  23   0   0   0  12  2   26.3   24   17   15   4    6   32   2   1   111   1   0  5.13  4.08   80 1.139
 1998 31 NYM NL   5   2  50   0   0   0  19  2   58.0   68   39   39   9   30   41   3   2   262   5   0  6.05  4.19   69 1.690
 1999 32 TOT      0   0  13   0   0   0   5  0   14.0   22   28   28   6    9   10   5   1    79   1   0 18.00  4.61   26 2.214
         TOT NL   0   0   8   0   0   0   3  0    7.7   10   12   12   3    5    4   2   1    40   1   0 14.09  4.36   31 1.957
         LAD NL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  0    5.0    5    7    7   3    3    3   0   0    23   1   0 12.60  4.29   34 1.600
         DET AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   2  0    6.3   12   16   16   3    4    6   3   0    39   0   0 22.74  4.92   22 2.526
         MON NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    2.7    5    5    5   0    2    1   2   1    17   0   0 16.88  4.48   27 2.625
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Years            31       0       0    126         591       283      254       37  30  2830  31   0  3.82  4.06  106 1.267
 WL%= .523       34     525       0     282     667.0       305       65       562
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   4  68   0   0   0  36 16   86.3   76   39   36   8   32   72   4   3   366   4   0  3.82  4.06  106 1.267
 Career High      7   8  77   0   0   0  64 36  100.7   80   47   44  15   36   93   7   6   399   8   0  1.43  4.31  243 1.037
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1990 23 MON NL  23    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   3   0   0   0   0
 1991 24 MON NL  37    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1992 25 MON NL  68   15    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .067  .067  .067  -62    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1993 26 MON NL  66   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .083  .083  .083  -56    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1994 27 MON NL  58   10    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .200  .200  .200    5    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1995 28 MON NL  59    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   2   0   0   0   0
 1996 29 MON NL  74    8    0    3   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   2  .375  .375  .500  127    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1997 30 TOT NL  74    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL  53    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     516   59    1    7   1  0   0    3   0  0   0  32  .119  .119  .136  -32    8   6   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         19    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .119  .119  .136  -32    3   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     74   15    1    3   1  0   0    3   0  0   0  10                           4   3   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1990 23 MON NL    6    6    0   0.0    95| .000  .260| .000  .325| .000  .390| .000  .715|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1991 24 MON NL    5    5    0   0.0    93| .000  .256| .000  .324| .000  .384| .000  .708|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 1992 25 MON NL   15   14    0   0.0    91| .067  .258| .067  .323| .067  .380| .134  .703| -62  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1993 26 MON NL   12   11    0   0.0   108| .083  .277| .083  .343| .083  .422| .166  .764| -56  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1994 27 MON NL   10    8    0   0.0   110| .200  .275| .200  .343| .200  .431| .400  .774|   5  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1995 28 MON NL    8    8    0   0.0   110| .000  .275| .000  .345| .000  .429| .000  .774|-100  .000  -1.8  -0.2   0%
 1996 29 MON NL    8    5    2  10.7   108| .375  .272| .375  .342| .500  .426| .875  .768| 127  .811   0.3   0.0   0%
