Sam Mejias was born on Friday, May 9, 1952, in Santiago, Santiago, Dominican Republic. Mejias was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 6, 1976, with the St. Louis Cardinals. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sam Mejias baseball stats page.
"I was out mowing the front lawn during the strike. I got the front yard done and half the back yard and I kept waiting for Sam Mejias (his 'usual' defensive replacement) to come out and finish it for me." - Outfielder Dave Collins (1981)
Sam MejiasSam Mejias Autograph on a 1978 Topps Baseball Card (#576) |
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Sam MejiasSam Mejias Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1978 | 26 | Expos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
1 Year | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - |
Sam MejiasSam Mejias Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1976 | 24 | Cardinals | 18 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .217 | .190 |
1977 | 25 | Expos | 74 | 101 | 14 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .228 | .243 | .376 |
1978 | 26 | Expos | 67 | 56 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .232 | .259 | .250 |
1979 | 27 | Cubs | 31 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .308 | .182 |
1979 | 27 | Reds | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
1980 | 28 | Reds | 71 | 108 | 16 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .278 | .322 | .370 |
1981 | 29 | Reds | 66 | 49 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .302 | .327 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
6 Years | 334 | 348 | 51 | 86 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 8 | .247 | .281 | .330 |
Sam MejiasSam Mejias Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1976 Cardinals | CF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1976 Cardinals | LF | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.60 |
1976 Cardinals | RF | 13 | 5 | 174 | 17 | 1.3 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.64 |
1977 Expos | CF | 21 | 5 | 213 | 17 | 0.8 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.15 |
1977 Expos | LF | 4 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.75 |
1977 Expos | RF | 32 | 9 | 411 | 43 | 1.3 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 2.69 |
1978 Expos | CF | 4 | 2 | 57 | 7 | 1.8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.32 |
1978 Expos | LF | 24 | 1 | 147 | 18 | 0.8 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 2.94 |
1978 Expos | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1978 Expos | RF | 25 | 3 | 243 | 16 | 0.6 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.78 |
1979 Cubs | CF | 5 | 0 | 36 | 5 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 3.00 |
1979 Cubs | LF | 15 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0.2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.13 |
1979 Cubs | RF | 3 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.80 |
1979 Reds | CF | 5 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 |
1980 Reds | CF | 51 | 16 | 663 | 73 | 1.4 | 72 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .986 | 2.93 |
1980 Reds | LF | 8 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.47 |
1980 Reds | RF | 17 | 4 | 183 | 19 | 1.1 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.80 |
1981 Reds | CF | 16 | 6 | 243 | 20 | 1.3 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 2.11 |
1981 Reds | RF | 43 | 0 | 249 | 14 | 0.3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.52 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
RF Totals | 133 | 21 | 1,275 | 110 | 0.8 | 108 | 101 | 7 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 2.29 | |
CF Totals | 103 | 29 | 1,239 | 124 | 1.2 | 121 | 119 | 2 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .976 | 2.64 | |
LF Totals | 55 | 2 | 327 | 25 | 0.5 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .920 | 1.90 | |
P Totals | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
6 Years | 292 | 52 | 2,844 | 259 | 0.9 | 252 | 242 | 10 | 7 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 2.39 |
Sam MejiasSam Mejias Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1976 Cardinals | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 7 | n/a | 0.0 | 10.5 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1977 Expos | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 20 | 13 | n/a | 33.7 | 5.9 | 12.6 | - | - | - |
1978 Expos | 0 | 0 | .000 | 10 | 18 | n/a | 0.0 | 11.2 | 9.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
1979 Cubs | 0 | 0 | .000 | 6 | 9 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1979 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - |
1980 Reds | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6 | 3 | n/a | 108.0 | 8.3 | 10.8 | - | - | - |
1981 Reds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9 | 4 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.4 | 7.0 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
6 Years | 8 | 2 | .800 | 52 | 56 | n/a | 87.0 | 6.8 | 11.2 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sam MejiasSam Mejias Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1976 St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | $19,000.00 | - | - |
1977 Montreal Expos | 14 | $20,000.00 | - | - |
1978 Montreal Expos | 14 | $21,000.00 | - | - |
1979 Chicago Cubs | 32 | Undetermined | - | - |
1979 Cincinnati Reds | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1980 Cincinnati Reds | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
1981 Cincinnati Reds | 28 | Undetermined | - | - |
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