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Mel Almada
Baldomero Melo (Quiros) Almada

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 8, 1933
Final Game October 1, 1939
Born February 7, 1913 in Huatabampo, Sonora, Mexico
Died August 13, 1988 in Caborca, Sonora, Mexico

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1933 20 BOS AL  14   44   11   15   0  0   1    3   3  1  11   3  .341  .473  .409  134   18   1           0    
 1934 21 BOS AL  23   90    7   21   2  1   0   10   3  2   6   8  .233  .281  .278   42   25   2           0    
 1935 22 BOS AL 151  607   85  176  27  9   3   59  20  9  55  34  .290  .350  .379   83  230  13           1    
 1936 23 BOS AL  96  320   40   81  16  4   1   21   2  4  24  15  .253  .305  .338   55  108   3           0    
 1937 24 TOT AL 132  543   91  160  27  6   5   42  12  5  53  27  .295  .357  .394   91  214   8           0    
         BOS AL  32  110   17   26   6  2   1    9   0  1  15   6  .236  .328  .355   69   39   2           0    
         WSH AL 100  433   74  134  21  4   4   33  12  4  38  21  .309  .365  .404   97  175   6           0    
 1938 25 TOT AL 149  633  101  197  29  6   4   52  13  6  46  38  .311  .362  .395   91  250   6           4    
         WSH AL  47  197   24   48   7  4   1   15   4  1   8  16  .244  .277  .335   57   66   5           1    
         SLB AL 102  436   77  149  22  2   3   37   9  5  38  22  .342  .398  .422  106  184   1           3    
 1939 26 TOT     81  246   28   56   6  1   1   10   3  0  19  25  .228  .283  .272   44   67   2           0   4
         SLB AL  42  134   17   32   2  1   1    7   1  0  10   8  .239  .292  .291   48   39   2           0   2
         BRO NL  39  112   11   24   4  0   0    3   2      9  17  .214  .273  .250   39   28   0           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      646 2483  363  706 107 27  15  197  56 27 214 150  .284  .342  .367   79  912  35   0   0   5   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        623   91  177  27  7   4   49  14  7  54  38  .284  .342  .367   79  229   9   0   0   1   1
 Career High    151  633  101  197  29  9   5   59  20  9  55  38  .311  .362  .395   91  250  13   0   0   4   4
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1933 20 BOS AL   56   31    9   7.8   107| .341  .282| .473  .353| .409  .406| .882  .760| 134  .712   3.1   0.3  75%
 1934 21 BOS AL   98   73    7   2.6   116| .233  .294| .281  .369| .278  .424| .559  .793|  42  .225  -8.4  -0.8  60%
 1935 22 BOS AL  676  453   81   4.8   117| .290  .296| .350  .370| .379  .428| .729  .797|  83  .478 -16.6  -1.6  68%
 1936 23 BOS AL  347  246   32   3.4   127| .253  .306| .305  .383| .338  .450| .643  .833|  55  .297 -24.8  -2.2  33%
 1937 24 TOT AL  604  396   77   5.1   115| .295  .287| .357  .362| .394  .427| .751  .789|  91  .490  -7.0  -0.6  70%
         BOS AL  127   87   12   3.6   120| .236  .295| .328  .371| .355  .439| .683  .810|  69  .338  -5.5  -0.5   0%
         WSH AL  477  309   65   5.6   113| .309  .285| .365  .359| .404  .424| .769  .784|  97  .526  -1.5  -0.1  75%
 1938 25 TOT AL  689  448   91   5.3   116| .311  .287| .362  .366| .395  .428| .757  .794|  91  .506  -8.6  -0.8  68%
         WSH AL  211  155   18   3.0   112| .244  .281| .277  .359| .335  .419| .612  .778|  57  .269 -13.6  -1.3  80%
         SLB AL  478  293   73   6.6   118| .342  .290| .398  .369| .422  .432| .820  .801| 106  .598   5.0   0.5  64%
 1939 26 TOT     267  196   20   2.7   112| .228  .287| .283  .358| .272  .418| .555  .776|  44  .257 -20.9  -2.0 100%
         SLB AL  146  106   12   3.0   116| .239  .289| .292  .364| .291  .427| .583  .791|  48  .277 -11.0  -1.0 100%
         BRO NL  121   90    8   2.4   107| .214  .285| .273  .351| .250  .407| .523  .759|  39  .232  -9.8  -1.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      2737 1843  317   4.6   117| .284  .292| .342  .367| .367  .429| .709  .796|  79  .442 -83.2  -7.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1933 20 BOS AL  OF   13     27    1    0    0 1.000  .969  2.15  2.21                7    6    0
 1934 21 BOS AL  OF   23     60    4    1    0  .985  .968  2.78  2.16                0   16    7
 1935 22 BOS AL  OF  149    337   22   12    3  .968  .970  2.41  2.30                0  126   25
                 1B    3     17    1    0    1 1.000  .994  6.00  9.93            
 1936 23 BOS AL  OF   81    144    9    2    2  .987  .968  1.89  2.29               11    3   69
 1937 24 TOT AL  OF  127    345   17   15    3  .960  .969  2.85  2.28                4   99   24
         BOS AL  OF   27     37    1    3    0  .927  .969  1.41  2.28                4    2   21
                 1B    4     31    0    2    3  .939  .990  7.75  9.60            
         WSH AL  OF  100    308   16   12    3  .964  .969  3.24  2.28                0   97    3
 1938 25 TOT AL  OF  148    394   14   14    2  .967  .972  2.76  2.28                0  148    0
         WSH AL  OF   47    147    5    5    1  .968  .972  3.23  2.28                0   47    0
         SLB AL  OF  101    247    9    9    1  .966  .972  2.53  2.28                0  101    0
 1939 26 TOT     OF   66    159    4    3    2  .982  .972  2.47  2.26                3   63    0
         SLB AL  OF   34     75    2    1    1  .987  .969  2.26  2.35                3   31    0
         BRO NL  OF   32     84    2    2    1  .977  .975  2.69  2.17                0   32    0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1935 22 BOS AL  1B    3     17    1    0    1 1.000  .994  6.00  9.93            
 1937 24 BOS AL  1B    4     31    0    2    3  .939  .990  7.75  9.60            

