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Proper Name

Robert Paul Melvin

Stat Years

1981-1995 [mlb] 1985-1994

Height/Weight

6-4 / 205

Bats/Throws

Right / Right

Positions

C (1081) ... 1B (48) ... DH (24) ... 3B (3) ... OF (3) ... 2B (1)

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Born Date/Place

1961-10-28 in Palo Alto, California [59.083]

High School

Menlo-Atherton (Atherton,CA)

Colleges

University of California (Berkeley, California)

Draft

Selected by the Detroit Tigers in Round #1 (#2 overall) of the 1981 Amateur Entry Draft (Jan-Sec Phase) 2 Draft Instances

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Signing Scouts

MLB Debut

1985-05-25 - Boxscore (Age: 23.209)

Service Time

Organizations

DET [5] SFN [3] BAL [3] NYA [2] KCA [1] BOS [1] CHA [1]

ID Numbers

tbc id: 15279 ... retro id: melvb001 ... mlbam id: 118942

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Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Org Major League Parent Organization. For college teams, might include RPI (Ratings Percentage Index) Unif Uniform Number, if available Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. Pos Defensive Position Detail Includes links to additional MLB stat detail including Game Logs, Splits and Extended Statistics Exp Experience in # of years. For Player stats, refers to nth PRO season. Count is ontextual to the purpose of the grid G Games Played (or Pitched) AB At Bats R Runs H Hits 2B Doubles 3B Triples HR Home Runs RBI Runs Batted In SB Stolen Bases (Total) CS Caught Stealings BB Walks SO Strikeouts HP Hit by Pitch SH Sacrifice Hits SF Sacrifice Flies IW Intentional Walks DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) AVG Batting Average ( H/AB ) OBP On Base Percentage ( H+BB+HBP / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) SLG Slugging Percentage ( TB / AB ) OPS On Base Plus Slugging (OBP + SLG) PA Plate Appearances TB Total Bases (Singles + (2*Doubles) + (3*Triples) + (4*Home Runs)) XBH Extra Base Hits (Doubles+Triples+Home Runs) secA Seconday Average. Measures extra bases earned by player (BB+(TB-H)+(SB-CS) / AB ISO Isolated Power. Measures the portion of a slugging percentage that is for extra base hits. (SLG-BAVG). babip Batting Average on Balls Put in Play. (H/(AB-SO)) XBH% Extra Base Hit Percentage (XBH/H)

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Year Context-dependent but usually self-evident. (Season, Draft Year etc) Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. Lg League Age Player's age for the selected season or as of a current date if in YY.DDD format. G Games Played (or Pitched) GS Games Started Inn Innings in a game or Innings played at position PO Putouts A Fielding assists E Errors DP Grounded into Double Play (Offense) Double Plays Participation (Defense) TC Total Chances (PO+A+E) TSC Total Successful Chances (PO+A) FPCT Fielding Percentage (TSC/TC) RFg Range Factor by Game (Total Successful Chances/Games) Rfi Range Factor by Inning (Total Successful Chances/Innings) Team Share Share of team's games played at that position. Will add up to more than 100% since the formula is player games at position / team games. Player Share Share of player's games played at that position Team Rank Rank of games for team at that position.

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Year	Category	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1981	Minor	-	78	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982	Minor	-	86	10	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1983	Minor	-	100	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1984	Minor	-	104	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	MLB	-	41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1985	Minor	-	47	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
1986	MLB	-	84	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
1987	MLB	-	78	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	MLB	-	89	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Minor	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989	MLB	-	75	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
1990	MLB	-	76	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
1991	MLB	-	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
1992	MLB	-	21	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1993	MLB	-	76	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	MLB	-	15	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
1994	Minor	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Minor	-	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals		-	1081	48	1	3	-	-	-	-	3	24

