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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

3x Mgr of the year

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

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.

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1988 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 4	SFG	@	LAD	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 5	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	5 (2)	Apr 9	SFG		SDP	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
4	6	Apr 10	SFG		SDP	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
5	7	Apr 11	SFG		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	9 (1)	Apr 13	SFG		CIN	W,5-4	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
7	10	Apr 15	SFG	@	SDP	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	11	Apr 16	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	12	Apr 17	SFG	@	SDP	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	13	Apr 18	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	30	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	14	Apr 19	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
12	16 (1)	Apr 21	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	50	11.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
13	17	Apr 23	SFG		LAD	L,3-10	GF	12	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	19 (1)	Apr 26	SFG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	20	Apr 27	SFG		PIT	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	21	Apr 28	SFG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	24 (2)	May 1	SFG		CHC	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
18	25	May 2	SFG		STL	L,1-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	26	May 3	SFG		STL	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
20	28 (1)	May 6	SFG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
21	32 (3)	May 10	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-6	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	33	May 11	SFG	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	34	May 12	SFG	@	STL	L,12-13	CG	49	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
24	35	May 13	SFG		NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	36	May 14	SFG		NYM	W,3-2	GF	5	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
26	37	May 15	SFG		NYM	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
27	38	May 16	SFG		PHI	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
28	41 (2)	May 20	SFG		MON	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
29	42	May 21	SFG		MON	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
30	43	May 22	SFG		MON	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	45 (1)	May 25	SFG	@	NYM	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
32	46	May 26	SFG	@	NYM	W,5-2	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	47	May 27	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
34	48	May 28	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	24	5.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
35	50 (1)	May 30	SFG	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
36	51	May 31	SFG	@	MON	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	52	Jun 1	SFG	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	78 (25)	Jul 2	SFG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	79	Jul 3	SFG		PIT	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	80	Jul 4	SFG		CHC	L,2-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
41	82 (1)	Jul 6	SFG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	83	Jul 8	SFG		STL	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	84	Jul 9	SFG		STL	W,21-2	GS	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
44	86 (1)	Jul 14	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-9	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
45	87	Jul 15	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	89 (1)	Jul 17	SFG	@	PIT	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	90	Jul 18	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-8	GF	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	91	Jul 19	SFG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	92	Jul 20	SFG	@	CHC	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	94 (1)	Jul 22	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	GS	26	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	95	Jul 23	SFG	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	96	Jul 24	SFG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
53	97	Jul 25	SFG		LAD	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	99 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	SFG		LAD	L,5-6	CG	45	11.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
55	100	Jul 27	SFG		LAD	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
56	101	Jul 29	SFG		ATL	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	102	Jul 30	SFG		ATL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
58	104 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	SFG		ATL	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
59	105	Aug 1	SFG		HOU	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
60	106	Aug 2	SFG		HOU	L,10-13	CG	46	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	107	Aug 3	SFG		HOU	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
62	108	Aug 5	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	109	Aug 6	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-7	GS	29	5.1	1	2	0	3	0	C
64	112 (2)	Aug 9	SFG	@	HOU	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
65	113	Aug 10	SFG	@	HOU	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
66	114	Aug 11	SFG	@	HOU	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	115	Aug 12	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
68	117 (1)	Aug 14	SFG	@	LAD	W,15-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	118	Aug 15	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-1	GS	22	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	119	Aug 16	SFG		NYM	L,6-13	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
71	120	Aug 17	SFG		NYM	W,4-0	GS	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
72	125 (4)	Aug 22	SFG		MON	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
73	126	Aug 23	SFG		MON	L,1-2		12	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
74	131 (4)	Aug 29	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
75	132	Aug 30	SFG	@	PHI	L,5-7	GS	23	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	135 (2)	Sep 3	SFG	@	MON	L,4-6	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	136	Sep 4	SFG	@	MON	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	138 (1)	Sep 6	SFG		SDP	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
79	139	Sep 7	SFG		ATL	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
80	141 (1)	Sep 9	SFG		HOU	L,3-4	GS	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
81	142	Sep 10	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	143	Sep 11	SFG		HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	149 (5)	Sep 18	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
84	152 (2)	Sep 21	SFG	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	154 (1)	Sep 23	SFG		LAD	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
86	155	Sep 24	SFG		LAD	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
87	158 (2)	Sep 27	SFG		CIN	W,6-3	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	160 (1)	Sep 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,4-6	GF	15	4.1	2	1	0	3	0	C
89	162 (1)	Oct 2	SFG	@	LAD	W,1-0	GS	18	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
							90gm		656.2	406	31	7	444	4