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Ski Melillo

Oscar Donald Melillo (Spinach)

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: August 4, 1899 in Chicago, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1926
Teams (by GP): Browns/RedSox 1926-1937

Final Game: September 18, 1937
Died: November 14, 1963 in Chicago, IL
Buried: Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Worth, IL
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Standard Batting

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
1926 26 SLB AL 99 444 385 54 98 18 5 1 30 6 7 32 31 .255 .315 .335 .650 67 129 2 24 45 MVP-12
1927 27 SLB AL 107 398 356 45 80 18 2 0 26 3 5 25 28 .225 .276 .287 .562 44 102 0 19 4
1928 28 SLB AL 51 148 132 9 25 2 0 0 9 2 1 9 11 .189 .241 .205 .446 17 27 0 7 45
1929 29 SLB AL 141 545 494 57 146 17 10 5 67 11 6 29 30 .296 .337 .401 .738 87 198 2 19 *4
1930 30 SLB AL 149 617 574 62 147 30 10 5 59 15 9 23 44 .256 .287 .369 .656 63 212 2 18 *4
1931 31 SLB AL 151 661 617 88 189 34 11 2 75 7 11 37 29 .306 .346 .407 .752 95 251 0 7 *4 MVP-8
1932 32 SLB AL 154 659 612 71 148 19 11 3 66 6 6 36 42 .242 .286 .324 .610 54 198 2 9 *4
1933 33 SLB AL 132 532 496 50 145 23 6 3 79 12 10 29 18 .292 .333 .381 .714 85 189 1 6 *4 MVP-10
1934 34 SLB AL 144 589 552 54 133 19 3 2 55 4 6 28 27 .241 .279 .297 .576 45 164 1 8 *4
1935 35 TOT AL 125 515 462 53 117 16 2 1 44 3 2 46 26 .253 .324 .303 .627 59 140 2 4 *4
1935 35 SLB AL 19 70 62 8 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 8 4 .210 .300 .258 .558 44 16 0 0 4
1935 35 BOS AL 106 445 400 45 104 13 2 1 39 3 2 38 22 .260 .327 .310 .637 62 124 2 4 *4
1936 36 BOS AL 98 367 327 39 74 12 4 0 32 0 0 28 16 .226 .287 .287 .575 39 94 0 12 4
1937 37 BOS AL 26 62 56 8 14 2 0 0 6 0 1 5 4 .250 .311 .286 .597 48 16 0 1 4/56
12 Yrs 1377 5537 5063 590 1316 210 64 22 548 69 64 327 306 .260 .306 .340 .646 64 1720 12 134
162 Game Avg. 162 651 596 69 155 25 8 3 64 8 8 38 36 .260 .306 .340 .646 64 202 1 16
SLB (10 yrs) 1147 4663 4280 498 1124 183 58 21 471 66 61 256 264 .263 .306 .347 .653 66 1486 10 117
BOS (3 yrs) 230 874 783 92 192 27 6 1 77 3 3 71 42 .245 .310 .299 .608 51 234 2 17

