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Bob Melvin
Robert Paul Melvin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 28, 1961 in Palo Alto, CA
High School: Menlo (Atherton, CA)
School: University of California
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 25, 1985
Final Game: August 6, 1994
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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
1985 23 DET AL 41 87 82 10 18 4 1 0 4 0 0 3 21 .220 .247 .293 .540 48 24 1 0 2 0 0 2
1986 24 SFG NL 89 289 268 24 60 14 2 5 25 3 2 15 69 .224 .262 .347 .609 71 93 7 0 3 3 1 2/5
1987 25 SFG NL 84 265 246 31 49 8 0 11 31 0 4 17 44 .199 .249 .366 .615 64 90 7 0 0 2 3 2/3
1988 26 SFG NL 92 288 273 23 64 13 1 8 27 0 2 13 46 .234 .268 .377 .646 87 103 5 0 1 1 0 2/3
1989 27 BAL AL 85 301 278 22 67 10 1 1 32 1 4 15 53 .241 .279 .295 .574 65 82 10 0 7 1 3 2/D
1990 28 BAL AL 93 318 301 30 73 14 1 5 37 0 1 11 53 .243 .267 .346 .612 73 104 8 0 3 3 1 2D/3
1991 29 BAL AL 79 245 228 11 57 10 0 1 23 0 0 11 46 .250 .279 .307 .586 65 70 5 0 1 5 2 2/D
1992 30 KCR AL 32 77 70 5 22 5 0 0 6 0 0 5 13 .314 .351 .386 .736 105 27 3 0 0 2 0 2/3
1993 31 BOS AL 77 190 176 13 39 7 0 3 23 0 0 7 44 .222 .251 .313 .564 48 55 2 1 3 3 0 2/3
1994 32 TOT AL 20 35 33 5 7 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 7 .212 .235 .303 .538 39 10 2 0 1 0 0 2/3D
1994 32 NYY AL 9 14 14 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .500 .786 101 7 1 0 0 0 0 /32D
1994 32 CHW AL 11 21 19 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .158 .200 .158 .358 -5 3 1 0 1 0 0 2
10 Seasons 692 2095 1955 174 456 85 6 35 212 4 13 98 396 .233 .268 .337 .604 68 658 50 1 21 20 10
162 Game Avg. 162 490 458 41 107 20 1 8 50 1 3 23 93 .233 .268 .337 .604 68 154 12 0 5 5 2
SFG (3 yrs) 265 842 787 78 173 35 3 24 83 3 8 45 159 .220 .260 .363 .624 74 286 19 0 4 6 4
BAL (3 yrs) 257 864 807 63 197 34 2 7 92 1 5 37 152 .244 .274 .317 .592 68 256 23 0 11 9 6
KCR (1 yr) 32 77 70 5 22 5 0 0 6 0 0 5 13 .314 .351 .386 .736 105 27 3 0 0 2 0
BOS (1 yr) 77 190 176 13 39 7 0 3 23 0 0 7 44 .222 .251 .313 .564 48 55 2 1 3 3 0
NYY (1 yr) 9 14 14 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .500 .786 101 7 1 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 41 87 82 10 18 4 1 0 4 0 0 3 21 .220 .247 .293 .540 48 24 1 0 2 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 11 21 19 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .158 .200 .158 .358 -5 3 1 0 1 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 427 1253 1168 96 283 50 3 11 129 1 5 53 237 .242 .273 .318 .591 65 372 31 1 17 14 6
NL (3 yrs) 265 842 787 78 173 35 3 24 83 3 8 45 159 .220 .260 .363 .624 74 286 19 0 4 6 4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 25 SFG NL NLCS STL L 3 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 3 1 0 0 0 1
1 NLCS 3 8 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .429 .500 .429 .929 3 1 0 0 0 1

