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This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseballβ†—

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Mel HallWWikipedia↗

Bats: L Β· Throws: L Β· Born 1960-09-16 Β· Played 1981–1996 Β· Career WAR 8.9 (bWAR) Β·

IDsBBREF=hallme01, LAHMAN=hallme01, MLBAM=115348, RETROSHEET=hallm001

Photo: Cleveland Indians, Public domain Β· Wikimedia Commons

πŸ“‹ Game logs β†’

Batting

YearTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBISBCSBBSOBAOBPSLGOPSWAR
1981CHNNL10111100120014.091.167.364.531-0.1
1982CHNNL2480621320401517.263.318.350.668-0.3
1983CHNNL1124106011623517566642101.283.352.488.8403.0
1984CHNNL481502542113422211223.280.329.473.8021.2
1984CLEAL832574366131730113555.257.344.397.741
1985CLEAL23667216001201812.318.387.409.7960.1
1986CLEAL140442681312921877623365.296.346.493.8391.7
1987CLEAL142485571362111876542068.280.309.439.7480.7
1988CLEAL15051569144324671732850.280.312.392.704-0.2
1989NYAAL1133615494901758002137.260.295.427.7221.4
1990NYAAL1133604193232124600646.258.272.433.705-0.7
1991NYAAL141492671402321980012640.285.321.455.7760.1
1992NYAAL152583671633631581422953.280.310.429.7392.3
1996SFNNL25253300050014.120.148.120.268-0.3
Total127642375681171229251346203122267575.276.319.437.7568.9

Fielding

YearTeamLgPosGGSInnPOAEDP
1981CHNNLOF308.10000
1982CHNNLOF2221178.242431
1983CHNNLOF112103908.1239832
1984CHNNLOF4642337.069532
1984CLEALOF6956525.2143310
1985CLEALOF1513112.018000
1986CLEALOF126113939.2233771
1987CLEALOF122109964.1264332
1988CLEALOF1411241128.22883101
1989NYAALOF7564561.2141312
1990NYAALOF5048385.270220
1991NYAALOF120112972.1221832
1992NYAALOF1361301162.12831032
1996SFNNLOF4114.00000
Total10419368198.22011563915

Awards

YearAwardLg
1983Player of the MonthNL
1987Player of the WeekAL
1992Player of the WeekAL

Ejections (6)

DateAsReason
1983-07-26PlayerBalls and strikes
1984-08-07PlayerBalls and strikes
1986-05-24PlayerCharging mound after HBP
1989-09-21PlayerFighting
1991-10-04PlayerCalled third strike
1992-09-01PlayerChecked swing