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Name	Team	Age
Bob Melton	Retired (2000, Age 36)	Died (2027, Age 63)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 10 (1982)	LF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Joe DiMaggio League	0	16 years (11 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	C+	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A-	A-	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	A-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	1/3/1964
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
2	3	8
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (98.9 %)	A+ (98.8 %)	D- (4.1 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1982

Minors

68.00

7 / 10

7 / 12

0 / 9

6 / 11

4 / 8

7 / 7

11 / 11

42 / 68

1983

Minors

52.00

10 / 12

1 / 6

2 / 5

6 / 10

4 / 9

6 / 6

4 / 4

33 / 52

1984

Majors

51.12

155

119

7

1 / 8

2 / 3

1 / 11

1 / 6

1 / 7

6 / 10

3 / 6

15 / 51

1985

Majors

45.82

162

82

0

4 / 12

4 / 7

3 / 6

1 / 6

2 / 6

6 / 6

0 / 2

20 / 45

1986

Majors

19.55

69

29

22

1 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 4

2 / 2

1 / 1

6 / 19

1987

Majors

50.66

146

68

16

5 / 7

1 / 3

4 / 10

3 / 12

1 / 7

5 / 7

4 / 4

23 / 50

1988

Majors

69.64

162

127

0

2 / 8

2 / 6

1 / 9

2 / 11

0 / 7

10 / 16

10 / 12

27 / 69

1989

Majors

69.37

162

128

0

2 / 11

1 / 10

2 / 14

1 / 7

1 / 11

1 / 8

4 / 8

12 / 69

1990

Majors

71.69

162

130

0

4 / 11

1 / 7

0 / 10

1 / 7

1 / 9

4 / 10

7 / 17

18 / 71

1991

Majors

71.14

162

130

0

1 / 12

1 / 13

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 7

2 / 9

4 / 12

8 / 71

1992

Majors

50.37

127

81

35

0 / 4

0 / 12

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 6

2 / 7

1 / 9

3 / 50

1993

Majors

64.49

162

116

0

0 / 14

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 64

1994

Majors

48.97

162

56

0

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 48

1995

Majors

47.67

162

62

0

0 / 2

0 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 47

1996

Majors

39.06

132

39

30

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 10

1 / 7

1 / 39

1997

Majors

31.56

123

26

33

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 8

0 / 31

1998

Majors

36.56

129

36

31

-3 / 7

-6 / 6

-1 / 8

-4 / 7

-2 / 5

-4 / 3

-2 / 0

-22 / 36

1999

Majors

41.39

162

28

0

-6 / 8

-8 / 5

-6 / 7

-2 / 3

-4 / 5

-3 / 6

-2 / 7

-31 / 41

2000

Majors

32.52

162

23

0

-5 / 1

-7 / 2

-3 / 8

-5 / 5

-8 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 3

-28 / 32

Total

2501

1280

174

23 / 143

-1 / 128

4 / 148

11 / 132

0 / 131

44 / 137

46 / 134

127 / 953

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2000-11-01	Bob Melton has retired from the Chicago Blue Sox
1998-08-25	Bob Melton of the Chicago Blue Sox is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1997-08-18	Bob Melton of the Chicago Blue Sox is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1996-07-24	Bob Melton of the Chicago Blue Sox is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1996-06-06	Bob Melton of the Chicago Blue Sox is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1992-10-08	Bob Melton of the Chicago Blue Sox is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1992-09-07	Bob Melton of the Chicago Blue Sox is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1992-06-06	A trade has been completed between the Chicago Blue Sox and the Washington Monuments. The Washington Monuments receive Bishop Baily, George Sarmiento, Maynard Ferguson, Draft Pick 1993 Round 3 CHA (Harry Bright), Draft Pick 1993 Round 2 CHA (Paul Casanova) from the Chicago Blue Sox in exchange for Bob Melton.
1992-04-28	Bob Melton of the Washington Monuments is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1987-06-01	Bob Melton of the Washington Water Moccasins is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1986-06-17	Bob Melton of the Washington Water Moccasins is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1984-06-10	Bob Melton of the Washington Water Moccasins is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1984-03-01	The Washington Water Moccasins have promoted Bob Melton to the major league team. The Washington Water Moccasins have promoted Neil McGehee to the major league team. The Washington Water Moccasins have sent Jack Conde to the minors. The Washington Water Moccasins have sent Gene Husta to the minors.