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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 Awards
1926 26 SLB AL 99 444 -20 -1 0 0 3 -18 -1.8 14 -4 -0.4 .482 .489 -0.4 0.3 -4 $ 45 MVP-12
1927 27 SLB AL 107 398 -31 -1 0 -9 3 -38 -3.7 12 -26 -2.4 .465 .477 -1.6 -0.5 -16 $ 4
1928 28 SLB AL 51 148 -16 0 0 0 2 -15 -1.5 5 -10 -1.0 .471 .491 -1.0 0.2 -10 $ 45
1929 29 SLB AL 141 545 -10 1 0 15 4 10 0.9 17 27 2.7 .507 .506 1.2 1.9 12 $ *4
1930 30 SLB AL 149 617 -36 -0 0 14 5 -17 -1.6 19 2 0.4 .490 .490 -1.0 1.7 -12 $ *4
1931 31 SLB AL 151 661 -5 -2 0 8 5 6 0.6 21 26 2.6 .504 .503 1.8 1.3 18 $ *4 MVP-8
1932 32 SLB AL 154 659 -43 -0 0 5 5 -34 -3.2 20 -13 -1.2 .479 .480 -1.6 0.9 -18 $ *4
1933 33 SLB AL 132 532 -11 -1 0 7 4 -0 -0.0 17 16 1.6 .500 .500 1.0 1.1 9 $ *4 MVP-10
1934 34 SLB AL 144 589 -47 -2 0 4 5 -40 -3.9 18 -22 -2.0 .473 .476 -2.3 0.8 -26 $ *4
1935 35 SLB AL 19 70 -5 0 0 0 1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.2 .478 .497 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ 4
1935 35 BOS AL 106 445 -22 0 0 2 4 -16 -1.6 14 -2 -0.3 .485 .490 -0.4 0.5 -4 $ *4
1936 36 BOS AL 98 367 -34 0 0 -4 3 -35 -3.1 11 -23 -1.9 .469 .481 -1.6 -0.1 -19 $ 4
1937 37 BOS AL 26 62 -4 -0 0 -2 1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .478 .497 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ 4/56
12 Seasons 1377 5537 -284 -7 0 40 44 -207 -19.9 173 -34 -2.5 .486 .491 -6.3 8.0 -74 $
SLB (10 yrs) 1147 4663 -224 -7 0 44 37 -150 -14.6 146 -4 0.1 .487 .491 -4.1 7.7 -48 $
BOS (3 yrs) 230 874 -60 0 0 -4 7 -57 -5.3 27 -30 -2.6 .477 .489 -2.2 0.3 -26 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1926 26 SLB AL 444 318 39 3.3 113 .275 .255 .295 .315 .367 .335 .413 .650 .780 67 .341 -20.1 -2.0 .551 .161 .081 1.7
1927 27 SLB AL 398 300 27 2.4 113 .244 .225 .297 .276 .365 .287 .417 .562 .782 44 .216 -30.6 -3.0 .445 .126 .062 .0
1928 28 SLB AL 148 115 7 1.6 111 .207 .189 .292 .241 .358 .205 .415 .446 .773 17 .124 -16.6 -1.6 .343 .091 .015 .0
1929 29 SLB AL 545 373 66 4.7 115 .307 .296 .296 .337 .363 .401 .427 .738 .790 87 .479 -12.0 -1.2 .661 .174 .105 6.9
1930 30 SLB AL 617 454 59 3.4 118 .270 .256 .299 .287 .363 .369 .439 .656 .803 63 .317 -35.4 -3.3 .557 .164 .113 7.5
1931 31 SLB AL 661 446 84 5.0 111 .319 .306 .290 .346 .358 .407 .415 .752 .773 95 .511 -6.6 -0.6 .647 .154 .100 3.1
1932 32 SLB AL 659 479 55 3.1 115 .256 .242 .291 .286 .363 .324 .428 .610 .791 54 .290 -45.3 -4.3 .502 .141 .082 4.0
1933 33 SLB AL 532 367 61 4.5 110 .299 .292 .287 .333 .359 .381 .413 .714 .772 85 .471 -12.4 -1.2 .612 .151 .089 4.8
1934 34 SLB AL 589 433 44 2.7 118 .250 .241 .297 .279 .372 .297 .427 .576 .799 45 .244 -49.2 -4.7 .449 .103 .056 2.7
1935 35 TOT AL 515 351 45 3.4 116 .267 .253 .294 .324 .368 .303 .425 .627 .793 59 .332 -28.7 -2.7 .545 .152 .050 1.5
1935 35 SLB AL 70 49 5 2.7 114 .224 .210 .291 .300 .364 .258 .421 .558 .785 44 .246 -5.2 -0.5 .490 .177 .048
1935 35 BOS AL 445 302 40 3.6 116 .273 .260 .295 .327 .368 .310 .426 .637 .794 62 .346 -23.5 -2.2 .554 .148 .050 1.5
1936 36 BOS AL 367 265 27 2.7 127 .238 .226 .306 .287 .383 .287 .450 .575 .832 39 .212 -33.9 -3.1 .482 .147 .061
1937 37 BOS AL 62 44 5 3.0 121 .269 .250 .296 .311 .372 .286 .441 .597 .813 48 .264 -4.6 -0.4 .465 .107 .036
12 Yrs 5537 3945 519 3.5 115 .273 .260 .295 .306 .365 .340 .425 .646 .790 64 .344 -295.4 -28.2 .542 .145 .080 33.4
162 Game Avg. 651 464 61 3.5 115 .273 .260 .295 .306 .365 .340 .425 .646 .790 64 .344 -295.4 -28.2 .542 .145 .080 4
SLB (10 yrs) 4663 3334 447 3.6 114 .276 .263 .294 .306 .363 .347 .423 .653 .786 66 .357 -233.4 -22.4 .546 .146 .085 31.9
BOS (3 yrs) 874 611 72 3.1 121 .258 .245 .300 .310 .375 .299 .437 .608 .812 51 .281 -62.0 -5.7 .517 .144 .054 1.5

