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Ryan Doby League
5-29-2004
John Roach Shortstop
Retired (1982, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .295 Total Rating   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .871 Status Retired (1982) Option Years 0  
H 1534 Age 60 (OS 61) Date of Birth 07-31-1943
HR 261 Drafted Round 1, Pick 5
(1961)
Majors Svc Time 15 years
(28 games)
RBI 916
SB 174
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR B-
Speed B- Bunt B+ Control   Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (99.0%) CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1970 LHP 34 47 14 2 0 2 5 8 10 .868 .400 .468 .170 .298
1970 RHP 132 476 147 25 7 32 97 56 99 .976 .384 .592 .284 .309
1971 LHP 29 50 16 2 3 3 14 4 9 1.042 .382 .660 .340 .320
1971 RHP 113 415 122 21 5 29 92 36 107 .931 .353 .578 .284 .294
1972 LHP 39 66 18 5 1 1 13 6 19 .758 .333 .424 .152 .273
1972 RHP 124 460 140 27 2 26 91 36 90 .896 .355 .541 .237 .304
1973 LHP 28 47 12 0 0 0 4 1 13 .541 .286 .255 .000 .255
1973 RHP 133 487 164 24 5 21 87 59 95 .946 .410 .536 .199 .337
1974 LHP 30 42 8 1 1 1 3 1 10 .561 .227 .333 .143 .190
1974 RHP 130 493 154 28 6 23 98 37 95 .894 .361 .533 .221 .312
1975 LHP 18 30 5 1 0 1 3 2 5 .519 .219 .300 .133 .167
1975 RHP 104 185 51 6 1 9 23 14 41 .795 .330 .465 .189 .276
1976 LHP 26 51 16 3 0 5 12 5 12 1.042 .375 .667 .353 .314
1976 RHP 103 312 88 15 3 20 63 29 64 .884 .342 .542 .260 .282
1977 LHP 27 59 19 2 1 5 15 5 16 1.019 .375 .644 .322 .322
1977 RHP 105 347 108 17 4 19 59 30 73 .914 .367 .548 .236 .311
1978 LHP 37 53 14 1 0 2 5 4 14 .707 .310 .396 .132 .264
1978 RHP 134 447 137 21 6 19 85 47 92 .879 .371 .508 .201 .306
1979 LHP 21 28 9 1 0 2 7 4 3 .978 .406 .571 .250 .321
1979 RHP 143 369 107 22 3 16 58 29 74 .839 .343 .496 .206 .290
1980 LHP 24 50 8 1 0 0 2 4 10 .402 .222 .180 .020 .160
1980 RHP 117 231 61 7 1 11 27 23 44 .779 .333 .446 .182 .264
1981 LHP 9 17 5 1 0 0 0 1 3 .686 .333 .353 .059 .294
1981 RHP 128 255 65 13 2 6 26 16 58 .691 .299 .392 .137 .255
1982 LHP 11 15 5 1 0 0 0 2 5 .812 .412 .400 .067 .333
1982 RHP 66 161 41 6 2 8 27 14 31 .780 .314 .466 .211 .255
Total LHP 333 555 149 21 6 22 83 47 129 .775 .328 .447 .178 .268
Total RHP 1532 4638 1385 232 47 239 833 426 963 .882 .359 .524 .225 .299
Total 1623 5193 1534 253 53 261 916 473 1092 .871 .355 .515 .220 .295

Statistics prior to 1970 were earned in the Larry Doby League.

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01John Roach has retired from the Colorado Spiders
1982-08-19John Roach of the Colorado Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1982-06-13John Roach of the Colorado Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1980-04-01John Roach of the Colorado Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1977-07-17John Roach of the Colorado Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1977-04-14John Roach of the Colorado Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1976-10-13Trade #1675181 has been completed between the Kansas City RedBirds and the Colorado Spiders. The Colorado Spiders receive John Roach from the Kansas City RedBirds in exchange for Draft Pick 1977 Round 1 COL (Mike Cree), Draft Pick 1977 Round 2 COL (Johnny Houston).
1976-08-15John Roach of the Kansas City RedBirds is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1975-08-18John Roach of the Kansas City RedBirds is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1974-06-09Trade #1648805 has been completed between the Miami Bombers and the Kansas City RedBirds. The Kansas City RedBirds receive Ed Smith, John Roach, Mark Gilbert, Draft Pick 1975 Round 2 MIA (Bill Bocek) from the Miami Bombers in exchange for Mark Martin, Lou Johnson, Draft Pick 1976 Round 1 KC (Lou Barrett).
1972-08-03John Roach of the Miami Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1971-06-21John Roach of the Miami Bombers is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.