2B Melvin Williams #30
Detroit Dynamos FABL
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Great
10/08/1975
BNN Index | FABL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
2B MELVIN WILLIAMS #30 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
149 473 109 9 1 8 63 28 89 .230 .290 .304 8 1.6
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/28/1975 @ LAF Win, 4-2 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
09/27/1975 @ LAF Win, 9-3 5 0 2 2 0 0 1 1
09/26/1975 @ LAF Loss, 1-5 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
09/25/1975 @ MIN Loss, 4-5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1975 @ MIN Win, 4-1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
09/23/1975 @ CHI Win, 6-5 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
09/22/1975 @ CHI Win, 5-1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/19/1975 STL Win, 12-4 4 1 2 2 1 0 0 0
09/17/1975 MIN Win, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/1975 @ STL Win, 9-0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
PERSONALITY
Birthday:11/22/1947
Born in:Oak Park, IL
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$47,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:4 Years, 24 Days
Service This Yr:175 Days
40-Man Service:5 Years, 98 Days
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1966, 18th Pick in Round 10
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES 1975 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 149 473 109 9 1 8 63 44 28 89 .230 .290 .304 .595 .272 .074 70
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 138 530 13 2 0 6 13 3 144 18 8 7 53.3 43.1 2.96 1.6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   137 35 2 1 5 23 14 10 21 0 3 2 .255 .315 .394 .710
Versus Right   336 74 7 0 3 40 30 18 68 3 10 11 .220 .280 .268 .548
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   60 14 0 0 1 10 8 5 12 0 1 0 .233 .292 .283 .576
May   74 14 3 0 0 6 4 5 15 1 4 2 .189 .256 .230 .486
June   76 16 0 0 2 10 5 8 17 0 2 4 .211 .318 .289 .608
July   92 28 4 0 2 11 12 3 22 0 3 4 .304 .354 .413 .767
August   104 22 1 1 2 13 10 4 16 2 2 2 .212 .250 .298 .548
September   67 15 1 0 1 13 5 3 7 0 1 1 .224 .268 .284 .551
Spring Training   54 10 0 1 0 3 8 6 12 2 2 1 .185 .270 .222 .492
Last Year   211 59 6 0 5 24 18 22 28 3 2 0 .280 .343 .379 .722
2 Years Ago   286 73 7 2 6 26 38 28 55 1 1 6 .255 .333 .357 .690
Career   1386 336 36 5 25 150 143 100 279 9 18 24 .242 .303 .330 .633
Home   234 59 6 1 7 36 25 18 37 1 6 5 .252 .318 .376 .694
Road   239 50 3 0 1 27 19 10 52 2 7 8 .209 .263 .234 .497
Grass   457 105 9 1 8 62 42 27 85 3 12 11 .230 .287 .306 .593
Turf   16 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 0 1 2 .250 .368 .250 .618
Day   174 40 5 0 2 25 19 6 32 1 4 7 .230 .282 .293 .575
Night   299 69 4 1 6 38 25 22 57 2 9 6 .231 .295 .311 .606
As Starter   463 107 9 1 8 62 41 26 88 3 13 13 .231 .289 .307 .596
As Reliever / Substitution   10 2 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
