Bob Melvin

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: October 28, 1961 in Palo Alto, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Menlo-Atherton HS (Atherton, CA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Cañada College (Redwood City, CA).

High School: Menlo-Atherton HS (Atherton, CA)

Schools: Cañada College (Redwood City, CA), University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: May 25, 1985 (Age 23-209d, 15,025th in major league history)
vs. SEA 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 6, 1994 (Age 32-282d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Full Name: Robert Paul Melvin

Nicknames: BoMel

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3x Mgr of the year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

1955

456

.233

174

RBI

212

OBP

.268

SLG

.337

OPS

.604

OPS+

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

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	SFG		SDP	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
2	3	Apr 8	SFG		SDP	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 10	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	47	11.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
4	8 (2)	Apr 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,13-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
5	9	Apr 14	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
6	10	Apr 15	SFG	@	SDP	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	12 (1)	Apr 18	SFG		ATL	W,2-1	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
8	13	Apr 19	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
9	14	Apr 20	SFG		LAD	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	15	Apr 21	SFG		LAD	L,8-11	GS	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
11	18 (2)	Apr 25	SFG	@	ATL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	19	Apr 26	SFG	@	ATL	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
13	22 (2)	Apr 29	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	23	Apr 30	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	26 (2)	May 4	SFG	@	STL	W,10-7	GF	14	4.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	27	May 5	SFG	@	STL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
17	28	May 6	SFG		CHC	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
18	29	May 7	SFG		CHC	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
19	30	May 8	SFG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	C
20	32 (1)	May 10	SFG		PIT	L,1-4	GS	36	7.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	33	May 12	SFG		STL	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
22	34	May 13	SFG		STL	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
23	35	May 15	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-8	GS	34	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B C
24	36	May 16	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
25	37	May 17	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
26	38	May 18	SFG	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	39	May 19	SFG	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	40	May 20	SFG	@	MON	W,9-7	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
29	41	May 22	SFG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	42	May 23	SFG	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	42	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
31	43	May 24	SFG	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	44	May 25	SFG		NYM	L,7-8	GF	15	3.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	46 (1)	May 27	SFG		NYM	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
34	47	May 29	SFG		MON	L,4-10	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	51 (3)	Jun 2	SFG		PHI	L,6-7	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	52	Jun 3	SFG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
37	53	Jun 5	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
38	54	Jun 6	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-3	CG	49	12.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
39	56 (1)	Jun 8	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	58 (1)	Jun 10	SFG	@	CIN	W,9-4	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	59	Jun 11	SFG		SDP	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	61 (1)	Jun 13	SFG		SDP	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	62	Jun 14	SFG		SDP	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
44	63	Jun 16	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
45	66 (2)	Jun 19	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-6	GS	25	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
46	69 (2)	Jun 23	SFG		CIN	L,1-4	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
47	70	Jun 24	SFG		CIN	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
48	72 (1)	Jun 26	SFG		HOU	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
49	75 (2)	Jun 29	SFG		ATL	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
50	76	Jun 30	SFG		ATL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	77	Jul 1	SFG		ATL	L,3-8	GS	31	6.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
52	78	Jul 3	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	81 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	83 (1)	Jul 7	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	50	11.2	12	1	0	13	0	C
55	84	Jul 8	SFG	@	PIT	W,8-4	GF	23	6.2	2	2	0	4	1	C
56	86 (1)	Jul 10	SFG	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	47	11.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	99 (12)	Jul 26 (2)	SFG		STL	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
58	102 (2)	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	W,16-2	GF	14	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	105 (2)	Aug 2	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	48	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	107 (1)	Aug 4	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
61	111 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
62	112	Aug 9 (2)	SFG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
63	114 (1)	Aug 11	SFG		HOU	L,3-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
64	118 (3)	Aug 15	SFG		LAD	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
65	123 (4)	Aug 21	SFG	@	MON	W,6-3	GS	25	6.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
66	132 (8)	Aug 31	SFG		MON	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	133	Sep 1	SFG		MON	W,14-4	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
68	141 (7)	Sep 11	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	143 (1)	Sep 13	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-1	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	145 (1)	Sep 15	SFG		SDP	W,13-3	GS	19	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	146	Sep 16	SFG		HOU	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	148 (1)	Sep 19	SFG		CIN	W,5-1	GS	24	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
73	151 (2)	Sep 22	SFG		LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
74	152	Sep 23	SFG		LAD	W,9-8	GF	13	2.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	154 (1)	Sep 26	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-10	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	158 (3)	Sep 30	SFG	@	LAD	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
77	160 (1)	Oct 2	SFG		ATL	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
78	161	Oct 3	SFG		ATL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
							79gm		566.1	414	44	1	459	8