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Name	Team	Age
Bill Melton	Retired (2006, Age 34)	Died (2055, Age 83)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 27 (1997)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Fred Lynn League	0	2 years (63 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	D+	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C-	C+	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A	B
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A-	A
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A-	0	5/6/1972
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.6 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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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

1997

Minors

12.00

0 / 0

2 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 3

0 / 2

5 / 12

1997

Majors

22.48

98

20

0

2 / 2

0 / 2

3 / 4

4 / 5

4 / 6

1 / 2

1 / 1

15 / 22

1997

Pos (SS)

12.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 12

1998

Minors

12.00

2 / 2

2 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

4 / 12

1998

Majors

16.14

73

13

0

2 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 6

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

4 / 16

1999

Minors

19.00

0 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

2 / 19

1999

Majors

0.37

4

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2000

Minors

29.00

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 5

1 / 4

1 / 11

0 / 2

0 / 3

3 / 29

2001

Minors

32.00

1 / 4

2 / 3

1 / 8

2 / 5

1 / 3

1 / 6

1 / 3

9 / 32

2002

Minors

36.00

1 / 6

2 / 9

1 / 5

1 / 3

0 / 4

2 / 5

1 / 4

8 / 36

2003

Minors

27.00

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 27

2004

Minors

7.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 7

2004

Majors

15.93

102

14

0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

2 / 7

2 / 15

2005

Minors

8.00

0 / 1

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 8

2005

Majors

19.39

110

20

0

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 19

2006

Minors

9.00

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 9

2006

Majors

11.00

0 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 11

Total

387

67

0

8 / 33

12 / 41

6 / 49

9 / 35

7 / 44

8 / 33

5 / 39

56 / 286

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2006-11-01	Bill Melton has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2006-06-13	The Kansas City Cowboys waive Bill Melton.
2005-08-05	The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Jose Lundgren to the major league team. The Kansas City Cowboys have designated Bill Melton for assignment.
2004-06-08	The Anaheim Foresters have promoted Bill Melton to the major league team. The Anaheim Foresters have promoted Ernie Velazquez to the major league team. The Anaheim Foresters have designated Luis Scurry for assignment. The Anaheim Foresters have designated Sean Uglin for assignment.
2004-04-26	The Anaheim Foresters have acquired Bill Melton from the waiver wire. The Anaheim Foresters have waived Lance Neuheisen.
2004-04-01	The Chicago Ghurkas have waived Bill Melton.
1999-04-05	The Chicago White Sox have demoted Bill Melton to the minor leagues.
1998-07-23	The Chicago White Sox have promoted Bill Melton to the major league team.
1998-06-18	The Chicago White Sox have promoted Skeeter Arrigo to the major league team. The Chicago White Sox have sent Bill Melton to the minors.
1998-06-06	The Chicago White Sox have promoted Bill Melton to the major league team.
1997-07-22	The Chicago White Sox have sent Bill Melton to the minors.
1997-04-01	The Chicago White Sox have renamed Craig Lois to Bill Melton.
1997-04-01	The Chicago White Sox have promoted Craig Lois to the major league team. The Chicago White Sox have designated Vaclav Chlupsa for assignment.