RF Alan 'Rip' Romano #12
Age: 25 | Bats: L | Throws: L | Morale: Good
01/02/1978
RF ALAN 'RIP' ROMANO #12 - AGE: 25 - BATS: L - THROWS: L - MORALE: GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
155 548 162 31 6 19 94 87 71 .296 .397 .478 4 4.7
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 55 65
BABIP 60 55 60 65
Avoid K's 55 50 55 65
Gap 55 55 55 75
Power 55 50 55 55
Eye 65 65 65 75
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 35 60
Errors: - 35 60
Arm: 30 30 50
Turn DP: - 20 -
Framing: 25 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 30
1st Base: - Center Field: 50
2nd Base: - Right Field: 60
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 65
Stealing Aggressiveness: 45
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 50
Sacrifice Bunt: 40
Bunt for Hit: 25
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/25/1977 PIT Loss, 3-8 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
09/24/1977 PIT Win, 7-1 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
09/23/1977 PIT Win, 7-6 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/22/1977 CIN Win, 1-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
09/21/1977 CIN Win, 4-3 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
09/20/1977 CIN Loss, 2-4 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
09/19/1977 CIN Loss, 6-8 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
09/18/1977 DEN Loss, 2-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
09/17/1977 DEN Loss, 0-2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
09/16/1977 DEN Loss, 4-7 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Personal motto: Carpe diem ("Seize the day!").
Personality Class: Sparkplug
High: Adaptability, Work Ethic
Birthday:10/05/1952
Born in:La Mirada, CA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Well Known
National Pop.:Well Known
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$118,580
Signed Through:1978 Season
Major Service:3 Years, None
Service This Yr:174 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:4 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Arbitration eligible in offseason
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1974, 14th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 155 548 162 31 6 19 94 88 87 71 .296 .397 .478 .875 .362 .182 133
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 150 652 10 24 0 13 0 7 262 56 4 5 44.4 106.0 6.96 4.7  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   165 47 8 1 4 29 20 22 29 3 0 4 .285 .376 .418 .794
Versus Right   383 115 23 5 15 65 68 65 42 4 0 6 .300 .406 .504 .910
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   94 30 4 1 7 17 16 8 14 0 0 0 .319 .373 .606 .979
May   105 28 6 2 3 23 14 12 12 0 0 2 .267 .353 .448 .801
June   89 23 2 0 2 10 11 15 8 3 0 1 .258 .361 .348 .709
July   99 28 5 0 1 15 14 18 12 2 0 0 .283 .387 .364 .750
August   84 28 7 3 3 12 21 26 10 1 0 6 .333 .513 .595 1.108
September   77 25 7 0 3 17 12 8 15 1 0 1 .325 .391 .532 .923
Spring Training   70 20 3 0 1 11 10 10 8 0 0 0 .286 .375 .371 .746
Last Year   548 162 31 6 19 94 88 87 71 7 0 10 .296 .397 .478 .875
2 Years Ago   570 146 22 6 12 73 66 61 70 5 0 6 .256 .332 .379 .711
Career   1371 366 65 13 34 201 178 171 180 16 1 19 .267 .353 .408 .760
Home   271 82 19 1 5 42 41 45 35 3 0 5 .303 .407 .435 .843
Road   277 80 12 5 14 52 47 42 36 4 0 5 .289 .387 .520 .907
Grass   518 151 28 6 17 86 82 78 69 6 0 9 .292 .390 .467 .857
Turf   30 11 3 0 2 8 6 9 2 1 0 1 .367 .512 .667 1.179
Day   350 95 19 6 11 54 57 55 44 6 0 6 .271 .374 .454 .828
Night   198 67 12 0 8 40 31 32 27 1 0 4 .338 .438 .520 .958
As Starter   543 161 31 6 19 93 88 86 70 7 0 10 .297 .398 .481 .878
As Reliever / Substitution   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Pinch Hitting   4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Close/Late   118 35 8 1 4 21 22 28 14 1 0 2 .297 .436 .483 .919
Inning 1-3   172 57 15 1 3 31 23 26 20 2 0 3 .331 .424 .483 .906
Inning 4-6   199 51 7 3 7 31 32 27 29 3 0 4 .256 .352 .427 .779
Inning 7-9   168 48 9 2 8 28 30 33 22 2 0 2 .286 .405 .506 .911
Extra Innings   9 6 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 .667 .727 1.000 1.727
0 Outs   209 61 11 1 5 22 46 30 24 4 0 2 .292 .380 .426 .805
1 Outs   163 46 8 4 8 37 26 22 26 3 0 3 .282 .372 .528 .899
2 Outs   176 55 12 1 6 35 16 35 21 0 0 5 .312 .440 .494 .934
Scoring Position   170 53 7 3 7 76 27 41 24 7 0 4 .312 .441 .512 .953
Bases Empty   293 80 18 3 8 8 48 38 38 0 0 5 .273 .366 .437 .803
Runner on 1st   85 29 6 0 4 10 13 8 9 0 0 1 .341 .404 .553 .957
Runner on 2nd   53 14 1 2 1 6 6 18 6 0 0 3 .264 .473 .415 .888
Runner on 3rd   17 6 1 0 1 9 6 6 2 0 0 0 .353 .522 .588 1.110
Runner on 1st & 2nd   47 12 3 0 4 19 6 4 8 0 0 0 .255 .314 .574 .888
Runner on 1st & 3rd   18 7 0 0 0 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 .389 .421 .389 .810
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   16 5 0 0 1 11 5 10 3 2 0 0 .312 .536 .500 1.036
Bases Loaded   19 9 2 1 0 22 3 2 1 5 0 1 .474 .444 .684 1.129
