RICKY ROMERO Left-handed Pitcher
6-1 • 190
R/L
Sophomore
East Los Angeles, Calif.
Roosevelt H.S.
TITANS ’03: Was an outstanding middle reliever
and spot starter as a true freshman, but did not see as many innings as
he might have otherwise because of the Titans' exceptional depth •
Allowed two runs or less in 19 of his 23 outings • Was 2-0 with a 0.99
ERA and .157 batting average against in 12 outings at Goodwin Field •
Had a 1.00 ERA from the seventh inning on (18.0 innings) • Held opponents
to a .200 average with runners on base • Did not allow a home run in
his first 32.2 innings of work (over 13 appearances) • Pitched a three-hit
shutout and struck out 14 (the most by a Titan in three years and the most
by any Big West pitcher in 2003) vs. Pacific on Apr. 5, but started just
one more game • Earned his first win (vs. Tulane) on just two pitches
when the Titans rallied in the ninth • Pitched a third of an inning
in the Titans' last game of the season vs. Stanford on June 18, his first
outing in five weeks.
ROOSEVELT H.S.: Posted a dominant senior season for Roosevelt H.S.,
where he played for Coach Scott Pearson • Attended Garfield H.S. his
first three years • As a senior, he was named the L.A. City Section
co-Player of the Year and the Eastern League co-MVP • Posted a 12-1
record along with a 0.53 ERA and 162 strikeouts (and just 27 walks) in 80
innings while opponents batted just .110 • Led all Southern California
in strikeouts and struck out at least 10 batters in every start • Hurled
nine complete games and two shutouts, including a no-hitter against his
former school, Garfield, in which he recorded 14 of 15 outs by strikeouts
(the game was shortened to five innings due to the mercy rule) • Tossed
a one-hitter and fanned 17 in an eight-inning win over Narbonne • Was
a second-team all-city selection as a junior for Garfield • Graduated
with a 3.8 grade point average and high honors.
PERSONAL: Born on Nov. 6, 1984, in Los Angeles, Calif. • Parents
are Ricardo and Sandra Romero • Has two younger sisters (Sandy and
Vanessa) and a younger brother (Gabriel) • Majoring in Kinesiology
• Was one of four Titan freshmen on the Long Beach Cardinal team that
captured the Connie Mack World Series title in Farmington, N.M. in 2002
• If he won the lottery, he would buy a house for his parents •
Hopes to be a baseball coach if he doesn’t play professionally •
Selected by Boston in the 37th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball first-year
player draft • Full name is Ricardo Romero Jr. • Favorites…Pedro
Martinez (player), Los Angeles Dodgers (team), tacos de carne asada (food),
Blood in Blood Out (movie), Chris Tucker (actor), TitanSports.org (web site).
