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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1968 CHW AL 22 3B 33 32 275.2 95 17 75 3 5 .968 4.9 21.3 4.9 -1.4 6.3 0 3.00 2.79 .951 3.05 2.67
1969 CHW AL 23 3B 148 139 1236.2 456 112 322 22 36 .952 -10.7 -10.4 -11.7 -7.0 -4.6 1 3.16 2.93 .955 3.16 2.74
1969 CHW AL 23 OF 11 9 68.0 16 13 3 0 0 1.000 0.9 15.9 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 1 2.12 1.45 .975 2.13 1.84
1969 CHW AL 23 RF 8 6 43.0 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 1.7 47.4 0.7 0.7 0.0 1 2.72 1.63 .977 1.90 1.60
1969 CHW AL 23 LF 3 3 25.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -38.4 -0.8 -1.0 0.2 0 1.08 1.00 .967 1.98 1.60
1970 CHW AL 24 OF 71 71 599.2 119 111 8 0 3 1.000 -6.1 -12.2 -7.1 -2.2 -4.9 1 1.79 1.68 .980 2.14 1.85
1970 CHW AL 24 RF 71 71 599.2 124 117 7 0 3 1.000 -6.1 -12.2 -7.1 -2.2 -4.9 1 1.86 1.75 .974 1.98 1.59
1970 CHW AL 24 3B 70 70 609.0 244 47 179 18 19 .926 -0.8 -1.6 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 0 3.34 3.23 .950 3.07 2.67
1971 CHW AL 25 3B 148 148 1270.1 503 116 371 16 26 .968 7.3 6.9 8.3 3.4 4.9 -1 3.45 3.29 .955 3.04 2.74 AS,MVP-13
1972 CHW AL 26 3B 56 56 491.1 184 47 125 12 12 .935 -2.3 -5.6 -1.3 -1.2 -0.1 -1 3.15 3.07 .955 2.98 2.70
1973 CHW AL 27 3B 151 151 1307.2 485 115 347 23 31 .953 -4.0 -3.7 -5.0 0.1 -5.1 1 3.18 3.06 .950 3.00 2.68
1973 CHW AL 27 DH 1
1974 CHW AL 28 3B 123 123 1079.2 396 100 272 24 29 .939 -7.3 -8.1 -7.3 -6.3 -1.0 0 3.10 3.02 .955 3.12 2.77
1974 CHW AL 28 DH 11
1975 CHW AL 29 3B 138 138 1190.2 470 131 313 26 23 .945 -9.6 -9.7 -7.6 -2.4 -5.2 -2 3.36 3.22 .954 3.16 2.81
1975 CHW AL 29 DH 11
1976 CAL AL 30 DH 51
1976 CAL AL 30 1B 30 27 218.0 237 220 15 2 20 .992 -2.6 -14.3 -2.6 -1.1 -1.5 0 9.70 7.83 .992 9.85 8.88
1976 CAL AL 30 3B 21 14 131.0 29 7 21 1 2 .966 -3.1 -28.4 -3.1 -1.1 -1.9 0 1.92 1.33 .952 2.94 2.64
1977 CLE AL 31 1B 15 11 108.0 142 134 8 0 10 1.000 1.4 15.6 1.4 -0.2 1.6 0 11.83 9.47 .990 10.02 8.79
1977 CLE AL 31 DH 14
1977 CLE AL 31 3B 13 10 94.0 30 8 20 2 1 .933 -0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 2.68 2.15 .957 2.97 2.72
10 Seasons 3B 901 881 7686.0 2892 700 2045 147 184 .949 -25.7 -4.0 -23.7 -15.7 -7.8 -2 3.21 3.05 .954 3.08 2.73
5 Seasons DH 88
2 Seasons OF 82 80 667.2 135 124 11 0 3 1.000 -5.2 -9.3 -7.2 -2.5 -4.7 2 1.82 1.65 .979 2.14 1.85
2 Seasons RF 79 77 642.2 137 128 9 0 3 1.000 -4.4 -8.2 -6.4 -1.5 -4.9 2 1.92 1.73 .974 1.97 1.59
2 Seasons 1B 45 38 326.0 379 354 23 2 30 .995 -1.2 -4.4 -1.2 -1.3 0.1 0 10.41 8.38 .991 9.91 8.85
1 Season LF 3 3 25.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -38.4 -0.8 -1.0 0.2 0 1.08 1.00 .967 1.98 1.60
10 Seasons TOT 1028 999 8679.2 3406 1178 2079 149 217 .956 -32.1 -4.4 -32.1 -19.5 -12.4 2 -2 3.38 3.17 .915 3.26 2.93
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1968 CHW AL 22 34 32 34 34 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1969 CHW AL 23 157 148 157 157 0 0 0 0 148 0 3 0 8 11 5 0
1970 CHW AL 24 141 141 141 141 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 0 71 71 0 0
