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.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 14	BAL	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	5	Apr 15	BAL	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	6	Apr 16	BAL	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
4	8 (1)	Apr 18	BAL	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	11 (2)	Apr 21	BAL		DET	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	15 (3)	Apr 25	BAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	48	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	18 (2)	Apr 28	BAL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	19	Apr 29	BAL		SEA	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
9	20	Apr 30	BAL		CAL	W,2-1	CG	48	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	21	May 1	BAL		CAL	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
11	25 (3)	May 6	BAL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	26	May 7	BAL	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	27	May 8	BAL	@	CAL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	28	May 9	BAL	@	CAL	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
15	30 (1)	May 12	BAL	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	32 (1)	May 15	BAL	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	37 (4)	May 20	BAL		TEX	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
18	42 (4)	May 25	BAL	@	TEX	W,12-2	GF	35	8.2	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	43	May 26	BAL	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	47	11.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
20	44	May 27	BAL	@	TEX	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
21	45	May 28	BAL	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	46	May 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	47	May 30	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-12	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	53 (5)	Jun 6	BAL	@	MIL	W,8-7	GS	20	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	54	Jun 7	BAL	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	56 (1)	Jun 9	BAL		NYY	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
27	59 (2)	Jun 13	BAL		MIL	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	61 (1)	Jun 15	BAL		BOS	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	67 (5)	Jun 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
30	72 (4)	Jun 27	BAL		CLE	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	73	Jun 28	BAL		CLE	L,4-7	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
32	74	Jun 29	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	75	Jun 30	BAL	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	76	Jul 1	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	42	8.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	79 (2)	Jul 5	BAL	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	81 (1)	Jul 7	BAL	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	83 (1)	Jul 11	BAL		KCR	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
38	85 (1)	Jul 13 (2)	BAL		MIN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	87 (1)	Jul 15	BAL		MIN	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
40	91 (3)	Jul 19	BAL		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	92	Jul 20	BAL		CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	93	Jul 21	BAL		CHW	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	94	Jul 22	BAL		CHW	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	95	Jul 23	BAL	@	DET	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
45	96	Jul 24	BAL	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
46	97	Jul 25	BAL	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	99 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	BAL	@	KCR	L,9-10	GS	37	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	103 (3)	Jul 31	BAL		TOR	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	105 (1)	Aug 2	BAL		KCR	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	108 (2)	Aug 7	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	109	Aug 8	BAL	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	110	Aug 9	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
53	111	Aug 10	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	44	9.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
54	112	Aug 11	BAL	@	CAL	L,4-12	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
55	113	Aug 12	BAL	@	CAL	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	115 (1)	Aug 14	BAL	@	SEA	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
57	116	Aug 15	BAL	@	SEA	L,0-2	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	118 (1)	Aug 18	BAL		OAK	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
59	122 (3)	Aug 22	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-13	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	125 (2)	Aug 26	BAL		CLE	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	129 (3)	Aug 30	BAL		NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
62	130	Aug 31	BAL	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	131	Sep 1	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	133 (1)	Sep 3	BAL		SEA	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
65	134	Sep 4	BAL		SEA	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	135	Sep 5	BAL		SEA	L,5-9	CG	49	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	137 (1)	Sep 8	BAL		CAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
68	139 (1)	Sep 10	BAL		DET	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	143 (3)	Sep 14	BAL	@	TOR	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
70	144	Sep 15	BAL	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	151 (6)	Sep 23	BAL		MIL	W,2-1	GF	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
72	154 (2)	Sep 26	BAL	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
73	156 (1)	Sep 28	BAL	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
74	157	Sep 30 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	158	Sep 30 (2)	BAL	@	CLE	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	159	Oct 1	BAL		TOR	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	160	Oct 2	BAL		TOR	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
							77gm		635.2	365	26	1	392	2