Bob Melvin
[edit] Biography
Bob Melvin (Robert Paul Melvin) was born on October 28, 1961 in Palo Alto, California. He made his Major League debut on May 25, 1985 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1986, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 5 home runs and 25 RBI. Melvin played for the Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 10 year career.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1985
| DET
| A
| 41
| 82
| 10
| 18
| 0
| 4
| .220
| .247
| .293
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1986
| SF
| N
| 89
| 268
| 24
| 60
| 5
| 25
| .224
| .262
| .347
| 14
| 2
| 15
| 69
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 7
|
| 1987
| SF
| N
| 84
| 246
| 31
| 49
| 11
| 31
| .199
| .249
| .366
| 8
| 0
| 17
| 44
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 7
|
| 1988
| SF
| N
| 92
| 273
| 23
| 64
| 8
| 27
| .234
| .268
| .377
| 13
| 1
| 13
| 46
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 1989
| BAL
| A
| 85
| 278
| 22
| 67
| 1
| 32
| .241
| .279
| .295
| 10
| 1
| 15
| 53
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 3
| 10
|
| 1990
| BAL
| A
| 93
| 301
| 30
| 73
| 5
| 37
| .243
| .267
| .346
| 14
| 1
| 11
| 53
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 8
|
| 1991
| BAL
| A
| 79
| 228
| 11
| 57
| 1
| 23
| .250
| .279
| .307
| 10
| 0
| 11
| 46
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 5
|
| 1992
| KC
| A
| 32
| 70
| 5
| 22
| 0
| 6
| .314
| .351
| .386
| 5
| 0
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| 1993
| BOS
| A
| 77
| 176
| 13
| 39
| 3
| 23
| .222
| .251
| .313
| 7
| 0
| 7
| 44
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| 9
| 14
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 3
| .286
| .286
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1994
| CHI
| A
| 11
| 19
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .158
| .200
| .158
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1994
| TOT
| A
| 20
| 33
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 4
| .212
| .235
| .303
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 265
| 787
| 78
| 173
| 24
| 83
| .220
| .260
| .363
| 35
| 3
| 45
| 159
| 0
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 19
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 427
| 1168
| 96
| 283
| 11
| 129
| .242
| .273
| .318
| 50
| 3
| 53
| 237
| 1
| 17
| 1
| 6
| 31
|
| Total
|
|
| 692
| 1955
| 174
| 456
| 35
| 212
| .233
| .268
| .337
| 85
| 6
| 98
| 396
| 1
| 21
| 4
| 10
| 50
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1985
| DET
| A
| C
| 41
| 25
| 233.1
| 175
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 19
| 6
| 0
| .989
|
| 1986
| SF
| N
| C
| 84
| 76
| 640.2
| 442
| 59
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 66
| 43
| 0
| .988
|
| 1986
| SF
| N
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 3.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1987
| SF
| N
| C
| 78
| 60
| 561.1
| 407
| 43
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 4
| 48
| 36
| 0
| .998
|
| 1987
| SF
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 1
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| SF
| N
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1988
| SF
| N
| C
| 89
| 74
| 655.2
| 403
| 31
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 46
| 18
| 0
| .984
|
| 1989
| BAL
| A
| DH
| 9
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1989
| BAL
| A
| C
| 75
| 72
| 631
| 303
| 20
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 50
| 20
| 0
| .991
|
| 1990
| BAL
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1990
| BAL
| A
| C
| 76
| 70
| 633.2
| 364
| 25
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 44
| 19
| 0
| .997
|
| 1990
| BAL
| A
| DH
| 10
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1991
| BAL
| A
| C
| 72
| 67
| 580.2
| 383
| 31
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 3
| 48
| 19
| 1
| .998
|
| 1991
| BAL
| A
| DH
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1992
| KC
| A
| C
| 21
| 16
| 144
| 77
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 14
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1992
| KC
| A
| 1B
| 3
| 2
| 18
| 22
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1993
| BOS
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| BOS
| A
| C
| 76
| 50
| 459
| 304
| 18
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 31
| 8
| 0
| .994
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| DH
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| 1B
| 4
| 1
| 12
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| C
| 4
| 1
| 16
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| CHI
| A
| C
| 11
| 6
| 54.1
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1994
| TOT
| A
| C
| 15
| 7
| 70.1
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 3.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| C
| 627
| 517
| 4609.2
| 2915
| 247
| 23
| 36
| 0
| 25
| 376
| 176
| 1
| .993
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 11
| 4
| 43
| 45
| 5
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| Total
|
|
| DH
| 24
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1979).
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 13, 1981).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers with Juan Berenguer and a player to be named later to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Dave LaPoint, Eric King and Matt Nokes (October 7, 1985); San Francisco Giants received Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Terry Kennedy (January 24, 1989).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Storm Davis (December 11, 1991).
- Granted free agency (October 26, 1992).
- Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 14, 1992).
- Released by Boston Red Sox (April 12, 1994).
- Signed by New York Yankees (April 26, 1994).
- Claimed on waivers by California Angels from New York Yankees (July 22, 1994).
- Traded by California Angels to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Jeff Schwarz (July 22, 1994).
- Granted free agency (October 25, 1994).
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