Mel Hall
Melvin Hall Jr.
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 16, 1960 in Lyons, NY
High School: Cayuga (Port Byron, NY)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1978. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1981
Final Game: May 21, 1996
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 CHC NL 20 OF 3 0 8.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 -129.6 -0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0 0.00 0.00 2.27 2.03
1981 CHC NL 20 CF 2 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 -102.9 -0.6 -0.3 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.83 2.55
1981 CHC NL 20 LF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -270.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.80
1982 CHC NL 21 CF 22 21 178.2 49 41 5 3 1 .939 -3.3 -22.2 -5.3 -0.9 -4.4 2 2.32 2.09 .984 2.66 2.30
1982 CHC NL 21 OF 22 21 178.2 49 42 4 3 1 .939 -3.3 -22.2 -5.3 -0.9 -4.4 2 2.32 2.09 .980 2.25 1.91
1983 CHC NL 22 OF 112 103 908.1 250 239 8 3 2 .988 1.4 1.8 -4.6 -8.9 4.3 6 2.45 2.21 .980 2.27 1.92 RoY-3
1983 CHC NL 22 CF 108 98 873.1 239 229 7 3 2 .987 1.2 1.6 -4.8 -9.4 4.6 6 2.43 2.19 .983 2.78 2.38 RoY-3
1983 CHC NL 22 LF 5 5 35.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 6.9 0.2 0.5 -0.3 0 2.83 2.20 .973 2.03 1.60 RoY-3
1984 TOT MLB 23 OF 115 98 862.2 224 212 8 4 2 .982 -2.5 -3.5 -2.5 -1.5 -1.0 0 2.30 1.91 .982 2.42 2.07
1984 TOT MLB 23 LF 69 57 523.2 141 137 3 1 0 .993 -2.4 -5.5 -1.4 0.0 -1.4 -1 2.41 2.03 .982 2.25 1.78
1984 TOT MLB 23 RF 46 40 327.0 75 68 5 2 2 .973 -0.4 -1.5 -1.4 -2.0 0.6 1 2.01 1.59 .979 2.09 1.72
1984 TOT MLB 23 CF 6 1 12.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.3 30.0 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0 3.75 0.83 1.000 2.78 2.43
1984 CHC NL 23 OF 46 42 337.0 77 69 5 3 2 .961 -1.1 -3.9 -2.1 -2.2 0.1 1 1.98 1.61 .979 2.27 1.91
1984 CHC NL 23 RF 40 38 294.0 68 61 5 2 2 .971 -0.5 -2.0 -1.5 -1.9 0.4 1 2.02 1.65 .979 2.07 1.69
1984 CHC NL 23 CF 5 0 8.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 -0.5 0 3.38 0.60 1.000 2.70 2.40
1984 CHC NL 23 LF 5 4 35.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -20.6 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 0 1.03 0.80 .975 2.03 1.52
1984 CLE AL 23 OF 69 56 525.2 147 143 3 1 0 .993 -1.4 -3.2 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 -1 2.50 2.12 .983 2.51 2.17
1984 CLE AL 23 LF 64 53 488.2 137 133 3 1 0 .993 -1.8 -4.4 -0.8 0.8 -1.6 -1 2.50 2.13 .982 2.27 1.80
1984 CLE AL 23 DH 9
1984 CLE AL 23 RF 6 2 33.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.6 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0 1.91 1.17 .971 2.24 1.88
1984 CLE AL 23 CF 1 1 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 90.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 4.50 2.00 1.000 2.92 2.60
1985 CLE AL 24 LF 15 13 108.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -28.9 -2.6 -1.9 -0.7 0 1.50 1.20 .978 2.25 1.77
1985 CLE AL 24 OF 15 13 112.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -2.8 -30.0 -2.8 -2.1 -0.7 0 1.45 1.20 .983 2.44 2.10
1985 CLE AL 24 DH 5
1985 CLE AL 24 RF 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
1986 CLE AL 25 OF 126 113 939.2 247 233 7 7 1 .972 -7.7 -9.8 -7.7 -5.9 -1.8 0 2.30 1.90 .980 2.39 2.06
1986 CLE AL 25 LF 123 108 882.1 240 226 7 7 1 .971 -6.1 -8.3 -7.1 -5.1 -2.0 1 2.38 1.89 .977 2.24 1.77
1986 CLE AL 25 RF 14 5 57.1 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -33.5 -0.6 -0.8 0.2 -1 1.73 0.79 .973 2.10 1.79
1986 CLE AL 25 DH 7
1987 CLE AL 26 LF 122 109 964.1 271 264 4 3 2 .989 5.1 6.3 7.1 5.8 1.2 -2 2.50 2.20 .973 2.11 1.73
1987 CLE AL 26 OF 122 109 964.1 270 264 3 3 2 .989 5.1 6.3 7.1 5.8 1.2 -2 2.49 2.19 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 CLE AL 26 DH 14
1988 CLE AL 27 OF 141 124 1128.2 301 288 3 10 1 .967 -9.7 -10.3 -7.7 -6.9 -0.8 -2 2.32 2.06 .979 2.47 2.14
1988 CLE AL 27 LF 135 118 1070.2 275 263 3 9 1 .967 -10.9 -12.2 -8.9 -6.5 -2.4 -2 2.24 1.97 .977 2.26 1.85
