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Cesar Cedeno League
8-19-2075
Ben Melo Left Field
Retired (1980, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .261 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .730 Status Deceased (2006) Option Years 0  
H 633 Age at Death 61 Date of Birth 11-05-1945
HR 64 Drafted Round 2, Pick 20
(1968)		 Majors Svc Time 12 years
(73 games)
RBI 271
SB 43
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed C  Bunt C- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B D- (6.5%) LF A+ (100%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A- (80.5%)   Health D- LCS Appearances 0
3B B+ (68.4%) RF B- (55.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1968 Minors 23 9.00 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1 3 / 3 2 / 2 8 / 9
1968 Majors 23 37.08 1 / 2 2 / 3 3 / 5 4 / 9 6 / 6 4 / 6 6 / 6 26 / 37
1969 Minors 24 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2
1969 Majors 24 21.50 2 / 5 2 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 6 0 / 0 3 / 3 2 / 2 11 / 21
1970 Majors 25 43.76 3 / 6 1 / 8 1 / 9 1 / 6 5 / 8 1 / 2 4 / 4 16 / 43
1971 Majors 26 45.54 2 / 8 2 / 4 3 / 8 3 / 4 6 / 8 5 / 10 2 / 3 23 / 45
1972 Majors 27 37.07 2 / 6 1 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 1 3 / 7 2 / 4 7 / 8 16 / 37
1973 Majors 28 9.72 1 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 9
1974 Majors 29 4.95 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 4
1975 Majors 30 5.93 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 5
1976 Majors 31 11.32 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 11
1977 Majors 32 12.63 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 12
1978 Majors 33 33.76 162 31 0 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 33
1979 Majors 34 26.84 138 15 24 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 26
1980 Majors 35 23.85 162 16 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 23
Total 462 62 24 11 / 43 10 / 40 9 / 51 9 / 42 22 / 53 19 / 48 24 / 40 104 / 317
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Ben Melo has retired from the Cleveland Knights
1979-08-31Ben Melo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1977-07-23Ben Melo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1976-05-26Ben Melo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1976-05-06Ben Melo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1972-09-09Ben Melo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1972-04-29Ben Melo of the Cleveland Knights is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1970-03-03The Cleveland Knights have promoted Ben Melo to the major league team.
1969-09-01The Cleveland Knights have sent Ben Melo to the minors.
1969-04-01The Cleveland Knights have promoted Ben Melo to the major league team.
1969-04-01The Cleveland Knights have promoted Dave Cather to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have sent Ben Melo to the minors.
1968-06-06The Cleveland Knights have promoted Ben Melo to the major league team. The Cleveland Knights have designated Tom Valle for assignment.