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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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-26 / in Starts: 16-17
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	49 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 154 PAs	14
Actual Runners on Base	108 (57-34-17)
Avg. MLBer w/ 154 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	94 (46-31-16)

Most Driven In
A Thornton	3
L Blanks	3
D Kuiper	1
R Carty	1
F Kendall	1
R Fosse	1
J Lowenstein	1
B Bell	1

Most Driven In By
R Pruitt	4
P Dade	3
F Kendall	2
R Fosse	1
B Bell	1
R Carty	1
A Thornton	1
L Blanks	1

1977 Batting Game Log

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1977 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1095	1	Apr 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	6	1.76	0.202	2.49	0.17%	0.99	3B
2	1096	2	Apr 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-9	GS-7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1.125	6	.82	0.032	1.37	0.03%	0.25	3B
3	1097	3	Apr 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.417	.417	.500	.917	6	1.89	0.226	2.85	0.21%	0.77	3B
4	1098	4	Apr 13	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-3	GS-8	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.375	.688	6	.87	-0.091	1.27	-0.08%	-1.46	3B
5	1099	5	Apr 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.300	.550	6	.69	-0.066	1.16	-0.07%	-0.77	3B
6	1100	6	Apr 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.227	.227	.273	.500	6	.82	-0.063	1.39	-0.07%	-0.61	3B
7	1101	13 (6)	Apr 24 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.240	.280	.520	7	1.16	-0.143	1.20	-0.09%	-1.66	1B
8	1102	14	Apr 27	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	9-9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.346	.615	2	3.74	0.512	3.76	0.31%	2.56	PH
9	1103	16 (1)	Apr 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.259	.333	.593	6	3.23	-0.059	3.35	-0.04%	-0.05	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	1104	18 (1)	May 1 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.290	.355	.645	4	.33	0.015	.34	0.01%	0.07	1B
11	1105	19	May 1 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.278	.333	.611	5	.34	-0.046	.31	-0.03%	-1.56	1B
12	1106	20	May 3	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.275	.350	.625	7	2.15	-0.018	1.78	-0.01%	0.15	1B
13	1107	21	May 4	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.318	.568	7	.80	-0.086	.53	-0.03%	-0.67	1B
14	1108	22	May 6	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.239	.255	.304	.560	7	1.79	-0.164	1.34	-0.07%	-1.29	1B
15	1109	29 (6)	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-18	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.260	.306	.566	8	.14	-0.011	.09	0.00%	-0.08	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	1110	43 (13)	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.255	.300	.555	5	.16	-0.004	.13	0.00%	-0.11	PH
17	1111	45 (1)	Jun 3	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.268	.283	.551	4	.68	-0.071	.59	-0.04%	-0.88	DH
18	1112	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-5	5-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.288	.291	.579	6	1.28	0.036	1.30	0.02%	0.01	PH
19	1113	49 (2)	Jun 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.283	.286	.569	2	4.63	-0.195	4.67	-0.12%	-0.58	PH
20	1114	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.270	.271	.541	4	1.00	-0.076	.95	-0.04%	-0.56	1B
21	1115	51	Jun 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.284	.262	.546	4	.71	-0.002	.56	0.00%	-0.17	DH
22	1116	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-11	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.292	.250	.542	4	.98	-0.061	.81	-0.03%	0.18	DH
23	1117	60 (7)	Jun 20	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-5	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.288	.246	.534	7	2.33	-0.065	1.65	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
24	1118	62 (1)	Jun 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,7-5	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.288	.246	.534	5						1B
25	1119	68 (5)	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	L,2-9	9-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.297	.273	.570	2	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.62	PH
26	1120	69	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,11-8	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.224	.307	.284	.590	6	.11	-0.002	.16	0.00%	-0.16	3B
27	1121	70	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	4-GF(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.225	.304	.296	.600	5	2.72	-0.310	4.18	-0.29%	-1.82	1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	1122	76 (5)	Jul 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.292	.592	6	1.57	-0.039	2.06	-0.03%	-0.16	PH 1B
29	1123	79 (2)	Jul 9	CLE		TOR	W,3-2	GS-9	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.321	.297	.619	6	1.34	0.107	.82	0.04%	0.54	1B
30	1124	83 (3)	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,7-9	10-GF(10)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.230	.318	.297	.615	1	2.68	-0.065	2.01	-0.03%	0.05	PH
31	1125	87 (3)	Jul 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.314	.293	.607	9	5.47	-0.142	1.01	-0.02%	-0.44	PH
32	1126	90 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.231	.330	.308	.637	5	.46	0.078	.10	0.01%	1.79	1B
33	1127	100 (9)	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,4-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.337	.309	.645	5	.71	0.050	.02	0.00%	0.25	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	1128	102 (1)	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	5	4	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.259	.350	.353	.703	5	1.43	0.279	.03	0.00%	2.03	DH
35	1129	106 (3)	Aug 7	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.346	.348	.694	6	.59	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.18	DH
36	1130	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261	.352	.359	.711	6	1.15	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.67	3B
37	1131	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.266	.360	.362	.722	6	1.34	0.141	.00	0.00%	0.53	3B
38	1132	109	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-1	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.371	.374	.744	5	.70	0.059	.00	0.00%	0.70	DH
39	1133	110	Aug 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.275	.367	.363	.729	3	.56	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.54	DH
40	1134	112 (1)	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.371	.362	.733	6	1.00	0.081	.00	0.00%	0.78	DH
41	1135	113	Aug 13	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269	.362	.352	.714	5	.61	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.89	DH
42	1136	114	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,12-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.359	.349	.708	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.16	1B
43	1137	115	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,14-5	CG	5	5	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.368	.377	.746	3	.25	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.01	DH
44	1138	116	Aug 15	CLE		OAK	W,7-2	CG	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.274	.365	.368	.732	5	.48	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.62	DH
45	1139	120 (3)	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.264	.355	.355	.710	6	1.28	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.23	DH
46	1140	121	Aug 20	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.260	.350	.350	.699	2	1.58	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.15	3B
47	1141	123 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	SEA	W,12-1	6-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.352	.347	.698	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.03	3B
48	1142	124	Aug 22 (2)	CLE	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.342	.336	.678	7	1.41	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-0.79	3B
49	1143	127 (2)	Aug 26	CLE		SEA	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.333	.326	.659	7	1.44	-0.151	.00	0.00%	-2.25	3B
50	1144	131 (3)	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.331	.323	.654	9	1.35	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
							24-26		154	133	17	32	11	0	0	14	17	0	21	2	0	2	3	9	1	3	.241	.331	.323	.654		1.08	-0.285	.73	-0.30%	-5.87

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