Pinch Hitting   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Close/Late   93 15 1 0 2 10 9 5 24 1 2 2 .161 .218 .237 .454
Inning 1-3   142 41 5 1 3 27 14 9 22 1 6 4 .289 .346 .401 .748
Inning 4-6   192 40 2 0 2 21 14 9 34 1 5 6 .208 .264 .250 .514
Inning 7-9   129 25 2 0 3 14 15 10 30 1 2 3 .194 .266 .279 .545
Extra Innings   10 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 .300 .300 .300 .600
0 Outs   141 31 3 1 1 11 22 6 31 3 10 5 .220 .271 .277 .548
1 Outs   162 40 2 0 4 24 10 10 22 0 3 6 .247 .315 .333 .648
2 Outs   170 38 4 0 3 28 12 12 36 0 0 2 .224 .283 .300 .583
Scoring Position   141 39 4 1 2 55 14 16 25 3 13 2 .277 .352 .362 .714
Bases Empty   245 57 4 0 5 5 24 10 44 0 0 10 .233 .291 .310 .601
Runner on 1st   87 13 1 0 1 3 6 2 20 0 0 1 .149 .178 .195 .373
Runner on 2nd   54 16 2 0 1 15 5 5 9 0 13 0 .296 .356 .389 .745
Runner on 3rd   12 4 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 .333 .357 .417 .774
Runner on 1st & 2nd   36 10 0 1 0 7 2 0 4 0 0 1 .278 .297 .333 .631
Runner on 1st & 3rd   15 2 0 0 0 5 2 4 4 1 0 0 .133 .300 .133 .433
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   9 2 1 0 1 8 1 2 3 0 0 0 .222 .364 .667 1.030
Bases Loaded   15 5 0 0 0 14 4 4 4 1 0 1 .333 .476 .333 .810
Two Strikes   183 24 1 0 1 9 12 9 89 1 0 6 .131 .196 .153 .349
First Pitch   107 32 4 1 1 22 12 2 0 1 8 2 .299 .321 .383 .705
Count 0-1   52 16 0 0 3 11 7 0 0 1 0 1 .308 .315 .481 .796
Count 0-2   34 7 0 0 1 2 4 0 16 0 0 2 .206 .250 .294 .544
Count 1-0   56 12 0 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .228 .321 .549
Count 1-1   41 15 3 0 0 8 1 0 0 0 3 2 .366 .395 .439 .834
Count 1-2   61 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 35 0 0 2 .098 .127 .098 .225
Count 2-0   14 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .200 .214 .414
Count 2-1   15 7 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 .467 .467 .667 1.133
Count 2-2   55 7 1 0 0 4 4 0 23 1 0 1 .127 .140 .145 .286
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   5 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 0 0 0 0 .200 .714 .200 .914
Full Count   33 4 0 0 0 1 2 9 15 0 0 1 .121 .326 .121 .447
Behind in Count   147 29 0 0 4 15 13 0 51 1 0 5 .197 .222 .279 .501
Ahead in Count   90 22 1 0 3 13 12 17 0 0 2 2 .244 .376 .356 .732
Batting Leadoff   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250
Batting 2nd   38 7 1 0 0 5 1 1 9 1 2 1 .184 .220 .211 .430
Batting 6th   7 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .143 .250 .143 .393
Batting 7th   415 96 8 1 8 56 40 23 78 2 11 12 .231 .290 .313 .603
Batting 8th   4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Batting 9th   7 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 .286 .375 .286 .661
Low Leverage   217 48 3 0 5 12 21 13 37 1 1 7 .221 .286 .304 .590
Medium Leverage   172 43 6 0 2 27 14 8 30 1 11 4 .250 .297 .320 .617
High Leverage   79 16 0 1 1 24 8 7 20 1 1 2 .203 .281 .266 .547
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Los Angeles - FABL 22 71 233 54 10 1 2 23 23 11 3 2 64 1 2 .232 .273 .309 .582 61 60 0.1
