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Mel Hall

Melvin Hall

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Yankees/Cubs/Giants 1981-1996
Agents: Dennis Gilbert [*]
Final Game: May 21, 1996
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 12:08AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1284. Carson Bigbee… #1285. Ping Bodie… #1286. Bobby Byrne… #1287. MEL HALL… #1288. Rick Reichardt… #1289. Pete Incaviglia… #1290. John Jaha… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 20 CHC NL 10 12 11 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 .091 .167 .364 .530 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 /
1982 21 CHC NL 24 88 80 6 21 3 2 0 4 0 1 5 17 .263 .318 .350 .668 86 28 0 2 0 1 1
1983 22 CHC NL 112 458 410 60 116 23 5 17 56 6 6 42 101 .283 .352 .488 .840 127 200 4 3 1 2 6 * RoY-3
1984 23 TOT MLB 131 463 407 68 108 24 4 11 52 3 2 47 78 .265 .339 .425 .764 108 173 5 2 0 7 8 *79/D8
1984 23 CHC NL 48 164 150 25 42 11 3 4 22 2 1 12 23 .280 .329 .473 .803 117 71 2 0 0 2 3
1984 23 CLE AL 83 299 257 43 66 13 1 7 30 1 1 35 55 .257 .344 .397 .741 103 102 3 2 0 5 5
1985 24 CLE AL 23 75 66 7 21 6 0 0 12 0 1 8 12 .318 .387 .409 .796 120 27 2 0 0 1 0
1986 25 CLE AL 140 480 442 68 131 29 2 18 77 6 2 33 65 .296 .346 .493 .839 128 218 8 2 0 3 8 *
1987 26 CLE AL 142 508 485 57 136 21 1 18 76 5 4 20 68 .280 .309 .439 .748 96 213 7 1 0 2 6 *
1988 27 CLE AL 150 553 515 69 144 32 4 6 71 7 3 28 50 .280 .312 .392 .704 95 202 8 0 2 8 12 *
1989 28 NYY AL 113 391 361 54 94 9 0 17 58 0 0 21 37 .260 .295 .427 .721 103 154 9 0 1 8 4
1990 29 NYY AL 113 371 360 41 93 23 2 12 46 0 0 6 46 .258 .272 .433 .706 95 156 7 2 0 3 2
1991 30 NYY AL 141 527 492 67 140 23 2 19 80 0 1 26 40 .285 .321 .455 .776 113 224 6 3 0 6 6 *
1992 31 NYY AL 152 622 583 67 163 36 3 15 81 4 2 29 53 .280 .310 .429 .739 106 250 13 1 0 9 4 *
1996 35 SFG NL 25 27 25 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .120 .148 .120 .268 -26 3 0 0 0 1 0 /
13 Seasons 1276 4575 4237 568 1171 229 25 134 620 31 22 267 575 .276 .318 .437 .755 107 1852 69 16 4 51 57
162 Game Avg. 162 581 538 72 149 29 3 17 79 4 3 34 73 .276 .318 .437 .755 107 235 9 2 1 6 7
CLE (5 yrs) 538 1915 1765 244 498 101 8 49 266 19 11 124 250 .282 .328 .432 .759 106 762 28 5 2 19 31
CHC (4 yrs) 194 722 651 92 180 37 10 22 84 8 8 60 145 .276 .340 .465 .805 119 303 6 5 1 5 10
NYY (4 yrs) 519 1911 1796 229 490 91 7 63 265 4 3 82 176 .273 .303 .437 .739 105 784 35 6 1 26 16
SFG (1 yr) 25 27 25 3 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 4 .120 .148 .120 .268 -26 3 0 0 0 1 0
AL (9 yrs) 1057 3826 3561 473 988 192 15 112 531 23 14 206 426 .277 .315 .434 .749 105 1546 63 11 3 45 47
NL (5 yrs) 219 749 676 95 183 37 10 22 89 8 8 61 149 .271 .333 .453 .786 113 306 6 5 1 6 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1981 20 CHC NL 12 -1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /
1982 21 CHC NL 88 -1 -1 0 1 -3 0 3 -1 -0.1 2 0.2 -0.3 $
1983 22 CHC NL 458 13 -4 -1 2 1 0 14 25 2.6 24 2.5 0.1 $ * RoY-3
1984 23 CHC NL 164 3 0 0 0 -1 -2 5 4 0.5 6 0.6 -0.1 $
1984 23 CLE AL 299 3 1 1 0 -1 -4 9 8 0.9 10 1.0 -0.1 $
1985 24 CLE AL 75 3 0 0 0 -3 -1 2 1 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $210,000
1986 25 CLE AL 480 15 1 -2 1 -8 -6 15 16 1.7 24 2.5 -0.8 $350,000 *
1987 26 CLE AL 508 -8 -2 -2 1 5 -7 16 3 0.3 -2 -0.2 0.5 $550,000 *
1988 27 CLE AL 553 -5 1 2 2 -10 -7 17 0 0.0 10 1.0 -1.0 $725,000 *
1989 28 NYY AL 391 -1 -1 1 0 5 -7 12 9 0.9 4 0.4 0.5 $925,000
1990 29 NYY AL 371 -6 0 -1 1 -7 -8 13 -8 -0.9 -1 -0.1 -0.8 $1,100,000
1991 30 NYY AL 527 5 -2 -1 2 -21 -6 18 -5 -0.5 16 1.6 -2.1 $1,100,000 *
1992 31 NYY AL 622 1 0 -1 3 3 -8 21 19 2.0 16 1.6 0.4 $1,300,000 *
1996 35 SFG NL 27 -5 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $120,000 /
13 Seasons 4575 16 -7 -4 13 -40 -56 146 65 7.0 108 11.0 -4.0 $6,380,000
