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Ski Melillo
Oscar Donald Melillo (Spinach)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8" , Weight: 150 lb.

Born: August 4, 1899 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1926
Final Game: September 18, 1937
Died: November 14, 1963 in Chicago, IL
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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
1926 26 SLB AL 99 443 385 54 98 18 5 1 30 6 7 32 31 .255 .315 .335 .650 66 129 2 24 45 MVP-12
1927 27 SLB AL 107 400 356 45 80 18 2 0 26 3 6 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 141 544 494 57 146 17 10 5 67 11 6 29 30 .296 .337 .401 .738 86 198 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 84 189 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 44 164 1 8 *4
1935 35 TOT AL 125 514 462 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 43 16 0 0 4
1935 35 BOS AL 106 444 400 45 104 13 2 1 39 3 2 38 22 .260 .327 .310 .637 61 124 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 49 16 0 1 4/56
12 Seasons 1377 5536 5063 590 1316 210 64 22 548 69 65 327 306 .260 .306 .340 .646 63 1720 12 134
162 Game Avg. 162 651 596 69 155 25 8 3 64 8 8 38 36 .260 .306 .340 .646 63 202 1 16
SLB (10 yrs) 1147 4663 4280 498 1124 183 58 21 471 66 62 256 264 .263 .306 .347 .653 66 1486 10 117
BOS (3 yrs) 230 873 783 92 192 27 6 1 77 3 3 71 42 .245 .310 .299 .608 51 234 2 17

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1926 SLB AL 26 2B 88 541 225 297 19 65 .965 5.93 .967 5.33 MVP-12
1926 SLB AL 26 3B 11 43 13 27 3 6 .930 3.64 .951 3.14 MVP-12
1927 SLB AL 27 2B 101 558 229 293 36 72 .935 5.17 .962 5.33
1928 SLB AL 28 2B 28 154 66 82 6 15 .961 5.29 .963 5.31
1928 SLB AL 28 3B 19 35 13 22 0 0 1.000 1.84 .949 3.05
1929 SLB AL 29 2B 141 885 342 519 24 98 .973 6.11 .968 5.48
1930 SLB AL 30 2B 148 977 384 572 21 107 .979 6.46 .969 5.66
1931 SLB AL 31 2B 151 1003 428 543 32 118 .968 6.43 .965 5.48 MVP-8
1932 SLB AL 32 2B 153 937 393 526 18 110 .981 6.01 .968 5.67
1933 SLB AL 33 2B 130 820 362 451 7 110 .991 6.25 .970 5.63 MVP-10
1934 SLB AL 34 2B 141 891 412 462 17 110 .981 6.20 .969 5.67
1935 TOT AL 35 2B 123 777 324 432 21 94 .973 6.15 .969 5.61
1935 SLB AL 35 2B 18 101 38 60 3 9 .970 5.44 .969 5.61
1935 BOS AL 35 2B 105 676 286 372 18 85 .973 6.27 .969 5.61
1936 BOS AL 36 2B 93 491 239 242 10 59 .980 5.17 .972 5.58
1937 BOS AL 37 2B 19 66 33 29 4 7 .939 3.26 .973 5.28
1937 BOS AL 37 3B 2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 3.05
1937 BOS AL 37 SS 2 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.50 .960 5.05
12 Seasons 2B 1316 8100 3437 4448 215 965 .973 5.99 .968 5.55
3 Seasons 3B 32 79 26 50 3 6 .962 2.38 .949 3.08
1 Season SS 2 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 2.50 .960 5.05
12 Seasons TOT 1350 8184 3463 4503 218 972 .973 5.90 .941 5.49
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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 (455th)

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--222nd

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--27.556--6th
1934 AL--20.444--6th
Career--16.550--191st

Outs Made s c a p y
1930 AL--454--2nd
1931 AL--446--4th
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

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Gray InkBatting - 12 (1142), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1618), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Jerry Lumpe (942)
  10. Wilbert Robinson (941) *
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Transactions

May 27, 1935: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Moose Solters and cash.

June 14, 1938: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

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Name and misspellings: Oscar Donald Ski Spinach Melillo

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