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Name	Team	Age
Ben Melendez	Retired (1965, Age 35)	Died (2004, Age 74)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 7 (1955)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Nomar Garciaparra League	0	0 years (129 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
48	74	12
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
58	82	24
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
37	46	53
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	42	8
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
84	0	100
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
33	0	1/25/1930
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1965-11-01	Ben Melendez has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1964-08-21	The Washington Nationals have waived Ben Melendez.
1964-08-05	The Washington Nationals have designated Ben Melendez for assignment.
1964-07-17	The Washington Nationals have promoted Joe Finney to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Ben Melendez to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Red Pena to the minors.
1964-07-17	The Washington Nationals have acquired Ben Melendez from the waiver wire.
1963-05-05	The Atlanta Wolves have waived Ben Melendez.
1962-09-02	The Atlanta Wolves have designated Ben Melendez for assignment.
1962-08-16	The Atlanta Wolves have promoted Ben Melendez to the major league team.
1962-08-16	The Atlanta Wolves have acquired Ben Melendez from the waiver wire.
1957-07-27	The Montreal Royals have waived Ben Melendez.
1957-07-22	The Montreal Royals have sent Ben Melendez to the minors.
1957-03-25	The Montreal Royals have promoted Ben Melendez to the major league team. The Montreal Royals have designated Norm Reichert for assignment.
1954-05-13	A trade has been reversed between Florida Kings and Montreal Royals. The Montreal Royals have re-acquired Draft Pick 1956 Round 1 MON (Kevin Ockey), Draft Pick 1955 Round 1 MON (Ben Melendez). The Florida Kings have re-acquired Boss Karr, Ferris Noce, Eddie Huckleberry, Wally Harrell, John Mahoney, Travis Juul, Bill Wedge.
1953-10-23	A trade has been completed between the Florida Northmen and the Montreal Royals. The Montreal Royals receive Bill Wedge, Boss Karr, Ferris Noce, Eddie Huckleberry, Wally Harrell, John Mahoney, Travis Juul from the Florida Northmen in exchange for Draft Pick 1954 Round 1 MON (John Smith), Draft Pick 1956 Round 1 MON (Kevin Ockey), Draft Pick 1955 Round 1 MON (Ben Melendez).