Two Strikes   257 62 11 2 3 28 29 35 71 2 0 4 .241 .339 .335 .674
First Pitch   75 29 3 1 5 20 19 22 0 1 0 1 .387 .525 .653 1.179
Count 0-1   58 13 3 1 2 6 8 0 0 1 0 2 .224 .246 .414 .660
Count 0-2   34 9 1 0 0 2 2 0 11 0 0 0 .265 .265 .294 .559
Count 1-0   49 16 7 0 1 9 8 1 0 1 0 2 .327 .358 .531 .889
Count 1-1   48 17 1 1 5 15 8 1 0 2 0 0 .354 .353 .729 1.082
Count 1-2   72 18 0 2 2 8 5 0 14 0 0 1 .250 .260 .389 .649
Count 2-0   11 7 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 .636 .667 1.091 1.758
Count 2-1   23 8 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .348 .348 .391 .739
Count 2-2   67 9 3 0 0 7 3 0 22 2 0 2 .134 .155 .179 .334
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   27 10 3 1 2 7 11 16 0 0 0 0 .370 .605 .778 1.382
Full Count   84 26 7 0 1 11 19 35 24 0 0 1 .310 .517 .429 .945
Behind in Count   164 40 4 3 4 16 15 0 25 1 0 3 .244 .256 .378 .634
Ahead in Count   110 41 13 1 4 25 24 29 0 1 0 3 .373 .510 .618 1.129
Batting Leadoff   3 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .333 .600 .667 1.267
Batting 2nd   2 2 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000
Batting 3rd   38 17 3 0 2 7 9 2 1 0 0 1 .447 .488 .684 1.172
Batting 4th   36 14 3 1 1 5 4 6 6 0 0 0 .389 .476 .611 1.087
Batting 5th   366 99 15 3 13 66 53 56 49 6 0 4 .270 .368 .434 .802
Batting 6th   100 29 7 2 3 16 20 18 13 1 0 4 .290 .415 .490 .905
Batting 8th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 9th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Low Leverage   213 65 13 5 6 20 28 26 23 0 0 6 .305 .396 .498 .894
Medium Leverage   211 63 13 0 8 31 39 36 31 1 0 3 .299 .406 .474 .880
High Leverage   123 33 5 1 4 42 20 25 17 6 0 1 .268 .381 .423 .803
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1975 Cleveland - MLB 22 98 253 58 12 1 3 34 24 23 3 4 39 0 1 .229 .297 .320 .617 75 79 1.0
1976 Cleveland - MLB 23 155 570 146 22 6 12 73 66 61 6 5 70 2 4 .256 .332 .379 .711 109 110 3.2
1977 Cleveland - MLB 24 155 548 162 31 6 19 94 88 87 10 7 71 4 5 .296 .397 .478 .875 132 133 4.7
Total MLB 408 1371 366 65 13 34 201 178 171 19 16 180 6 10 .267 .353 .408 .760 112 114 8.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1974 Total - 21 75 276 85 27 12 18 64 69 87 11 1 56 5 5 .308 .488 .688 1.176 100 100 6.4
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1975 Cleveland - MLB 22 21 75 11 1 0 1 9 5 9 0 0 14 0 0 .147 .238 .200 .438 25 27 0.4
1976 Cleveland - MLB 23 5 16 5 2 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 4 0 0 .312 .421 .438 .859 153 162 0.6
Total MLB 26 91 16 3 0 1 12 6 12 0 0 18 0 0 .176 .272 .242 .514 48 52
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1975 Cleveland - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Cleveland - MLB CF 30 21 58 0 0 58 0 1.000 189.0 2.76 -1.6 .957
1975 Cleveland - MLB RF 43 40 98 0 0 99 1 .990 336.2 2.62 +2.0 1.031
1976 Cleveland - MLB CF 5 0 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 25.0 2.52 +0.7 1.008
1976 Cleveland - MLB RF 147 145 318 13 0 339 8 .976 1309.1 2.28 +8.0 1.025
1977 Cleveland - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1977 Cleveland - MLB CF 17 16 33 2 0 35 0 1.000 143.0 2.20 -2.1 .908
1977 Cleveland - MLB RF 137 134 262 16 2 289 11 .962 1179.1 2.12 +8.7 1.054
TOTAL CF 52 37 98 2 0 100 0 1.000 357.0 2.52 -3.1 .944
TOTAL RF 327 319 678 29 2 727 20 .972 2825.1 2.25 +18.7 1.037
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1974 Drafted in the 1974 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 14, 14th overall pick) by the Cleveland Bobcats, out of college Hawaii-Hilo
10/28/1974 Named the #15 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (60); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 50 (75).
03/11/1975 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
04/08/1975 Named the #11 prospect in the MLB
08/03/1975 Goes 5-5 against the Pittsburgh Industrials, with 3 2B, 2 RBI and 0 R.
10/29/1975 Wins the 1975 World Series with the Cleveland Bobcats.
11/18/1975 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 55 (75).
03/05/1976 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate more batspeed and homerun power at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
07/26/1976 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
11/13/1976 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 60 (75).
02/15/1977 Successfully completed training to improve his outfield defense at the Cleveland Bobcats development complex.
09/13/1977 Injured (sinusitis),day-to-day for 4 days.
11/09/1977 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $118,580.
01/01/1978 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (65); Power: 55 (55); Eye: 65 (75).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1977 150 10
Year RBI Rank
1977 94 8
Year BB Rank
1977 87 7
Year IBB Rank
1977 24 6
Year HP Rank
1976 6 5
1977 10 4
Year SF Rank
1977 7 8
Year OBP Rank
1977 .397 9
Year RC Rank
1977 105.97 10
Year RC/27 Rank
1977 6.96 10
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