Bill Roman

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1938)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Bill Roman |position=First baseman |image= |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1938|10|11}} |birth_place=Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 30 |debutyear=1964 |debutteam=Detroit Tigers |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 3 |finalyear=1965 |finalteam=Detroit Tigers |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.143 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=1 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=1 |teams= *Detroit Tigers (1964–1965) |awards= * Hit a home run in his first major league at-bat }} '''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 {{mlby|1964}} and {{mlby|1965}} seasons for the Detroit Tigers. The native of Detroit attended the University of Michigan, stood {{convert|6|ft|4|in}} tall and weighed {{convert|190|lb}}. He threw and batted left-handed.

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.

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