1971 CHW AL 25 150 148 150 150 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1972 CHW AL 26 57 56 57 57 0 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 CHW AL 27 152 152 152 151 0 0 0 0 151 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1974 CHW AL 28 136 132 136 123 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0
1975 CHW AL 29 149 149 149 138 0 0 0 0 138 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
1976 CAL AL 30 118 89 118 49 0 0 30 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 48 28 0
1977 CLE AL 31 50 33 50 28 0 0 15 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 12 11 0
10 Seasons 1144 1080 1144 1028 0 0 45 0 901 0 3 0 79 82 81 50 3
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 CHW AL 22 1151 62% 78% 31% 98 87% 2 17 12 1 4 77 60 11 1 4 3 0 3 0 3 5 2 0 3 2 1 0 1 0%
1969 CHW AL 23 5538 65% 78% 29% 452 88% 1 110 75 11 24 327 240 73 2 14 23 0 22 1 20 37 30 0 34 1 0 1 10 90%
1970 CHW AL 24 2782 59% 79% 31% 242 86% 5 51 37 3 11 176 136 29 4 5 18 0 15 3 14 18 11 1 14 2 1 1 4 75%
1971 CHW AL 25 5540 66% 77% 28% 507 89% 7 114 84 9 21 372 290 65 5 10 16 0 12 4 12 26 20 1 22 3 3 0 25 56%
1972 CHW AL 26 2133 65% 75% 26% 166 90% 1 46 29 3 14 124 92 24 1 6 12 0 9 3 9 13 8 2 10 1 0 1 8 50%
1973 CHW AL 27 5877 67% 77% 26% 471 89% 4 121 72 20 29 349 284 46 3 16 24 2 16 6 18 31 17 5 25 5 4 0 23 83%
1974 CHW AL 28 4855 68% 78% 25% 386 90% 3 95 72 11 12 277 216 53 0 7 24 0 22 2 19 29 18 5 23 6 2 3 12 75%
1975 CHW AL 29 5391 67% 77% 25% 445 91% 7 129 87 20 22 311 240 61 2 8 26 1 17 8 21 23 16 1 19 1 1 0 13 62%
1976 CAL AL 30 577 57% 75% 25% 29 79% 1 7 4 1 2 20 16 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1977 CLE AL 31 425 56% 75% 20% 31 84% 0 8 7 0 1 20 15 4 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 50%
10 Seasons 34269 65% 77% 27% 2827 89% 31 698 479 79 140 2053 1589 368 20 71 149 3 119 27 118 185 123 16 152 22 13 6 99 69%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 2 2 33.3% 0 181 62% 76% 25% 21 62%
1970 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 3 3 1 36 14 1 20 5 0 12 7 0 10 2 2 12 9 1 90 37 41.1% 49 4 4.4% 3 2776 62% 79% 22% 273 44%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 3 4 2 39 16 2 20 5 0 14 7 1 11 2 2 12 9 1 96 39 40.6% 51 6 6.3% 3 2957 62% 79% 23% 294 46%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 61% 78% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1976 CAL AL 30 952 57% 76% 24% 42 93% 0 218 13 203 2 15 15 10 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 20 0 0 0 16 0 4 1 3 4 100%
1977 CLE AL 31 508 52% 79% 28% 31 100% 0 133 7 125 1 17 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 10 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 1460 55% 77% 26% 73 96% 0 351 20 328 3 32 24 15 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 30 0 1 0 26 1 4 1 3 4 100%
MLB Averages 61% 78% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1969 CHW AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 117 80% 77% 21% 11 27%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 117 80% 77% 21% 11 27%
MLB Averages 57.7% 2.8% 61% 78% 26% 47%

* 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.

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