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.

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1991 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	BAL		CHW	L,1-9	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	8 (6)	Apr 18	BAL	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS	44	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	9	Apr 19	BAL		TEX	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	12 (2)	Apr 23	BAL	@	CHW	L,4-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
5	14 (1)	Apr 26	BAL		MIL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
6	15	Apr 27	BAL		MIL	L,2-5	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	19 (3)	May 1	BAL		SEA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
8	21 (1)	May 4	BAL	@	CAL	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
9	28 (6)	May 12	BAL	@	SEA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	31 (2)	May 16	BAL		OAK	L,5-11	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
11	33 (1)	May 18	BAL		CAL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
12	34	May 19	BAL		CAL	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
13	38 (3)	May 24	BAL		NYY	L,1-7	GS	20	3.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
14	40 (1)	May 26	BAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	47	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
15	42 (1)	May 28	BAL		CLE	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	43	May 29	BAL		CLE	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
17	44	May 30	BAL	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	45	May 31	BAL	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	49 (3)	Jun 4	BAL	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	3	1	0	4	0	C
20	52 (2)	Jun 7	BAL		TOR	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
21	53	Jun 8	BAL		TOR	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
22	54	Jun 9	BAL		TOR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	55	Jun 11	BAL		KCR	L,0-11	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	57 (1)	Jun 13	BAL		KCR	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
25	59 (1)	Jun 15	BAL	@	TOR	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	60	Jun 16	BAL	@	TOR	W,13-8	GS	33	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	61	Jun 17	BAL		MIN	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	62	Jun 18	BAL		MIN	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
29	63	Jun 19	BAL		MIN	L,4-8	GF	9	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	64	Jun 20	BAL	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	37	9.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
31	65	Jun 22	BAL	@	KCR	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	66	Jun 23 (1)	BAL	@	KCR	W,11-8	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	69 (2)	Jun 26	BAL	@	CLE	L,4-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
34	70	Jun 27	BAL	@	CLE	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	71	Jun 28	BAL		BOS	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	75 (3)	Jul 2	BAL		DET	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	76	Jul 3	BAL		DET	L,2-8	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	79 (2)	Jul 6	BAL	@	NYY	L,5-13	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
39	84 (4)	Jul 14	BAL	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	86 (1)	Jul 16	BAL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
41	88 (1)	Jul 18	BAL	@	KCR	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
42	91 (2)	Jul 21	BAL		SEA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
43	92	Jul 23	BAL		CAL	L,4-5	GS	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
44	95 (2)	Jul 26	BAL		OAK	L,9-12	CG	46	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
45	99 (3)	Jul 30	BAL	@	SEA	L,2-8	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
46	100	Jul 31	BAL	@	SEA	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	101	Aug 2	BAL	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	103 (1)	Aug 4	BAL	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
49	109 (5)	Aug 10	BAL		CHW	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
50	110	Aug 11	BAL		CHW	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
51	112 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	BAL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	11	2	0	13	0	C
52	114 (1)	Aug 14	BAL		TEX	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
53	116 (1)	Aug 16	BAL	@	MIL	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	117	Aug 17	BAL	@	MIL	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
55	119 (1)	Aug 19	BAL	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
56	121 (1)	Aug 21	BAL	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
57	124 (2)	Aug 25	BAL		MIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
58	126 (1)	Aug 27	BAL		TOR	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	129 (2)	Aug 31	BAL	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	131 (1)	Sep 2	BAL	@	TOR	L,4-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	132	Sep 3	BAL	@	TOR	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	134 (1)	Sep 6	BAL		KCR	W,6-2	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	136 (1)	Sep 8	BAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
64	137	Sep 9	BAL		NYY	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
65	140 (2)	Sep 12	BAL		CLE	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
66	142 (1)	Sep 14	BAL		CLE	L,5-6	GS	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
67	146 (3)	Sep 18	BAL	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	148 (1)	Sep 21	BAL	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
69	152 (3)	Sep 26 (2)	BAL		BOS	W,6-5	GS	30	7.0	8	2	0	10	2	C
70	154 (1)	Sep 28	BAL	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
71	161 (6)	Oct 5	BAL		DET	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
72	162	Oct 6	BAL		DET	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
							72gm		580.2	383	31	1	415	8