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Adam Melhuse \MEL-huse\

Adam Michael Melhuse

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 27, 1972 in Santa Clara, CA
High School: Lincoln HS (Stockton, CA)
Schools: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA), Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 13th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 15, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 16, 2000 (Age 28)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Rockies/Rangers/Dodgers 2000-2008

Final Game: September 27, 2008 (Age 36)
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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
1993	21	TOR-min	A-	73	316	266	40	68	14	2	5	32	4	0	45	61	.256	.360	.380	.740		101	4	0	2	3	4		STC · NYPL
1994	22	TOR-min	A	118	483	422	61	109	16	3	11	58	6	8	53	77	.258	.338	.389	.727		164	13	1	1	6	3		HGR · SALL
1995	23	TOR-min	A+	123	495	428	43	92	20	0	4	41	6	1	61	87	.215	.312	.290	.601		124	7	1	1	4	1		DUN · FLOR
1996	24	TOR-min	A+,AA	129	501	409	63	98	26	2	14	57	3	2	83	97	.240	.368	.416	.784		170	8	3	1	5	3		DUN,KNX · FLOR,SOUL
1997	25	TOR-min	AAA,AA	69	240	205	21	48	8	1	5	19	1	1	31	37	.234	.335	.356	.691		73	3	1	1	2	1		SYR,KNX · IL,SOUL
1998	26	TOR-min	AA,AAA	88	356	278	60	83	25	0	16	50	4	4	77	45	.299	.449	.561	1.011		156	6	0	0	1	1		KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1999	27	TOR-min	AA,AAA	128	570	445	94	130	30	0	21	85	6	7	118	96	.292	.442	.501	.943		223	11	4	0	3	7		KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
2000	28	COL-LAD-min	AAA,AA	94	366	306	61	99	21	1	6	46	9	5	54	65	.324	.427	.458	.885		140	8	2	3	1	1		CSP,ABQ,SAN · PCL,TL
2000	28	TOT	NL	24	27	24	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	6	.167	.259	.250	.509	19	6	1	0	0	0	0	/329
2000	28	LAD	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	28	COL	NL	23	26	23	3	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	5	.174	.269	.261	.530	23	6	1	0	0	0	0	/329
2001	29	COL-min	AAA	54	218	184	26	49	10	1	7	32	0	1	31	42	.266	.378	.446	.824		82	8	2	1	0	1		CSP · PCL
2001	29	COL	NL	40	79	71	5	13	2	0	1	8	1	0	6	18	.183	.241	.254	.494	18	18	3	0	0	2	0	2/3

2002	30	CHC-COL-min	AAA	106	387	341	58	106	29	1	13	59	4	4	44	70	.311	.389	.516	.905		176	8	0	1	1	3		IWA,CSP · PCL
2003	31	OAK-min	AAA	45	175	147	26	42	9	0	3	17	0	1	26	32	.286	.394	.408	.802		60	5	1	0	1	0		SAC · PCL
2003	31	OAK	AL	40	86	77	13	23	7	0	5	14	0	0	9	19	.299	.372	.584	.957	149	45	2	0	0	0	0	2/53
2004	32	OAK	AL	69	231	214	23	55	11	0	11	31	0	1	16	47	.257	.309	.463	.771	99	99	4	0	1	0	1	2/53
2005	33	OAK	AL	39	102	97	11	24	7	0	2	12	0	0	5	28	.247	.284	.381	.666	76	37	0	0	0	0	0	2/D
2006	34	OAK	AL	49	139	128	10	28	8	0	4	18	0	1	9	34	.219	.273	.375	.648	68	48	6	1	0	1	1	2D/53
2007	35	OAK-min	AAA	2	8	8	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.375	.375	.625	1.000		5	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2007	35	TOT	AL	35	103	94	8	20	4	0	1	9	0	0	7	26	.213	.275	.287	.562	50	27	3	1	1	0	0	2/5D
2007	35	OAK	AL	12	30	26	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	8	.231	.333	.269	.603	66	7	0	0	0	0	0	2/5
2007	35	TEX	AL	23	73	68	6	14	3	0	1	7	0	0	3	18	.206	.250	.294	.544	43	20	3	1	1	0	0	2/5D
2008	36	COL-min	AAA,A-	37	122	102	15	29	8	0	3	17	0	0	17	27	.284	.393	.451	.844		46	5	2	0	1	1		CSP,TRI · PCL,NORW
2008	36	TOT	MLB	15	32	30	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.167	.219	.200	.419	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	2/5
2008	36	TEX	AL	8	22	20	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.200	.273	.200	.473	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	/25
2008	36	COL	NL	7	10	10	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.200	.300	-26	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2009	37	PIT-min	AAA	17	61	51	6	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	13	.176	.295	.216	.511		11	2	0	0	1	0		INA · IL
8 Yrs				311	799	735	76	172	40	1	24	98	1	2	57	193	.234	.290	.389	.679	74	286	19	2	2	3	2
162 Game Avg.				162	416	383	40	90	21	1	13	51	1	1	30	101	.234	.290	.389	.679	74	149	10	1	1	2	1

