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Ski Melillo
Oscar Donald Melillo (Spinach)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 150 lb.

Debut April 18, 1926
Final Game September 18, 1937
Born August 4, 1899 in Chicago, IL
Died November 14, 1963 in Chicago, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1926 26 SLB AL  99  385   54   98  18  5   1   30   6  7  32  31  .255  .315  .335   66  129  24           2     MVP-12
 1927 27 SLB AL 107  356   45   80  18  2   0   26   3  6  25  28  .225  .276  .287   44  102  19           0    
 1928 28 SLB AL  51  132    9   25   2  0   0    9   2  1   9  11  .189  .241  .205   17   27   7           0    
 1929 29 SLB AL 141  494   57  146  17 10   5   67  11  6  29  30  .296  .337  .401   86  198  19           2    
 1930 30 SLB AL 149  574   62  147  30 10   5   59  15  9  23  44  .256  .287  .369   63  212  18           2    
 1931 31 SLB AL 151  617   88  189  34 11   2   75   7 11  37  29  .306  .346  .407   95  251   7           0     MVP-8
 1932 32 SLB AL 154  612   71  148  19 11   3   66   6  6  36  42  .242  .286  .324   54  198   9           2    
 1933 33 SLB AL 132  496   50  145  23  6   3   79  12 10  29  18  .292  .333  .381   84  189   6           1     MVP-10
 1934 34 SLB AL 144  552   54  133  19  3   2   55   4  6  28  27  .241  .279  .297   44  164   8           1    
 1935 35 TOT AL 125  462   53  117  16  2   1   44   3  2  46  26  .253  .324  .303   59  140   4           2    
         SLB AL  19   62    8   13   3  0   0    5   0  0   8   4  .210  .300  .258   43   16   0           0    
         BOS AL 106  400   45  104  13  2   1   39   3  2  38  22  .260  .327  .310   61  124   4           2    
 1936 36 BOS AL  98  327   39   74  12  4   0   32   0  0  28  16  .226  .287  .287   39   94  12           0    
 1937 37 BOS AL  26   56    8   14   2  0   0    6   0  1   5   4  .250  .311  .286   49   16   1           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons    1377 5063  590 1316 210 64  22  548  69 65 327 306  .260  .306  .340   63 1720 134   0   0  12   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        596   69  155  25  8   3   64   8  8  38  36  .260  .306  .340   63  202  16   0   0   1   0
 Career High    154  617   88  189  34 11   5   79  15 11  46  44  .306  .346  .407   95  251  24   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1926 26 SLB AL  443  318   39   3.3   114| .255  .296| .315  .369| .335  .415| .650  .784|  66  .341 -20.6  -2.0  46%
 1927 27 SLB AL  400  301   27   2.4   113| .225  .297| .276  .365| .287  .416| .563  .782|  44  .215 -30.6  -3.0  33%
 1928 28 SLB AL  148  115    7   1.6   111| .189  .292| .241  .358| .205  .415| .446  .773|  17  .123 -16.5  -1.6  66%
 1929 29 SLB AL  544  373   66   4.7   116| .296  .297| .337  .364| .401  .429| .738  .793|  86  .478 -12.7  -1.2  64%
 1930 30 SLB AL  617  454   59   3.4   118| .256  .299| .287  .363| .369  .439| .656  .803|  63  .317 -35.4  -3.3  62%
 1931 31 SLB AL  661  446   84   5.0   110| .306  .290| .346  .358| .407  .415| .753  .772|  95  .511  -6.5  -0.6  38%
 1932 32 SLB AL  659  479   55   3.1   116| .242  .292| .286  .364| .324  .430| .610  .794|  54  .290 -46.0  -4.4  50%
 1933 33 SLB AL  532  367   61   4.5   111| .292  .288| .333  .360| .381  .415| .714  .775|  84  .471 -13.0  -1.3  54%
 1934 34 SLB AL  589  433   44   2.7   119| .241  .298| .279  .373| .297  .429| .576  .802|  44  .244 -49.9  -4.8  40%
 1935 35 TOT AL  514  351   45   3.4   117| .253  .296| .324  .369| .303  .427| .627  .796|  59  .332 -29.3  -2.8  60%
         SLB AL   70   49    5   2.7   115| .210  .292| .300  .366| .258  .422| .558  .788|  43  .246  -5.2  -0.5   0%
         BOS AL  444  302   40   3.6   117| .260  .296| .327  .370| .310  .428| .637  .797|  61  .346 -24.0  -2.3  60%
 1936 36 BOS AL  367  265   27   2.7   127| .226  .306| .287  .383| .287  .450| .574  .832|  39  .212 -34.0  -3.1   0%
 1937 37 BOS AL   62   44    5   3.0   120| .250  .295| .311  .371| .286  .439| .597  .810|  49  .264  -4.5  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     5536 3946  519   3.5   116| .260  .295| .306  .366| .340  .426| .646  .792|  63  .344 -299.0 -28.5  51%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1926 26 SLB AL  2B   88    225  297   19   65  .965  .967  5.93  5.33            
                 3B   11     13   27    3    6  .930  .950  3.64  3.14            
 1927 27 SLB AL  2B  101    229  293   36   72  .935  .961  5.17  5.33            
 1928 28 SLB AL  2B   28     66   82    6   15  .961  .963  5.29  5.31            
                 3B   19     13   22    0    0 1.000  .951  1.84  3.05            
 1929 29 SLB AL  2B  141    342  519   24   98  .973  .968  6.11  5.48            
 1930 30 SLB AL  2B  148    384  572   21  107  .979  .969  6.46  5.66            
 1931 31 SLB AL  2B  151    428  543   32  118  .968  .965  6.43  5.48            
 1932 32 SLB AL  2B  153    393  526   18  110  .981  .968  6.01  5.67            
 1933 33 SLB AL  2B  130    362  451    7  110  .991  .971  6.25  5.63            
 1934 34 SLB AL  2B  141    412  462   17  110  .981  .969  6.20  5.67            
 1935 35 TOT AL  2B  123    324  432   21   94  .973  .969  6.15  5.61            
         SLB AL  2B   18     38   60    3    9  .970  .969  5.44  5.61            
         BOS AL  2B  105    286  372   18   85  .973  .969  6.27  5.61            
 1936 36 BOS AL  2B   93    239  242   10   59  .980  .972  5.17  5.58            
 1937 37 BOS AL  2B   19     33   29    4    7  .939  .972  3.26  5.28            
                 3B    2      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  3.05            
                 SS    2      0    5    0    1 1.000  .962  2.50  5.05            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1926 26 SLB AL  2B   88    225  297   19   65  .965  .967  5.93  5.33            
 1927 27 SLB AL  2B  101    229  293   36   72  .935  .961  5.17  5.33            
 1928 28 SLB AL  2B   28     66   82    6   15  .961  .963  5.29  5.31            
 1929 29 SLB AL  2B  141    342  519   24   98  .973  .968  6.11  5.48            
 1930 30 SLB AL  2B  148    384  572   21  107  .979  .969  6.46  5.66            
 1931 31 SLB AL  2B  151    428  543   32  118  .968  .965  6.43  5.48            
 1932 32 SLB AL  2B  153    393  526   18  110  .981  .968  6.01  5.67            
 1933 33 SLB AL  2B  130    362  451    7  110  .991  .971  6.25  5.63            
 1934 34 SLB AL  2B  141    412  462   17  110  .981  .969  6.20  5.67            
 1935 35 TOT AL  2B  123    324  432   21   94  .973  .969  6.15  5.61            
         SLB AL  2B   18     38   60    3    9  .970  .969  5.44  5.61            
         BOS AL  2B  105    286  372   18   85  .973  .969  6.27  5.61            
 1936 36 BOS AL  2B   93    239  242   10   59  .980  .972  5.17  5.58            
 1937 37 BOS AL  2B   19     33   29    4    7  .939  .972  3.26  5.28            

