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Harmon Killebrew League
9-9-2180
Melvin Hartford Left Field
Retired (1997, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .796 Status Deceased (2053) Option Years 0  
H 1335 Age at Death 92 Date of Birth 05-14-1961
HR 123 Drafted Round 1, Pick 7
(1980)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(143 games)
RBI 673
SB 78
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B  Velocity F    Mentor vR A 
Speed B  Bunt C  Control F    Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B C+ (46.4%) LF A+ (100%) Arm C+ WS Appearances 0
2B F  (2.7%) CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1983 1B STL 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1986 3B STL 1 1 10.1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.74 1.000
1B STL 1 0 2.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.50 1.000
1987 3B STL 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 9.00 .500
1988 1B STL 40 38 302.2 356 346 9 1 22 -1 10.56 .997
3B STL 1 1 8.0 3 0 3 0 1 0 3.38 1.000
1989 1B STL 105 105 885.1 974 942 31 1 73 +6 9.89 .999
RF STL 7 6 52.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 2.08 1.000
1990 1B STL 100 100 825.0 939 906 29 4 64 +7 10.20 .996
1991 1B MON 154 154 1375.0 1515 1457 51 7 102 +6 9.87 .995
1992 LF TEX 151 151 1332.0 345 338 1 6 1 -3 2.29 .983
1993 LF TEX 140 140 1224.2 303 298 0 5 0 -2 2.19 .983
1B TEX 6 6 51.0 50 49 0 1 2 -1 8.65 .980
CF TEX 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
RF TEX 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.12 1.000
1994 LF TEX 157 157 1372.2 348 344 1 3 1 +5 2.26 .991
1995 LF TEX 133 133 1172.0 273 268 1 4 1 -2 2.07 .985
RF TEX 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1996 LF TEX-CLE 101 100 884.2 220 219 0 1 0 +4 2.23 .995
2B TEX-CLE 2 2 18.0 12 5 7 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
1997 2B CLE 8 8 71.0 48 18 29 1 4 +1 5.96 .979
LF CLE 6 2 24.2 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.55 1.000
3B CLE 2 2 18.0 7 2 3 2 0 -2 2.50 .714
1B CLE 2 2 17.0 18 18 0 0 1 -2 9.53 1.000
Pos Total LF 688 683 6010.2 1496 1474 3 19 3 +2 2.21 .987
1B 409 405 3459.0 3858 3724 120 14 264 +15 10.00 .996
2B 10 10 89.0 60 23 36 1 4 +1 5.97 .983
RF 9 8 69.0 13 13 0 0 0 0 1.70 1.000
3B 5 4 37.1 14 5 6 3 1 -3 2.65 .786
CF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.50 1.000
Total 1123 1112 9683.0 5444 5242 165 37 272 +15 5.03 .993
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1997-11-01Melvin Hartford has retired from the Cleveland Barons
1996-07-29The Cleveland Barons have promoted Melvin Hartford to the major league team.
1996-07-27The Cleveland Barons have acquired Melvin Hartford from the waiver wire.
1996-07-20The Texas Tornados have waived Melvin Hartford.
1996-07-13The Texas Tornados have promoted Felipe Fisher to the major league team. The Texas Tornados have promoted Craig Reyes to the major league team. The Texas Tornados have promoted Jordan Brown to the major league team. The Texas Tornados have promoted Wayne Lait to the major league team. The Texas Tornados have promoted Carlos Rivero to the major league team. The Texas Tornados have promoted Matt McBride to the major league team. The Texas Tornados have designated Dioner Navarro for assignment. The Texas Tornados have designated Omar Vizquel for assignment. The Texas Tornados have designated Ed Christensen for assignment. The Texas Tornados have designated Jamey Carroll for assignment. The Texas Tornados have designated Melvin Hartford for assignment. The Texas Tornados have designated Mark DeRosa for assignment.
1992-04-08The Texas Tornados have acquired Melvin Hartford from the waiver wire.
1992-04-01The Montreal Canadiens have promoted Joe Buxton to the major league team. The Montreal Canadiens have promoted Joe Miller to the major league team. The Montreal Canadiens have designated Melvin Hartford for assignment.
1983-04-01The St. Louis Blazers have promoted Buck Scarsella to the major league team. The St. Louis Blazers have promoted John Kane to the major league team. The St. Louis Blazers have promoted Lou Heintzelman to the major league team. The St. Louis Blazers have promoted Melvin Hartford to the major league team.