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1926 26 SLB AL 444 0.2% 7.0% 7.2% 5.4% 25% 0.97 12.4 385.0 12.8 80%
1927 27 SLB AL 398 0.0% 7.0% 6.3% 5.0% 25% 1.12 12.7 13.7 82%
1928 28 SLB AL 148 0.0% 7.4% 6.1% 1.4% 8% 1.22 12.0 14.7 82%
1929 29 SLB AL 545 0.9% 5.5% 5.3% 5.9% 22% 1.03 16.5 98.8 7.4 84%
1930 30 SLB AL 617 0.8% 7.1% 3.7% 7.3% 31% 1.91 13.0 114.8 9.7 85%
1931 31 SLB AL 661 0.3% 4.4% 5.6% 7.1% 25% 0.78 21.3 308.5 8.2 89%
1932 32 SLB AL 659 0.5% 6.4% 5.5% 5.0% 22% 1.17 14.6 204.0 9.3 86%
1933 33 SLB AL 532 0.6% 3.4% 5.5% 6.0% 22% 0.62 27.6 165.3 6.3 89%
1934 34 SLB AL 589 0.3% 4.6% 4.8% 4.1% 18% 0.96 20.4 276.0 10.0 89%
1935 35 TOT AL 515 0.2% 5.1% 8.9% 3.7% 16% 0.57 17.8 462.0 10.5 84%
1935 35 SLB AL 70 0.0% 5.7% 11.4% 4.3% 23% 0.50 15.5 12.4 83%
1935 35 BOS AL 445 0.2% 4.9% 8.5% 3.6% 15% 0.58 18.2 400.0 10.3 85%
1936 36 BOS AL 367 0.0% 4.4% 7.6% 4.4% 22% 0.57 20.4 10.2 85%
1937 37 BOS AL 62 0.0% 6.5% 8.1% 3.2% 14% 0.80 14.0 9.3 84%
12 Yrs 5537 0.4% 5.5% 5.9% 5.4% 23% 0.94 16.5 230.1 9.2 86%
MLB Averages 1.3% 8.0% 8.1% 6.9% 28% 0.99 11.1 69.8 7.7 80%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1926 26 99 444 385 54 98 18 5 1 30 6 7 32 31 .255 .315 .335 .650 67 129 2 24
1927 27 206 842 741 99 178 36 7 1 56 9 12 57 59 .240 .296 .312 .608 56 231 2 43
1928 28 257 990 873 108 203 38 7 1 65 11 13 66 70 .233 .288 .296 .584 50 258 2 50
1929 29 398 1535 1367 165 349 55 17 6 132 22 19 95 100 .255 .306 .334 .639 63 456 4 69
1930 30 547 2152 1941 227 496 85 27 11 191 37 28 118 144 .256 .300 .344 .644 63 668 6 87
1931 31 698 2813 2558 315 685 119 38 13 266 44 39 155 173 .268 .311 .359 .670 71 919 6 94
1932 32 852 3472 3170 386 833 138 49 16 332 50 45 191 215 .263 .306 .352 .659 68 1117 8 103
1933 33 984 4004 3666 436 978 161 55 19 411 62 55 220 233 .267 .310 .356 .666 70 1306 9 109
1934 34 1128 4593 4218 490 1111 180 58 21 466 66 61 248 260 .263 .306 .349 .654 67 1470 10 117
1935 35 1253 5108 4680 543 1228 196 60 22 510 69 63 294 286 .262 .308 .344 .652 66 1610 12 121
1936 36 1351 5475 5007 582 1302 208 64 22 542 69 63 322 302 .260 .306 .340 .647 64 1704 12 133
1937 37 1377 5537 5063 590 1316 210 64 22 548 69 64 327 306 .260 .306 .340 .646 64 1720 12 134