1972 Los Angeles - FABL 24 79 183 41 4 1 4 14 20 11 2 0 43 2 1 .224 .276 .322 .598 80 68 0.7
1973 Los Angeles - FABL 25 109 286 73 7 2 6 26 38 28 6 1 55 2 3 .255 .333 .357 .690 98 96 1.7
1974 Los Angeles - FABL 26 101 211 59 6 0 5 24 18 22 0 3 28 2 0 .280 .343 .379 .722 111 105 2.2
1975 Detroit - FABL 27 149 473 109 9 1 8 63 44 28 13 3 89 8 7 .230 .290 .304 .595 65 70 1.6
Total FABL 509 1386 336 36 5 25 150 143 100 24 9 279 15 13 .242 .303 .330 .633 80 79 6.4
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1966 Mobile - R 18 43 184 53 9 2 2 15 24 19 3 2 38 3 2 .288 .361 .391 .752 86 82 1.0
1966 Salem - A 18 39 145 33 5 0 3 11 15 3 2 0 35 0 1 .228 .253 .324 .577 58 52 -0.1
1967 Mobile - R 19 13 47 13 3 0 1 3 6 6 0 0 11 0 0 .277 .358 .404 .763 120 125 0.8
1967 Salem - A 19 92 328 69 4 4 4 25 37 33 15 1 103 2 6 .210 .310 .284 .594 64 60 1.2
1967 Scranton - A 19 10 31 7 0 1 0 2 3 2 1 1 10 0 0 .226 .286 .290 .576 69 69 0.1
1968 Mobile - R 20 11 40 9 1 0 0 1 6 4 1 0 6 0 0 .225 .311 .250 .561 49 49 -0.0
1968 Salem - A 20 42 168 41 6 0 1 11 24 26 8 0 47 5 3 .244 .371 .298 .669 85 94 1.6
1968 Scranton - A 20 44 142 39 6 2 3 19 17 19 6 0 41 0 4 .275 .383 .408 .792 131 128 1.4
1968 Shreveport - AA 20 19 58 13 2 0 0 10 6 4 1 0 18 0 0 .224 .286 .259 .544 53 50 -0.2
1969 Shreveport - AA 21 28 91 28 4 2 3 13 11 7 1 0 15 2 2 .308 .364 .495 .858 147 142 1.1
1969 Salt Lake City - AAA 21 95 312 72 12 3 3 32 24 18 3 3 60 1 1 .231 .277 .317 .594 71 62 0.2
1970 Salt Lake City - AAA 22 51 162 43 5 3 3 23 18 16 5 1 31 4 2 .265 .348 .389 .737 102 90 1.1
1971 Salt Lake City - AAA 23 104 328 83 11 2 5 37 36 33 12 2 48 5 4 .253 .341 .345 .686 90 80 2.1
1972 Salt Lake City - AAA 24 61 207 47 10 3 1 22 20 10 10 4 46 2 0 .227 .290 .319 .609 68 68 0.8
Total GWL 311 1009 245 38 11 12 114 98 77 30 10 185 12 7 .243 .313 .338 .651 82 74
Total MAL 54 173 46 6 3 3 21 20 21 7 1 51 0 4 .266 .366 .387 .754 121 118
Total COW 173 641 143 15 4 8 47 76 62 25 1 185 7 10 .223 .316 .296 .612 69 68
Total LSA 47 149 41 6 2 3 23 17 11 2 0 33 2 2 .275 .333 .403 .736 111 107
Total GSL 67 271 75 13 2 3 19 36 29 4 2 55 3 2 .277 .353 .373 .726 86 85
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1972 Los Angeles - FABL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0.0
Total FABL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1966 Salem - A 2B 23 23 53 50 9 106 3 .972 194.0 4.78 +1.6 1.076
1966 Mobile - R 2B 7 6 12 17 3 30 1 .967 53.0 4.92 +1.5 1.115
1966 Salem - A 3B 2 2 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 18.0 3.00 -0.0 1.088
1966 Mobile - R 3B 3 3 4 4 1 8 0 1.000 22.0 3.27 +0.2 1.083
1966 Salem - A SS 5 4 8 8 0 16 0 1.000 35.0 4.11 -0.1 1.035
1966 Mobile - R SS 33 31 67 87 23 158 4 .975 279.0 4.97 +6.8 1.203
1966 Salem - A CF 9 9 20 1 0 21 0 1.000 76.0 2.49 -0.9 .934
1966 Mobile - R CF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 -0.1 1.010
1967 Scranton - A 2B 2 2 8 6 4 14 0 1.000 18.0 7.00 -0.0 1.038