OAK (5 yrs)				209	588	542	59	136	34	0	22	77	0	2	43	136	.251	.307	.435	.742	93	236	12	1	1	1	2
COL (3 yrs)				70	115	104	10	18	3	1	1	13	1	0	9	27	.173	.235	.250	.485	16	26	4	0	0	2	0
TEX (2 yrs)				31	95	88	7	18	3	0	1	8	0	0	5	29	.205	.255	.273	.528	39	24	3	1	1	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				240	683	630	66	154	37	0	23	85	0	2	48	165	.244	.300	.413	.712	86	260	15	2	2	1	2
NL (3 yrs)				71	116	105	10	18	3	1	1	13	1	0	9	28	.171	.233	.248	.480	15	26	4	0	0	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2000	28	LAD	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.471	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0
2000	28	COL	NL	23	26	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1		/329
2001	29	COL	NL	40	79	-9	0	-0	-3	1	-12	-1.2	2	-9	-0.9	.471	.493	-0.6	-0.2	-6		2/3

2003	31	OAK	AL	40	86	5	0	-0	-2	1	4	0.4	3	7	0.7	.510	.502	0.9	-0.0	9		2/53
2004	32	OAK	AL	69	231	1	-2	0	-2	4	1	0.2	9	10	1.0	.501	.501	1.1	0.2	12	$357,500	2/53
2005	33	OAK	AL	39	102	-3	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	4	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.3	0.2	3	$385,000	2/D
2006	34	OAK	AL	49	139	-6	-1	-1	1	0	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.1	.488	.496	-0.2	0.1	-2	$700,000	2D/53
2007	35	OAK	AL	12	30	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$815,000	2/5
2007	35	TEX	AL	23	73	-6	0	-0	0	1	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.478	.497	-0.2	0.1	-2		2/5D
2008	36	TEX	AL	8	22	-2	-0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.490	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$750,000	/25
2008	36	COL	NL	7	10	-2	-0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.486	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2		/2
8 Seasons				311	799	-26	-1	-1	-3	9	-22	-2.1	29	7	0.7	.493	.499	0.9	0.7	10	$3,007,500

OAK (5 yrs)				209	588	-4	-1	-1	-2	7	-1	-0.0	22	21	2.1	.499	.500	2.2	0.6	23	$2,257,500
COL (3 yrs)				70	115	-13	0	-1	-2	1	-15	-1.5	4	-11	-1.1	.479	.497	-0.9	-0.1	-9
TEX (2 yrs)				31	95	-8	0	-0	1	1	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.481	.498	-0.3	0.3	-3	$750,000
LAD (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.471	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2003	31	OAK	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	2	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	1.000	1.600	5	0	0	0	0	0

