BILL MELTON

| Retired | Played: 1964-1977

High Level: MLB Career Ranks: 280th in HRP
Positions: 3B-901, DH-88, OF-82, 1B-45
Full Name: William Edwin Melton
Born: Jul 7, 1945 (67.315) in Gulfport,Mississippi

MLB Debut: May 4, 1968 (22.301)

Speed
21

Contact
37

Patience
70

Batting
44

Power
78

Ht/Wt: 6-2 / 200 Bats/Throws: Right / Right
High School: Duarte (Duarte,CA)
College: None listed
Drafted: Signed as UDFA 1964 by CHW

Tags: 3 Homers in a game || Major League All-Star Game

TBC Player ID: 15275
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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip
1964	GCL White Sox	GCL	Rk	-	chw	18		-	39	112	7	32	5	3	0	10										.286	.000	.384	384	-	-	43			--	--
1965	Sarasota	FSL	A+	-	chw	19		-	129	393	40	77	13	5	6	49										.196	.000	.300	300	-	-	118			--	--
1966	Fox Cities	Midw	A	-	chw	20		-	97	328	56	93	26	3	12	67										.284	.000	.491	491	-	-	161			--	--
1967	Evansville	Sou	AA	-	chw	21		-	134	494	51	124	23	6	9	72										.251	.000	.377	377	-	-	186			--	--
1968	Syracuse	IL	AAA	-	chw	22		-	45	147	10	41	7	1	2	32										.279	.000	.381	381	-	-	56			--	--
1968	Hawaii	PCL	AAA	-	chw	22		-	63	210	31	54	10	1	10	30										.257	.000	.457	457	-	-	96			--	--
1968	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	14	chw	22	3b	-	34	109	5	29	8	0	2	16	1	1	10	32	0	0	1	2	2	.266	.322	.394	717	32	94	43	122	86	13	4.2	.351
1969	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	14	chw	23	3b	28	157	556	67	142	26	2	23	87	1	2	56	106	5	7	5	6	12	.255	.326	.433	759	148	94	241	628	439	83	5.1	.275
1970	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	14	chw	24	of-3b	13	141	514	74	135	15	1	33	96	2	4	56	107	9	2	1	9	7	.263	.340	.488	828	141	100	251	589	400	90	6.1	.266
1971	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	14	chw	25	3b	18	150	543	72	146	18	2	33	86	3	3	61	87	11	5	1	5	8	.269	.352	.492	843	148	99	267	621	414	102	6.6	.264
1972	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	14	chw	26	3b	-	57	208	22	51	5	0	7	30	1	1	23	31	0	2	0	1	2	.245	.319	.370	689	55	96	77	232	161	27	4.4	.257
1973	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	14	chw	27	3b	19	152	560	83	155	29	1	20	87	4	4	75	66	2	7	2	3	20	.277	.362	.439	802	152	100	246	642	434	96	6.0	.283
1974	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	14	chw	28	3b	50	136	495	63	120	17	0	21	63	3	2	59	60	5	3	5	6	16	.242	.326	.404	730	132	97	200	570	404	71	4.7	.236
1975	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	14	chw	29	3b	46	149	512	62	123	16	0	15	70	5	4	78	106	8	1	3	6	13	.240	.346	.359	705	149	100	184	607	415	67	4.3	.272
1976	California	AL	MLB	14	cal	30	dh-1b	-	118	341	31	71	17	3	6	42	2	0	44	53	2	2	2	3	5	.208	.300	.328	628	89	75	112	392	280	38	3.7	.228
1977	Cleveland	AL	MLB	11	cle	31	1b-dh	-	50	133	17	32	11	0	0	14	1	3	17	21	2	0	0	2	9	.241	.331	.323	654	33	66	43	154	115	13	3.1	.281
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MLB Totals (10 years) Career Ranks									1144	3971	496	1004	162	9	160	591	23	24	479	669	44	29	20	43	94	.253	.337	.419	756	1079	94	1664	4557	3148	599.5	5.1	.265
Minor League Totals (5 years)									507	1684	195	421	84	19	39	260	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.392	642	--	--	660	1684	1263	212.9	4.6	.232
AAA Totals (1 year)									108	357	41	95	17	2	12	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.266	.426	692	--	--	152	357	262	51.2	5.3	.241
AA Totals (1 year)									134	494	51	124	23	6	9	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.251	.377	628	--	--	186	494	370	59.7	4.4	.237
A+ Totals (1 year)									129	393	40	77	13	5	6	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.196	.300	496	--	--	118	393	316	28.5	2.4	.183
A Totals (1 year)									97	328	56	93	26	3	12	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.284	.491	774	--	--	161	328	235	58.5	6.7	.256
Rookie Totals (1 year)									39	112	7	32	5	3	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.384	670	--	--	43	112	80	15.4	5.2	.286
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Year	Team	League	Level	Position	G	GS	TC	PO	A	E	DP	Inn	FPct	RF	RF9
1968	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	33		95	17	75	3	5		.968	--	--
1969	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	148		456	112	322	22	36		.952	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	OF	11		16	13	3	0	0		1.000	--	--
1970	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	70		244	47	179	18	19		.926	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	OF	71		119	111	8	0	3		1.000	--	--
1971	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	148		503	116	371	16	26		.968	--	--
1972	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	56		184	47	125	12	12	491	.935	3.07	3.15
1973	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	151		485	115	347	23	31	1307	.953	3.06	3.18
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	DH	1		0						--	--	--
1974	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	123		396	100	272	24	29		.939	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	DH	11		0						--	--	--
1975	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	3B	138		470	131	313	26	23		.945	--	--
	Chi White Sox	AL	MLB	DH	11		0						--	--	--
1976	California	AL	MLB	1B	30		237	220	15	2	20		.992	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	3B	21		29	7	21	1	2		.966	--	--
	California	AL	MLB	DH	51		0						--	--	--
1977	Cleveland	AL	MLB	1B	15		142	134	8	0	10		1.000	--	--
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	3B	13		30	8	20	2	1		.933	--	--
	Cleveland	AL	MLB	DH	14		0						--	--	--
Major League Totals:				1B	45	0	379	354	23	2	30	0	.995	8.38
				3B	901	0	2892	700	2045	147	184	1798	.949	3.05	0.00
				OF	82	0	135	124	11	0	3	0	1.000	1.65
				DH	88	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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