1988 CLE AL 27 CF 7 3 33.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0.1 3.6 0.1 -1.1 1.2 0 3.55 1.86 .986 2.92 2.51
1988 CLE AL 27 DH 6
1988 CLE AL 27 RF 3 3 25.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.1 52.8 1.1 0.7 0.4 0 3.60 3.33 .970 2.23 1.90
1989 NYY AL 28 OF 75 64 561.2 145 141 3 1 2 .993 4.7 10.0 4.7 0.9 3.8 0 2.31 1.92 .980 2.42 2.12
1989 NYY AL 28 LF 46 41 362.2 85 83 1 1 1 .988 -0.1 -0.3 -1.1 -0.7 -0.4 1 2.08 1.83 .976 2.16 1.83
1989 NYY AL 28 DH 34
1989 NYY AL 28 RF 31 23 199.0 62 60 2 0 1 1.000 4.8 28.9 5.8 1.6 4.2 -1 2.80 2.00 .979 2.33 1.90
1990 NYY AL 29 DH 54
1990 NYY AL 29 OF 50 48 385.2 74 70 2 2 0 .973 -6.7 -20.8 -4.7 -1.6 -3.1 -2 1.68 1.44 .981 2.39 2.04
1990 NYY AL 29 LF 36 36 280.2 56 52 3 1 0 .982 -3.0 -12.8 -2.0 -1.8 -0.2 -1 1.76 1.53 .979 2.19 1.74
1990 NYY AL 29 RF 15 12 105.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -3.7 -42.3 -2.7 0.2 -2.9 -1 1.46 1.13 .978 2.23 1.81
1991 NYY AL 30 OF 120 112 972.1 232 221 8 3 2 .987 -20.6 -25.4 -21.6 -15.3 -6.3 1 2.12 1.91 .983 2.37 2.03
1991 NYY AL 30 RF 64 57 487.2 116 109 4 3 1 .974 -8.5 -20.9 -9.5 -7.5 -2.0 1 2.09 1.77 .980 2.19 1.76
1991 NYY AL 30 LF 63 55 484.2 115 111 4 0 1 1.000 -12.1 -30.0 -12.1 -7.8 -4.3 0 2.14 1.83 .977 2.17 1.72
1991 NYY AL 30 DH 10
1992 NYY AL 31 OF 136 130 1162.1 296 283 10 3 2 .990 2.9 3.0 2.9 1.0 1.9 0 2.27 2.15 .983 2.47 2.17
1992 NYY AL 31 LF 99 96 860.1 229 218 9 2 1 .991 1.0 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.4 0 2.37 2.29 .981 2.29 1.94
1992 NYY AL 31 RF 37 34 302.0 65 63 1 1 1 .985 1.9 7.5 1.9 0.4 1.5 0 1.91 1.73 .982 2.23 1.87
1992 NYY AL 31 DH 11
1996 SFG NL 35 OF 4 1 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -17.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.12 1.80
1996 SFG NL 35 LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.47
1996 SFG NL 35 RF 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.70
13 Seasons OF 1041 936 8198.2 2106 2011 56 39 15 .981 -40.3 -5.9 -43.3 -35.9 -7.5 3 2.27 1.99 .981 2.39 2.06
12 Seasons LF 717 638 5579.2 1441 1382 35 24 7 .983 -31.2 -6.7 -27.2 -16.9 -10.4 -4 2.29 1.98 .977 2.22 1.80
9 Seasons RF 212 175 1515.0 358 338 13 7 5 .980 -6.8 -5.4 -5.8 -7.8 2.0 -1 2.09 1.66 .979 2.19 1.80
9 Seasons DH 150
5 Seasons CF 145 123 1104.0 308 288 12 8 3 .974 -2.3 -2.5 -10.3 -11.2 0.9 8 2.45 2.07 .983 2.77 2.38
13 Seasons TOT 1041 936 8198.2 2106 2011 56 39 15 .981 -40.3 -5.9 -43.3 -35.9 -7.5 3 2.27 1.99 .962 2.39 2.06
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 CHC NL 20 10 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 8 0
1982 CHC NL 21 24 21 24 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 22 0 3 0
1983 CHC NL 22 112 103 112 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 108 0 112 0 4 1
1984 CLE AL 23 83 65 83 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 64 1 6 69 9 13 0
1984 CHC NL 23 48 42 48 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 40 46 0 4 0
1985 CLE AL 24 23 17 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 15 4 6 0
1986 CLE AL 25 140 114 140 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 14 126 1 25 0
1987 CLE AL 26 142 115 142 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 0 0 122 6 19 0
1988 CLE AL 27 150 129 150 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 7 3 141 5 13 0
1989 NYY AL 28 113 92 113 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 31 75 28 18 1
1990 NYY AL 29 113 93 113 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 15 50 45 19 0
1991 NYY AL 30 141 123 141 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 64 119 11 17 0
1992 NYY AL 31 152 139 152 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 37 136 9 12 1
1996 SFG NL 35 25 1 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 22 0
13 Seasons 1276 1054 1276 1040 0 0 0 0 0 0 717 145 212 1040 118 183 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 CHC NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 75% 100% 25% 1 0%
