Bob Melvin

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: October 28, 1961 in Palo Alto, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 3rd round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Menlo-Atherton HS (Atherton, CA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Cañada College (Redwood City, CA).

High School: Menlo-Atherton HS (Atherton, CA)

Schools: Cañada College (Redwood City, CA), University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: May 25, 1985 (Age 23-209d, 15,025th in major league history)
vs. SEA 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 6, 1994 (Age 32-282d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1986 season

Full Name: Robert Paul Melvin

Nicknames: BoMel

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3x Mgr of the year

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

1955

456

.233

174

RBI

212

OBP

.268

SLG

.337

OPS

.604

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 9	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 11	SFG	@	LAD	W,9-8	GS	57	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C 3B
3	5	Apr 12	SFG	@	LAD	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
4	6	Apr 13	SFG	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
5	7	Apr 15	SFG		HOU	L,3-8	GS	34	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	8	Apr 16	SFG		HOU	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
7	11 (2)	Apr 19	SFG		SDP	W,6-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
8	12	Apr 20	SFG		SDP	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
9	16 (3)	Apr 25	SFG	@	SDP	L,8-9	GS	26	4.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	21 (4)	Apr 30	SFG		PIT	W,6-5	GS	28	5.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	23 (1)	May 2	SFG		CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
12	24	May 3	SFG		CHC	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	25	May 4 (1)	SFG		CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	30 (4)	May 9	SFG	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
15	31	May 10	SFG	@	STL	L,3-6	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
16	34 (2)	May 14	SFG	@	CHC	W,11-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	37 (2)	May 18	SFG		PHI	W,4-1	GS	23	5.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	39 (1)	May 21	SFG		NYM	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	45 (5)	May 28	SFG	@	PHI	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B C
20	46	May 29	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
21	48 (1)	May 31	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	52 (3)	Jun 6	SFG		CIN	L,3-5	GS	24	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
23	55 (2)	Jun 8 (2)	SFG		CIN	W,3-1	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
24	59 (3)	Jun 13	SFG	@	HOU	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
25	60	Jun 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
26	61	Jun 15	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
27	62	Jun 16	SFG	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	64 (1)	Jun 18	SFG	@	SDP	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	66 (1)	Jun 20	SFG		HOU	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
30	67	Jun 21	SFG		HOU	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	69 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
32	71 (1)	Jun 24	SFG		SDP	L,0-3	GF	8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
33	72	Jun 25	SFG		SDP	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
34	73	Jun 27	SFG	@	CIN	W,7-6	CG	51	12.0	12	2	0	14	1	C
35	74	Jun 28	SFG	@	CIN	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	75	Jun 29	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	77 (1)	Jul 1	SFG	@	ATL	W,9-6	CG	42	10.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	78	Jul 2	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
39	79	Jul 3	SFG		STL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	80	Jul 4	SFG		STL	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
41	81	Jul 5	SFG		STL	L,4-7	CG	44	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
42	82	Jul 6	SFG		STL	W,8-3	GS	31	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	84 (1)	Jul 9	SFG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
44	86 (1)	Jul 11	SFG		PIT	L,4-8	CG	44	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
45	90 (3)	Jul 18	SFG	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	26	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	93 (2)	Jul 21	SFG	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	94	Jul 22	SFG	@	STL	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
48	95	Jul 23	SFG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
49	96	Jul 25	SFG	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
50	97	Jul 26	SFG	@	PIT	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	99 (1)	Jul 28	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
52	100	Jul 29	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	GS	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	102 (1)	Jul 31	SFG		ATL	W,3-2	GS	27	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	107 (4)	Aug 5	SFG		CIN	L,6-11	GS	32	5.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	108	Aug 6	SFG		CIN	W,2-1	GS	28	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	110 (1)	Aug 9	SFG	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS	38	8.1	6	2	0	8	0	C
57	111	Aug 10	SFG	@	ATL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	112	Aug 11	SFG	@	CIN	W,13-4	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	113	Aug 12	SFG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	114	Aug 13	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	115	Aug 14	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	121 (5)	Aug 21	SFG		PHI	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
63	127 (5)	Aug 27	SFG		MON	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	131 (3)	Sep 1	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-5	GS	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	132	Sep 2	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
66	133	Sep 3	SFG	@	NYM	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
67	134	Sep 4	SFG	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
68	135	Sep 5	SFG	@	MON	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
69	136	Sep 6	SFG	@	MON	L,1-3	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	137	Sep 7	SFG	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
71	138	Sep 8	SFG		SDP	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	139	Sep 9	SFG		SDP	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
73	140	Sep 10	SFG		CIN	L,2-14	GS	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
74	144 (3)	Sep 14	SFG		ATL	W,7-6	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	146 (1)	Sep 17	SFG	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS	21	5.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	148 (1)	Sep 20	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
77	150 (1)	Sep 22	SFG	@	CIN	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	151	Sep 23	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
79	152	Sep 24	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
80	155 (2)	Sep 27	SFG		LAD	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
81	157 (1)	Sep 30	SFG		HOU	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
82	159 (1)	Oct 2	SFG		HOU	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
83	161 (1)	Oct 4	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	C
84	162	Oct 5	SFG	@	LAD	W,11-2	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
							85gm		644.1	443	60	6	509	7