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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 9	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 10	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
4	4	Apr 11	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 12	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	2	2	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 13 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-5	GS	43	10.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13 (2)	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
8	8	Apr 15	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	CG	57	13.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 16	CHW		TEX	L,4-14	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 17	CHW		TEX	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	3B
11	11	Apr 19	CHW		CAL	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 20	CHW		CAL	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
13	13	Apr 22	CHW		KCR	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B
14	14	Apr 24	CHW	@	MIN	W,4-3	GS	22	6.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
15	15	Apr 25	CHW	@	KCR	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
16	16	Apr 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
17	17	Apr 27	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-6	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
18	18	Apr 28	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
19	19	Apr 29	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
20	20	Apr 30	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	22	May 2	CHW		OAK	L,3-4	GS	47	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
23	23	May 3	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
24	24	May 4	CHW		OAK	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	25	May 6	CHW		MIN	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
26	26	May 7	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
27	27	May 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
28	28	May 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
29	29	May 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-4	GS	16	4.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
30	30	May 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	31	May 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
32	32	May 16	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
33	33	May 17	CHW		CLE	W,10-1	GS	24	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
34	34	May 18	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	3B
35	35	May 19	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
36	36	May 21	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	37	May 22	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
38	38	May 23	CHW		DET	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
39	39	May 24	CHW		DET	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
40	40	May 25	CHW		DET	L,1-4	CG	32	7.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
41	41	May 26	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	42	May 27	CHW	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
43	43	May 28	CHW	@	MIL	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	57 (13)	Jun 13	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
45	58	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
46	59	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
47	60	Jun 17	CHW	@	TEX	W,13-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
48	61	Jun 18	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	2	7	0	9	0	3B
49	62	Jun 19	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
50	63	Jun 20	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
51	64	Jun 21	CHW		MIN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
52	65	Jun 22 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,6-5	CG	50	10.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	66	Jun 22 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
54	67	Jun 24	CHW		TEX	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
55	68	Jun 25	CHW		TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	69	Jun 26	CHW		TEX	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
57	70	Jun 27	CHW		KCR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
58	71	Jun 28	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	72	Jun 29	CHW		KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
60	73	Jun 30	CHW		OAK	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	74	Jul 1	CHW		OAK	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
62	75	Jul 2	CHW		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	1	3B
63	76	Jul 3	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
64	77	Jul 4	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	8.1	2	3	0	5	0	3B
65	78	Jul 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	79	Jul 6	CHW	@	KCR	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
67	80	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	4	0	4	2	3B
68	81	Jul 8	CHW	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	3	3B
69	82	Jul 9	CHW	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	41	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
70	83	Jul 11	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
71	84	Jul 12	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	3B
72	85	Jul 13	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	9	0	9	0	3B
73	86	Jul 17 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	3B
74	87	Jul 17 (2)	CHW		DET	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	2	1	1	4	1	3B
75	88	Jul 18	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
76	89	Jul 19	CHW		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
77	90	Jul 20 (1)	CHW		MIL	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
78	91	Jul 20 (2)	CHW		MIL	W,10-5	CG	45	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
79	92	Jul 21	CHW		MIL	L,4-7	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
80	93	Jul 22	CHW		NYY	L,6-11	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	3B
81	94	Jul 24 (1)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	95	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
83	96	Jul 25	CHW	@	OAK	L,6-8	CG	58	12.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
84	97	Jul 26	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
85	98	Jul 27 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-10	GS	35	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
86	99	Jul 27 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-7	GS	21	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
87	100	Jul 28	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
88	101	Jul 29	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
89	102	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	103	Aug 1	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	25	5.1	0	2	0	2	0	3B
91	104	Aug 2 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-4	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
92	105	Aug 2 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
93	106	Aug 3 (1)	CHW	@	MIN	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
94	107	Aug 3 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,9-12	GS	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
95	108	Aug 4	CHW		CAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
96	109	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		CAL	L,4-10	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	110	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
98	111	Aug 6	CHW		CAL	W,11-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
99	113 (1)	Aug 8	CHW		BAL	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
100	114	Aug 9	CHW		BAL	L,6-12	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
101	115	Aug 10	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
102	119 (3)	Aug 15	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
103	120	Aug 16	CHW		BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
104	121	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
105	122	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
106	123	Aug 19	CHW	@	NYY	W,7-6	CG	50	11.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
107	124	Aug 20	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
108	125	Aug 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
109	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	127	Aug 23	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
111	128	Aug 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
112	129	Aug 25	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
113	130	Aug 27 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
114	131	Aug 27 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
115	132	Aug 28	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
116	133	Aug 29	CHW	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
117	134	Aug 30	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	135	Sep 1 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,10-8	CG	47	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
119	136	Sep 1 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
120	137	Sep 2	CHW		KCR	L,1-4	CG	52	12.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
121	138	Sep 3	CHW		KCR	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
122	139	Sep 4	CHW		KCR	L,0-7	CG	50	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
123	140	Sep 5	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
124	141	Sep 6	CHW		MIN	W,5-2	GS	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
125	142	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	L,1-9	CG	47	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
126	143	Sep 9	CHW		CAL	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
127	144	Sep 10	CHW		CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
128	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
129	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	49	9.1	2	5	2	9	0	3B
130	147	Sep 14	CHW	@	TEX	L,8-9	CG	62	12.2	2	4	3	9	0	3B
131	148	Sep 15	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
132	149	Sep 16	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
133	150	Sep 17	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
134	151	Sep 18	CHW		OAK	L,6-7	GS	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
135	155 (3)	Sep 22	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
136	159 (3)	Sep 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
137	160	Sep 27	CHW	@	MIN	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
138	161	Sep 28	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-4	GS	16	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							138gm		1190.2	131	313	26	470	23