Bill Melton
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Born Jul 7, 1945 in Gulfport, Mississippi country flag
Debut May 4, 1968
Bats: R, Throws: R   ▪   6'2" / 200
1971 AL All-Star
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Year Team G PA AB AVG OBP SLG H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB BB% HBP SO SO% SB CS CS%
1968
team logo White Sox   3B
34 122 109 .266 .322 .394 29 8 0 2 5 16 10 0 .08 0 32 .26 1 1 .50
1969
team logo White Sox   3B
157 628 556 .255 .326 .433 142 26 2 23 67 87 56 7 .09 5 106 .17 1 2 .67
1970
team logo White Sox   3B/RF
141 589 514 .263 .340 .488 135 15 1 33 74 96 56 2 .10 9 107 .18 2 4 .67
1971
team logo White Sox   3B
150 621 543 .269 .352 .492 146 18 2 33 72 86 61 5 .10 11 87 .14 3 3 .50
1972
team logo White Sox   3B
57 232 208 .245 .319 .370 51 5 0 7 22 30 23 2 .10 0 31 .13 1 1 .50
1973
team logo White Sox   3B
152 642 560 .277 .363 .439 155 29 1 20 83 87 75 7 .12 2 66 .10 4 4 .50
1974
team logo White Sox   3B/DH
136 570 495 .242 .326 .404 120 17 0 21 63 63 59 3 .10 5 60 .11 3 2 .40
1975
team logo White Sox   3B/DH
149 608 512 .240 .346 .359 123 16 0 15 62 70 78 1 .13 8 106 .17 5 4 .44
1976
team logo Angels   DH/1B/PH
118 392 341 .208 .300 .328 71 17 3 6 31 42 44 2 .11 2 53 .14 2 0 .00
1977
team logo Indians   1B/DH/3B
50 154 133 .241 .331 .323 32 11 0 0 17 14 17 0 .11 2 21 .14 1 3 .75
Career
1144 4558 3971 .253 .337 .419 1004 162 9 160 496 591 479 29 .11 44 669 .15 23 24 .51
Per 162G
162 645 562 .253 .337 .419 142 23 1 23 70 84 68 4 .11 6 95 .15 3 3 .51
Games
Batting
Date Team Vs H AB PA 2B 3B HR R RBI BB IBB HBP SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG
 Apr 7 3B
CLE   team logo BOS 3 5 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600
 Apr 10 3B
CLE   team logo BOS 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .625
 Apr 11 3B
CLE   team logo TEX 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .417 .417 .500
 Apr 13 3B
CLE   team logo TEX 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .312 .312 .375
 Apr 16 3B
CLE @  team logo BOS 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .300
 Apr 17 3B
CLE @  team logo BOS 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .227 .273
CLE @  team logo NYY 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .240 .280
 Apr 27 PH
CLE @  team logo TOR 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .269 .346
 Apr 29 PH
CLE   team logo MIL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .259 .333
 May 1 1B
CLE   team logo MIL 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290 .290 .355
 May 1 (2) 1B
CLE   team logo MIL 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .278 .278 .333
 May 3 1B
CLE @  team logo MIN 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 .275 .350
 May 4 1B
CLE @  team logo MIN 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .250 .318
 May 6 1B
CLE @  team logo CWS 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .239 .255 .304
 May 14 1B
CLE   team logo CWS 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .245 .260 .306
 Jun 1 PH/DH
CLE   team logo DET 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .255 .300
 Jun 3 DH
CLE   team logo SEA 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .226 .268 .283
 Jun 4 PH/DH
CLE   team logo SEA 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 .288 .291
 Jun 8 PH
CLE   team logo OAK 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .232 .283 .286
 Jun 10 1B
CLE   team logo CAL 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .220 .270 .271
 Jun 11 DH
CLE   team logo CAL 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 .213 .284 .262
 Jun 12 DH
CLE   team logo CAL 0 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 .203 .292 .250
 Jun 20 PH
CLE   team logo TOR 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .288 .246
 Jun 22 1B
CLE   team logo TOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .288 .246
 Jun 27 PH
CLE @  team logo BAL 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .297 .273
 Jun 29 3B
CLE @  team logo BAL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224 .307 .284
CLE @  team logo BAL 1 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .225 .304 .296
 Jul 5 1B/PH
CLE   team logo NYY 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .292
 Jul 9 1B
CLE @  team logo TOR 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .230 .321 .297
 Jul 13 PH
CLE @  team logo BOS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 .318 .297
 Jul 16 PH
CLE   team logo TEX 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .314 .293
CLE   team logo BOS 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .231 .330 .308
CLE @  team logo MIN 1 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 .337 .309
 Aug 2 (2) DH
CLE   team logo MIL 3 4 5 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 .350 .353
 Aug 7 DH
CLE   team logo MIN 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .258 .346 .348
 Aug 8 3B
CLE   team logo BAL 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .261 .352 .359
 Aug 9 3B
CLE   team logo BAL 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .266 .360 .362
 Aug 10 DH
CLE   team logo CWS 3 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .283 .371 .374
 Aug 11 DH
CLE   team logo CWS 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 .367 .363
CLE @  team logo MIL 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .276 .371 .362
 Aug 13 DH
CLE @  team logo MIL 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .269 .362 .352
 Aug 14 1B
CLE @  team logo MIL 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 .359 .349
CLE @  team logo MIL 3 5 5 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .281 .368 .377
 Aug 15 DH
CLE @  team logo OAK 0 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .274 .365 .368
 Aug 19 DH
CLE   team logo OAK 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 .355 .355
 Aug 20 3B
CLE   team logo OAK 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260 .350 .350
 Aug 22 3B
CLE   team logo SEA 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .258 .352 .347
CLE   team logo SEA 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .342 .336
 Aug 26 3B
CLE @  team logo SEA 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .242 .333 .326
 Aug 30 PH
CLE @  team logo CWS 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .241 .331 .323