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Bill Melton
William Edwin Melton (Beltin' Bill)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut May 4, 1968
  vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 30, 1977
Born July 7, 1945 in Gulfport, MS

Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1968 22 CHW AL  34  109    5   29   8  0   2   16   1  1  10  32  .266  .322  .394  112   43   1   2   0   0   2
 1969 23 CHW AL 157  556   67  142  26  2  23   87   1  2  56 106  .255  .326  .433  106  241   5   6   7   5  12
 1970 24 CHW AL 141  514   74  135  15  1  33   96   2  4  56 107  .263  .340  .488  125  251   1   9   2   9   7
 1971 25 CHW AL 150  543   72  146  18  2  33   86   3  3  61  87  .269  .352  .492  134  267   1   5   5  11   8 MVP-13,AS
 1972 26 CHW AL  57  208   22   51   5  0   7   30   1  1  23  31  .245  .319  .370  103   77   0   1   2   0   2
 1973 27 CHW AL 152  560   83  155  29  1  20   87   4  4  75  66  .277  .363  .439  121  246   2   3   7   2  20
 1974 28 CHW AL 136  495   63  120  17  0  21   63   3  2  59  60  .242  .326  .404  107  200   5   6   3   5  16
 1975 29 CHW AL 149  512   62  123  16  0  15   70   5  4  78 106  .240  .346  .359   99  184   3   6   1   8  13
 1976 30 CAL AL 118  341   31   71  17  3   6   42   2  0  44  53  .208  .300  .328   90  112   2   3   2   2   5
 1977 31 CLE AL  50  133   17   32  11  0   0   14   1  3  17  21  .241  .331  .323   83   43   0   2   0   2   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons    1144 3971  496 1004 162  9 160  591  23 24 479 669  .253  .337  .419  112 1664  20  43  29  44  94
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        562   70  142  23  1  23   84   3  3  68  95  .253  .337  .419  112  236   3   6   4   6  13
 Career High    157  560   83  155  29  3  33   96   5  4  78 107  .277  .363  .492  134  267   5   9   7  11  20
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1968 22 CHW AL  122   86   14   4.4    84| .266  .244| .322  .314| .394  .362| .716  .676| 112  .600   1.9   0.2  50%
 1969 23 CHW AL  628  439   79   4.8   100| .255  .261| .326  .339| .433  .394| .759  .733| 106  .563   3.7   0.4  33%
 1970 24 CHW AL  589  400   88   5.9    98| .263  .259| .340  .334| .488  .395| .828  .729| 125  .642  17.2   1.7  33%
 1971 25 CHW AL  621  414   96   6.2    95| .269  .259| .352  .332| .492  .385| .844  .717| 134  .690  23.4   2.4  50%
 1972 26 CHW AL  232  161   26   4.3    85| .245  .250| .319  .319| .370  .361| .689  .680| 103  .581   0.5   0.1  50%
 1973 27 CHW AL  642  434   87   5.4    97| .277  .265| .363  .335| .439  .390| .802  .725| 121  .597  17.1   1.7  50%
 1974 28 CHW AL  570  404   65   4.3    92| .242  .262| .326  .327| .404  .376| .730  .703| 107  .522   4.8   0.5  60%
 1975 29 CHW AL  607  415   67   4.3    94| .240  .260| .346  .330| .359  .382| .705  .713|  99  .503   1.6   0.2  55%
 1976 30 CAL AL  392  280   36   3.5    80| .208  .248| .300  .311| .328  .349| .628  .660|  90  .437  -2.7  -0.3 100%
 1977 31 CLE AL  154  115   13   3.0    96| .241  .262| .331  .325| .323  .398| .654  .723|  83  .314  -1.8  -0.2  25%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4557 3148  571   4.9    94| .253  .259| .337  .330| .419  .382| .756  .712| 112  .571  65.8   6.7  48%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1968 22 CHW AL 3B 33 17 75 3 5 .968 .951 2.79 2.67 3.00 3.05 32 275.7 1969 23 CHW AL 3B 148 112 322 22 36 .952 .955 2.93 2.74 3.16 3.16 139 1236.7 OF 11 13 3 0 0 1.000 .976 1.45 1.84 2.12 2.13 9 68.0 RF 8 11 2 0 0 1.000 .977 1.62 1.60 2.72 1.90 6 43.0 LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.60 1.08 1.98 3 25.0 1970 24 CHW AL RF 71 117 7 0 3 1.000 .975 1.75 1.59 1.86 1.98 71 599.7 3B 70 47 179 18 19 .926 .949 3.23 2.67 3.34 3.07 70 609.0 1971 25 CHW AL 3B 148 116 371 16 26 .968 .956 3.29 2.74 3.45 3.04 148 1270.3 AS 1972 26 CHW AL 3B 56 47 125 12 12 .935 .954 3.07 2.70 3.15 2.98 56 491.3 1973 27 CHW AL 3B 151 115 347 23 31 .953 .950 3.06 2.68 3.18 3.00 151 1307.7 DH 1 1974 28 CHW AL 3B 123 100 272 24 29 .939 .954 3.02 2.77 3.10 3.12 123 1079.7 DH 11 1975 29 CHW AL 3B 138 131 313 26 23 .945 .954 3.22 2.81 3.36 3.16 138 1190.7 DH 11 1976 30 CAL AL DH 51 1B 30 220 15 2 20 .992 .992 7.83 8.88 9.70 9.85 27 218.0 3B 21 7 21 1 2 .966 .952 1.33 2.64 1.92 2.94 14 131.0 1977 31 CLE AL 1B 15 134 8 0 10 1.000 .990 9.47 8.79 11.83 10.02 11 108.0 DH 14 3B 13 8 20 2 1 .933 .956 2.15 2.72 2.68 2.97 10 94.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 30 CAL AL 1B 30 220 15 2 20 .992 .992 7.83 8.88 9.70 9.85 27 218.0 1977 31 CLE AL 1B 15 134 8 0 10 1.000 .990 9.47 8.79 11.83 10.02 11 108.0 1968 22 CHW AL 3B 33 17 75 3 5 .968 .951 2.79 2.67 3.00 3.05 32 275.7 1969 23 CHW AL 3B 148 112 322 22 36 .952 .955 2.93 2.74 3.16 3.16 139 1236.7 1970 24 CHW AL 3B 70 47 179 18 19 .926 .949 3.23 2.67 3.34 3.07 70 609.0 1971 25 CHW AL 3B 148 116 371 16 26 .968 .956 3.29 2.74 3.45 3.04 148 1270.3 1972 26 CHW AL 3B 56 47 125 12 12 .935 .954 3.07 2.70 3.15 2.98 56 491.3 1973 27 CHW AL 3B 151 115 347 23 31 .953 .950 3.06 2.68 3.18 3.00 151 1307.7 1974 28 CHW AL 3B 123 100 272 24 29 .939 .954 3.02 2.77 3.10 3.12 123 1079.7 1975 29 CHW AL 3B 138 131 313 26 23 .945 .954 3.22 2.81 3.36 3.16 138 1190.7 1976 30 CAL AL 3B 21 7 21 1 2 .966 .952 1.33 2.64 1.92 2.94 14 131.0 1977 31 CLE AL 3B 13 8 20 2 1 .933 .956 2.15 2.72 2.68 2.97 10 94.0 1973 27 CHW AL DH 1 1974 28 CHW AL DH 11 1975 29 CHW AL DH 11 1976 30 CAL AL DH 51 1977 31 CLE AL DH 14 1969 23 CHW AL LF 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.60 1.08 1.98 3 25.0 1969 23 CHW AL OF 11 13 3 0 0 1.000 .976 1.45 1.84 2.12 2.13 9 68.0 1970 24 CHW AL OF 71 111 8 0 3 1.000 .980 1.68 1.85 1.79 2.14 71 599.7 1969 23 CHW AL RF 8 11 2 0 0 1.000 .977 1.62 1.60 2.72 1.90 6 43.0 1970 24 CHW AL RF 71 117 7 0 3 1.000 .975 1.75 1.59 1.86 1.98 71 599.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 901 700 2045 147 184 .949 .953 3.05 2.73 3.21 3.08 881 7686.0 DH 88 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 82 124 11 0 3 1.000 .980 1.65 1.85 1.82 2.14 80 667.7 3 0 79# RF* 79 128 9 0 3 1.000 .975 1.73 1.59 1.92 1.97 77 642.7 1B* 45 354 23 2 30 .995 .991 8.38 8.85 10.41 9.91 38 326.0 LF* 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.00 1.60 1.08 1.98 3 25.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1028 1178 2079 149 217 .956 .959 3.17 2.93 3.38 3.26 999 8680
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1971   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1971