 1933 20 BOS AL  OF   13     27    1    0    0 1.000  .969  2.15  2.21                7    6    0
 1934 21 BOS AL  OF   23     60    4    1    0  .985  .968  2.78  2.16                0   16    7
 1935 22 BOS AL  OF  149    337   22   12    3  .968  .970  2.41  2.30                0  126   25
 1936 23 BOS AL  OF   81    144    9    2    2  .987  .968  1.89  2.29               11    3   69
 1937 24 TOT AL  OF  127    345   17   15    3  .960  .969  2.85  2.28                4   99   24
         BOS AL  OF   27     37    1    3    0  .927  .969  1.41  2.28                4    2   21
         WSH AL  OF  100    308   16   12    3  .964  .969  3.24  2.28                0   97    3
 1938 25 TOT AL  OF  148    394   14   14    2  .967  .972  2.76  2.28                0  148    0
         WSH AL  OF   47    147    5    5    1  .968  .972  3.23  2.28                0   47    0
         SLB AL  OF  101    247    9    9    1  .966  .972  2.53  2.28                0  101    0
 1939 26 TOT     OF   66    159    4    3    2  .982  .972  2.47  2.26                3   63    0
         SLB AL  OF   34     75    2    1    1  .987  .969  2.26  2.35                3   31    0
         BRO NL  OF   32     84    2    2    1  .977  .975  2.69  2.17                0   32    0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  OF  607   1466   71   47   12  .970  .970  2.53  2.28               25  461  125
                 1B    7     48    1    2    4  .961  .992  7.00  9.74            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       614   1514   72   49   16  .970  .971  2.58  2.36
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1935 AL-151-5

At Bats
1938 AL-633-4

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1935 AL-676-10
1938 AL-689-5

Hits
1938 AL-197-3

Stolen Bases
1935 AL-20-3
1937 AL-12-10
1938 AL-13-8

Singles
1935 AL-137-6
1938 AL-158-1

Hit By Pitch
1938 AL-4-7

Sac. Hits
1935 AL-13-10

Caught Stealing
1935 AL-9-6

At Bats per Strikeout
1937 AL-20.1-10

Outs
1935 AL-453-4
1938 AL-448-5

Youngest Player
1933 AL-20-3
1934 AL-21-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 11 (1306) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1920) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.5 (1429) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 11, 1937: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Rick Ferrell and Wes Ferrell to the Washington Senators for Ben Chapman and Bobo Newsom.

June 15, 1938: Traded by the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns for Sam West.

June 15, 1939: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the St. Louis Browns for $25,000.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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