Bill Melton

Positions: Third Baseman, Rightfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: July 7, 1945 in Gulfport, MS us

School: Citrus College (Glendora, CA)

Debut: May 4, 1968 (Age 22-302d, 12,689th in major league history)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 30, 1977 (Age 32-054d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: William Edwin Melton

Nicknames: Beltin' Bill

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.7

3971

1004

160

.253

496

RBI

591

OBP

.337

SLG

.419

OPS

.756

OPS+

112

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHW		MIN	L,0-12	CG	44	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
2	2	Apr 9	CHW		MIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
3	3	Apr 10	CHW		MIL	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	4	Apr 11	CHW		MIL	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	0	3B
5	5	Apr 12 (1)	CHW		MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
6	6	Apr 12 (2)	CHW		MIL	L,2-16	CG	50	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	3B
7	7	Apr 14	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
8	8	Apr 15	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
9	9	Apr 16	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	2	5	1	8	1	3B
10	10	Apr 18	CHW	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 21	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
12	12	Apr 22	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
13	13	Apr 23	CHW	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
14	14	Apr 24	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
15	15	Apr 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	16	Apr 26	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	17	Apr 28	CHW		BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
18	18	Apr 29	CHW		BAL	L,2-18	CG	55	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B
19	19	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	20	May 1	CHW		DET	W,13-6	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
21	22 (1)	May 3	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
22	23	May 5	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
23	24	May 6	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	1	8	0	3B
24	25	May 8	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-6	GS	24	5.1	0	0	2	2	0	3B
25	34 (8)	May 17 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,4-8	CG	48	11.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
26	35	May 18	CHW		CAL	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
27	36	May 19	CHW		CAL	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
28	37	May 20	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
29	38	May 22	CHW		OAK	L,8-9	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
30	39	May 23	CHW		OAK	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
31	40	May 24 (1)	CHW		OAK	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
32	41	May 24 (2)	CHW		OAK	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
33	42	May 25	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
34	43	May 26	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
35	44	May 27	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
36	45	May 29	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.1	0	3	0	3	0	3B
37	46	May 30	CHW	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
38	47	May 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,22-13	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	48	Jun 2	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
40	49	Jun 3	CHW	@	WSA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
41	50	Jun 4	CHW	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
42	51	Jun 5	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-10	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
43	52	Jun 6	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
44	53	Jun 7	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
45	54	Jun 8	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
46	55	Jun 9	CHW		BOS	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
47	56	Jun 10	CHW		BOS	L,6-7	CG	55	14.0	0	7	2	9	1	3B
48	57	Jun 12	CHW		WSA	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
49	58	Jun 13	CHW		WSA	L,7-12	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
50	59	Jun 14 (1)	CHW		WSA	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
51	60	Jun 14 (2)	CHW		WSA	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
52	61	Jun 16	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	62	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
54	63	Jun 19	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
55	64	Jun 20	CHW	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
56	65	Jun 21 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
57	66	Jun 21 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	67	Jun 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
59	68	Jun 24 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
60	69	Jun 24 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
61	70	Jun 25	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
62	71	Jun 26	CHW		MIN	W,4-2	GS	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF 3B
63	72	Jun 27	CHW		MIN	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	73	Jun 28 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
65	74	Jun 28 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,11-10	GS	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 3B
66	75	Jun 30	CHW		OAK	L,3-4	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	76	Jul 1	CHW		OAK	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
68	77	Jul 2	CHW		OAK	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
69	78	Jul 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
70	90 (11)	Jul 16	CHW		DET	L,6-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
71	91	Jul 17	CHW		DET	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
72	92	Jul 18	CHW		DET	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
73	93	Jul 19 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
74	94	Jul 19 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
75	95	Jul 20	CHW		BAL	L,5-14	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
76	96	Jul 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	RF
77	97	Jul 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
78	98	Jul 23	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
79	99	Jul 24 (1)	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
80	100	Jul 24 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	103 (2)	Jul 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	104	Jul 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
83	105	Jul 31	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	106	Aug 1	CHW		CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
85	107	Aug 2 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
86	108	Aug 2 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
87	109	Aug 3	CHW		KCR	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
88	110	Aug 4	CHW		KCR	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
89	111	Aug 5	CHW		MIL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
90	112	Aug 6	CHW		MIL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
91	113	Aug 7	CHW		CAL	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
92	114	Aug 8	CHW		CAL	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
93	115	Aug 9 (1)	CHW		CAL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
94	116	Aug 9 (2)	CHW		CAL	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
95	117	Aug 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF
96	118	Aug 12	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
97	119	Aug 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
98	120	Aug 14	CHW	@	WSA	L,5-6	CG	45	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
99	121	Aug 15	CHW	@	WSA	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
100	122	Aug 16	CHW	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
101	123	Aug 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
102	124	Aug 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	RF
103	125	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
104	126	Aug 21	CHW		NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
105	127	Aug 22	CHW		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
106	128	Aug 23 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
107	129	Aug 23 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
108	130	Aug 25	CHW		WSA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
109	131	Aug 26	CHW		WSA	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
110	132	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
111	133	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	W,13-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
112	134	Aug 30 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,11-21	CG	57	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
113	135	Aug 30 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	136	Sep 1	CHW	@	OAK	L,5-6	CG	45	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
115	137	Sep 2	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
116	138	Sep 3	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
117	139	Sep 4	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	RF
118	140	Sep 7 (1)	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
119	141	Sep 7 (2)	CHW		OAK	L,5-7	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
120	142	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		CAL	W,11-4	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
121	143	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,3-1	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
122	144	Sep 11	CHW	@	MIN	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
123	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
124	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-7	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
125	147	Sep 18	CHW		MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
126	148	Sep 19	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
127	149	Sep 20	CHW		MIN	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
128	150	Sep 21 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,8-4	GS	27	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
129	151	Sep 21 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
130	152	Sep 22 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
131	153	Sep 22 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,2-6	GS	20	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
132	154	Sep 23	CHW		KCR	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
133	155	Sep 25 (1)	CHW		MIL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
134	156	Sep 25 (2)	CHW		MIL	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
135	157	Sep 26	CHW		MIL	L,5-9	CG	57	12.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
136	158	Sep 27	CHW		MIL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
137	159	Sep 28	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
138	160	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
139	161	Sep 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
140	162	Oct 1	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	51	12.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							140gm		1208.2	164	186	18	368	22