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Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie College Indy/Intl/+
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Org	Unif	Age	Pos	Detail	Exp	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HP	SH	SF	IW	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PA	TB	XBH	secA	ISO	babip	BB%	SO%	SOBB	ABHR	HR%	XBH%
1981	Macon Peaches	SAL	A	det	-	19	c	---	1	114	412	56	112	19	1	14	64	5	4	35	71	2	3	3	1	0	.272	.330	.425	.755	455	175	34	.240	.153	.297	7.69	15.60	2.03	29.4	3.08	30.4
1982	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	det	-	20	c	---	2	98	364	33	86	12	1	13	52	1	0	24	70	0	1	1	2	0	.236	.283	.382	.665	390	139	26	.214	.146	.259	6.15	17.95	2.92	28.0	3.33	30.2
1983	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	det	-	21	c	---	3	78	285	43	82	14	2	10	56	0	3	18	54	2	0	4	2	0	.288	.330	.456	.786	309	130	26	.221	.168	.320	5.83	17.48	3.00	28.5	3.24	31.7
1983	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	det	-	21	c	---	3	45	142	10	27	6	0	2	11	0	1	7	41	0	2	0	0	0	.190	.228	.275	.503	151	39	8	.127	.085	.253	4.64	27.15	5.86	71.0	1.32	29.6
1984	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	det	-	22	c	---	4	69	271	34	73	14	1	2	33	1	0	18	47	0	2	2	2	0	.269	.313	.351	.664	293	95	17	.151	.082	.317	6.14	16.04	2.61	135.5	0.68	23.3
1984	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	det	-	22	c	---	4	44	141	12	35	13	0	0	11	0	1	3	32	0	1	0	0	0	.248	.264	.340	.604	145	48	13	.106	.092	.321	2.07	22.07	10.67	0.0	0.00	37.1
1985	Nashville Sounds	Amer	AAA	det	-	23	c	---	5	53	177	27	48	7	1	9	24	3	1	16	38	1	1	2	0	0	.271	.332	.475	.807	197	84	17	.305	.204	.295	8.12	19.29	2.38	19.7	4.57	35.4
1985	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	det	18	23	c	L-S-E-P	5	41	82	10	18	4	1	0	4	0	0	3	21	0	2	0	0	1	.220	.247	.293	.540	87	24	5	.110	.073	.295	3.45	24.14	7.00	0.0	0.00	27.8
1986	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	7	24	c	L-S-E-P	6	89	268	24	60	14	2	5	25	3	2	15	69	0	3	3	1	7	.224	.262	.347	.609	289	93	21	.183	.123	.279	5.19	23.88	4.60	53.6	1.73	35.0
1987	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	7	25	c	L-S-E-P	7	84	246	31	49	8	0	11	31	0	4	17	44	0	0	2	3	7	.199	.249	.366	.615	265	90	19	.220	.167	.197	6.42	16.60	2.59	22.4	4.15	38.8
1988	Phoenix Firebirds	PCL	AAA	sfn	-	26	c	---	8	21	75	11	23	5	0	2	9	0	0	8	13	1	0	0	0	0	.307	.381	.453	.834	84	34	7	.253	.146	.350	9.52	15.48	1.63	37.5	2.38	30.4
1988	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	7	26	c	L-S-E-P	8	92	273	23	64	13	1	8	27	0	2	13	46	0	1	1	0	5	.234	.268	.377	.645	288	103	22	.183	.143	.255	4.51	15.97	3.54	34.1	2.78	34.4
1989	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	bal	2,36	27	c	L-S-E-P	9	85	278	22	67	10	1	1	32	1	4	15	53	0	7	1	3	10	.241	.279	.295	.574	301	82	12	.097	.054	.293	4.98	17.61	3.53	278.0	0.33	17.9
1990	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	bal	2	28	c	L-S-E-P	10	93	301	30	73	14	1	5	37	0	1	11	53	0	3	3	1	8	.243	.267	.346	.613	318	104	20	.136	.103	.276	3.46	16.67	4.82	60.2	1.57	27.4
1991	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	bal	2	29	c	L-S-E-P	11	79	228	11	57	10	0	1	23	0	0	11	46	0	1	5	2	5	.250	.279	.307	.586	245	70	11	.105	.057	.301	4.49	18.78	4.18	228.0	0.41	19.3
1992	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	2	30	c	L-S-E-P	12	32	70	5	22	5	0	0	6	0	0	5	13	0	0	2	0	3	.314	.351	.386	.737	77	27	5	.143	.072	.373	6.49	16.88	2.60	0.0	0.00	22.7
