John Romano
1958–1967 · bats R / throws R · ALS, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, St. Louis Cardinals
906G
.255AVG
.354OBP
.443SLG
More career statistics
706H
129HR
417RBI
7SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 485 | 484 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 906 | 3,256 | 2,767 | 355 | 706 | 112 | 10 | 129 | 417 | 414 | 485 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 1,225 | .255 | .354 | .443 | .797 |
Streaks
22longest hitting streak · 1961-05-15 to 1961-06-07
25longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1960-07-24 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1964-08-22 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 10 total bases | 1961-06-06 | 1 in 1,002 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 453 | 1580 | 347 | 60 | 194 | 208 | 224 | .260 | .351 | .446 |
| Away | 453 | 1676 | 359 | 69 | 223 | 206 | 260 | .251 | .337 | .440 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 83 | 304 | 73 | 8 | 36 | 38 | 42 | .284 | .365 | .444 |
| May | 149 | 560 | 130 | 27 | 88 | 76 | 77 | .276 | .368 | .505 |
| June | 160 | 605 | 136 | 22 | 77 | 63 | 88 | .257 | .329 | .447 |
| July | 189 | 641 | 130 | 25 | 76 | 85 | 103 | .239 | .335 | .411 |
| August | 179 | 631 | 132 | 26 | 78 | 71 | 110 | .241 | .322 | .417 |
| September | 138 | 484 | 100 | 19 | 57 | 75 | 57 | .253 | .362 | .438 |
| October | 8 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | .208 | .355 | .500 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kansas-city-athletics | 108 | 389 | 92 | 27 | 67 | 60 | 45 | .291 | .391 | .589 |
| detroit-tigers | 102 | 356 | 58 | 9 | 30 | 43 | 64 | .191 | .284 | .297 |
| baltimore-orioles | 101 | 351 | 74 | 15 | 41 | 47 | 59 | .253 | .345 | .471 |
| boston-red-sox | 100 | 376 | 95 | 18 | 58 | 44 | 64 | .291 | .370 | .518 |
| new-york-yankees | 98 | 349 | 73 | 6 | 35 | 30 | 49 | .232 | .295 | .350 |
| minnesota-twins | 86 | 323 | 70 | 14 | 38 | 50 | 41 | .263 | .372 | .470 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 80 | 301 | 68 | 16 | 51 | 39 | 34 | .267 | .355 | .510 |
| chicago-white-sox | 68 | 254 | 61 | 5 | 23 | 27 | 26 | .277 | .346 | .386 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 |  Chicago White Sox | 4 | 7 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .286 | – | – |
| 1959 | Chicago White Sox | 53 | 126 | 37 | 5 | 25 | – | .294 | – | – |
| 1960 |  Cleveland Guardians | 109 | 316 | 86 | 16 | 52 | – | .272 | – | – |
| 1961 | Cleveland Guardians | 142 | 509 | 152 | 21 | 80 | – | .299 | – | – |
| 1962 | Cleveland Guardians | 135 | 459 | 120 | 25 | 81 | – | .261 | – | – |
| 1963 | Cleveland Guardians | 89 | 255 | 55 | 10 | 34 | 4 | .216 | – | – |
| 1964 | Cleveland Guardians | 106 | 352 | 85 | 19 | 47 | 2 | .241 | – | – |
| 1965 | Chicago White Sox | 122 | 356 | 86 | 18 | 48 | – | .242 | – | – |
| 1966 | Chicago White Sox | 122 | 329 | 76 | 15 | 47 | – | .231 | – | – |
| 1967 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 24 | 58 | 7 | – | 2 | 1 | .121 | – | – |