1967 Salem - A 2B 54 52 114 134 36 251 3 .988 448.2 4.97 +13.0 1.167
1967 Mobile - R 2B 9 9 20 22 6 43 1 .977 77.1 4.89 +2.8 1.211
1967 Scranton - A 3B 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 6.0 1.50 +0.0 .000
1967 Salem - A 3B 2 2 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 16.0 1.69 +0.4 1.072
1967 Mobile - R 3B 1 1 0 5 0 5 0 1.000 9.0 5.00 +0.5 1.086
1967 Scranton - A SS 6 6 18 17 4 36 1 .972 47.0 6.70 +0.8 1.078
1967 Salem - A SS 34 27 45 92 33 145 8 .945 248.2 4.96 +2.5 1.075
1967 Mobile - R SS 2 2 3 6 0 9 0 1.000 17.0 4.76 +0.6 1.117
1967 Scranton - A CF 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 11.0 1.64 -0.2 1.035
1967 Salem - A CF 7 5 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 46.2 2.89 -1.5 .906
1967 Mobile - R CF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.031
1968 Shreveport - AA 2B 17 17 33 39 11 72 0 1.000 127.0 5.10 -0.4 1.027
1968 Scranton - A 2B 21 21 59 61 21 121 1 .992 183.2 5.88 +3.6 1.081
1968 Salem - A 2B 29 29 76 85 41 163 2 .988 241.0 6.01 +6.4 1.183
1968 Mobile - R 2B 9 9 23 21 8 45 1 .978 77.0 5.14 +0.7 1.132
1968 Scranton - A 3B 11 11 7 20 0 29 2 .931 92.0 2.64 +0.6 .976
1968 Shreveport - AA SS 5 2 5 5 0 11 1 .909 22.0 4.09 +0.0 1.072
1968 Scranton - A SS 9 8 15 20 6 37 2 .946 71.0 4.44 -0.1 .977
1968 Salem - A SS 12 7 14 25 7 41 2 .951 82.0 4.28 +2.4 1.211
1968 Mobile - R SS 3 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 13.0 2.08 -0.3 1.091
1968 Salem - A LF 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 9.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1968 Scranton - A CF 2 2 7 0 0 7 0 1.000 27.0 2.33 -0.8 .897
1968 Salem - A CF 3 3 13 0 0 14 1 .929 26.0 4.50 +0.1 .950
1969 Salt Lake City - AAA 2B 74 73 180 204 47 399 15 .962 599.2 5.76 +1.6 1.024
1969 Shreveport - AA 2B 23 23 58 67 20 126 1 .992 194.2 5.78 +2.8 1.122
1969 Salt Lake City - AAA 3B 9 9 7 15 0 23 1 .957 80.0 2.48 +0.8 1.053
1969 Shreveport - AA 3B 2 2 1 4 0 6 1 .833 17.0 2.65 -0.3 .925
1969 Salt Lake City - AAA SS 15 8 14 33 4 50 3 .940 87.0 4.86 +0.4 1.017
1969 Shreveport - AA SS 1 1 3 2 0 5 0 1.000 8.0 5.62 +0.1 1.095
1969 Shreveport - AA CF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.0 1.019
1970 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 43 42 88 129 17 222 5 .977 361.0 5.41 +3.1 1.058
1970 Salt Lake City - AAA 2B 29 29 70 90 22 165 5 .970 251.2 5.72 +2.3 1.073
1970 Salt Lake City - AAA 3B 3 3 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 27.0 2.33 +0.2 1.065
1970 Los Angeles - MLB SS 27 26 41 89 14 137 7 .949 216.1 5.41 -0.1 1.007
1970 Salt Lake City - AAA SS 19 16 35 45 7 85 5 .941 140.0 5.14 +3.1 1.158
1970 Salt Lake City - AAA CF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 +0.0 1.030
1971 Salt Lake City - AAA 2B 12 12 29 35 14 65 1 .985 100.0 5.76 +0.0 .981
1971 Salt Lake City - AAA SS 87 86 162 287 69 464 15 .968 718.2 5.62 +13.0 1.104
1971 Salt Lake City - AAA CF 4 4 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 37.2 2.15 +0.4 1.026
