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.

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1989 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 7	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
2	5 (1)	Apr 9	BAL	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	11 (5)	Apr 17	BAL	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
4	12	Apr 18	BAL		KCR	L,4-7	CG	59	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
5	14 (1)	Apr 20	BAL		KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	15	Apr 21	BAL		MIN	L,1-7	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	32 (16)	May 12	BAL		CHW	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
8	34 (1)	May 14	BAL		CHW	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
9	36 (1)	May 18	BAL		CLE	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
10	37	May 19	BAL		CLE	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	40 (2)	May 22	BAL	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	44 (3)	May 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	45	May 28	BAL	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	30	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	47 (1)	May 30	BAL		TEX	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	52 (4)	Jun 4	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	54 (1)	Jun 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	55	Jun 8	BAL		MIL	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
18	60 (4)	Jun 14	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	63 (2)	Jun 16 (2)	BAL		OAK	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
20	64	Jun 17	BAL		OAK	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	65	Jun 18	BAL		OAK	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	67 (1)	Jun 20	BAL	@	SEA	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
23	69 (1)	Jun 22	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	71 (1)	Jun 24	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
25	73 (1)	Jun 27	BAL		TOR	W,16-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	74	Jun 28	BAL		TOR	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	78 (3)	Jul 2	BAL		DET	L,3-7	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	81 (2)	Jul 5	BAL	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	84 (2)	Jul 8	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
30	85	Jul 9	BAL	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	88 (2)	Jul 15	BAL		CAL	W,11-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	91 (2)	Jul 18	BAL		SEA	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	96 (4)	Jul 23	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
34	102 (5)	Jul 30	BAL	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	105 (2)	Aug 1 (2)	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
36	108 (2)	Aug 5	BAL		TEX	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	109	Aug 6	BAL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	43	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
38	110	Aug 7	BAL		MIN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	111	Aug 8	BAL		MIN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
40	112	Aug 9	BAL		MIN	L,0-7	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	113	Aug 11 (1)	BAL		BOS	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	115 (1)	Aug 12	BAL		BOS	L,8-10	GS	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	116	Aug 13	BAL		BOS	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	117	Aug 14	BAL	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	36	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
45	119 (1)	Aug 16	BAL	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
46	120	Aug 17	BAL		TOR	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	121	Aug 18	BAL		TOR	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
48	122	Aug 19	BAL		TOR	L,1-5	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	124 (1)	Aug 21	BAL		MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	125	Aug 22	BAL		MIL	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
51	126	Aug 23	BAL		MIL	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	127	Aug 24 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
53	128	Aug 24 (2)	BAL	@	NYY	W,9-2	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
54	129	Aug 25	BAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	131 (1)	Aug 27	BAL	@	NYY	W,8-5	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	132	Aug 29	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	35	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	133	Aug 30	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	135 (1)	Sep 1	BAL	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	136	Sep 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
60	137	Sep 3	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
61	138	Sep 4	BAL		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	C
62	139	Sep 5	BAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	140	Sep 6	BAL		CLE	L,0-9	GS	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	141	Sep 7 (1)	BAL	@	TEX	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
65	144 (2)	Sep 9	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-2	GS	23	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
66	145	Sep 10	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-8	GS	33	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
67	146	Sep 11	BAL		CHW	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
68	148 (1)	Sep 13	BAL		CHW	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	149	Sep 15	BAL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
70	150	Sep 16	BAL		KCR	W,7-5	GF	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	153 (2)	Sep 20	BAL		DET	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	156 (2)	Sep 24	BAL		NYY	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
73	157	Sep 25	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	159 (1)	Sep 27	BAL	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
75	161 (1)	Sep 30	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
							75gm		631.0	303	20	3	326	1