CLE (5 yrs) 1915 8 1 -1 4 -16 -25 59 28 3.1 46 4.7 -1.6 $1,835,000
CHC (4 yrs) 722 14 -5 -1 3 -4 -2 22 26 2.8 31 3.2 -0.4 $
NYY (4 yrs) 1911 -1 -3 -2 6 -20 -29 64 15 1.5 35 3.5 -2.0 $4,425,000
SFG (1 yr) 27 -5 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $120,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 CHC NL 20 OF 3 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 2.33
1981 CHC NL 20 CF 2 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -103 0.00 0.00 2.83 2.80
1981 CHC NL 20 LF 1 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -270 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.10
1982 CHC NL 21 OF 22 49 42 4 3 1 .939 -3 2.09 .978 2.26
1982 CHC NL 21 CF 22 21 18 178.2 49 41 5 3 1 .939 -3 -22 2.32 2.09 .983 2.66 2.67
1983 CHC NL 22 OF 112 250 239 8 3 2 .988 1 2.21 .980 2.26 RoY-3
1983 CHC NL 22 CF 108 98 85 873.1 239 229 7 3 2 .987 1 2 2.43 2.19 .983 2.78 2.77 RoY-3
1983 CHC NL 22 LF 5 5 3 35.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.83 2.20 .977 2.03 2.02 RoY-3
1984 TOT MLB 23 OF 115 224 212 8 4 2 .982 -2 1.91 .982 2.40
1984 TOT MLB 23 LF 69 57 44 523.2 141 137 3 1 0 .993 -2 -5 2.41 2.03 .982 2.25 2.24
1984 TOT MLB 23 RF 46 40 23 327.0 75 68 5 2 2 .973 -0 -1 2.01 1.59 .979 2.09 2.08
1984 TOT MLB 23 CF 6 1 0 12.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0 30 3.75 0.83 .987 2.78 2.75
1984 CLE AL 23 OF 69 147 143 3 1 0 .993 -1 2.12 .983 2.49
1984 CHC NL 23 OF 46 77 69 5 3 2 .961 -1 1.61 .979 2.26
1984 CHC NL 23 RF 40 38 21 294.0 68 61 5 2 2 .971 -0 -2 2.02 1.65 .979 2.07 2.06
1984 CHC NL 23 CF 5 0 0 8.0 4 3 0 1 0 .750 0 0 3.38 0.60 .988 2.70 2.70
1984 CHC NL 23 LF 5 4 3 35.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -21 1.03 0.80 .970 2.03 2.02
1984 CLE AL 23 LF 64 53 41 488.2 137 133 3 1 0 .993 -2 -4 2.50 2.13 .982 2.27 2.26
1984 CLE AL 23 DH 9 9
1984 CLE AL 23 RF 6 2 2 33.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 4 1.91 1.17 .979 2.24 2.22
1984 CLE AL 23 CF 1 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 90 4.50 2.00 .985 2.92 3.00
1985 CLE AL 24 OF 15 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -3 1.20 .982 2.42
1985 CLE AL 24 LF 15 13 11 108.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -29 1.50 1.20 .977 2.25 2.23
1985 CLE AL 24 DH 4 4
1985 CLE AL 24 RF 1 0 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -60 2.25 1.00 .980 2.25 2.20
1986 CLE AL 25 OF 126 247 233 7 7 1 .972 -8 1.90 .980 2.37
1986 CLE AL 25 LF 123 108 47 882.1 240 226 7 7 1 .971 -6 -8 2.38 1.89 .977 2.24 2.22
1986 CLE AL 25 RF 14 5 3 57.1 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -33 1.73 0.79 .975 2.10 2.08
1986 CLE AL 25 DH 1 1
1987 CLE AL 26 OF 122 270 264 3 3 2 .989 5 2.19 .980 2.29
1987 CLE AL 26 LF 122 109 96 964.1 271 264 4 3 2 .989 5 6 2.50 2.20 .974 2.11 2.08
1987 CLE AL 26 DH 6 6
1988 CLE AL 27 OF 141 301 288 3 10 1 .967 -10 2.06 .979 2.45
1988 CLE AL 27 LF 135 118 108 1070.2 275 263 3 9 1 .967 -11 -12 2.24 1.97 .977 2.26 2.24
1988 CLE AL 27 CF 7 3 2 33.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0 4 3.55 1.86 .985 2.92 2.89
1988 CLE AL 27 DH 5 5
1988 CLE AL 27 RF 3 3 3 25.0 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1 53 3.60 3.33 .974 2.23 2.23
1989 NYY AL 28 OF 75 145 141 3 1 2 .993 5 1.92 .980 2.39
1989 NYY AL 28 LF 46 41 37 362.2 85 83 1 1 1 .988 -0 -0 2.08 1.83 .977 2.16 2.14
1989 NYY AL 28 RF 31 23 15 199.0 62 60 2 0 1 1.000 5 29 2.80 2.00 .979 2.33 2.30
1989 NYY AL 28 DH 28 28
1990 NYY AL 29 OF 50 74 70 2 2 0 .973 -7 1.44 .981 2.36
1990 NYY AL 29 DH 45 45
1990 NYY AL 29 LF 36 36 26 280.2 56 52 3 1 0 .982 -3 -13 1.76 1.53 .978 2.19 2.16
1990 NYY AL 29 RF 15 12 5 105.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 -4 -42 1.46 1.13 .978 2.23 2.21
1991 NYY AL 30 OF 120 232 221 8 3 2 .987 -21 1.91 .983 2.37
1991 NYY AL 30 RF 64 57 48 487.2 116 109 4 3 1 .974 -8 -21 2.09 1.77 .980 2.19 2.19