1993	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	bos	3	31	c	L-S-E-P	13	77	176	13	39	7	0	3	23	0	0	7	44	1	3	3	0	2	.222	.251	.313	.564	190	55	10	.131	.091	.273	3.68	23.16	6.29	58.7	1.58	25.6
1994	Columbus Clippers	IL	AAA	nya	-	32	1b-c	---	14	17	62	5	17	5	0	1	15	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	1	.274	.286	.403	.689	63	25	6	.145	.129	.308	1.59	14.29	9.00	62.0	1.59	35.3
1994	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	nya	43	32	c-1b	L-S-E-P	14	9	14	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.500	.786	14	7	1	.214	.214	.300	0.00	21.43	0.00	14.0	7.14	25.0
1994	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	49	32	c	L-S-E-P	14	11	19	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	.158	.200	.158	.358	21	3	0	.053	.000	.200	4.76	19.05	4.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
1995	Columbus Clippers	IL	AAA	nya	-	33	c	---	15	19	66	7	19	5	0	1	4	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	1	3	.288	.319	.409	.728	69	27	6	.167	.121	.340	4.35	17.39	4.00	66.0	1.45	31.6
MLB Totals (11 yrs)										692	1955	174	456	85	6	35	212	4	13	98	396	1	21	20	10	50	.233	.268	.337	.605	2095	658	126	.149	.104	.273	4.68	18.90	4.04	55.9	1.67	27.6
American League Totals (8 yrs)										427	1168	96	283	50	3	11	129	1	5	53	237	1	17	14	6	31	.242	.273	.318	.591	1253	372	64	.118	.076	.291	4.23	18.91	4.47	106.2	0.88	22.6
National League Totals (3 yrs)										265	787	78	173	35	3	24	83	3	8	45	159	0	4	6	4	19	.220	.260	.363	.623	842	286	62	.194	.143	.244	5.34	18.88	3.53	32.8	2.85	35.8
Minor League Totals										558	1995	238	522	100	6	54	279	10	10	133	387	6	10	12	8	4	.262	.308	.399	.707	2156	796	160	.204	.137	.299	6.17	17.95	2.91	36.9	2.50	30.6
Minor: A Totals										114	412	56	112	19	1	14	64	5	4	35	71	2	3	3	1	0	.272	.330	.425	.755	455	175	34	.240	.153	.297	7.69	15.60	2.03	29.4	3.08	30.4
Minor: AA Totals										245	920	110	241	40	4	25	141	2	3	60	171	2	3	7	6	0	.262	.306	.396	.702	992	364	69	.198	.134	.295	6.05	17.24	2.85	36.8	2.52	28.6
Minor: AAA Totals										199	663	72	169	41	1	15	74	3	3	38	145	2	4	2	1	4	.255	.296	.388	.684	709	257	57	.190	.133	.305	5.36	20.45	3.82	44.2	2.12	33.7
San Francisco Giants Totals (3 yrs)										265	787	78	173	35	3	24	83	3	8	45	159	0	4	6	4	19	.220	.260	.363	.623	842	286	62	.194	.143	.244	5.34	18.88	3.53	32.8	2.85	35.8
Baltimore Orioles Totals (3 yrs)										257	807	63	197	34	2	7	92	1	5	37	152	0	11	9	6	23	.244	.274	.317	.591	864	256	43	.114	.073	.289	4.28	17.59	4.11	115.3	0.81	21.8
Boston Red Sox Totals (1 yrs)										77	176	13	39	7	0	3	23	0	0	7	44	1	3	3	0	2	.222	.251	.313	.564	190	55	10	.131	.091	.273	3.68	23.16	6.29	58.7	1.58	25.6
Detroit Tigers Totals (1 yrs)										41	82	10	18	4	1	0	4	0	0	3	21	0	2	0	0	1	.220	.247	.293	.540	87	24	5	.110	.073	.295	3.45	24.14	7.00	0.0	0.00	27.8
Kansas City Royals Totals (1 yrs)										32	70	5	22	5	0	0	6	0	0	5	13	0	0	2	0	3	.314	.351	.386	.737	77	27	5	.143	.072	.373	6.49	16.88	2.60	0.0	0.00	22.7
Chicago White Sox Totals (1 yrs)										11	19	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	.158	.200	.158	.358	21	3	0	.053	.000	.200	4.76	19.05	4.00	0.0	0.00	0.0
New York Yankees Totals (1 yrs)										9	14	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.500	.786	14	7	1	.214	.214	.300	0.00	21.43	0.00	14.0	7.14	25.0

