Roger Repoz
Roger Allen Repoz is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played for nine seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, and California Angels. He also played five seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, for the Taiheiyo Club Lions and Yakult Swallows.
Repoz was born in Bellingham, Washington. After graduating from high school, he was signed as an amateur free agent, by the New York Yankees, prior to the 1960 season.
In 1971, Repoz became the first player in MLB history to compile an OPS of greater than.700 while putting up a batting average of under.200 and playing in a minimum of 100 games.
Strong defensively, Repoz posted a career.991 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions and first base.
