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Bill
Melton		  
Nickname: Beltin' Bill
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: July 7, 1945 in Usa, MS, GULFPORT
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1972   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1968 22 NYG NL     5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1969 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1970 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1971 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1972 26 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1973 27 NYG NL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1974 28 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 7 7 7
1975 29 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1976 30 CLE AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1977 31 MIA NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7
1978 32 MIA NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1968 22 AAA   131 510 80 137 21 0 33 86 0 0 74 104 .269 .361 .504 .865 93.5  
1969 23 NYG NL 52 165 14 36 7 0 8 24 0 0 11 34 .218 .266 .406 .672 19.0 1.8
    AAA   106 407 71 129 17 2 31 74 0 0 61 72 .317 .406 .597 1.003 92.5  
1970 24 NYG NL 109 370 59 95 22 0 14 54 1 0 37 67 .257 .329 .430 .758 52.2 8.8
1971 25 NYG NL 144 532 76 129 29 2 25 67 0 2 50 99 .242 .311 .445 .756 68.6 12.4
1972 26 NYG NL 155 565 56 117 26 1 10 49 0 2 46 104 .207 .269 .310 .579 45.3 2.1
1973 27 NYG NL 145 461 41 90 19 1 15 55 1 0 34 76 .195 .252 .338 .590 39.0 1.1
1974 28 NYG NL 156 509 62 118 27 1 17 62 0 0 47 63 .232 .298 .389 .687 57.5 6.0
1975 29 NYG NL 114 304 31 72 17 1 5 30 0 1 28 38 .237 .306 .349 .654 30.7 3.0
1976 30 CLE AL 126 372 43 90 23 2 2 31 1 0 30 60 .242 .299 .331 .629 33.2 2.2
1977 31 MIA NL 154 519 62 115 20 5 14 56 1 0 50 62 .222 .299 .360 .659 51.7 6.3
1978 32 AAA   137 515 87 151 26 0 34 76 1 0 71 59 .293 .379 .542 .921 102.6  
9 Years Sim 1155 3797 444 862 190 13 110 428 4 5 333 603 .227 .292 .371 .663 397.3 43.7
3 Years AAA 374 1432 238 417 64 2 98 236 1 0 206 235 .291 .384 .544 .928 288.6  
162 Game Average 532 62 120 26 1 15 60 0 0 46 84 .227 .292 .371 .663 55.7  
Career Highs 156 565 76 129 29 5 25 67 1 2 50 104 .257 .329 .445 .758 68.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2488 281 555 121 9 62 252 2 4 193 391 .223 .283 .354 .637 246.4
vs LH   1309 163 307 69 4 48 176 2 1 140 212 .235 .310 .403 .714 167.4
Home 567 1839 232 429 102 10 53 223 1 1 166 294 .233 .299 .386 .685 213.1
Away 588 1958 212 433 88 3 57 205 3 4 167 309 .221 .286 .356 .643 200.7
RISP   851 0 196 38 1 21 292 0 0 103 153 .230 .313 .351 .664 98.8
Pinch Hitting   45 3 13 1 0 1 9 0 0 2 8 .289 .313 .378 .690 5.3
Close/Late   441 41 94 22 1 10 34 0 0 41 71 .213 .282 .336 .618 42.4
Mar/Apr 167 552 54 110 22 0 12 40 0 0 47 80 .199 .269 .304 .573 44.7
May 163 509 56 117 28 3 14 56 1 1 41 86 .230 .290 .379 .669 55.6
June 191 633 67 143 26 1 20 70 0 1 58 98 .226 .294 .365 .659 68.9
July 184 588 80 127 26 3 16 57 2 1 69 99 .216 .302 .352 .654 65.1
August 225 734 99 172 38 3 28 93 1 1 61 120 .234 .296 .409 .704 88.9
Sep/Oct 225 781 88 193 50 3 20 112 0 1 57 120 .247 .300 .396 .695 90.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1969 23 NYG NL RF 27 27 220.7 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.47   0.3
    SS 27 25 213.0 39 79 6 9 .952 4.99   0.4
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1970 24 NYG NL SS 59 57 498.7 71 246 7 44 .978 5.72   3.2
    RF 52 52 429.0 83 3 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.9
    2B 4 0 9.0 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.1
1971 25 NYG NL RF 100 99 897.0 168 8 0 3 1.000 1.77   1.5
    SS 43 42 369.7 57 154 3 30 .986 5.14   2.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 26 NYG NL RF 153 149 1321.7 332 8 0 4 1.000 2.32   4.5
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1973 27 NYG NL 3B 143 143 1173.0 86 291 21 24 .947 2.89   1.6
    RF 5 0 12.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.1
    CF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1974 28 NYG NL RF 150 149 1273.3 306 14 1 5 .997 2.26   4.3
    CF 8 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
    SS 5 0 12.0 7 6 1 2 .929 9.75   0.2
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1975 29 NYG NL SS 46 31 299.0 46 131 2 22 .989 5.33   2.0
    2B 19 16 142.0 34 64 1 14 .990 6.21   0.7
    3B 23 13 132.7 7 33 3 2 .930 2.71   0.4
    RF 5 3 30.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.1
    CF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1976 30 CLE AL SS 61 57 490.0 75 191 11 32 .960 4.89   2.3
    CF 15 13 117.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.54   0.4
    2B 23 9 106.7 16 34 1 4 .980 4.22   0.3
    3B 11 6 71.3 2 11 1 2 .929 1.64   0.1
    RF 7 6 57.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.26    
1977 31 MIA NL 2B 54 50 443.0 107 180 9 41 .970 5.83   1.0
    SS 38 37 321.0 72 129 4 43 .980 5.64   1.5
    3B 36 36 313.0 24 71 6 8 .941 2.73   0.8
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 502 485 4245.7 939 35 1 12 .999 2.06   11.7
  SS 280 249 2206.3 367 937 34 182 .975 5.32   11.6
  3B 216 198 1699.0 119 408 31 37 .944 2.79   3.0
  2B 104 75 705.7 158 286 11 61 .976 5.66   2.0
  CF 29 13 140.0 38 0 0 0 1.000 2.44   0.4
Career Totals   1131 1020 8996.6 1621 1666 77 292 .977 3.29   28.8
Career Highs   164 149 1327.7 332 380 21 92 1.000 4.85    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1972-7-155
1974-8-156
 Homeruns
1971-9-25
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by New York (N) in 1968
Injured on 5/4/1968 with a Sprained Wrist, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 8/1/1969, off Fergie Jenkins (PIT)
Injured on 4/14/1970 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 6-7 weeks
Injured on 3/25/1971 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1972
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1973: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $300,000 per year, for 4 years
4/2/1974: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
6/1/1974: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $300,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/13/1976 (Going to NYG: 3B Ron Clark. Going to CLE: SS Bill Melton, P Mel Queen)
Injured on 4/8/1978 with a Bruised Finger, out for 3 days
 
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