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Name	Team	Age
Mel Romero	Retired (1974, Age 39)	Died (2020, Age 85)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 29 (1954)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jesse Orosco League	0	16 years (89 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	10/29/1935
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	3	6
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (1.6 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (SS)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1958	WAS	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	WAS	0	0	49	3	20	0	0	0	13
1960	WAS	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	WAS	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	WAS	0	0	145	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	WAS	0	0	130	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	WAS	0	0	118	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	WAS	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	WAS	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	WAS	0	0	154	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	WAS	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	WAS-TEX	0	5	109	1	5	0	0	0	1
1970	TEX	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	TEX	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	TEX	0	0	95	0	0	0	0	0	31
1973	TEX	0	0	91	0	0	1	1	3	48
1974	TEX	0	0	103	0	0	0	0	3	22

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1974-11-01	Mel Romero has retired from the Texas Rangers
1974-09-02	The Texas Rangers have removed Mel Romero from the trade block.
1972-06-19	The Texas Rangers have placed Mel Romero on the trade block.
1969-05-02	A trade has been completed between the Texas Rangers and the Washington Lobbyists. The Washington Lobbyists receive Carlos Johnson, Danny Netzel, Draft Pick 1971 Round 2 TEX (Tito Washington), Draft Pick 1970 Round 2 TEX (Pat Baxes), Draft Pick 1970 Round 1 TEX (Miguel Johnson) from the Texas Rangers in exchange for Jay Reed, Mel Romero.
1968-09-24	Mel Romero of the Washington Lobbyists is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1964-05-09	Mel Romero of the Washington Lobbyists is injured and is expected to be out 44 days.
1963-04-10	Mel Romero of the Washington Lobbyists is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1962-09-21	Mel Romero of the Washington Lobbyists is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1960-05-02	Mel Romero of the Washington Lobbyists is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1959-07-23	Mel Romero of the Washington Lobbyists is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1958-04-01	The Washington Lobbyists have promoted Mel Romero to the major league team. The Washington Lobbyists have sent Floyd Cusick to the minors.