Bill Melton
William Edwin Melton (Beltin' Bill)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 7, 1945 in Gulfport, MS
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1968
Final Game: August 30, 1977
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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
1968 22 CHW AL 34 122 109 5 29 8 0 2 16 1 1 10 32 .266 .322 .394 .717 112 43 2 0 1 2 0 5
1969 23 CHW AL 157 628 556 67 142 26 2 23 87 1 2 56 106 .255 .326 .433 .759 106 241 12 5 5 6 7 *5/97
1970 24 CHW AL 141 589 514 74 135 15 1 33 96 2 4 56 107 .263 .340 .488 .828 125 251 7 9 1 9 2 95
1971 25 CHW AL 150 621 543 72 146 18 2 33 86 3 3 61 87 .269 .352 .492 .843 134 267 8 11 1 5 5 *5 AS,MVP-13
1972 26 CHW AL 57 232 208 22 51 5 0 7 30 1 1 23 31 .245 .319 .370 .689 103 77 2 0 0 1 2 5
1973 27 CHW AL 152 642 560 83 155 29 1 20 87 4 4 75 66 .277 .363 .439 .802 121 246 20 2 2 3 7 *5/D
1974 28 CHW AL 136 570 495 63 120 17 0 21 63 3 2 59 60 .242 .326 .404 .730 107 200 16 5 5 6 3 *5D
1975 29 CHW AL 149 607 512 62 123 16 0 15 70 5 4 78 106 .240 .346 .359 .705 99 184 13 8 3 6 1 *5D
1976 30 CAL AL 118 392 341 31 71 17 3 6 42 2 0 44 53 .208 .300 .328 .628 90 112 5 2 2 3 2 D35
1977 31 CLE AL 50 154 133 17 32 11 0 0 14 1 3 17 21 .241 .331 .323 .654 83 43 9 2 0 2 0 3D5
10 Seasons 1144 4557 3971 496 1004 162 9 160 591 23 24 479 669 .253 .337 .419 .756 112 1664 94 44 20 43 29
162 Game Avg. 162 645 562 70 142 23 1 23 84 3 3 68 95 .253 .337 .419 .756 112 236 13 6 3 6 4
CHW (8 yrs) 976 4011 3497 448 901 134 6 154 535 20 21 418 595 .258 .340 .432 .772 115 1509 80 40 18 38 27
CLE (1 yr) 50 154 133 17 32 11 0 0 14 1 3 17 21 .241 .331 .323 .654 83 43 9 2 0 2 0
CAL (1 yr) 118 392 341 31 71 17 3 6 42 2 0 44 53 .208 .300 .328 .628 90 112 5 2 2 3 2