 1997 30 TOT NL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .273| .000  .345| .000  .428| .000  .773|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   110| .000  .273| .000  .345| .000  .428| .000  .773|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons       65   58    2   0.9   103| .119  .269| .119  .336| .136  .410| .255  .746| -32  .052 -11.0  -1.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1990 23 MON NL P 23 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 0.26 0.58 1.35 1.80 0 40.0 1991 24 MON NL P 37 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.19 0.59 1.31 1.86 0 48.0 1992 25 MON NL P 68 9 12 2 1 .913 .955 0.31 0.60 1.88 1.94 0 100.7 1993 26 MON NL P 66 7 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.24 0.54 1.63 1.84 0 88.3 1994 27 MON NL P 58 8 10 0 1 1.000 .957 0.31 0.54 1.93 1.86 0 84.0 1995 28 MON NL P 59 4 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.19 0.51 1.46 1.83 0 67.7 1996 29 MON NL P 74 4 13 1 0 .944 .955 0.23 0.52 1.89 1.84 0 81.0 1997 30 TOT NL P 77 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.12 0.52 0.95 1.85 0 85.3 CHC NL P 54 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 0.09 0.52 0.76 1.85 0 59.0 NYM NL P 23 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.52 1.37 1.85 0 26.3 1998 31 NYM NL P 50 6 11 1 1 .944 .960 0.34 0.54 2.64 1.85 0 58.0 1999 32 TOT P 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 .909 0.23 0.47 1.93 1.74 0 14.0 TOT NL P 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.47 2.34 1.75 0 7.7 LAD NL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.48 1.80 1.80 0 5.0 DET AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.46 1.43 1.71 0 6.3 MON NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.47 3.33 1.67 0 2.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 23 MON NL P 23 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 0.26 0.58 1.35 1.80 0 40.0 1991 24 MON NL P 37 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.19 0.59 1.31 1.86 0 48.0 1992 25 MON NL P 68 9 12 2 1 .913 .955 0.31 0.60 1.88 1.94 0 100.7 1993 26 MON NL P 66 7 9 0 1 1.000 .952 0.24 0.54 1.63 1.84 0 88.3 1994 27 MON NL P 58 8 10 0 1 1.000 .957 0.31 0.54 1.93 1.86 0 84.0 1995 28 MON NL P 59 4 7 0 1 1.000 .957 0.19 0.51 1.46 1.83 0 67.7 1996 29 MON NL P 74 4 13 1 0 .944 .955 0.23 0.52 1.89 1.84 0 81.0 1997 30 TOT NL P 77 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.12 0.52 0.95 1.85 0 85.3 CHC NL P 54 0 5 1 0 .833 .962 0.09 0.52 0.76 1.85 0 59.0 NYM NL P 23 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.52 1.37 1.85 0 26.3 1998 31 NYM NL P 50 6 11 1 1 .944 .960 0.34 0.54 2.64 1.85 0 58.0 1999 32 TOT P 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 .909 0.23 0.47 1.93 1.74 0 14.0 TOT NL P 8 0 2 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.47 2.34 1.75 0 7.7 LAD NL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.48 1.80 1.80 0 5.0 DET AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.20 0.46 1.43 1.71 0 6.3 MON NL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.33 0.47 3.33 1.67 0 2.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 525 44 81 6 5 .954 .955 0.24 0.54 1.69 1.86 0 667.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 525 44 81 6 5 .954 .955 0.24 0.54 1.69 1.86 0 667
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1994 NL-58-2
1996 NL-74-7
1997 NL-77-4

Saves
1994 NL-16-8
1995 NL-30-7
1996 NL-36-5
Car-126-86

Games Finished
1995 NL-48-9
1996 NL-64-3
1997 NL-50-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (789) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

November 7, 1985: Signed by the Montreal Expos as an amateur free agent.

December 7, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

August 8, 1997: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Brian McRae and Turk Wendell to the New York Mets for players to be named later and Lance Johnson. The New York Mets sent Mark Clark (August 11, 1997) and Manny Alexander (August 14, 1997) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

November 11, 1998: Traded by the New York Mets to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bobby Bonilla.

April 16, 1999: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Dave Mlicki to the Detroit Tigers for Robinson Checo, Aposto Garcia (minors), and Richard Roberts (minors).

May 12, 1999: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

May 17, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

July 3, 1999: Released by the Montreal Expos.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Montreal Expos$100,000
1991Montreal Expos$115,000
1993Montreal Expos$300,000
1994Montreal Expos$850,000
1995Montreal Expos$1,300,000
1996Montreal Expos$2,025,000
1997Chicago Cubs$4,583,333
1998New York Mets$4,583,333
1999Los Angeles Dodgers$4,583,334
Career (may be incomplete)$18,440,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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