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Bob Melvin COrioles

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
15	2095	.233	.268	.337	70	1.0

Birth Date	10-28-1961
Height	6' 4"
Weight	205 lbs

Age	62 years, 5 months, 29 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
1985	DET	23	41	87	18	4	1	0	3	21	0	0	0	.220	.247	.293	49	-4.9	-0.6	-0.3	-0.2
1986	SFN	24	89	289	60	14	2	5	15	69	0	3	2	.224	.262	.347	61	-12.8	-2.8	4.7	0.2
1987	SFN	25	84	265	49	8	0	11	17	44	0	0	4	.199	.249	.366	83	-5.4	-0.5	2.9	0.9
1988	SFN	26	92	288	64	13	1	8	13	46	0	0	2	.234	.268	.377	82	-5.6	-0.7	-2.8	0.3
1989	BAL	27	85	301	67	10	1	1	15	53	0	1	4	.241	.279	.295	68	-10.1	0.3	0.4	0.2
1990	BAL	28	93	318	73	14	1	5	11	53	0	0	1	.243	.267	.346	73	-9.3	1.4	-4.4	0.0
1991	BAL	29	79	245	57	10	0	1	11	46	0	0	0	.250	.279	.307	66	-8.9	-2.8	1.2	0.0
1992	KCA	30	32	77	22	5	0	0	5	13	0	0	0	.314	.351	.386	80	-1.5	-0.6	-2.6	-0.2
1993	BOS	31	77	190	39	7	0	3	7	44	1	0	0	.222	.251	.313	57	-9.4	0.2	-2.8	-0.3
1994	CHA	32	11	21	3	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	.158	.200	.158	79	-0.5	0.9	-0.2	0.1
1994	NYA	32	9	14	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	.286	.286	.500	80	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
Career			692	2095	456	85	6	35	98	396	1	4	13	.233	.268	.337	70	-68.9	-5.2	-4.2	1.0

