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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CHW	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
2	2	Apr 11	CHW		OAK	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	0	5	1	6	0	3B
3	3	Apr 12	CHW		OAK	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2	3B
4	4	Apr 13	CHW		KCR	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
5	5	Apr 14	CHW		KCR	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
6	6	Apr 15	CHW		KCR	L,5-12	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 17	CHW		TEX	W,10-5	GS	26	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
8	8	Apr 18	CHW		TEX	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
9	9	Apr 20	CHW	@	KCR	W,16-2	GS	27	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
10	10	Apr 22 (1)	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
11	11	Apr 22 (2)	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	12	Apr 24	CHW	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
13	13	Apr 25	CHW	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
14	14	Apr 28	CHW	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
15	15	Apr 29	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CHW		BAL	W,6-5	GS	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
17	17	May 2	CHW		BAL	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
18	18	May 4	CHW		NYY	W,5-0	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
19	19	May 5	CHW		NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
20	20	May 6	CHW		NYY	W,11-2	GS	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
21	21	May 7	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
22	22	May 8	CHW		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
23	23	May 10	CHW	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
24	24	May 11	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
25	25	May 12	CHW	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	26	May 13	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
27	27	May 14	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
28	28	May 15	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	57	12.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
29	29	May 16	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 17	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
31	31	May 18	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
32	32	May 19	CHW		MIN	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	33	May 20 (1)	CHW		MIN	W,9-3	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
34	34	May 20 (2)	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
35	35	May 22	CHW		CAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	36	May 23	CHW		CAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
37	37	May 24	CHW		CAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
38	38	May 25	CHW		CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
39	39	May 26 susp	CHW		CLE	W,6-3	CG	79	21.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
40	40	May 28	CHW		CLE	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
41	41	May 30	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
42	42	May 31	CHW		DET	W,10-2	GS	24	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	CHW	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
44	44	Jun 2	CHW	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	52	12.2	1	1	0	2	0	3B
45	45	Jun 3	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
46	46	Jun 5	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	0	8	0	8	0	3B
47	47	Jun 6	CHW	@	BAL	L,4-14	CG	45	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
48	48	Jun 7	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
49	49	Jun 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
50	50	Jun 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
51	51	Jun 10 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
52	52	Jun 10 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	GS	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
53	53	Jun 12	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
54	54	Jun 13	CHW	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
55	55	Jun 15	CHW		MIL	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
56	56	Jun 16	CHW		MIL	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
57	57	Jun 17	CHW		MIL	L,5-15	GS	37	6.0	0	5	1	6	1	3B
58	58	Jun 18	CHW		CAL	L,2-9	GS	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	64 (5)	Jun 24 (1)	CHW		OAK	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
60	65	Jun 24 (2)	CHW		OAK	W,11-1	GS	23	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
61	66	Jun 25	CHW		MIN	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
62	67	Jun 26	CHW		MIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
63	68	Jun 27	CHW	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
64	69	Jun 28	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
65	70	Jun 29	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	72 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	2	3B
67	73	Jul 1 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B
68	74	Jul 2	CHW	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
69	75	Jul 3 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	W,15-1	GS	15	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
70	76	Jul 3 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
71	77	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
72	78	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
73	79	Jul 5	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	80	Jul 6	CHW		BOS	L,2-5	GS	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
75	81	Jul 7	CHW		BOS	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
76	82	Jul 8 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
77	83	Jul 8 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-11	CG	56	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
78	84	Jul 9	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
79	85	Jul 10	CHW		NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	86	Jul 11	CHW		NYY	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
81	87	Jul 12	CHW		BAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
82	88	Jul 13	CHW		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
83	89	Jul 14	CHW		BAL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
84	90	Jul 15	CHW		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
85	91	Jul 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	48	10.2	2	5	0	7	0	3B
86	92	Jul 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
87	93	Jul 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
88	94	Jul 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
89	95	Jul 20 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	46	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
90	96	Jul 20 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	26	5.1	1	2	1	4	0	3B
91	97	Jul 22 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
92	98	Jul 22 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	99	Jul 26 (1)	CHW	@	KCR	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	3B
94	100	Jul 26 (2)	CHW	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
95	101	Jul 27	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-2	CG	40	9.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
96	102	Jul 28	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
97	103	Jul 29	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
98	104	Jul 30	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
99	105	Jul 31	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	106	Aug 1	CHW		KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	3B
101	107	Aug 2	CHW		KCR	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
102	108	Aug 3	CHW		TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	109	Aug 4	CHW		TEX	L,3-9	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
104	110	Aug 5 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
105	111	Aug 5 (2)	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	112	Aug 6	CHW		CLE	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
107	113	Aug 7	CHW		CLE	W,6-5	CG	52	12.0	6	2	0	8	0	3B
108	114	Aug 8	CHW		CLE	L,1-13	CG	49	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
109	115	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
110	116	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
111	119 (2)	Aug 13	CHW	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
112	120	Aug 14	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	3	1	0	4	0	3B
113	121	Aug 15	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	43	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
114	122	Aug 17	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
115	123	Aug 18	CHW	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
116	124	Aug 19	CHW	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
117	125	Aug 21	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
118	126	Aug 22	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	47	11.1	2	3	1	6	0	3B
119	127	Aug 24	CHW		DET	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
120	128	Aug 25	CHW		DET	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
121	129	Aug 26 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
122	131 (1)	Aug 27	CHW		MIL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
123	132	Aug 28	CHW		MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
124	133	Aug 29	CHW		MIL	L,0-9	GS	39	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
125	134	Aug 31	CHW		CAL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	135	Sep 1	CHW		CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
127	136	Sep 2	CHW		CAL	W,13-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	137	Sep 3 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
129	138	Sep 3 (2)	CHW		TEX	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
130	139	Sep 4	CHW		TEX	W,14-0	GS	20	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
131	140	Sep 6	CHW	@	MIN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
132	141	Sep 7	CHW	@	MIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
133	142	Sep 8	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
134	143	Sep 9	CHW	@	MIN	W,10-7	GS	25	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
135	146 (2)	Sep 12	CHW	@	CAL	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
136	147	Sep 14	CHW		MIN	L,0-6	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
137	148	Sep 15	CHW		MIN	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
138	149	Sep 16	CHW		MIN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	3B
139	150	Sep 17	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
140	151	Sep 18	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
141	152	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	51	12.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
142	153	Sep 20	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-10	CG	39	8.0	1	6	0	7	0	3B
143	154	Sep 21	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	51	12.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
144	155	Sep 22	CHW		OAK	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
145	156	Sep 23	CHW		OAK	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
146	157	Sep 25	CHW		KCR	L,2-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
147	158	Sep 26	CHW		KCR	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
148	159	Sep 27	CHW		KCR	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
149	160	Sep 28	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
150	161	Sep 29	CHW	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
151	162	Sep 30	CHW	@	OAK	W,1-0	GS	27	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
							151gm		1307.2	115	347	23	485	31