Bob Melvin Stats

Bob Melvin was born on Saturday, October 28, 1961, in Palo Alto, California. Melvin was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 25, 1985, with the Detroit Tigers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Melvin baseball stats page.

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Birth Name:	Robert Paul Melvin
Nickname:	Bob
Born On:	10-28-1961 (Scorpio)
Born In:	Palo Alto, California
Died On:	Still Living (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Still Living
Cemetery:	n/a

High School:	Menlo High School (Atherton, CA)
College:	University of California, Berkeley
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	6-04	Weight:	205
First Game:	05-25-1985 (Age 23)
Last Game:	08-06-1994
Draft:	1981 : 1st Round (2nd)

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Bob Melvin Bob Melvin Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1985	24	Tigers	41	82	10	18	4	1	0	0	4	3	0	21	2	0	0	1	.220	.247	.293
1986	25	Giants	89	268	24	60	14	2	5	0	25	15	1	69	3	3	0	7	.224	.262	.347
1987	26	Giants	84	246	31	49	8	0	11	0	31	17	3	44	0	2	0	7	.199	.249	.366
1988	27	Giants	92	273	23	64	13	1	8	0	27	13	0	46	1	1	0	5	.234	.268	.377
1989	28	Orioles	85	278	22	67	10	1	1	0	32	15	3	53	7	1	0	10	.241	.279	.295
1990	29	Orioles	93	301	30	73	14	1	5	0	37	11	1	53	3	3	0	8	.243	.267	.346
1991	30	Orioles	79	228	11	57	10	0	1	0	23	11	2	46	1	5	0	5	.250	.279	.307
1992	31	Royals	32	70	5	22	5	0	0	0	6	5	0	13	0	2	0	3	.314	.351	.386
1993	32	Red Sox	77	176	13	39	7	0	3	0	23	7	0	44	3	3	1	2	.222	.251	.313
1994	33	Yankees	9	14	2	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.500
1994	33	White Sox	11	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	.158	.200	.158
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
10 Years			692	1,955	174	456	85	6	35	0	212	98	10	396	21	20	1	50	.233	.268	.337

Bob Melvin Bob Melvin Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1985 Tigers	C	41	25	700	190	4.6	188	175	13	2	1	1	19	6	.989	7.25
1986 Giants	3B	1	0	9	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
1986 Giants	C	84	76	1,922	507	6.0	501	442	59	6	7	2	66	43	.988	7.04
1987 Giants	1B	1	1	15	8	8.0	8	7	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	14.40
1987 Giants	C	78	60	1,684	451	5.8	450	407	43	1	7	4	48	36	.998	7.21
1988 Giants	1B	1	0	3	3	3.0	3	3	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	27.00
1988 Giants	C	89	74	1,967	441	5.0	434	403	31	7	4	5	46	18	.984	5.96
1989 Orioles	C	75	72	1,893	326	4.3	323	303	20	3	1	1	50	20	.991	4.61
1990 Orioles	1B	1	0	6	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	9.00
1990 Orioles	C	76	70	1,901	390	5.1	389	364	25	1	2	1	44	19	.997	5.52
1991 Orioles	C	72	67	1,742	415	5.8	414	383	31	1	8	3	48	19	.998	6.42
1992 Royals	1B	3	2	54	25	8.3	24	22	2	1	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.960	12.00
1992 Royals	C	21	16	432	84	4.0	84	77	7	0	2	2	14	6	1.000	5.25
1993 Red Sox	1B	1	0	15	6	6.0	6	5	1	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	10.80
1993 Red Sox	C	76	50	1,377	324	4.3	322	304	18	2	4	5	31	8	.994	6.31
1994 Yankees	1B	4	1	36	7	1.8	7	7	0	0	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	5.25
1994 Yankees	C	4	1	48	9	2.3	9	9	0	0	0	1	2	1	1.000	5.06
1994 White Sox	C	11	6	163	48	4.4	48	48	0	0	0	0	8	0	1.000	7.95
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
C Totals		627	517	13,829	3,185	5.1	3,162	2,915	247	23	36	25	376	176	.993	6.17
1B Totals		11	4	129	51	4.6	50	45	5	1	7	n/a	n/a	n/a	.980	10.47
3B Totals		1	0	9	2	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	6.00
10 Years		639	521	13,967	3,238	5.1	3,214	2,961	253	24	43	25	376	176	.993	6.21

Bob Melvin Bob Melvin Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1985 Tigers	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	20.5	-	-	-
1986 Giants	3	2	.600	6	0	n/a	53.6	3.9	10.7	-	-	-
1987 Giants	0	4	.000	9	0	n/a	22.4	5.6	7.9	-	-	-
1988 Giants	0	2	.000	4	0	n/a	34.1	5.9	10.1	-	-	-
1989 Orioles	1	4	.200	6	0	9	278.0	5.2	8.7	-	-	-
1990 Orioles	0	1	.000	14	0	10	60.2	5.7	8.1	-	-	-
1991 Orioles	0	0	.000	7	0	4	228.0	5.0	9.9	-	-	-
1992 Royals	0	0	.000	11	2	0	0.0	5.4	11.7	-	-	-
1993 Red Sox	0	0	.000	3	0	0	58.7	4.0	7.7	-	-	-
1994 Yankees	0	0	.000	1	2	1	14.0	4.7	4.7	-	-	-
1994 White Sox	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0.0	4.8	19.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
10 Years	4	13	.235	61	4	24	55.9	4.9	9.2	-	-	-

Bob Melvin Bob Melvin Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1985 Detroit Tigers	18	$60,000.00	-	-
1986 San Francisco Giants	7	$75,000.00	-	-
1987 San Francisco Giants	7	$90,000.00	-	-
1988 San Francisco Giants	9	$145,000.00	-	-
1989 Baltimore Orioles	2, 36	$230,000.00	-	-
1990 Baltimore Orioles	2	$350,000.00	-	-
1991 Baltimore Orioles	2	$650,000.00	-	-
1992 Kansas City Royals	2	$900,000.00	-	-
1993 Boston Red Sox	3	$725,000.00	-	-
1994 New York Yankees	43	Undetermined	-	n/a
1994 Chicago White Sox	49	Undetermined	-	n/a
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