Player

Bill Melton

Player Info
Full Name
William Edwin
Born
July 7, 1945
Gulfport, MS, USA
Died
December 5, 2024
Size
6'2" / 200 lbs
B/T
R / R
Debut
May 4, 1968
Final Game
August 30, 1977
Career
10 years
Teams
Honors
1 x All-Star
1971
Career Batting
1,144
G
.253
AVG
1,004
H
160
HR
591
RBI
.752
OPS
118
OPS vs Lg
91% of the career qualification threshold · about these stats
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1977 Cleveland Indians 50 133 32 11 0 0 17 .241
1976 California Angels 118 341 71 17 3 6 31 .208
1975 Chicago White Sox 149 512 123 16 0 15 62 .240
1974 Chicago White Sox 136 495 120 17 0 21 63 .242
1973 Chicago White Sox 152 560 155 29 1 20 83 .277
1972 Chicago White Sox 57 208 51 5 0 7 22 .245
1971 Chicago White Sox 150 543 146 18 2 33 72 .269
1970 Chicago White Sox 141 514 135 15 1 33 74 .263
1969 Chicago White Sox 157 556 142 26 2 23 67 .255
1968 Chicago White Sox 34 109 29 8 0 2 5 .266
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1977 AL 154 .083 .281 11.0 13.6 80 0.0
1976 AL 392 .120 .228 11.2 13.5 85 6.0
1975 AL 607 .119 .272 12.9 17.5 101 15.1 ✓
1974 AL 570 .162 .236 10.4 10.5 110 20.9 ✓
1973 AL 642 .163 .283 11.7 10.3 127 20.0 ✓
1972 AL 232 .125 .257 9.9 13.4 112 7.4
1971 AL 621 .223 .264 9.8 14.0 146 33.0 ✓
1970 AL 589 .226 .266 9.5 18.2 135 33.0 ✓
1969 AL 628 .178 .275 8.9 16.9 119 23.0 ✓
1968 AL 122 .128 .351 8.2 26.2 124 2.0
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
3B 901 700 2,045 147 184 .949
OF 82 124 11 0 3 1.000
1B 45 354 23 2 30 .995
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1977 Cleveland Indians 1B 15 134 8 0 10 1.000
1977 Cleveland Indians 3B 13 8 20 2 1 .933
1976 California Angels 1B 30 220 15 2 20 .992
1976 California Angels 3B 21 7 21 1 2 .966
1975 Chicago White Sox 3B 138 131 313 26 23 .945
1974 Chicago White Sox 3B 123 100 272 24 29 .939
1973 Chicago White Sox 3B 151 115 347 23 31 .953
1972 Chicago White Sox 3B 56 47 125 12 12 .935
1971 Chicago White Sox 3B 148 116 371 16 26 .968
1970 Chicago White Sox 3B 70 47 179 18 19 .926
1970 Chicago White Sox OF 71 111 8 0 3 1.000
1969 Chicago White Sox 3B 148 112 322 22 36 .952
1969 Chicago White Sox OF 11 13 3 0 0 1.000
1968 Chicago White Sox 3B 33 17 75 3 5 .968