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1971-AL-13-0.05
Car-1073-0.05 shares

Slugging %
1970 AL-.488-10
1971 AL-.492-6

Total Bases
1971 AL-267-4

Doubles
1973 AL-29-6

Home Runs
1970 AL-33-6
1971 AL-33-1

RBI
1970 AL-96-9
1971 AL-86-10

Strikeouts
1969 AL-106-4
1970 AL-107-7
1975 AL-106-9

Runs Created
1971 AL-96-7

Extra-Base Hits
1971 AL-53-6
1973 AL-50-10

Offensive Win%
1971 AL-.690-10

Hit By Pitch
1970 AL-9-2
1971 AL-11-2
1975 AL-8-5

Sac. Flies
1970 AL-9-3

Grounded into Double Plays
1973 AL-20-5

At Bats per Home Run
1970 AL-15.6-6
1971 AL-16.5-3
1974 AL-23.6-9

     

Black Ink: Batting - 4 (407) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 24 (890) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 14.8 (1055) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 11.0 (1057) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.

December 11, 1975: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Steve Dunning to the California Angels for Jim Spencer and Morris Nettles.

December 3, 1976: Traded by the California Angels to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later and cash. The Cleveland Indians sent Stan Perzanowski (March 28, 1977) to the California Angels to complete the trade.

October 20, 1977: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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