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Jesse Burkett League
4-1-2022
Mike Melton Third Base
Retired (1987, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .271 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .738 Status Retired (1987) Option Years 0  
H 776 Age 68 (OS 69) Date of Birth 10-03-1953
HR 66 Drafted Round 2, Pick 32
(1975)		 Majors Svc Time 11 years
(34 games)
RBI 334
SB 35
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship C 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B  Bunt D  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B C  (37.3%) LF --- Arm C  WS Appearances 0
2B D- (4.1%) CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B A+ (100%) RF F  (1.6%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1976 DET
100
290
29
71
10
2
4
23
23
 44 0 1
2
 2 14
.634
.299
.334
.090
.245
1977 DET
46
99
7
25
2
0
2
11
11
 16 0 0
0
 1 6
.661
.327
.333
.081
.253
1978 DET
102
336
56
93
12
2
8
47
29
 54 1 1
8
 2 13
.731
.335
.396
.119
.277
1979 DET-NYN
67
184
28
61
11
0
6
20
15
 32 2 0
1
 2 11
.877
.388
.489
.158
.332
1980 NYN
38
81
10
16
3
0
3
10
13
 23 1 1
0
 0 3
.658
.312
.346
.148
.198
1981 NYN
138
480
65
132
23
5
10
46
52
 83 3 2
8
 4 16
.754
.348
.406
.131
.275
1982 SF
138
497
56
143
21
4
10
52
44
 87 1 1
2
 8 10
.753
.346
.406
.119
.288
1983 SF
79
221
27
63
7
1
5
29
32
 43 1 0
2
 2 8
.772
.378
.394
.109
.285
1984 SF
72
87
18
25
6
1
4
16
18
 15 0 1
2
 0 2
.923
.406
.517
.230
.287
1985 SF
118
235
26
57
11
2
2
27
22
 55 1 0
4
 0 4
.642
.310
.332
.089
.243
1986 SF
135
202
33
60
8
2
9
36
29
 41 0 2
5
 2 3
.872
.382
.490
.193
.297
1987 SF
127
147
16
30
6
0
3
17
13
 29 2 1
1
 0 1
.582
.276
.306
.102
.204
Total
1160
2859
371
776
120
19
66
334
301
 522 12 10
35
 23 91
.738
.342
.396
.125
.271
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1987-11-01Mike Melton has retired from the San Francisco Whalers
1982-09-03Mike Melton of the San Francisco Privateers is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1979-08-26A trade has been completed between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Minutes. The New York Minutes receive Mike Melton, Draft Pick 1980 Round 1 NYA (Lee Vaughan) from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Draft Pick 1980 Round 1 NYN (Max MacAllister).
1979-05-22The Detroit Tigers have promoted Mike Melton to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Ray Macphee to the minors.
1979-05-14The Detroit Tigers have demoted Mike Melton to the minor leagues.
1979-05-10The Detroit Tigers have promoted Mike Melton to the major league team.
1979-04-16The Detroit Tigers have promoted Gilbert Bates to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Mike Melton to the minors.
1978-04-13The Detroit Tigers have promoted Mike Melton to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated John Fansler for assignment.
1978-03-07The Detroit Tigers have sent Mike Melton to the minors.
1977-09-22The Detroit Tigers have promoted Mike Melton to the major league team.
1977-06-13The Detroit Tigers have promoted Tommy Borchers to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Mike Melton to the minors.
1976-04-02The Detroit Tigers have promoted Mike Melton to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Ray Wheat to the minors.
1975-08-29The Detroit Tigers have promoted Bill Narum to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Mike Melton to the minors.
1975-08-29The Detroit Tigers have promoted Mike Melton to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have sent Elvis Warner to the minors.
1975-08-13A trade has been completed between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland LumberJax. The Cleveland LumberJax receive Bill Walkup, Russ Carr from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Mike Melton, Draft Pick 1976 Round 1 CLE (Brad Keating).