Bob Melvin stats
Catcher · #49
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1985
- College
- California
- AL Manager of the Year
- 2x
- NL Manager of the Year
- 2007
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1985
- College
- California
- AL Manager of the Year
- 2x
- NL Manager of the Year
- 2007
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 692
- AB
- 1,955
- R
- 174
- H
- 456
- HR
- 35
- RBI
- 212
- SB
- 4
- AVG
- .233
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | DET | 41 | 82 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .220 |
| 1986 | SF | 89 | 268 | 24 | 60 | 5 | 25 | 3 | .224 |
| 1987 | SF | 84 | 246 | 31 | 49 | 11 | 31 | 0 | .199 |
| 1988 | SF | 92 | 273 | 23 | 64 | 8 | 27 | 0 | .234 |
| 1989 | BAL | 85 | 278 | 22 | 67 | 1 | 32 | 1 | .241 |
| 1990 | BAL | 93 | 301 | 30 | 73 | 5 | 37 | 0 | .243 |
| 1991 | BAL | 79 | 228 | 11 | 57 | 1 | 23 | 0 | .250 |
| 1992 | KC | 32 | 70 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .314 |
| 1993 | BOS | 77 | 176 | 13 | 39 | 3 | 23 | 0 | .222 |
| 1994 |  CHW/NYY | 20 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .212 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- AB
- 7
- R
- 0
- H
- 3
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .429
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 2,095
- TB
- 658
- XBH
- 126
- HBP
- 1
- IBB
- 10
- GIDP
- 50
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | DET | 87 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | SF | 289 | 93 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 1987 | SF | 265 | 90 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | SF | 288 | 103 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1989 | BAL | 301 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | BAL | 318 | 104 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | BAL | 245 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | KC | 77 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | BOS | 190 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHW/NYY | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.7
- RC
- 158.3
- RC/27
- 2.70
- ISOP
- .103
- SECA
- .149
- BB/K
- 0.25
- AB/HR
- 55.9
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | DET | -0.5 | 5.3 | 2.1 | .073 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | SF | 0.9 | 22.3 | 2.7 | .123 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 53.6 | 0 |
| 1987 | SF | 0.9 | 19.1 | 2.5 | .167 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 22.4 | 0 |
| 1988 | SF | 0.8 | 25.7 | 3.2 | .143 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 34.1 | 0 |
| 1989 | BAL | 0.4 | 18.6 | 2.2 | .054 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 278 | 0 |
| 1990 | BAL | 0.5 | 25 | 2.8 | .103 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 60.2 | 0 |
| 1991 | BAL | -0.2 | 18.5 | 2.8 | .057 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 228 | 0 |
| 1992 | KC | 0.3 | 9 | 4.6 | .071 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | BOS | -1.0 | 13.3 | 2.5 | .091 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 58.7 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHW/NYY | -0.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | .091 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 33 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Bob Melvin's career stats?
Bob Melvin played 10 seasons for the Tigers, the Giants, the Orioles, the Royals and the Red Sox. He was a career .233 hitter with 456 hits, 35 home runs and 212 RBI. His best season was 1992: a .314 batting average, 0 home runs and 6 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
10 seasons, 1 postseason, 1985 to 1994
Awards
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