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Duke Snider League
4-25-2078
Donny Melvin Center Field
Retired (1958, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .294 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .854 Status Deceased (1990) Option Years 0  
H 837 Age at Death 68 Date of Birth 11-28-1922
HR 115 Drafted Round 2, Pick 24
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 1 years
(138 games)
RBI 432
SB 96
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity D+   Mentor vR A+
Speed B  Bunt C+ Control C    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B F  (2.9%) LF A+ (97.7%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (100%)   Health D+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A  (88.7%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1950 MIL
96
289
59
94
13
5
17
56
43
 28 1 3
12
 2 2
.992
.411
.581
.256
.325
1951 CHA
131
518
94
159
23
5
26
93
60
 61 4 8
32
 16 10
.899
.378
.521
.214
.307
1952 CHA-WAS
78
300
60
92
17
3
10
55
23
 41 3 2
10
 1 5
.843
.360
.483
.177
.307
1953 WAS
131
368
65
112
20
6
13
58
39
 62 1 2
5
 0 1
.868
.371
.497
.193
.304
1954 WAS
134
495
92
137
36
4
14
57
69
 74 0 0
13
 5 3
.816
.365
.451
.174
.277
1955 WAS
120
434
85
130
18
4
17
50
50
 56 4 4
13
 1 1
.851
.374
.477
.177
.300
1956 WAS
124
274
49
76
14
1
12
45
26
 45 1 1
9
 0 2
.808
.341
.467
.190
.277
1957 WAS-NYN
43
125
16
28
2
1
3
10
15
 19 0 0
1
 2 1
.635
.307
.328
.104
.224
1958 NYN
20
46
5
9
1
0
3
8
5
 7 1 0
1
 1 0
.702
.288
.413
.217
.196
Total
877
2849
525
837
144
29
115
432
330
 393 15 20
96
 28 25
.854
.368
.486
.192
.294
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Donny Melvin has retired from the New York Spikes
1957-05-20The New York Spikes have acquired Donny Melvin from the waiver wire.
1957-05-16The Washington Gamblers have designated Donny Melvin for assignment.
1957-04-25The Washington Gamblers have promoted Donny Melvin to the major league team.
1956-09-26The Washington Gamblers have promoted Dick Theobald to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have promoted Harry Grammas to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have promoted Joe Pike to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have sent Donny Melvin to the minors. The Washington Gamblers have sent Nico Assuii to the minors. The Washington Gamblers have sent Richie Hebner to the minors.
1955-09-11The Washington Gamblers have promoted Donny Melvin to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have promoted Dave Giusti to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have sent Ken Brett to the minors. The Washington Gamblers have sent Jamie Kirk to the minors.
1955-08-25The Washington Gamblers have promoted Ed Ott to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have sent Donny Melvin to the minors.
1954-03-07The Washington Gamblers have promoted Donny Melvin to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have promoted Danny Bailey to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have promoted Ed Shepard to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have sent Johnny Robinson to the minors. The Washington Gamblers have sent Windy Gautreau to the minors. The Washington Gamblers have sent Craig Reynolds to the minors.
1953-09-17The Washington Gamblers have promoted Windy Gautreau to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have sent Donny Melvin to the minors.
1953-03-01The Washington Gamblers have promoted Donny Melvin to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have promoted Billy Finnvold to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have sent John Faatz to the minors. The Washington Gamblers have sent Bill Madlock to the minors.
1952-07-18The Washington Gamblers have promoted John Faatz to the major league team. The Washington Gamblers have sent Donny Melvin to the minors.
1952-04-08A trade has been completed between the Chicago Rotties and the Washington Gamblers. The Washington Gamblers receive Donny Melvin, Jamie Kirk from the Chicago Rotties in exchange for Dave Parker.
1950-04-01The Milwaukee Beer Lovers have renamed Jimmy Sheldon to Donny Melvin.