Dave Melton

David Olin Melton

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 3, 1928 in Pampa, TX
High School: Coronado HS (Coronado, CA)
School: Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1956
Team: Athletics 1956-1958

Final Game: June 11, 1958
Died: October 23, 2008 in Cupertino, CA
Cremated
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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
1950	21	YAK,SFR	B,AAA	38	127	124	3	42	4	2	2	2	0		2	1	.339	.349	.452	.801		56		0	1				YAK,SFR · WINT,PCL
1953	24	CHW-min	C,Opn,AAA	120	413	395	25	108	18	7	3	14	2		18	23	.273	.305	.377	.682		149	4	0	0				VNT,SFR,CHL · CALL,PCL,AA
1954	25	SFR,CCI	Opn,C	142	607	586	41	181	33	6	17	54	5		10	33	.309	.321	.473	.793		277	5	1	8	2			SFR,CCI · PCL,CALL
1955	26	SFR	Opn	162	668	616	86	184	29	7	19	116	5		37	59	.299	.336	.461	.797		284	18	1	8	6			SFR · PCL
1956	27	OAK-min	AAA	17	33	30	2	7	1	0	0	5	0		1	5	.233	.258	.267	.525		8		0	2	0			CLB · IL
1956	27	KCA	AL	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1	0	0	0	0	0	/7

1957	28	OAK-min	AAA	135	532	495	53	128	22	4	8	55	2		31	53	.259	.300	.368	.668		182		0	2	4			BFL · IL
1958	29	CHC-min	AAA	88	377	345	50	105	22	4	10	39	2		24	30	.304	.349	.478	.828		165	7	1	5	2			POR · PCL
1958	29	KCA	AL	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1959	30	OAK-min	AAA	107	396	367	45	99	12	2	6	43	9	0	19	28	.270	.304	.362	.667		133		1	5	4			POR · PCL
1962	33	OAK-min	AAA	24	42	38	4	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	6	.184	.262	.237	.499		9		0	0	0			POR · PCL
2 Yrs				12	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	122	122	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	14	0	0	0	0	0

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
1956	27	KCA	AL	3	3	-0	0	0	1	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.514	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/7

1958	29	KCA	AL	9	6	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/7
2 Seasons				12	9	-2	0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.500	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

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
1956	27	KCA	AL	3	2	0	0.0	106	.333	.333	.267	.333	.349	.333	.408	.667	.757	77	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

1958	29	KCA	AL	6	6	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.401	.000	.734	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				9	8	0	0.0	102	.250	.111	.265	.111	.338	.111	.403	.222	.742	-40	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				122	108	0	0.0	102	.250	.111	.265	.111	.338	.111	.403	.222	.742	-40	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.125	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	27	KCA	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	100%

1958	29	KCA	AL	6	0.0%	83.3%	0.0%	0.0%			1.2				17%
2 Yrs				9	0.0%	55.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8			1.00	44%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.5%	8.9%	6.6%	29%	1.41	7.1	37.5	8.3	0.99	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	27	KCA	AL	-0.1	-0.0	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	0.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.71	-0.3		0

1958	29	KCA	AL	-1.7	-0.2	5	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	2.23	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.28	-1.4	2.23	5
2 Yrs				-1.8	-0.2	8	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.48	-0.1	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	1.07	-1.6	2.23	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1956	27	KCA	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1958	29	KCA	AL	0	0		4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	0%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						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
1956	27	KCA	AL	3	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1958	29	KCA	AL	6	20%	0			5	0	0	0	2.23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				9	13%	1			5	0	0	0	2.23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1956	27	3	3	3	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1
1957	28	3	3	3	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	77	1
1958	29	12	9	9	1	5	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1956	27	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1958	29	9	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
2 Yrs		12	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12
162 Game Avg.		162	122	122	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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