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Name	Team	Age
Ron Melo	Retired (1978, Age 36)	Died (2016, Age 75)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 9 (1963)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League	0	13 years (149 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A-	A	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	B	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	C+	C+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	11/5/1941
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (SS)
C+ (47.7 %)	D- (11.2 %)	F  (0.2 %)

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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

1963

Minors

35.00

2 / 4

5 / 6

2 / 7

0 / 3

3 / 5

2 / 6

3 / 4

17 / 35

1963

Majors

0.52

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1964

Minors

41.00

0 / 1

3 / 5

2 / 5

3 / 7

7 / 9

6 / 9

3 / 5

24 / 41

1965

Majors

69.84

162

144

0

0 / 4

4 / 11

5 / 13

6 / 11

10 / 13

3 / 5

5 / 12

33 / 69

1966

Majors

57.27

125

112

37

3 / 7

4 / 12

1 / 10

1 / 4

4 / 7

2 / 6

5 / 11

20 / 57

1967

Majors

69.79

162

144

0

3 / 6

4 / 8

3 / 15

4 / 12

0 / 6

6 / 13

5 / 9

25 / 69

1968

Majors

69.41

162

144

0

1 / 8

2 / 15

2 / 13

1 / 6

4 / 10

1 / 6

2 / 11

13 / 69

1969

Majors

68.33

162

144

0

1 / 10

2 / 7

0 / 10

2 / 12

3 / 11

3 / 8

1 / 10

12 / 68

1970

Majors

51.80

142

113

20

0 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 51

1971

Majors

64.44

162

144

0

1 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 14

2 / 64

1972

Majors

55.79

139

124

23

0 / 4

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 55

1973

Majors

64.44

162

144

0

0 / 12

0 / 9

0 / 8

1 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 11

0 / 7

2 / 64

1974

Majors

63.30

162

94

0

0 / 3

1 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 16

1 / 8

2 / 63

1975

Majors

45.71

152

49

10

-1 / 5

-4 / 7

-2 / 8

-7 / 8

-1 / 2

-1 / 7

-2 / 8

-18 / 45

1976

Majors

47.95

162

55

0

-3 / 6

-6 / 6

-2 / 7

-1 / 6

0 / 8

-3 / 6

-1 / 8

-16 / 47

1977

Majors

39.43

162

43

0

-2 / 10

-6 / 4

-4 / 6

-2 / 6

-4 / 6

-2 / 1

-2 / 6

-22 / 39

1978

Majors

38.45

143

54

0

-4 / 12

-4 / 7

-2 / 5

-4 / 3

-6 / 2

-1 / 7

-2 / 2

-23 / 38

Total

2159

1508

90

1 / 108

5 / 127

5 / 139

4 / 120

21 / 123

17 / 123

18 / 134

71 / 874

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1978-11-01	Ron Melo has retired from the New York Blue Sox
1978-07-14	The New York Blue Sox have promoted Ron Melo to the major league team. The New York Blue Sox have promoted Buck Sanchez to the major league team.
1978-06-21	The New York Blue Sox have promoted Balvino Thompson to the major league team. The New York Blue Sox have designated Ron Melo for assignment.
1975-04-25	Ron Melo of the New York Blue Sox is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1972-07-16	Ron Melo of the New York Blue Sox is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1970-08-16	Ron Melo of the New York PinStripes is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1970-03-26	New York PinStripes has drafted Ron Melo #17 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1966-06-25	Ron Melo of the New York Nameless is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1966-04-05	Ron Melo of the New York Nameless is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1965-04-01	The New York Nameless have promoted Ron Melo to the major league team. The New York Nameless have designated Celerino Sanchez for assignment.
1963-04-08	The New York Nameless have promoted Flywheel Griffith to the major league team. The New York Nameless have promoted Kevin Simmons to the major league team. The New York Nameless have sent Ron Melo to the minors. The New York Nameless have sent Trey Mattingly to the minors.
1963-04-01	The New York Nameless have promoted Ron Melo to the major leagues.