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1981	MCN	A	SAL	114	455	.000	.000	.000	.297			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1982	BIR	AA	SOU	98	390	.000	.000	.000	.259			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1983	BIR	AA	SOU	78	309	.000	.000	.000	.326			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1983	EVA	AAA	AA	45	151	.000	.000	.000	.248			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1984	BIR	AA	SOU	69	293	.000	.000	.000	.317			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1984	EVA	AAA	AA	44	145	.000	.000	.000	.318			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1985	DET	MLB	AL	41	87	.265	.330	.421	.295	98	-6.2	2.4	1.4	49	14	-0.3	-0.6	-4.9	-0.2
1985	NAS	AAA	AA	53	197	.000	.000	.000	.298			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1986	SFN	MLB	NL	89	289	.251	.315	.378	.279	97	-10.6	8.0	4.7	61	11	4.7	-2.8	-12.8	0.2
1987	SFN	MLB	NL	84	265	.264	.326	.406	.197	97	-10.6	7.8	4.5	83	12	2.9	-0.5	-5.4	0.9
1988	SFN	MLB	NL	92	288	.248	.305	.363	.255	97	-4.2	7.5	4.5	82	13	-2.8	-0.7	-5.6	0.3
1988	PHX	AAA	PCL	21	84	.000	.000	.000	.350			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1989	BAL	MLB	AL	85	301	.257	.317	.378	.293	100	-14.3	7.8	3.9	68	14	0.4	0.3	-10.1	0.2
1990	BAL	MLB	AL	93	318	.258	.325	.391	.276	98	-13.1	8.5	4.1	73	9	-4.4	1.4	-9.3	0.0
1991	BAL	MLB	AL	79	245	.255	.323	.392	.301	98	-9.6	6.6	3.7	66	11	1.2	-2.8	-8.9	0.0
1992	KCA	MLB	AL	32	77	.257	.328	.383	.373	100	0	2.0	0.8	80	14	-2.6	-0.6	-1.5	-0.2
1993	BOS	MLB	AL	77	190	.264	.332	.403	.273	103	-11	5.5	3.2	57	13	-2.8	0.2	-9.4	-0.3
1994	CHA	MLB	AL	11	21	.289	.360	.443	.200	97	-3.2	0.6	0.4	79	15	-0.2	0.9	-0.5	0.1
1994	NYA	MLB	AL	9	14	.297	.371	.493	.300	103	-0.5	0.4	-0.1	80	16	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
1994	COH	AAA	INT	17	63	.000	.000	.000	.308			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1995	COH	AAA	INT	19	69	.000	.000	.000	.340			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1981	MCN	A	SAL	455	412	56	112	19	1	14	175	64	35	71	5	4	.272	.330	.425	.153	3	3
1982	BIR	AA	SOU	390	364	33	86	12	1	13	139	52	24	70	1	0	.236	.283	.382	.146	1	1
1983	EVA	AAA	AA	151	142	10	27	6	0	2	39	11	7	41	0	1	.190	.225	.275	.085	2	2
1983	BIR	AA	SOU	309	285	43	82	14	2	10	130	56	18	54	0	3	.288	.334	.456	.168	0	0
1984	EVA	AAA	AA	145	141	12	35	13	0	0	48	11	3	32	0	1	.248	.262	.340	.092	1	1
1984	BIR	AA	SOU	293	271	34	73	14	1	2	95	33	18	47	1	0	.269	.313	.351	.081	2	2
1985	NAS	AAA	AA	197	177	27	48	7	1	9	84	24	16	38	3	1	.271	.333	.475	.203	1	1
1985	DET	MLB	AL	87	82	10	18	4	1	0	24	4	3	21	0	0	.220	.247	.293	.073	0	2
1986	SFN	MLB	NL	289	268	24	60	14	2	5	93	25	15	69	3	2	.224	.262	.347	.123	3	3
1987	SFN	MLB	NL	265	246	31	49	8	0	11	90	31	17	44	0	4	.199	.249	.366	.167	2	0
1988	SFN	MLB	NL	288	273	23	64	13	1	8	103	27	13	46	0	2	.234	.268	.377	.143	1	1
1988	PHX	AAA	PCL	84	75	11	23	5	0	2	34	9	8	13	0	0	.307	.381	.453	.147	0	0
1989	BAL	MLB	AL	301	278	22	67	10	1	1	82	32	15	53	1	4	.241	.279	.295	.054	1	7
1990	BAL	MLB	AL	318	301	30	73	14	1	5	104	37	11	53	0	1	.243	.267	.346	.103	3	3
1991	BAL	MLB	AL	245	228	11	57	10	0	1	70	23	11	46	0	0	.250	.279	.307	.057	5	1
1992	KCA	MLB	AL	77	70	5	22	5	0	0	27	6	5	13	0	0	.314	.351	.386	.071	2	0
1993	BOS	MLB	AL	190	176	13	39	7	0	3	55	23	7	44	0	0	.222	.251	.313	.091	3	3
1994	CHA	MLB	AL	21	19	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	1	4	0	0	.158	.200	.158	.000	0	1
1994	NYA	MLB	AL	14	14	2	4	0	0	1	7	3	0	3	0	0	.286	.286	.500	.214	0	0
1994	COH	AAA	INT	63	62	5	17	5	0	1	25	15	1	9	0	0	.274	.286	.403	.129	0	0
1995	COH	AAA	INT	69	66	7	19	5	0	1	27	4	3	12	0	3	.288	.319	.409	.121	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
		2 yr/$1.375M (05-06)+07-08 cl opts

Details
signed extension 7/06, 2 year (07-08)+09 club option 05:$0.625M (pd by SEA), 06:$0.75M hired 11/04, replacing Wally Backman - Backman (fired, 2 year/c$1M (05-06)+07-08 club options, hired 11/04, replacing Al Pedrique hired as interest mgr 7/04, replacing Bob Brenley (3 year/$2M 01-03+04 club option))

