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Ryan Doby League
5-30-2004
John Roach Shortstop
Retired (1982, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .295 Total Rating B    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 B  Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D 
Power vs. R A  Power vs. L B+ Velocity D+   Mentor vR B-
Speed B- Bunt B+ Control F    Mentor vL B-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (99.0%) CF ---   Health D  LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1970 Away 70 280 45 78 14 4 17 45 30 53 11 4 7 .890 .350 .539 .261 .279
1970 Home 65 243 54 83 13 3 17 57 34 56 10 5 7 1.053 .423 .630 .288 .342
1971 Away 61 261 50 77 11 6 17 64 15 64 11 4 3 .914 .336 .579 .284 .295
1971 Home 55 204 34 61 12 2 15 42 25 52 8 4 8 .979 .381 .598 .299 .299
1972 Away 60 246 35 80 18 0 12 51 16 50 10 7 5 .908 .364 .545 .220 .325
1972 Home 69 280 54 78 14 3 15 53 26 59 16 2 4 .853 .342 .511 .232 .279
1973 Away 69 278 42 95 12 4 9 50 35 56 16 5 7 .927 .416 .511 .169 .342
1973 Home 66 256 41 81 12 1 12 41 25 52 17 5 5 .893 .381 .512 .195 .316
1974 Away 68 278 41 86 19 4 13 54 19 47 12 4 4 .900 .353 .547 .237 .309
1974 Home 68 257 45 76 10 3 11 47 19 58 15 5 6 .834 .348 .486 .191 .296
1975 Away 57 101 15 22 1 0 8 16 9 27 5 0 3 .754 .288 .465 .248 .218
1975 Home 54 114 22 34 6 1 2 10 7 19 1 1 0 .760 .339 .421 .123 .298
1976 Away 57 187 28 54 7 1 14 47 19 34 7 4 5 .916 .354 .561 .273 .289
1976 Home 54 176 29 50 11 2 11 28 15 42 7 5 1 .895 .339 .557 .273 .284
1977 Away 52 194 40 53 5 1 12 33 20 51 5 2 5 .837 .343 .495 .222 .273
1977 Home 59 212 41 74 14 4 12 41 15 38 6 0 1 1.015 .392 .623 .274 .349
1978 Away 73 244 34 65 11 2 11 39 24 56 4 3 6 .793 .330 .463 .197 .266
1978 Home 78 256 53 86 11 4 10 51 27 50 8 1 8 .925 .397 .527 .191 .336
1979 Away 74 213 27 62 8 1 6 32 16 42 1 4 3 .763 .341 .423 .131 .291
1979 Home 73 184 31 54 15 2 12 33 17 35 1 0 3 .949 .356 .592 .299 .293
1980 Away 63 139 20 34 3 1 6 17 12 30 1 2 2 .717 .307 .410 .165 .245
1980 Home 62 142 22 35 5 0 5 12 15 24 1 1 4 .708 .321 .387 .141 .246
1981 Away 72 138 9 38 9 1 3 12 10 32 1 1 3 .745 .324 .420 .145 .275
1981 Home 71 134 12 32 5 1 3 14 7 29 0 2 1 .635 .277 .358 .119 .239
1982 Away 35 80 7 21 3 1 1 9 10 21 0 0 1 .707 .344 .362 .100 .263
1982 Home 38 96 12 25 4 1 7 18 6 15 0 1 3 .846 .304 .542 .281 .260
Total Away 811 2639 393 765 121 26 129 469 235 563 84 40 54 .851 .349 .502 .212 .290
Total Home 812 2554 450 769 132 27 132 447 238 529 90 32 51 .891 .362 .529 .228 .301
Total 1623 5193 843 1534 253 53 261 916 473 1092 174 72 105 .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.