Bill Melton

Full Name: William Edwin Melton	Primary Position: 3B
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/200	First Game: May 4, 1968
Birthdate: July 7, 1945	Final Game: August 30, 1977
Birthplace: Gulfport, Mississippi	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Bill Melton (William Edwin Melton) was born on July 7, 1945 in Gulfport, Mississippi. He made his Major League debut on May 4, 1968 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1969, his rookie year, he hit .255 with 23 home runs and 87 RBI. Melton played for the Chicago White Sox, California Angels and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Melton's best season was 1971, when he slugged 33 home runs and knocked in 86 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1968	CHI	A	34	109	5	29	2	16	.266	.322	.394	8	0	10	32	0	1	1	0	2
1969	CHI	A	157	556	67	142	23	87	.255	.326	.433	26	2	56	106	5	5	1	7	12
1970	CHI	A	141	514	74	135	33	96	.263	.340	.488	15	1	56	107	9	1	2	2	7
1971	CHI	A	150	543	72	146	33	86	.269	.352	.492	18	2	61	87	11	1	3	5	8
1972	CHI	A	57	208	22	51	7	30	.245	.319	.370	5	0	23	31	0	0	1	2	2
1973	CHI	A	152	560	83	155	20	87	.277	.363	.439	29	1	75	66	2	2	4	7	20
1974	CHI	A	136	495	63	120	21	63	.242	.326	.404	17	0	59	60	5	5	3	3	16
1975	CHI	A	149	512	62	123	15	70	.240	.346	.359	16	0	78	106	8	3	5	1	13
1976	CAL	A	118	341	31	71	6	42	.208	.300	.328	17	3	44	53	2	2	2	2	5
1977	CLE	A	50	133	17	32	0	14	.241	.331	.323	11	0	17	21	2	0	1	0	9
Total			1144	3971	496	1004	160	591	.253	.337	.419	162	9	479	669	44	20	23	29	94

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1968	CHI	A	3B	33	32	275.2	17	75	3	5	.968
1969	CHI	A	RF	8	6	43	11	2	0	0	1.000
1969	CHI	A	3B	148	139	1236.2	112	322	22	36	.952
1969	CHI	A	LF	3	3	25	3	0	0	0	1.000
1969	CHI	A	OF	11	9	68	13	3	0	0	1.000
1970	CHI	A	RF	70	70	599.2	117	7	0	3	1.000
1970	CHI	A	OF	70	70	599.2	111	8	0	3	1.000
1970	CHI	A	3B	72	70	609	47	179	18	19	.926
1971	CHI	A	3B	148	148	1270.1	116	371	16	26	.968
1972	CHI	A	3B	56	56	491.1	47	125	12	12	.935
1973	CHI	A	3B	151	151	1307.2	115	347	23	31	.953
1973	CHI	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	CHI	A	3B	123	123	1079.2	100	272	24	29	.939
1974	CHI	A	DH	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	CHI	A	3B	137	137	1190.2	131	313	26	23	.945
1975	CHI	A	DH	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	CAL	A	1B	30	27	218	220	15	2	20	.992
1976	CAL	A	3B	21	14	131	7	21	1	2	.966
1976	CAL	A	DH	51	48	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	CLE	A	DH	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	CLE	A	3B	13	10	94	8	20	2	1	.933
1977	CLE	A	1B	15	11	108	134	8	0	10	1.000
Total			3B	902	880	7686	700	2045	147	184	.949
Total			OF	81	79	667.2	124	11	0	3	1.000
Total			DH	88	81	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	78	76	642.2	128	9	0	3	1.000
Total			1B	45	38	326	354	23	2	30	.995
Total			LF	3	3	25	3	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Chicago White Sox (1964).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Steve Dunning to California Angels in exchange for Jim Spencer and Morris Nettles (December 11, 1975).
Traded by California Angels to Cleveland Indians in exchange for cash and a player to be named later (December 3, 1976); California Angels received Stan Perzanowski (March 28, 1977).
Granted free agency (October 20, 1977).

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