Roman hit a home run in his first Major League at bat, as a pinch hitter on September 30, 1964, against Jim Bouton of the New York Yankees. Although a standout hitter (.290) in minor league baseball over six seasons between 1960 and 1965, Roman collected only five total hits in 35 at-bats during his two trials for the Tigers.
bill, roman, william, anthony, roman, born, october, 1938, retired, major, league, baseball, player, first, baseman, pinch, hitter, during, portions, 1964, 1965, seasons, detroit, tigers, native, detroit, attended, university, michigan, stood, feet, inches, ta. William Anthony Roman born October 11 1938 is a retired Major League Baseball player who was a first baseman and pinch hitter during portions of the 1964 and 1965 seasons for the Detroit Tigers The native of Detroit attended the University of Michigan stood 6 feet 4 inches 1 93 m tall and weighed 190 pounds 86 kg He threw and batted left handed Bill RomanFirst basemanBorn 1938 10 11 October 11 1938 age 85 Detroit MichiganBatted LeftThrew LeftMLB debutSeptember 30 1964 for the Detroit TigersLast MLB appearanceOctober 3 1965 for the Detroit TigersMLB statisticsBatting average 143Home runs1Runs batted in1TeamsDetroit Tigers 1964 1965 Career highlights and awardsHit a home run in his first major league at bat Roman hit a home run in his first Major League at bat as a pinch hitter on September 30 1964 against Jim Bouton of the New York Yankees Although a standout hitter 290 in minor league baseball over six seasons between 1960 and 1965 Roman collected only five total hits in 35 at bats during his two trials for the Tigers See also editList of players with a home run in first major league at batExternal links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball infielder is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bill Roman amp oldid 1116293277, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,