1972 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 69 50 111 158 30 280 11 .961 439.1 5.51 +5.5 1.090
1972 Salt Lake City - AAA 2B 41 41 124 120 34 252 8 .968 349.0 6.29 +2.1 1.067
1972 Los Angeles - MLB 3B 6 4 1 8 0 10 1 .900 35.0 2.31 +0.3 1.043
1972 Salt Lake City - AAA 3B 4 4 3 12 0 15 0 1.000 33.0 4.09 +0.6 1.070
1972 Los Angeles - MLB SS 5 4 8 13 1 22 1 .955 34.2 5.45 -0.5 .946
1972 Salt Lake City - AAA SS 17 14 40 42 8 85 3 .965 127.0 5.81 +3.4 1.155
1972 Salt Lake City - AAA CF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 9.0 4.00 +0.4 1.025
1973 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 74 55 131 182 38 322 9 .972 514.1 5.48 +4.1 1.063
1973 Los Angeles - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1973 Los Angeles - MLB SS 28 27 42 78 13 124 4 .968 231.2 4.66 +1.7 1.072
1973 Los Angeles - MLB CF 5 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 28.0 1.61 -0.0 1.006
1974 Los Angeles - MLB 2B 85 59 141 212 49 363 10 .972 544.1 5.84 +8.5 1.095
1974 Los Angeles - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 Los Angeles - MLB SS 13 2 6 15 2 23 2 .913 43.0 4.40 +0.5 1.108
1974 Los Angeles - MLB CF 5 0 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 25.0 4.32 +0.2 .924
1975 Detroit - MLB 2B 143 137 354 412 120 783 17 .978 1155.1 5.97 +13.3 1.062
1975 Detroit - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1975 Detroit - MLB SS 12 1 6 11 4 19 2 .895 25.1 6.04 -0.1 .963
TOTAL 2B 764 689 1684 2044 530 3822 94 .975 5929.0 5.66 +72.6 1.078
TOTAL 3B 44 42 28 80 1 113 5 .956 355.0 2.74 +3.3 1.033
TOTAL SS 333 273 535 875 195 1470 60 .959 2446.1 5.19 +34.3 1.092
TOTAL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 9.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL CF 42 31 95 1 0 97 1 .990 313.1 2.76 -2.3 .951
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 1; Power: 1; Eye: 1.
06/18/1966 Drafted in the 1966 first-year player draft out of high school (Earlville; Earlville, IL) by the Los Angeles Stars. (Round 10, Pick 18, 198th overall pick).
06/06/1967 Injured (virus),day-to-day for 3 days.
08/23/1967 Goes 5-5 against the San Bernardino Friars, with 1 3B, 1 HR, 2 RBI and 3 R.
09/12/1968 Injured (broken nose),out for 5 days.
08/02/1969 Injured (strained oblique),day-to-day for 2 weeks.
09/21/1969 Wins the 1969 Championship with the Salt Lake City Stars!
05/07/1971 Injured (strained back),out for 2 weeks.
07/08/1971 Injured (sprained knee),day-to-day for 4 days.
08/18/1971 Injured (torn labrum (Shoulder)),out for 5 months.
10/16/1971 Added to the secondary (40-man) roster for the Los Angeles Stars.
05/15/1972 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 1 day.
10/30/1974 Was traded by the Los Angeles Stars to the Detroit Dynamos in exchange for SP Pedro Ortiz and LF Hank Hopkins.
03/14/1975 Injured (bruised shin),day-to-day for 5 days.
08/23/1975 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 3 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HP Rank
1973 6 9
1975 13 1
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