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1926 26 104 458 399 51 97 18 5 1 28 6 32 33 .243 .303 .321 .623 38 99
1927 27 112 410 366 42 78 18 2 0 24 3 24 29 .213 .262 .273 .535 26 107
1928 28 54 154 138 9 25 2 0 0 9 2 9 12 .181 .231 .196 .427 6 51
1929 29 149 559 509 52 141 16 10 5 61 11 28 32 .277 .317 .377 .694 60 141
1930 30 157 626 584 52 135 28 9 5 49 14 21 46 .231 .260 .336 .596 50 149
1931 31 158 666 624 76 177 32 10 2 65 7 35 30 .284 .322 .377 .698 75 151
1932 32 162 669 625 60 137 18 10 3 56 6 33 44 .219 .261 .294 .555 47 154
1933 33 141 549 514 45 140 22 6 3 71 12 28 19 .272 .311 .356 .667 56 132
1934 34 151 600 565 46 124 18 3 2 47 4 26 28 .219 .255 .273 .528 39 144
1935 35 132 524 475 46 110 15 2 1 38 3 43 28 .232 .298 .278 .576 39 125
1936 36 102 367 329 30 65 11 4 0 25 0 25 17 .198 .254 .255 .510 21 98
1937 37 27 63 57 7 13 2 0 0 5 0 5 4 .228 .290 .263 .553 4 26
12 Yrs 1449 5645 5185 516 1242 200 61 22 478 68 309 322 .240 .284 .314 .598 461 1377
162 Game Avg. 162 631 580 58 139 22 7 2 53 8 35 36 .240 .284 .314 .598 52 1377

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1926 AL (12, 9%)
1931 AL (8, 21%)
1933 AL (10, 15%)
0.45 Career Shares (472nd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1929 AL  1.9 (1st)
1930 AL  1.7 (2nd)
1931 AL  1.3 (3rd)
1932 AL  0.9 (4th)
1933 AL  1.1 (7th)
1934 AL  0.8 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
1931 AL  151 (7th)
1932 AL  154 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1931 AL  617 (4th)
1932 AL  612 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1931 AL  189 (8th)

Triples s c a p y
1931 AL  11 (10th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1930 AL  15 (9th)
1933 AL  12 (8th)

Singles s c a p y
1931 AL  142 (1st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1930 AL  18 (10th)
1936 AL  12 (5th)
Career  134 (226th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1931 AL  11 (9th)
1933 AL  10 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1933 AL  27.6 (6th)
1934 AL  20.4 (6th)
Career  16.5 (219th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1930 AL  454 (2nd)
1931 AL  446 (3rd)
1932 AL  479 (1st)
1934 AL  433 (6th)

Oldest s c a p y
1937 AL  born 1899-08-04 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1441), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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