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Bats: R · Throws: R · Born 1945-07-07 · Played 1968–1977 · College: Citrus College (1964) · Career WAR 18.8 (bWAR) ·

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BBREF=meltobi01, LAHMAN=meltobi01, MLBAM=118941, RETROSHEET=meltb101

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1968	CHA	AL	34	109	5	29	8	0	2	16	1	1	10	32	.266	.322	.394	.716	1.2
1969	CHA	AL	157	556	67	142	26	2	23	87	1	2	56	106	.255	.326	.433	.759	1.5
1970	CHA	AL	141	514	74	135	15	1	33	96	2	4	56	107	.263	.340	.488	.828	2.5
1971	CHA	AL	150	543	72	146	18	2	33	86	3	3	61	87	.269	.352	.492	.844	5.7
1972	CHA	AL	57	208	22	51	5	0	7	30	1	1	23	31	.245	.319	.370	.689	0.8
1973	CHA	AL	152	560	83	155	29	1	20	87	4	4	75	66	.277	.362	.439	.801	3.8
1974	CHA	AL	136	495	63	120	17	0	21	63	3	2	59	60	.242	.326	.404	.730	2.1
1975	CHA	AL	149	512	62	123	16	0	15	70	5	4	78	106	.240	.346	.359	.705	1.2
1976	CAL	AL	118	341	31	71	17	3	6	42	2	0	44	53	.208	.300	.328	.628	-0.1
1977	CLE	AL	50	133	17	32	11	0	0	14	1	3	17	21	.241	.331	.323	.654	0.1
Total			1144	3971	496	1004	162	9	160	591	23	24	479	669	.253	.333	.419	.752	18.8

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1968	CHA	AL	3B	33	32	275.2	17	75	3	5
1969	CHA	AL	3B	148	139	1236.2	112	322	22	36
1969	CHA	AL	OF	11	9	68.0	13	3	0	0
1970	CHA	AL	3B	70	70	609.0	47	179	18	19
1970	CHA	AL	OF	71	71	600.0	111	8	0	3
1971	CHA	AL	3B	148	148	1270.0	116	371	16	26
1972	CHA	AL	3B	56	56	491.0	47	125	12	12
1973	CHA	AL	3B	151	151	1307.2	115	347	23	31
1974	CHA	AL	3B	123	123	1079.2	100	272	24	29
1975	CHA	AL	3B	138	138	1190.2	131	313	26	23
1976	CAL	AL	1B	30	27	218.0	220	15	2	20
1976	CAL	AL	3B	21	14	131.0	7	21	1	2
1977	CLE	AL	1B	15	11	108.0	134	8	0	10
1977	CLE	AL	3B	13	10	94.0	8	20	2	1
Total				1028	999	8679.1	1178	2079	149	217

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
1983	BBWAA	0	281	No

Ejections (2)

Date	As	Reason
1970-05-01	Player	Fighting
1975-08-03	Player	Call at 3B (Bumped umpire)

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Batting

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Ejections (2)