Facts: - finalteam: boston red sox - finalyear: 1964 - statlabel: batting average home runs runs batted in - position: outfielder - statvalue: .254 54 202 - caption: mejias , 1960 and 1961 played for the triple-a columbus jets in 1957 - throws: right - bats: right - debutdate: april 13 - debutteam: pittsburgh pirates - birth date: 9 august 1930 - finaldate: october 4 - name: roman mejias - image: roman mejias.jpg - birth place: abreus , cuba - debutyear: 1955 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of roman mejias .
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roman mejias gomez -lrb- born august 9 , 1930 in abreus , cuba -rrb- is a former professional baseball player who was an outfielder in the major leagues in and from -- 1964 for the pittsburgh pirates , houston colt .45 s and boston red sox .he also played one season in japan , in , for the sankei atoms .mejias threw and batted right-handed ; he stood tall and weighed .mejias began his pro career in the pirates ' farm system in 1953 .he spent his entire rookie campaign of 1955 on the pittsburgh roster , appearing in 71 games , 39 as a starting outfielder .but he batted only .216 with three home runs and was sent to the top level of minor league baseball for all of 1956 and part of .recalled by the pirates in late may 1957 , mejias backed up the regular pittsburgh outfield -lrb- left fielder bob skinner , center fielder bill virdon and right fielder roberto clemente -rrb- , hitting a more robust .275 .in and , he was the bucs ' fourth outfielder , but then was assigned to triple-a for most of and , appearing in only seven total games and going hitless in two at bats .on october 10 , 1961 , he was selected in the 11th round by houston in the 1961 national league expansion draft , and was the starting right fielder in the colt .45 s ' first major league game on april 10 , 1962 .batting third in houston 's lineup , mejias had three hits in five at bats , with three runs scored and six runs batted in .he he hit the first home run in houston 's major league history , a three-run bomb off don cardwell in the third inning , and then followed with another three-run shot in the eighth off relief pitcher al lary , as the colt .45 s routed the visiting chicago cubs , 11 -- 2 .mejias held the colts ' starting right fielder job all season , appearing in a career-high 146 games , and led houston in hits -lrb- 162 -rrb- , home runs -lrb- 24 -rrb- , runs batted in -lrb- 76 -rrb- and batting average -lrb- .286 -rrb- .but on november 26 , he was traded to the red sox for defending american league batting champion...