Grid Filters		MLB Minors Full Season Short Season AAA AA A+ A A- Rookie
Year	Team Name	Lg	Lvl	Age	posit	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPCT	RFG	RFI	Team Share	Player Share	Team Rank
1981	Macon Peaches	SAL	A	19	C	78	0	0.0	456	67	2	4	525	523	.996	6.70	0.00	55.3	68.4	1
1982	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	20	C	86	0	0.0	545	50	8	6	603	595	.987	6.90	0.00	60.1	87.8	1
1982	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	20	1B	10	0	0.0	92	4	0	9	96	96	1.000	9.60	0.00	7.0	10.2	4
1982	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	20	3B	1	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	2	1	.500	1.00	0.00	0.7	1.0	6
1983	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	21	C	66	0	0.0	366	25	2	0	393	391	.995	5.90	0.00	45.5	84.6	2
1983	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	21	1B	5	0	0.0	38	4	0	6	42	42	1.000	8.40	0.00	3.4	6.4	5
1983	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	21	2B	1	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1.000	1.00	0.00	0.7	1.3	4
1983	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	21	C	34	0	0.0	152	15	1	2	168	167	.994	4.90	0.00	25.0	75.6	2
1983	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	21	1B	7	0	0.0	61	1	0	5	62	62	1.000	8.90	0.00	5.1	15.6	3
1984	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	22	C	64	0	0.0	315	33	4	5	352	348	.989	5.40	0.00	43.5	92.8	1
1984	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	22	1B	3	0	0.0	26	3	0	4	29	29	1.000	9.70	0.00	2.0	4.3	5
1984	Birmingham Barons	Sou	AA	22	3B	1	0	0.0	0	2	0	0	2	2	1.000	2.00	0.00	0.7	1.4	6
1984	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	22	C	40	0	0.0	201	21	1	4	223	222	.996	5.60	0.00	26.0	90.9	3
1984	Evansville Triplets	Amer	AAA	22	1B	2	0	0.0	13	0	0	0	13	13	1.000	6.50	0.00	1.3	4.5	4
1985	Nashville Sounds	Amer	AAA	23	C	47	0	0.0	266	26	2	2	294	292	.993	6.20	0.00	33.3	88.7	2
1985	Nashville Sounds	Amer	AAA	23	1B	1	0	0.0	8	2	0	1	10	10	1.000	10.00	0.00	0.7	1.9	7
1985	Nashville Sounds	Amer	AAA	23	OF	3	0	0.0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1.000	0.70	0.00	2.1	5.7	13
1985	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	23	C	41	0	233.1	175	13	2	1	190	188	.989	4.60	0.81	25.5	100.0	2
1986	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	24	C	84	0	640.2	442	59	6	7	507	501	.988	6.00	0.78	51.9	94.4	2
1986	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	24	3B	1	0	3.2	1	1	0	0	2	2	1.000	2.00	0.63	0.6	1.1	8
1987	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	25	C	78	0	561.1	407	43	1	7	451	450	.998	5.80	0.80	48.1	92.9	2
1987	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	25	1B	1	0	5.0	7	1	0	1	8	8	1.000	8.00	1.60	0.6	1.2	6
1988	Phoenix Firebirds	PCL	AAA	26	C	20	0	0.0	123	6	1	0	130	129	.992	6.50	0.00	14.0	95.2	3
1988	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	26	C	89	0	655.2	403	31	7	4	441	434	.984	4.90	0.66	54.9	96.7	1
1988	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	26	1B	1	0	1.0	3	0	0	0	3	3	1.000	3.00	3.00	0.6	1.1	5
1989	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	27	C	75	0	631.0	303	20	3	1	326	323	.991	4.30	0.51	46.3	88.2	1
