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Bill Melton

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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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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

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.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

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