1983 CHC NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 176 59% 84% 20% 10 100%
1984 CLE AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 1 17 3 0 8 8 0 33 14 42.4% 18 1 3.0% 2 2185 53% 81% 29% 144 94%
1984 CHC NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 148 34% 82% 19% 6 67%
1985 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 495 54% 79% 26% 18 100%
1986 CLE AL 25 7 0 7 0 4 7 0 2 2 2 36 32 0 28 10 1 19 12 0 13 0 0 19 17 0 115 71 61.7% 43 1 0.9% 6 4075 51% 80% 30% 429 53%
1987 CLE AL 26 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 10 8 0 23 6 0 19 11 0 8 0 0 27 26 0 87 51 58.6% 36 0 0.0% 4 4492 57% 77% 30% 389 68%
1988 CLE AL 27 9 0 7 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 51 40 0 45 16 2 28 17 0 11 7 0 22 20 1 157 100 63.7% 54 3 1.9% 0 4806 56% 80% 41% 559 47%
1989 NYY AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 16 14 0 20 5 0 15 12 1 3 0 1 6 5 0 60 36 60.0% 22 2 3.3% -1 1673 56% 77% 39% 204 41%
1990 NYY AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 15 12 0 10 2 0 9 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 38 21 55.3% 17 0 0.0% 3 1312 57% 78% 39% 132 42%
1991 NYY AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 8 7 0 14 4 0 7 3 0 8 4 0 4 2 1 41 20 48.8% 20 1 2.4% 3 2171 58% 78% 41% 202 56%
1992 NYY AL 31 2 0 1 1 0 9 0 4 3 1 14 10 1 10 3 0 11 6 1 13 2 0 20 18 1 68 39 57.4% 26 3 4.4% 6 3855 56% 78% 40% 319 70%
1996 SFG NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 75% 79% 43% 0
12 Seasons 24 0 20 4 6 35 0 14 6 6 152 124 1 151 47 3 113 67 3 74 16 1 110 99 3 600 353 58.8% 236 11 1.8% 24 25424 55% 79% 35% 2413 58%
MLB Averages 59.3% 2.6% 56% 77% 34% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1984 CHC NL 23 2 0 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 3 3 0 10 5 50.0% 4 1 10.0% 4 1320 54% 79% 22% 66 95%
1984 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 147 38% 80% 28% 7 100%
1985 CLE AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 18 61% 72% 22% 1 100%
1986 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 268 48% 75% 27% 21 52%
1988 CLE AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 102 80% 83% 48% 14 71%
1989 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 8 4 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 9 5 0 30 13 43.3% 17 0 0.0% 2 868 64% 80% 41% 105 58%
1990 NYY AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 36.4% 7 0 0.0% 0 484 58% 74% 34% 43 40%
1991 NYY AL 30 3 0 2 1 0 4 0 2 0 2 10 5 0 6 2 0 3 0 0 5 1 1 11 9 0 35 17 48.6% 17 1 2.9% 3 2216 55% 76% 40% 173 65%
1992 NYY AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 2 0 5 2 0 2 2 0 6 3 1 6 2 0 26 11 42.3% 14 1 3.8% 0 1373 53% 75% 40% 102 62%
1996 SFG NL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 80% 82% 49% 1 0%
9 Seasons 7 0 6 1 0 13 0 6 1 4 32 11 0 27 11 0 12 5 0 23 6 3 31 21 0 125 54 43.2% 68 3 2.4% 10 6841 55% 77% 36% 533 65%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.7% 56% 77% 34% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1981 CHC NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 28 57% 71% 36% 4 0%
1982 CHC NL 21 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 5 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 1 1 0 14 5 35.7% 6 3 21.4% 2 808 52% 81% 24% 72 61%
1983 CHC NL 22 3 0 3 0 0 7 0 1 3 1 34 25 1 28 10 0 6 2 1 14 3 1 17 16 0 99 56 56.6% 40 3 3.0% 4 3915 50% 79% 21% 398 59%
1984 CHC NL 23 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 50% 69% 34% 5 60%
1984 CLE AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 44% 83% 33% 2 100%
1988 CLE AL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 138 46% 86% 41% 21 62%
5 Seasons 8 0 8 0 3 12 0 1 7 2 40 29 2 33 13 0 8 2 2 18 3 2 18 17 0 117 64 54.7% 47 6 5.1% 6 4939 51% 79% 22% 502 59%
MLB Averages 41.6% 1.9% 56% 77% 34% 60%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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