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2014-02-26 19:00:00 (link to chat)	Will Oakland let B Moss hit lefties this year, could he hit 40 bombs if he got 600 ABs? (Baylor from Texas)	Knowing Bob Melvin I wouldn't bet on getting more time against LHP. Moss saw less than 100 PA's against them in 2013. I don't think he has 40 bombs in him, which isn't a sleight. Tall order in that park. (Mauricio Rubio)
2012-05-31 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Why has it almost always been lefty/righty platoons? Why aren't their more fastball hitter / junkball hitter platoons? or platoons based on who's pitching for their own team such as a more defensive infielder for groundball pitchers, etc. - or have there been many of those that we haven't noticed? (hotstatrat from T.O.)	To the extent it's not happening, it's hard to say why. BP authors have been calling for this kind of thing since before I started reading, and I'm old. It seems like an obvious thing to try. Which makes me think, moving to the second half, that it is being done more than we realize. Of course, managers don't really platoon much at all, but when they're picking spots to give someone a rest day, there's a possibility that they're putting the bench infielder at short on the day when the junkballer is throwing and just not really mentioning it because the main reason the starter isn't starting is because it's a day off. Not to go all-A's, but Bob Melvin did, on Opening Day Part One (the Japan version) start Eric Sogard at third base instead of theoretical starter Josh Donaldson. Felix Hernandez was on the mound, and Melvin reasoned that Sogard had more of a contact-oriented approach than Donaldson. He insisted that it was not a lefty/right issue. (Jason Wojciechowski)
2009-04-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	In the last 5 years or so, the following statements have been generally true about the D-Backs: (1) they have had a lot of highly-touted hitting prospects in their minor league system, (2) those same prospects are currently having a lot of trouble putting runs on the board at the major league level, and (3) Carlos Quentin didn't take off until he landed in Chicago. If you had to speculate, what do you think is going on in the desert? (Randy from Ann Arbor, MI)	Do you have to look at Bob Melvin a little? His handling of Justin Upton this year sure is less than impressive, and he's got an affection for Tony Clark that's a little weird. Young players need to play, both for reps and so that they can develop without feeling that their career lives or dies on their next AB. I don't know if Melvin is the cause of the stagnation of some of these guys, but I don't think he's helped them. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-05-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	If Scherzer lives up to his potential and Randy Johnson stays off the DL, what will Bob Melvin do with Scherzer once Doug Davis is ready to return to the rotation? It's a nice problem to have but is a sticky situation. (Nikko Sebastian from Scottsdale, AZ)	Scherzer fits comfortably in the bullpen. Realistically, these situations always seem to resolve themselves via one injury or another. (Joe Sheehan)

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Advanced Catching Metrics

Year	lvl	CSAA	Framing Runs	Blocking Chances	EPAA	Blocking Runs	SB Attempts	SRAA	TRAA	Throwing Runs	FRAA Adj.	FRAA
1985	mlb	.000	0.0	1078	.000	0.0	23	.029	.003	-0.4	-0.4	-0.3
1986	mlb	.000	0.0	3006	-.001	0.8	96	-.038	-.003	2.5	3.3	4.7
1987	mlb	.000	0.0	2674	-.001	0.8	79	-.065	.001	3.3	4.2	2.9
1988	mlb	-.004	-2.5	2500	-.001	0.4	57	.017	-.011	-0.4	-3.0	-2.8
1989	mlb	-.001	-0.7	2331	-.002	1.5	66	.013	-.002	-0.5	0.3	0.4
1990	mlb	-.006	-4.2	2731	-.002	1.3	60	.021	-.012	0.0	-3.5	-4.4
1991	mlb	.003	2.0	2738	.000	0.3	60	.026	-.002	-1.0	1.3	1.2
1992	mlb	-.014	-2.3	770	-.001	0.2	19	.021	.000	-0.2	-2.4	-2.6
1993	mlb	-.005	-3.2	2246	-.001	0.7	34	.052	-.001	-1.0	-3.5	-2.8
1994	mlb	-.001	-0.1	313	.000	0.0	10	.025	.001	-0.2	-0.3	-0.5

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