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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CHW		CAL	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
2	2	Apr 6	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
3	3	Apr 7	CHW		CAL	T,4-4	GS	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
4	4	Apr 9	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 10	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
6	7 (1)	Apr 12	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-15	CG	47	8.0	1	0	3	4	0	3B
7	8	Apr 13	CHW	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
8	9	Apr 14	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
9	10	Apr 15	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	51	12.2	3	7	0	10	2	3B
10	11	Apr 16	CHW	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
11	12	Apr 17	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-3	GS	33	7.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
12	13	Apr 19	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
13	16 (2)	Apr 23	CHW		MIL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
14	17	Apr 24	CHW		MIL	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
15	18	Apr 26	CHW		DET	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	0	5	0	5	2	3B
16	19	Apr 27	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	20	Apr 28	CHW		DET	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	0	3B
18	21	Apr 30	CHW		BAL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	22	May 1	CHW		BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
20	23	May 3	CHW	@	MIL	W,10-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
21	24	May 4	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	25	May 5	CHW	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
23	26	May 6	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
24	27	May 7	CHW	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	38	11.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
25	28	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	W,8-7	GS	47	11.0	1	3	1	5	1	3B
26	29	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
27	30	May 12	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
28	31	May 13	CHW		MIN	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
29	33 (1)	May 16	CHW		OAK	W,4-3	CG	33	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
30	34	May 17	CHW		OAK	L,4-10	GS	39	8.0	0	2	2	4	0	3B
31	35	May 18	CHW		OAK	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
32	36	May 19	CHW		OAK	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
33	37	May 22 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
34	38	May 22 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
35	39	May 23	CHW		TEX	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
36	40	May 24	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
37	41	May 25	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-4	CG	54	13.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
38	42	May 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	43	May 27	CHW	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	29	6.2	0	1	1	2	0	3B
40	44	May 28	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
41	45	May 31	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	46	Jun 1	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-8	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
43	47	Jun 2	CHW	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	48	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	49	Jun 5	CHW		NYY	W,7-6	CG	61	15.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
46	50	Jun 6	CHW		NYY	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
47	51	Jun 7	CHW		BOS	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
48	52	Jun 8	CHW		BOS	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
49	53	Jun 9	CHW		BOS	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	54	Jun 11	CHW		CLE	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	2	4	2	8	1	3B
51	55	Jun 12	CHW		CLE	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
52	56	Jun 14	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
53	57	Jun 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	10.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
54	66 (8)	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
55	69 (2)	Jun 26	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	49	11.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
56	71 (1)	Jun 28	CHW		MIN	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
57	73 (1)	Jun 30 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	76 (2)	Jul 2	CHW		KCR	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
59	77	Jul 3	CHW		KCR	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
60	78	Jul 4	CHW		KCR	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
61	79	Jul 5 (1)	CHW	@	DET	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
62	80	Jul 5 (2)	CHW	@	DET	L,4-7	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
63	82 (1)	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
64	83	Jul 8	CHW	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	50	11.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	84	Jul 9	CHW	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
66	85	Jul 10	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
67	86	Jul 11	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
68	87	Jul 12	CHW		BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
69	88	Jul 13	CHW		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
70	89	Jul 14	CHW		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
71	90	Jul 15	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
72	91	Jul 16	CHW		DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
73	92	Jul 17	CHW		DET	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
74	93	Jul 19	CHW		MIL	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
75	94	Jul 20	CHW		MIL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2	3B
76	95	Jul 21 (1)	CHW		MIL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
77	96	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		MIL	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
78	97	Jul 25	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
79	98	Jul 26	CHW	@	TEX	L,6-10	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	99	Jul 27	CHW	@	TEX	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
81	100	Jul 28 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
82	101	Jul 28 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
83	102	Jul 29	CHW	@	OAK	L,9-11	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
84	103	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
85	104	Jul 31	CHW	@	CAL	L,4-14	CG	47	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	105	Aug 1	CHW		OAK	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
87	106	Aug 2	CHW		OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
88	107	Aug 3	CHW		TEX	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
89	108	Aug 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
90	109	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	W,13-10	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
91	110	Aug 5	CHW		TEX	L,8-13	CG	48	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
92	111	Aug 6	CHW		CAL	W,12-2	GS	29	8.0	0	5	0	5	2	3B
93	112	Aug 7	CHW		CAL	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
94	113	Aug 8	CHW		CAL	L,4-6	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
95	114	Aug 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	115	Aug 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
97	116	Aug 11	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
98	117	Aug 13	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
99	118	Aug 14	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
100	119	Aug 15	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
101	120	Aug 16 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,8-9	CG	58	12.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
102	121	Aug 16 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
103	122	Aug 17	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	25	6.1	0	2	0	2	1	3B
104	123	Aug 18	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
105	124	Aug 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
106	125	Aug 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
107	126	Aug 21	CHW	@	BOS	L,0-4	GS	18	5.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
108	127	Aug 23	CHW		CLE	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
109	128	Aug 24	CHW		CLE	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
110	129	Aug 25 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
111	130	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
112	131	Aug 27	CHW		BOS	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
113	132	Aug 28	CHW		BOS	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
114	133	Aug 29	CHW		BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
115	134	Aug 30	CHW		NYY	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
116	135	Aug 31	CHW		NYY	L,6-18	GS	51	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	136	Sep 1	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
118	137	Sep 2	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
119	138	Sep 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
120	139	Sep 4	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
121	140	Sep 5	CHW	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
122	141	Sep 6	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
123	152 (10)	Sep 17	CHW		MIN	L,0-8	CG	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
							123gm		1079.2	100	272	24	396	29