2006	34	OAK	AL	ALCS	DET	L	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							3	6	6	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.833	1.333	5	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALDS							2	5	5	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.600	.600	1.000	1.600	5	0	0	0	0	0
1 ALCS							1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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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	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
2000	COL	NL	28	1B	3	1	0	14.0	12	11	1	0	1	1.000	0		9		7.71	4.00	.992	9.26	9.17
2000	COL	NL	28	C	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0		0		9.00	1.00	.990	7.20	7.40	1	0	1	0	0%	32%	0
2000	COL	NL	28	OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-60		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
2000	COL	NL	28	RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-60		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
2001	COL	NL	29	C	23	16	14	142.0	109	104	4	1	0	.991	-3		-25		6.85	4.70	.992	7.74	7.65	2	3	16	1	6%	33%	0
2001	COL	NL	29	1B	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0		-120		9.00	1.00	.990	9.00	9.20
2003	OAK	AL	31	C	33	19	16	186.0	140	129	10	1	1	.993	-1	-1	-6	-8	6.73	4.21	.991	6.79	6.72	1	13	13	5	28%	30%	0
2003	OAK	AL	31	3B	2	0	0	2.2	2	0	1	1	0	.500	-0	-1	-90	-444	3.38	0.50	.955	2.70	2.65
2003	OAK	AL	31	1B	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	18.00	2.00	.995	9.90	9.50
2004	OAK	AL	32	C	64	53	51	504.2	378	358	18	2	1	.995	2	-2	5	-4	6.71	5.88	.992	7.12	7.07	5	16	27	13	33%	32%	2
2004	OAK	AL	32	3B	3	0	0	6.2	4	1	2	1	1	.750	-0	0	-72	0	4.05	1.00	.950	2.70	2.63
2004	OAK	AL	32	1B	1	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	13.50	3.00	.993	9.45	9.20
2005	OAK	AL	33	C	24	16	15	161.1	122	115	7	0	0	1.000	1	1	7	9	6.81	5.08	.992	6.79	6.72	1	2	8	3	27%	30%	0
2005	OAK	AL	33	DH	8	5
2006	OAK	AL	34	C	24	21	21	196.2	143	129	14	0	3	1.000	2	1	12	8	6.54	5.96	.992	7.09	6.99	3	2	17	10	37%	30%	0
2006	OAK	AL	34	DH	15	5
2006	OAK	AL	34	3B	3	1	1	12.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	20	0	1.50	0.67	.960	2.85	2.80
2006	OAK	AL	34	1B	2	1	1	10.0	9	9	0	0	1	1.000	0	0	24	0	8.10	4.50	.994	9.54	9.40
2007	TOT	AL	35	C	25	20	18	187.0	132	122	10	0	1	1.000	-4	-1	-26	-6	6.35	5.28	.991	7.28	7.20	3	15	16	4	20%	27%	0
2007	TOT	AL	35	3B	6	3	3	33.0	13	0	13	0	1	1.000	3	1	95	36	3.55	2.17	.957	2.65	2.60
2007	OAK	AL	35	C	10	7	7	64.0	47	42	5	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	6.61	4.70	.991	7.28	7.20	1	3	6	3	33%	27%	0
2007	OAK	AL	35	3B	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	120	0	4.50	1.00	.960	2.70	2.60
2007	TEX	AL	35	C	15	13	11	123.0	85	80	5	0	0	1.000	-4	-1	-39	-7	6.22	5.67	.991	7.28	7.20	2	12	10	1	9%	27%	0
2007	TEX	AL	35	3B	5	3	3	31.0	12	0	12	0	1	1.000	2	1	93	35	3.48	2.40	.957	2.64	2.60
2007	TEX	AL	35	DH	1	0
2008	TOT	MLB	36	C	10	7	4	64.0	42	35	7	0	0	1.000	2	2	38	37	5.91	4.20	.992	7.40	7.35	0	0	2	4	67%	27%	0
2008	TEX	AL	36	C	6	5	4	42.0	20	18	2	0	0	1.000	1	1	29	29	4.29	3.33	.991	7.26	7.18	0	0	2	2	50%	27%	0
2008	TEX	AL	36	3B	2	0	0	6.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	-0	0	-20	0	4.50	1.50	.957	2.70	2.70
2008	COL	NL	36	C	4	2	0	22.0	22	17	5	0	0	1.000	1	1	55	55	9.00	5.50	.993	7.65	7.60	0	0	0	2	100%	27%	0
	8 Seasons			C	204	152	139	1442.2	1067	992	71	4	6	.996	-1	1	-1	0	6.63	5.21	.992	7.13	7.06	16	51	100	40	29%	30%	2
	5 Seasons			3B	16	4	4	60.1	24	2	20	2	2	.917	2	-0	42	0	3.28	1.38	.956	2.70	2.66
	5 Seasons			1B	8	2	1	28.0	27	25	2	0	2	1.000	0	0	9	0	8.68	3.38	.993	9.39	9.28
	1 Season			OF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-60		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0		-60		0.00	0.00		2.25	2.20
	8 Seasons			TOT	229	158	144	1533.0	1118	1019	93	6	10	.995	1	1	1	0	6.53	4.86	.991	6.99	6.81	16	51	100	40	29%	30%	2
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 13th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 15, 1993.
April 2, 1999: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
April 5, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
December 15, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
June 17, 2000: Sent to the Colorado Rockies by the Los Angeles Dodgers as part of a conditional deal.
October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
January 29, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 17, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
November 8, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.
July 17, 2002: Released by the Chicago Cubs.
July 18, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
November 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
June 10, 2007: Purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Oakland Athletics.
August 24, 2007: Released by the Texas Rangers.
September 1, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 8, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
January 10, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
April 25, 2008: Released by the Texas Rangers.
June 19, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
January 16, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
March 27, 2009: Released by the Texas Rangers.
May 8, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2004	32	Oakland Athletics	$357,500	4/7/04 AP
2005	33	Oakland Athletics	$385,000
2006	34	Oakland Athletics	$700,000
2007	35	Oakland Athletics	$815,000
2008	36	Texas Rangers	$750,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,007,500

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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