#12 Bill Melton, Third Base, 30 yrs, Chicago (A) White Sox

#12 Bill Melton, Third Base, 30 yrs, Chicago (A) White Sox
Tuesday, 4/27/1976

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Bill Melton

7/7/1945
30
USA,MS,GULFPORT
6"2
200

Third Base
R
R

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Suffers
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2.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 1,430,000
1977
8 Year(s), 41 Days (1417 total Days)
16 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 59 Days (1435 total Days)
9 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
Last Option Year

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	40	41	51	80	53
Versus LHP	43	42	52	84	56
Versus RHP	38	40	50	78	52
Talent	41	57	41	78	60

Running & Bunting Ratings
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13
39
25
3
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
3B : 16 (Range), .945 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 3
Infield Arm : 84
Outfield Arm : 8

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
4/11	KC	L 3-7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9
4/15	@BOS	W 9-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
4/21	@NYY	L 2-10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#4
4/23	BOS	L 2-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#9
4/25	BOS	L 6-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 1976

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	.400	.000

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.0	.4	1.9

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
vs. RHP	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833
Close/Late	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Scoring Position	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500
Pinch Hitting	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667
Road	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250
Last Week	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200
March/April	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1968	34	109	29	8	0	2	16	5	10	32	1	1	.266	.328	.394	.722	CHA
1969	157	556	142	26	2	23	87	67	56	106	1	2	.255	.324	.433	.757	CHA
1970	141	514	135	15	1	33	96	74	56	107	2	4	.263	.335	.488	.823	CHA
1971	150	543	146	18	2	33	86	72	61	87	3	3	.269	.343	.492	.834	CHA
1972	57	208	51	5	0	7	30	22	23	31	1	1	.245	.320	.370	.691	CHA
1973	152	560	155	29	1	20	87	83	75	66	4	4	.277	.362	.439	.801	CHA
1974	136	495	120	17	0	21	63	63	59	60	3	2	.242	.323	.404	.727	CHA
1975	147	447	93	13	1	15	62	57	73	111	0	0	.208	.319	.342	.662	CHA
1976	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	CHW
Total	979	3438	872	131	7	154	527	443	414	602	15	17	.254	.334	.430	.764

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1976, AAA	2	12	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	.167	.167	.417	.583

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 1976

Position

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INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

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Third Base

1.000

5.0

1.80

Player History

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