 1926 26 SLB AL  3B   11     13   27    3    6  .930  .950  3.64  3.14            
 1928 28 SLB AL  3B   19     13   22    0    0 1.000  .951  1.84  3.05            
 1937 37 BOS AL  3B    2      0    1    0    0 1.000  .909  0.50  3.05            

 1937 37 BOS AL  SS    2      0    5    0    1 1.000  .962  2.50  5.05            

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Position Total  2B 1316   3437 4448  215  965  .973  .968  5.99  5.55            
                 3B   32     26   50    3    6  .962  .950  2.38  3.08            
                 SS    2      0    5    0    1 1.000  .962  2.50  5.05            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
 Overall Total      1350   3463 4503  218  972  .973  .968  5.90  5.49
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1926-AL-12-0.09
1931-AL-8-0.21
1933-AL-10-0.15
Car-455-0.45 shares

Games
1931 AL-151-7
1932 AL-154-2

At Bats
1931 AL-617-4
1932 AL-612-8

Hits
1931 AL-189-8

Triples
1931 AL-11-10

Stolen Bases
1930 AL-15-9
1933 AL-12-8

Singles
1931 AL-142-1

Sac. Hits
1930 AL-18-10
1936 AL-12-5

Caught Stealing
1931 AL-11-9
1933 AL-10-7

At Bats per Strikeout
1933 AL-27.6-6
1934 AL-20.4-6

Outs
1930 AL-454-2
1931 AL-446-4
1932 AL-479-1
1934 AL-433-6

Oldest Player
1937 AL-37-6

Gray Ink: Batting - 12 (1259) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1564) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

May 27, 1935: Traded by the St. Louis Browns to the Boston Red Sox for Moose Solters and cash.

June 14, 1938: Released by the St. Louis Browns.

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Name and misspellings: Oscar Donald Donnie Donny Ski Spinach Melillo

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