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Cesar Cedeno League
8-14-2075
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 Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed 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 POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1969 SS CLE 38 38 327.0 173 62 105 6 15 -18 4.60 .965
3B CLE 12 11 96.2 29 6 23 0 0 -1 2.70 1.000
C CLE 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 4.50 1.000
1970 LF CLE 85 84 744.1 182 174 0 8 0 -6 2.10 .956
3B CLE 15 15 134.0 46 10 36 0 2 +2 3.09 1.000
1971 LF CLE 114 110 971.2 268 265 0 3 0 -8 2.45 .989
RF CLE 2 2 16.2 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.16 1.000
3B CLE 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1972 LF CLE 102 102 884.1 200 198 0 2 0 -1 2.02 .990
1973 1B CLE 8 8 66.0 66 64 2 0 2 -3 9.00 1.000
3B CLE 8 3 35.2 17 5 12 0 0 -1 4.29 1.000
SS CLE 2 2 17.0 10 3 7 0 0 0 5.29 1.000
LF CLE 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF CLE 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
2B CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1974 RF CLE 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1975 SS CLE 1 1 8.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 4.50 1.000
LF CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1976 CF CLE 10 10 93.0 24 23 0 1 0 +1 2.23 .958
LF CLE 4 4 35.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.03 1.000
3B CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1977 CF CLE 16 16 146.2 35 35 0 0 0 0 2.15 1.000
SS CLE 2 2 17.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 2.65 1.000
LF CLE 2 2 17.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.65 1.000
RF CLE 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1B CLE 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1978 LF CLE 14 14 126.2 24 24 0 0 0 +2 1.71 1.000
CF CLE 11 11 99.2 23 22 0 1 0 0 1.99 .957
RF CLE 5 5 44.0 7 6 0 1 0 0 1.23 .857
SS CLE 1 1 9.0 4 2 2 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
1B CLE 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1979 CF CLE 11 11 99.1 21 21 0 0 0 0 1.90 1.000
RF CLE 2 2 19.1 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.86 1.000
LF CLE 2 2 17.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.06 1.000
1980 LF CLE 11 11 100.2 28 27 0 1 0 +1 2.41 .964
SS CLE 4 4 35.0 14 2 12 0 1 -1 3.60 1.000
CF CLE 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
Pos Total LF 336 330 2906.2 715 701 0 14 0 -12 2.17 .980
CF 49 49 446.2 105 103 0 2 0 +1 2.08 .981
SS 48 48 413.0 210 72 132 6 17 -19 4.45 .971
3B 37 30 276.1 94 21 73 0 2 0 3.06 1.000
RF 12 12 107.0 20 19 0 1 0 0 1.60 .950
1B 10 8 69.0 66 64 2 0 2 -3 8.61 1.000
C 1 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 4.50 1.000
2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 494 477 4223.2 1212 982 207 23 21 0 0 0 NaN% -33 2.53 .981
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.