Advanced Batting

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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
1968 22 CHW AL 122 86 14 4.4 84 .351 .266 .244 .322 .314 .394 .362 .717 .676 112 .600 1.9 0.2 .639 .220 .128 1.3
1969 23 CHW AL 628 439 79 4.8 100 .275 .255 .261 .326 .339 .433 .394 .759 .733 106 .563 3.7 0.4 .703 .277 .178 1.9
1970 24 CHW AL 589 400 88 5.9 98 .266 .263 .259 .340 .334 .488 .395 .828 .729 125 .642 17.2 1.7 .805 .331 .226 3.8
1971 25 CHW AL 621 414 96 6.2 95 .264 .269 .259 .352 .332 .492 .385 .843 .717 134 .690 23.4 2.4 .831 .335 .223 5.5
1972 26 CHW AL 232 161 26 4.3 85 .257 .245 .250 .319 .319 .370 .361 .689 .680 103 .581 0.5 0.1 .625 .236 .125 1.8
1973 27 CHW AL 642 434 87 5.4 97 .283 .277 .265 .363 .335 .439 .390 .802 .725 121 .597 17.1 1.7 .753 .296 .163 6.7
1974 28 CHW AL 570 404 65 4.3 92 .236 .242 .262 .326 .327 .404 .376 .730 .703 107 .522 4.8 0.5 .674 .283 .162 5.3
1975 29 CHW AL 607 415 67 4.3 94 .272 .240 .260 .346 .330 .359 .382 .705 .713 99 .503 1.6 0.2 .667 .273 .119 7.5
1976 30 CAL AL 392 280 36 3.5 80 .228 .208 .248 .300 .311 .328 .349 .628 .660 90 .437 -2.7 -0.3 .582 .255 .120 3.0
1977 31 CLE AL 154 115 13 3.0 96 .281 .241 .262 .331 .325 .323 .398 .654 .723 83 .314 -1.8 -0.2 .531 .195 .083 .0
10 Seasons 4557 3148 571 4.9 94 .265 .253 .259 .337 .330 .419 .382 .756 .712 112 .571 65.8 6.8 .709 .287 .166 40.2
162 Game Avg. 645 446 81 4.9 94 .265 .253 .259 .337 .330 .419 .382 .756 .712 112 .571 9 1 .709 .287 .166 6
CHW (8 yrs) 4011 2753 522 5.1 95 .268 .258 .260 .340 .331 .432 .385 .772 .716 115 .591 70.3 7.2 .729 .293 .174 35.4
CLE (1 yr) 154 115 13 3.0 96 .281 .241 .262 .331 .325 .323 .398 .654 .723 83 .315 -1.8 -0.2 .531 .195 .083 .0
CAL (1 yr) 392 280 36 3.5 80 .228 .208 .248 .300 .311 .328 .349 .628 .660 90 .437 -2.7 -0.3 .582 .255 .120 3.0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 CHW AL 25 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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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
1968 22 CHW AL 122 1.6% 26.2% 8.2% 8.2% 35% 3.20 3.4 54.5 6.8 0.50 63%
1969 23 CHW AL 628 3.7% 16.9% 8.9% 8.1% 36% 1.89 5.2 24.2 6.4 0.62 69%
1970 24 CHW AL 589 5.6% 18.2% 9.5% 8.3% 36% 1.91 4.8 15.6 5.4 0.54 65%
1971 25 CHW AL 621 5.3% 14.0% 9.8% 8.5% 36% 1.43 6.2 16.5 6.3 0.44 69%
1972 26 CHW AL 232 3.0% 13.4% 9.9% 5.2% 24% 1.35 6.7 29.7 6.9 0.51 74%
1973 27 CHW AL 642 3.1% 10.3% 11.7% 7.8% 32% 0.88 8.5 28.0 6.4 1.06 74%
1974 28 CHW AL 570 3.7% 10.5% 10.4% 6.7% 32% 1.02 8.3 23.6 7.9 0.62 74%
1975 29 CHW AL 607 2.5% 17.5% 12.9% 5.1% 25% 1.36 4.8 34.1 7.3 0.67 65%
1976 30 CAL AL 392 1.5% 13.5% 11.2% 6.6% 37% 1.20 6.4 56.8 8.1 0.82 73%
1977 31 CLE AL 154 0.0% 13.6% 11.0% 7.1% 34% 1.24 6.3 9.5 1.12 74%
10 Seasons 4557 3.5% 14.7% 10.5% 7.3% 33% 1.40 5.9 24.8 6.7 0.66 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1968 22 CHW AL 2 0 8% 45 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 38% 6 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
1969 23 CHW AL 6 0 24% 202 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 50% 33 19 14 9 5 4 18 6 12
1970 24 CHW AL 5 0 25% 227 2 4 33% 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 17 44% 38 23 15 5 5 0 18 5 12
1971 25 CHW AL 3 0 21% 213 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 43% 39 26 12 7 4 3 14 2 11
1972 26 CHW AL 3 0 22% 74 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 30% 15 13 2 5 2 3 3 1 2
1973 27 CHW AL 4 0 30% 262 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 14 52% 39 25 14 15 9 6 23 3 20
1974 28 CHW AL 10 0 26% 192 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 58% 38 16 21 3 3 0 16 3 12
1975 29 CHW AL 8 0 24% 222 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 10 41% 31 23 8 9 4 3 19 6 13
1976 30 CAL AL 6 0 23% 78 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 46% 10 7 3 5 4 1 13 4 9
1977 31 CLE AL 3 0 33% 49 1 3 25% 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 38% 6 3 3 3 3 0 7 3 3
10 Seasons 50 0 25% 1564 23 24 49% 21 20 2 1 0 3 6 1 45 83 47% 255 158 94 62 40 20 132 33 95
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1968 22 CHW AL 122 26% 29 1 0 0 0 0.25 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 100% 17 2 12% 13 3 23% 62 15 24% 7 5 71% 5 1 20% 0
1969 23 CHW AL 628 28% 142 4 1 0 1 0.61 23 1 21 17 6 13 10 0 6 5 83% 152 12 8% 67 20 30% 452 66 15% 42 20 48% 25 7 28% 0
1970 24 CHW AL 589 32% 135 0 0 0 0 33 0 15 21 12 23 10 0 2 1 50% 115 7 6% 60 14 23% 418 67 16% 48 25 52% 32 8 25% 0
1971 25 CHW AL 621 32% 146 0 0 0 0 33 2 14 23 10 16 17 0 1 1 100% 112 8 7% 43 9 21% 411 55 13% 32 16 50% 31 11 35% 0
1972 26 CHW AL 232 30% 51 1 0 0 0 2.89 7 0 3 5 2 5 2 0 0 0 51 2 4% 23 3 13% 173 23 13% 11 3 27% 16 4 25% 0
1973 27 CHW AL 642 33% 155 0 0 0 0 20 0 13 13 7 13 7 0 2 2 100% 138 20 14% 56 13 23% 426 70 16% 36 19 53% 39 16 41% 0
1974 28 CHW AL 570 37% 120 2 0 0 0 3.48 21 0 13 12 9 11 10 0 6 5 83% 104 16 15% 46 17 37% 380 47 12% 32 11 34% 28 10 36% 0
1975 29 CHW AL 608 29% 123 0 0 0 0 15 1 19 11 4 8 7 0 4 3 75% 129 13 10% 59 15 25% 417 56 13% 32 13 41% 28 5 18% 0
1976 30 CAL AL 392 30% 71 24 6 0 4 2.23 6 0 8 4 2 3 3 0 2 2 100% 78 5 6% 36 12 33% 268 38 14% 25 11 44% 30 11 37% 0
1977 31 CLE AL 154 43% 32 8 2 0 3 2.82 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 38 9 24% 19 8 42% 108 15 14% 8 5 63% 9 4 44% 0
10 Seasons 4558 32% 1004 40 9 0 8 2.21 160 4 114 107 53 93 67 0 25 20 80% 934 94 10% 422 114 27% 3115 452 15% 273 128 47% 243 77 32% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1968 22 34 122 109 5 29 8 0 2 16 1 1 10 32 .266 .322 .394 .717 112 43 2 0 1 2 0
1969 23 191 750 665 72 171 34 2 25 103 2 3 66 138 .257 .325 .427 .752 107 284 14 5 6 8 7
1970 24 332 1339 1179 146 306 49 3 58 199 4 7 122 245 .260 .332 .454 .786 115 535 21 14 7 17 9
1971 25 482 1960 1722 218 452 67 5 91 285 7 10 183 332 .262 .338 .466 .804 121 802 29 25 8 22 14
1972 26 539 2192 1930 240 503 72 5 98 315 8 11 206 363 .261 .336 .455 .792 119 879 31 25 8 23 16
1973 27 691 2834 2490 323 658 101 6 118 402 12 15 281 429 .264 .342 .452 .794 120 1125 51 27 10 26 23
1974 28 827 3404 2985 386 778 118 6 139 465 15 17 340 489 .261 .339 .444 .783 117 1325 67 32 15 32 26
1975 29 976 4011 3497 448 901 134 6 154 535 20 21 418 595 .258 .340 .432 .772 115 1509 80 40 18 38 27
1976 30 1094 4403 3838 479 972 151 9 160 577 22 21 462 648 .253 .337 .422 .759 113 1621 85 42 20 41 29
1977 31 1144 4557 3971 496 1004 162 9 160 591 23 24 479 669 .253 .337 .419 .756 112 1664 94 44 20 43 29

