Mel Hoderlein

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Full Name: Melvin Anthony Hoderlein	Primary Position: 2B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/185	First Game: August 16, 1951
Birthdate: June 26, 1923	Final Game: June 6, 1954
Birthplace: Mount Carmel, Ohio	MLB Experience: 4 years
Died: May 21, 2001
Deathplace: Mount Carmel, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Both/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Mel Hoderlein (Melvin Anthony Hoderlein) was born on June 26, 1923 in Mount Carmel, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on August 16, 1951 for the Boston Red Sox. In 1952, his rookie year, he hit .269 with 0 home runs and 17 RBI. Hoderlein played for the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators over the course of his 4 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
1951	BOS	A	9	14	1	5	0	1	.357	.550	.571	1	1	6	2	0	1	0	0	1
1952	WAS	A	72	208	16	56	0	17	.269	.333	.327	8	2	18	22	2	6	2	0	17
1953	WAS	A	23	47	5	9	0	5	.191	.283	.191	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	2
1954	WAS	A	14	25	0	4	0	1	.160	.192	.200	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Total			118	294	22	74	0	24	.252	.327	.306	10	3	31	37	2	7	2	0	20

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1951	BOS	A	2B	3	0	0	9	6	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	BOS	A	3B	3	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.778
1952	WAS	A	2B	58	0	0	138	168	7	43	0	0	0	0	0	.978
1953	WAS	A	SS	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	WAS	A	2B	11	0	0	18	23	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1954	WAS	A	2B	5	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1954	WAS	A	SS	6	0	0	11	20	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.939
Total			SS	8	0	0	11	25	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.947
Total			2B	77	0	0	167	199	10	53	0	0	0	0	0	.973
Total			3B	3	0	0	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.778

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1942).
Traded by Boston Red Sox with Chuck Stobbs to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Randy Gumpert and Don Lenhardt (November 13, 1951).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Jim Busby to Washington Senators in exchange for Sam Mele (May 3, 1952).
Traded by Washington Senators to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Johnny Pesky (June 14, 1954).

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