Roger Repoz

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1940)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Roger Repoz

|position=Outfielder

|image=Roger Repoz.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1940|8|3}}

|birth_place=Bellingham, Washington, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 11

|debutyear=1964

|debutteam=New York Yankees

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=June 9

|finalyear=1972

|finalteam=California Angels

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.224

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=82

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=260

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Batting average

|stat21value=.263

|stat22label=Home runs

|stat22value=122

|stat23label=Runs batted in

|stat23value=290

|teams=

• New York Yankees ({{mlby|1964}}–{{mlby|1966}})
• Kansas City Athletics ({{mlby|1966}}–{{mlby|1967}})
• California Angels ({{mlby|1967}}–{{mlby|1972}})
• Taiheiyo Club Lions ({{npby|1973}})
• Yakult Swallows ({{npby|1974}}–{{npby|1977}})

}}

Roger Allen Repoz (born August 3, 1940) is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played for nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics and California Angels.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/repozro01.shtml|title=Roger Repoz Stats|date=2019|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=November 29, 2019}} He also played five seasons in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), for the Taiheiyo Club Lions and Yakult Swallows.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=repoz-001rog|title=Roger Repoz Minor & Japanese Leagues Statistics & History|date=2019|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Baseball-Reference.com|accessdate=November 29, 2019}}

Repoz was born in Bellingham, Washington. He batted and threw left-handed, stood {{convert|6|ft|3|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|190|lb}}. After graduating from Bellingham High School and Western Washington University, he was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees prior to the 1960 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/R/Prepor101.htm|title=Roger Repoz|date=2019|publisher=Retrosheet|work=retrosheet.org|accessdate=November 29, 2019}}

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.{{cite web |title=Player Batting Season & Career Stats Finder - Baseball |url=https://stathead.com/tiny/beX6d |website=Stathead.com |publisher=Sports Reference |access-date=1 February 2024 |language=en}}

Strong defensively, Repoz posted a career .991 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions and first base.