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.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 7 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	W,12-4	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
3	3	Apr 9	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 10	CHW		MIN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 11	CHW		MIN	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
6	6	Apr 12	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	GS	23	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
7	7	Apr 13	CHW		CAL	L,1-3	CG	40	10.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
8	8	Apr 14	CHW		MIL	L,0-2	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
9	9	Apr 15	CHW		MIL	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
10	10	Apr 16	CHW		OAK	L,4-5	CG	40	10.0	1	5	2	8	0	3B
11	11	Apr 17	CHW		OAK	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 18 (1)	CHW		OAK	L,2-11	GS	30	5.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
13	13	Apr 18 (2)	CHW		OAK	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
14	14	Apr 20	CHW	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
15	15	Apr 22	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
16	16	Apr 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
17	17	Apr 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
18	18	Apr 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
19	19	Apr 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	51	11.1	1	4	0	5	0	3B
20	20	Apr 29	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
21	21	Apr 30	CHW	@	WSA	W,8-1	GS	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	22	May 1	CHW	@	WSA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
23	23	May 2	CHW	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	2	3B
24	24	May 4	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
25	25	May 6	CHW		BOS	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
26	26	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
27	27	May 8	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	42	11.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
28	28	May 9	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
29	29	May 12 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 12 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
31	31	May 14	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
32	32	May 15	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
33	33	May 16	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 19	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
35	35	May 21	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
36	36	May 22	CHW	@	CAL	W,13-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
37	37	May 23	CHW	@	CAL	L,5-10	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
38	38	May 25	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	CG	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	1	3B
39	39	May 26	CHW		KCR	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
40	40	May 28	CHW		CLE	L,0-4	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	44 (3)	May 31 (2)	CHW		BAL	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	45	Jun 2	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	50	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	46	Jun 4	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
44	47	Jun 5	CHW		DET	L,3-7	CG	47	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
45	48	Jun 6	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
46	49	Jun 8	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	50	Jun 9	CHW	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
48	51	Jun 10	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
49	52	Jun 11	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	53	Jun 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
51	54	Jun 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	6	0	7	2	3B
52	55	Jun 14	CHW	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	47	9.2	0	4	0	4	0	3B
53	56	Jun 15	CHW	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
54	57	Jun 16	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	58	Jun 17	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	52	10.2	0	4	1	5	0	3B
56	59	Jun 18	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
57	60	Jun 19	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	43	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
58	61	Jun 20	CHW	@	MIN	W,18-8	GS	34	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
59	62	Jun 21	CHW		KCR	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
60	63	Jun 22	CHW		KCR	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
61	64	Jun 23	CHW		KCR	W,12-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
62	67 (2)	Jun 27 (1)	CHW		CAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
63	68	Jun 27 (2)	CHW		CAL	L,3-12	CG	46	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
64	69	Jun 28	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
65	70	Jun 29	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
66	71	Jun 30 (1)	CHW	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
67	72	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	MIL	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	73	Jul 1	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
69	74	Jul 2	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
70	75	Jul 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
71	76	Jul 4	CHW	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
72	77	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
73	78	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
74	79	Jul 6	CHW		OAK	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
75	80	Jul 7	CHW		OAK	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
76	81	Jul 8	CHW		OAK	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
77	82	Jul 9	CHW		MIL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
78	83	Jul 10	CHW		MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
79	84	Jul 11 (1)	CHW		MIL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	0	7	0	7	0	3B
80	85	Jul 11 (2)	CHW		MIL	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
81	86	Jul 15	CHW	@	WSA	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	87	Jul 16	CHW	@	WSA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
83	88	Jul 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
84	89	Jul 18 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.2	0	3	0	3	1	3B
85	90	Jul 18 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
86	91	Jul 19 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-3	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
87	92	Jul 19 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
88	93	Jul 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	3B
89	94	Jul 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	95	Jul 22	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
91	98 (2)	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		WSA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
92	99	Jul 25 (2)	CHW		WSA	W,9-6	GS	15	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
93	100	Jul 27	CHW		NYY	W,9-6	CG	52	12.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
94	101	Jul 28	CHW		NYY	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
95	102	Jul 29	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
96	103	Jul 30	CHW		BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
97	104	Jul 31	CHW		BOS	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	105	Aug 1 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
99	106	Aug 1 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	GS	16	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
100	109 (2)	Aug 4	CHW	@	CAL	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	0	6	1	7	0	3B
101	110	Aug 5	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
102	111	Aug 6	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
103	112	Aug 7	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
104	118 (5)	Aug 13	CHW		BAL	L,1-12	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
105	119	Aug 14	CHW		BAL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	120	Aug 15	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
107	121	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		DET	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
108	122	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
109	123	Aug 18	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
110	124	Aug 20	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
111	125	Aug 21	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
112	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
113	127	Aug 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
114	128	Aug 25	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
115	129	Aug 26	CHW	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	130	Aug 27	CHW	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
117	131	Aug 28	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
118	132	Aug 29	CHW	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
119	133	Aug 31	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	40	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	134	Sep 1	CHW	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	43	11.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
121	135	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
122	136	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
123	137	Sep 4	CHW		KCR	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
124	138	Sep 5	CHW		KCR	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
125	139	Sep 6 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
126	140	Sep 6 (2)	CHW		MIN	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
127	141	Sep 7	CHW		MIN	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
128	142	Sep 8	CHW		MIN	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
129	143	Sep 10	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
130	144	Sep 11	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
131	145	Sep 12	CHW	@	KCR	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
132	146	Sep 13	CHW	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
133	147	Sep 14	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
134	148	Sep 15 (1)	CHW		OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
135	149	Sep 15 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,7-3	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
136	150	Sep 17	CHW		CAL	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	151	Sep 18	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
138	152	Sep 19	CHW		CAL	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
139	153	Sep 21 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
140	154	Sep 21 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
141	155	Sep 22	CHW	@	OAK	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
142	156	Sep 23	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
143	157	Sep 24	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
144	158	Sep 25	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
145	159	Sep 26	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
146	160	Sep 28	CHW		MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
147	161	Sep 29	CHW		MIL	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
148	162	Sep 30	CHW		MIL	W,2-1	GS	9	3.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							148gm		1270.1	116	371	16	503	26