1991 NYY AL 30 LF 63 55 39 484.2 115 111 4 0 1 1.000 -12 -30 2.14 1.83 .978 2.17 2.16
1991 NYY AL 30 DH 11 11
1992 NYY AL 31 OF 136 296 283 10 3 2 .990 3 2.15 .983 2.46
1992 NYY AL 31 LF 99 96 90 860.1 229 218 9 2 1 .991 1 1 2.37 2.29 .981 2.29 2.28
1992 NYY AL 31 RF 37 34 27 302.0 65 63 1 1 1 .985 2 8 1.91 1.73 .982 2.23 2.22
1992 NYY AL 31 DH 9 9
1996 SFG NL 35 OF 4 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.12
1996 SFG NL 35 LF 3 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.83
1996 SFG NL 35 RF 1 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -30 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
13 Seasons OF 1041 2106 2011 56 39 15 .981 -40 1.99 .981 2.37
12 Seasons LF 717 638 501 5579.2 1441 1382 35 24 7 .983 -31 -7 2.29 1.98 .978 2.22 2.19
9 Seasons RF 212 175 125 1515.0 358 338 13 7 5 .980 -7 -5 2.09 1.66 .980 2.19 2.18
5 Seasons CF 145 123 105 1104.0 308 288 12 8 3 .974 -2 -2 2.45 2.07 .983 2.77 2.76
13 Seasons TOT 1041 2106 2011 56 39 15 .981 -40 1.99 .981 2.37
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Doubles s c a p y
1992 AL  36 (8th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1988 AL  8 (4th)
1992 AL  9 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1991 AL  12.3 (10th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1988 AL  10 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1986 AL  2.38 (3rd)
1987 AL  2.50 (1st)
1988 AL  2.24 (5th)
1992 AL  2.37 (5th)
Career  2.29 (13th)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  2.20 (1st)
1992 AL  2.29 (3rd)
Career  1.98 (81st)

Fielding % as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1987 AL  .989 (1st)
1992 AL  .991 (2nd)
Career  .983 (49th)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1983 NL  .987 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1981 NL  born 1960-09-16 (5th)
1982 NL  born 1960-09-16 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2130), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2218), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1571), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Gary Ward (960)
  3. Steve Kemp (955)
  4. Jay Payton (954)
  5. Bernard Gilkey (953)
  6. Aaron Rowand (949)
  7. Willard Marshall (949)
  8. Al Martin (948)
  9. Sixto Lezcano (947)
  10. Orlando Merced (946)
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  1. Andre Dawson (983) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Sam Chapman (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dan Ford (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Walker (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Tito Francona (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Tito Francona (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dan Ford (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dan Ford (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Joe Rudi (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Joe Rudi (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Gary Ward (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198524Cleveland Indians$210,000*
198625Cleveland Indians$350,0001986 USA Today survey
198726Cleveland Indians$550,0001987 USA Today survey
198827Cleveland Indians$725,000*
198928New York Yankees$925,000*
199029New York Yankees$1,100,000USA Today
199130New York Yankees$1,100,000USA Today survey
199231New York Yankees$1,300,00011/4/92 Toronto SunIncludes $200,000 incentives
199635San Francisco Giants$120,0001996 AP survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,380,000
Disputed Salaries
*1985 - $280,000 - 1985 USA Today survey - 1985 USA Today survey says $280,000
*1988 - $825,000 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1989 - $875,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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