The Baseball Cube

Search Results

Bill Melton

Retired

High Level

MLB

Years

1968-1977 (1968-1977)

Proper Name

William Edwin Melton

Nickname

Beltin' Bill

Positions

3B (901) ... DH (88) ... OF (82) ... 1B (45)

Height / Weight

6-2 / 200

Bats / Throws

Right / Right

Birthdate

Death Date

December 5,2024 Age: 79.151

Place

Gulfport, Mississippi

High School

Duarte (Duarte,CA)

Drafted/Signed

UDFA: 1964-Chicago White Sox

MLB Debut

MLBAM ID

Retrosheet#

meltb101

Actions

Update Player Bio | Compare Player

Show More

Bill Melton

Jump to...

Players Section Batting Statistics Update Player Bio Track this Player Career Information Fielding Statistics Game Logs/Splits Extended Statistics Transactions Teammates ðŸ”’Leaderboards Draft info Ejections ðŸ”’Baseball Cards

Batting Statistics

CSV

MLB Stats

Minor League Stats

College Stats

Yearly Summary

Unlock Ad-Free surfing, the TBC Player Tracker, Research Applications, data store discounts + additional grid functionality for only $2/month with TBC PREMIUM.

year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1968	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	14	22	3B	111*	34	109	5	29	8	0	2	16	1	1	10	32	0	1	2	0	2	43	122	10	19	.266	.322	.394	.716	.220	.128	.351	8.20	26.23	3.20	54.50
1969	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	14	23	3B	108	157	556	67	142	26	2	23	87	1	2	56	106	5	5	6	7	12	241	628	51	91	.255	.326	.433	.759	.277	.178	.275	8.92	16.88	1.89	24.17
1970	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	14	24	OF-3B	114	141	514	74	135	15	1	33	96	2	4	56	107	9	1	9	2	7	251	589	49	86	.263	.340	.488	.828	.331	.225	.266	9.51	18.17	1.91	15.58
1971	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	14	25	3B	121	150	543	72	146	18	2	33	86	3	3	61	87	11	1	5	5	8	267	621	53	93	.269	.352	.492	.844	.335	.223	.264	9.82	14.01	1.43	16.45
1972	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	14	26	3B	104	57	208	22	51	5	0	7	30	1	1	23	31	0	0	1	2	2	77	232	12	39	.245	.319	.370	.689	.236	.125	.257	9.91	13.36	1.35	29.71
1973	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	14	27	3B	113	152	560	83	155	29	1	20	87	4	4	75	66	2	2	3	7	20	246	642	50	105	.277	.363	.439	.802	.296	.162	.283	11.68	10.28	0.88	28.00
1974	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	14	28	3B	105	136	495	63	120	17	0	21	63	3	2	59	60	5	5	6	3	16	200	570	38	82	.242	.326	.404	.730	.283	.162	.236	10.35	10.53	1.02	23.57
1975	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	14	29	3B	103	149	512	62	123	16	0	15	70	5	4	78	106	8	3	6	1	13	184	607	31	92	.240	.346	.359	.705	.273	.119	.272	12.85	17.46	1.36	34.13
1976	California Angels	AL	MLB	CAL	14	30	DH-1B	94	118	341	31	71	17	3	6	42	2	0	44	53	2	2	3	2	5	112	392	26	45	.208	.300	.328	.628	.255	.120	.228	11.22	13.52	1.20	56.83
1977	Cleveland Indians	AL	MLB	CLE	11	31	1B-DH	91*	50	133	17	32	11	0	0	14	1	3	17	21	2	0	2	0	9	43	154	11	21	.241	.331	.323	.654	.195	.082	.281	11.04	13.64	1.24	0.00
Tot:	MLB (10 yrs)		MLB						1144	3971	496	1004	162	9	160	591	23	24	479	669	44	20	43	29	94	1664	4557	331	673	.253	.337	.419	.756	.287	.166	.265	10.51	14.68	1.40	24.82
Tot:	AL (10 yrs)		AL						1144	3971	496	1004	162	9	160	591	23	24	479	669	44	20	43	29	94	1664	4557	331	673	.253	.337	.419	.756	.287	.166	.265	10.51	14.68	1.40	24.82
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB						162	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’	ðŸ”’

TBC+ Metric is based on wOBA with inclusion of stolen base value. TBC's version of wOBA excludes park factors and uses static coefficients across all levels and years for ease of implementation.
* indicates player had a low sample size of plate appearances.

Use the Compare Players (TBC PREMIUM) application to compare stats and biography for 2-25 players at a time!

Talent Ratings

About Talent Ratings

Speed	Power	Contact	Xtra	Rbis	Runs	Hitting	Durability	Team Success
56	79	52	76	80	44	61	71	.458