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 22 34 125 112 6 32 9 0 2 19 1 11 32 .286 .344 .420 .764 17 34
1969 23 157 626 558 68 144 26 2 23 89 1 57 106 .258 .329 .435 .765 80 157
1970 24 141 600 522 78 143 16 1 35 101 2 59 107 .274 .353 .510 .863 92 141
1971 25 151 644 560 80 161 20 2 36 95 3 67 88 .288 .373 .523 .896 107 150
1972 26 60 255 226 29 62 6 0 9 39 1 28 32 .274 .353 .420 .773 33 57
1973 27 152 643 562 87 157 29 1 20 91 4 76 66 .279 .365 .441 .807 91 152
1974 28 136 578 504 71 129 18 0 23 71 3 63 60 .256 .341 .429 .769 73 136
1975 29 150 628 527 67 136 18 0 17 76 6 86 107 .258 .368 .389 .757 73 149
1976 30 119 416 358 40 86 21 4 7 54 2 53 53 .240 .339 .380 .719 46 118
1977 31 50 154 133 19 32 11 0 0 16 1 17 21 .241 .331 .323 .654 14 50
10 Seasons 1150 4669 4062 545 1082 174 10 172 651 24 517 672 .266 .353 .441 .794 626 1144
162 Game Avg. 162 658 572 77 152 25 1 24 92 3 73 95 .266 .353 .441 .794 88 1144

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1983 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1971

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1971 AL (13, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1094th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1970 AL  .488 (10th)
1971 AL  .492 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1971 AL  267 (4th)

Doubles s c a p y
1973 AL  29 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 AL  33 (6th)
1971 AL  33 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1970 AL  96 (9th)
1971 AL  86 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1969 AL  106 (4th)
1970 AL  107 (7th)
1975 AL  106 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1971 AL  96 (7th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1971 AL  53 (6th)
1973 AL  50 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1971 AL  .690 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL  9 (2nd)
1971 AL  11 (2nd)
1975 AL  8 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1970 AL  9 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1973 AL  20 (5th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1970 AL  15.6 (6th)
1971 AL  16.5 (3rd)
1974 AL  23.6 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (411), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 24 (896), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 11 (1083), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1174), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Jim Hickman (946)
  6. Scott Spiezio (930)
  7. Jeff King (927)
  8. Vince DiMaggio (927)
  9. Aaron Boone (926)
  10. Candy Maldonado (924)
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  2. Jesse Barfield (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dale Murphy (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Edwin Encarnacion (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jorge Cantu (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Howard Johnson (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tim Wallach (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Graig Nettles (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Graig Nettles (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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