Bob Melvin

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Full Name: Robert Paul Melvin	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/205	First Game: May 25, 1985
Birthdate: October 28, 1961	Final Game: August 6, 1994
Birthplace: Palo Alto, California	MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Bob Melvin (Robert Paul Melvin) was born on October 28, 1961 in Palo Alto, California. He made his Major League debut on May 25, 1985 for the Detroit Tigers. In 1986, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 5 home runs and 25 RBI. Melvin played for the Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 10 year career.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1985	DET	A	41	82	10	18	0	4	.220	.247	.293	4	1	3	21	0	2	0	0	1
1986	SF	N	89	268	24	60	5	25	.224	.262	.347	14	2	15	69	0	3	3	1	7
1987	SF	N	84	246	31	49	11	31	.199	.249	.366	8	0	17	44	0	0	0	3	7
1988	SF	N	92	273	23	64	8	27	.234	.268	.377	13	1	13	46	0	1	0	0	5
1989	BAL	A	85	278	22	67	1	32	.241	.279	.295	10	1	15	53	0	7	1	3	10
1990	BAL	A	93	301	30	73	5	37	.243	.267	.346	14	1	11	53	0	3	0	1	8
1991	BAL	A	79	228	11	57	1	23	.250	.279	.307	10	0	11	46	0	1	0	2	5
1992	KC	A	32	70	5	22	0	6	.314	.351	.386	5	0	5	13	0	0	0	0	3
1993	BOS	A	77	176	13	39	3	23	.222	.251	.313	7	0	7	44	1	3	0	0	2
1994	NY	A	9	14	2	4	1	3	.286	.286	.500	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1
1994	CHI	A	11	19	3	3	0	1	.158	.200	.158	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	1
1994	TOT	A	20	33	5	7	1	4	.212	.235	.303	0	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	2
Total	NL		265	787	78	173	24	83	.220	.260	.363	35	3	45	159	0	4	3	4	19
Total	AL		427	1168	96	283	11	129	.242	.273	.318	50	3	53	237	1	17	1	6	31
Total			692	1955	174	456	35	212	.233	.268	.337	85	6	98	396	1	21	4	10	50

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1985	DET	A	C	41	25	233.1	175	13	2	1	0	1	19	6	0	.989
1986	SF	N	C	84	76	640.2	442	59	6	7	0	2	66	43	0	.988
1986	SF	N	3B	1	0	3.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1987	SF	N	C	78	60	561.1	407	43	1	7	0	4	48	36	0	.998
1987	SF	N	1B	1	1	5	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	SF	N	1B	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1988	SF	N	C	89	74	655.2	403	31	7	4	0	5	46	18	0	.984
1989	BAL	A	DH	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	BAL	A	C	75	72	631	303	20	3	1	0	1	50	20	0	.991
1990	BAL	A	1B	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1990	BAL	A	C	76	70	633.2	364	25	1	2	0	1	44	19	0	.997
1990	BAL	A	DH	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1991	BAL	A	C	72	67	580.2	383	31	1	8	0	3	48	19	1	.998
1991	BAL	A	DH	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1992	KC	A	C	21	16	144	77	7	0	2	0	2	14	6	0	1.000
1992	KC	A	1B	3	2	18	22	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1993	BOS	A	1B	1	0	5	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1993	BOS	A	C	76	50	459	304	18	2	4	0	5	31	8	0	.994
1994	NY	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1994	NY	A	1B	4	1	12	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1994	NY	A	C	4	1	16	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
1994	CHI	A	C	11	6	54.1	48	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1.000
1994	TOT	A	C	15	7	70.1	57	0	0	0	0	1	10	1	0	1.000
Total			3B	1	0	3.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	627	517	4609.2	2915	247	23	36	0	25	376	176	1	.993
Total			1B	11	4	43	45	5	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	.980
Total			DH	24	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1979).
Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 13, 1981).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Juan Berenguer and a player to be named later to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Dave LaPoint, Eric King and Matt Nokes (October 7, 1985); San Francisco Giants received Scott Medvin (December 11, 1985).
Traded by San Francisco Giants to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Terry Kennedy (January 24, 1989).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Kansas City Royals in exchange for Storm Davis (December 11, 1991).
Granted free agency (October 26, 1992).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 14, 1992).
Released by Boston Red Sox (April 12, 1994).
Signed by New York Yankees (April 26, 1994).
Claimed on waivers by California Angels from New York Yankees (July 22, 1994).
Traded by California Angels to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Jeff Schwarz (July 22, 1994).
Granted free agency (October 25, 1994).

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