1989	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	27	DH	9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	5.6	10.6	4
1990	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	28	C	76	0	633.2	364	25	1	2	390	389	.997	5.10	0.61	47.2	81.7	2
1990	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	28	1B	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	2	2	1.000	2.00	1.00	0.6	1.1	8
1990	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	28	DH	10	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	6.2	10.8	6
1991	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	29	C	72	0	580.2	383	31	1	8	415	414	.998	5.80	0.71	44.4	91.1	2
1991	Baltimore Orioles	AL	MLB	29	DH	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	2.5	5.1	8
1992	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	30	C	21	0	144.0	77	7	0	2	84	84	1.000	4.00	0.58	13.0	65.6	3
1992	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	30	1B	3	0	18.0	22	2	1	3	25	24	.960	8.00	1.33	1.9	9.4	4
1993	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	31	C	76	0	459.0	304	18	2	4	324	322	.994	4.20	0.70	46.9	98.7	2
1993	Boston Red Sox	AL	MLB	31	1B	1	0	5.0	5	1	0	1	6	6	1.000	6.00	1.20	0.6	1.3	4
1994	Columbus Clippers	IL	AAA	32	C	7	0	0.0	46	4	1	0	51	50	.980	7.10	0.00	4.9	41.2	4
1994	Columbus Clippers	IL	AAA	32	1B	8	0	0.0	76	8	2	3	86	84	.977	10.50	0.00	5.6	47.1	4
1994	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	32	C	11	0	54.1	48	0	0	0	48	48	1.000	4.40	0.89	9.7	100.0	3
1994	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	32	C	4	0	16.0	9	0	0	0	9	9	1.000	2.30	0.56	3.5	44.4	4
1994	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	32	1B	4	0	12.0	7	0	0	2	7	7	1.000	1.80	0.58	3.5	44.4	4
1994	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	32	DH	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	0.9	11.1	9
1995	Columbus Clippers	IL	AAA	33	C	12	0	0.0	66	2	2	0	70	68	.971	5.70	0.00	8.6	63.2	4
1995	Columbus Clippers	IL	AAA	33	1B	1	0	0.0	11	1	0	1	12	12	1.000	12.00	0.00	0.7	5.3	9
MLB Totals - (C)						627	0	4,607	2915	247	23	36	1	5	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
MLB Totals - (1B)						11	0	43	45	5	1	7	1	5	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
MLB Totals - (3B)						1	0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
MLB Totals - (DH)						24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AAA Totals - (C)						160	0	0	854	74	8	8	1	6	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AAA Totals - (1B)						19	0	0	169	12	2	10	1	10	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AAA Totals - (OF)						3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AA Totals - (C)						216	0	0	1226	108	14	11	1	6	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AA Totals - (1B)						18	0	0	156	11	0	19	1	9	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AA Totals - (2B)						1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
AA Totals - (3B)						2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	2	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---
A Totals - (C)						78	0	0	456	67	2	4	1	7	.000	0.00	0.00	---	---	---

Bob Melvin - Player Card

Career Batting Statistics

Career Fielding Statistics

Fielding Positional Grid by Year