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1985 DET AL 23 C 41 25 233.1 190 175 13 2 1 .989 -2.0 -10.3 -2 7.25 4.59 .987 6.05 5.03 1 10 19 6 24%
1986 SFG NL 24 C 84 76 640.2 507 442 59 6 7 .988 7.0 13.1 7 7.04 5.96 .985 6.93 5.88 2 18 66 43 39%
1986 SFG NL 24 3B 1 0 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 32.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.91 2.00 .950 2.70 2.20
1987 SFG NL 25 C 78 60 561.1 451 407 43 1 7 .998 9.0 19.2 9 7.21 5.77 .987 6.94 5.91 4 15 48 36 43%
1987 SFG NL 25 1B 1 1 5.0 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 0.5 120.0 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 14.40 8.00 .988 9.90 8.50
1988 SFG NL 26 C 89 74 655.2 441 403 31 7 4 .984 1.0 1.8 1 5.96 4.88 .987 6.56 5.58 5 15 46 18 28%
1988 SFG NL 26 1B 1 0 1.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.00 3.00 1.000 9.90 8.60
1989 BAL AL 27 C 75 72 631.0 326 303 20 3 1 .991 4.0 7.6 4 4.61 4.31 .989 6.24 5.20 1 9 50 20 29%
1989 BAL AL 27 DH 9
1990 BAL AL 28 C 76 70 633.2 390 364 25 1 2 .997 5.0 9.5 5 5.52 5.12 .991 6.42 5.36 1 8 44 19 30%
1990 BAL AL 28 DH 10
1990 BAL AL 28 1B 1 0 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.4 240.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 9.45 8.40
1991 BAL AL 29 C 72 67 580.2 415 383 31 1 8 .998 -1.0 -2.1 -1 6.42 5.75 .990 6.49 5.28 3 23 48 19 28%
1991 BAL AL 29 DH 4
1992 KCR AL 30 C 21 16 144.0 84 77 7 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.25 4.00 .989 6.20 5.26 2 2 14 6 30%
1992 KCR AL 30 1B 3 2 18.0 25 22 2 1 3 .960 0.3 20.0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0 12.00 8.00 .992 9.70 8.37
1993 BOS AL 31 C 76 50 459.0 324 304 18 2 4 .994 -4.0 -10.5 -4 6.31 4.24 .991 6.56 5.46 5 10 31 8 21%
1993 BOS AL 31 1B 1 0 5.0 6 5 1 0 1 1.000 0.4 96.0 0.4 0.0 0.4 0 10.80 6.00 1.000 9.54 8.20
1994 TOT AL 32 C 15 7 70.1 57 57 0 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -34.1 -2 7.29 3.80 .991 6.79 5.73 1 2 10 1 9%
1994 NYY AL 32 1B 4 1 12.0 7 7 0 0 2 1.000 -0.5 -50.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 5.25 1.75 .986 9.60 8.50
1994 NYY AL 32 C 4 1 16.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -75.0 -1 5.06 2.25 .989 6.81 5.72 1 2 2 1 33%
1994 NYY AL 32 DH 1
1994 CHW AL 32 C 11 6 54.1 48 48 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -22.1 -1 7.95 4.36 .992 6.79 5.73 0 0 8 0 0%
10 Seasons C 627 517 4609.2 3185 2915 247 23 36 .993 17.0 4.4 17 6.17 5.04 .988 6.55 5.50 25 112 376 176 32%
4 Seasons DH 24
6 Seasons 1B 11 4 43.0 51 45 5 1 7 .980 1.1 30.7 1.1 0.5 0.6 0 10.47 4.55 .992 9.67 8.44
1 Season 3B 1 0 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.1 32.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 4.91 2.00 .950 2.70 2.20
10 Seasons TOT 639 521 4656.1 3238 2961 253 24 43 .993 18.2 4.7 1.2 0.6 0.6 0 17 6.21 5.03 .981 6.58 5.54 25 112 376 176 32%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Awards (yr-lg-award)
2007-NL-Mgr of the year

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1979 amateur draft, but did not sign.

January 13, 1981: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January Secondary).

October 7, 1985: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with a player to be named later and Juan Berenguer to the San Francisco Giants for Eric King, Dave LaPoint and Matt Nokes. The Detroit Tigers sent Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.

January 24, 1989: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Baltimore Orioles for Terry Kennedy.

December 11, 1991: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Kansas City Royals for Storm Davis.

October 26, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 14, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

April 12, 1994: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

April 26, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

July 22, 1994: Selected off waivers by the California Angels from the New York Yankees.

July 22, 1994: Traded by the California Angels to the Chicago White Sox for Jeff Schwarz.

October 25, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986San Francisco Giants$75,000
1987San Francisco Giants$90,000
1988San Francisco Giants$145,000
1989Baltimore Orioles$230,000
1990Baltimore Orioles$350,000
1991Baltimore Orioles$650,000
1992Kansas City Royals$900,000
1993Boston Red Sox$725,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,165,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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