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Davey
Mellor		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: November 19, 1946 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1974    1975    1976   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 BUF FL $ 2,876,000 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 6 6
1974 27 BUF FL $ 2,876,000 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 6 7
1975 28 BUF FL $ 5,130,000 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 6 6
1976 29 BUF FL $ 5,130,000 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 6 7
1977 30 BUF FL $ 5,130,000 3 6 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 6 7
1978 31 BUF FL $ 5,500,000 4 6 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 6 7
1979 32 PHX JL $ 5,500,000 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 6 6
1980 33 LV FL $ 5,500,000 3 5 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 2,876,000 3 5 4 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 4 7 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000 4 6 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 6 7
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 34 MON FL $ 5,500,000   13 13 12 15 17 16 10 12 12 8 11 10 16 15 15
1982 35 MON FL $ 3,000,000   12 12 11 15 17 16 9 12 11 9 11 10 16 14 15
1983 36 MON FL $ 3,000,000   12 12 11 14 16 16 9 12 11 9 11 11 15 14 14
1984 37 MON FL $ 3,000,000   10 10 9 13 15 15 8 10 10 8 10 10 14 12 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 3,000,000   10 10 9 13 15 15 8 10 10 8 10 10 14 12 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,500,000   13 13 12 15 17 16 10 12 12 9 11 11 16 15 15
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 26 BUF FL 141 366 47 82 13 4 9 37 7 6 35 29 .224 .294 .355 .649 37.7 3.1
1974 27 BUF FL 141 501 66 135 29 7 19 76 18 8 36 62 .269 .326 .469 .795 75.6 15.6
1975 28 BUF FL 151 554 84 169 27 19 19 86 37 28 44 53 .305 .357 .525 .882 93.9 20.0
1976 29 BUF FL 150 509 66 122 15 5 24 86 34 11 37 47 .240 .295 .430 .725 65.8 10.1
1977 30 BUF FL 145 478 61 121 14 6 15 63 35 13 48 72 .253 .324 .402 .726 66.4 12.1
1978 31 BUF FL 139 431 63 114 21 6 22 58 21 18 32 51 .265 .318 .494 .812 62.5 12.9
1979 32 PHX JL 154 541 71 129 27 9 15 59 26 16 54 74 .238 .316 .405 .721 68.6 11.8
1980 33 PHX JL 77 198 24 36 6 1 5 23 2 5 26 37 .182 .282 .298 .580 15.9 0.0
  LV FL 68 236 35 65 9 5 15 41 3 7 16 44 .275 .327 .547 .873 37.8 5.6
  TOT   145 434 59 101 15 6 20 64 5 12 42 81 .233 .306 .433 .739 53.7 5.6
1981 34 LV FL 94 269 31 69 11 5 8 45 6 6 21 45 .257 .313 .424 .737 33.8 3.9
  MON FL 45 120 17 27 5 1 3 17 2 3 14 10 .225 .312 .358 .670 13.2 1.0
  TOT   139 389 48 96 16 6 11 62 8 9 35 55 .247 .313 .404 .716 47.0 4.9
1982 35 MON FL 145 447 74 111 17 5 24 66 18 12 30 78 .248 .298 .470 .768 60.1 10.3
1983 36 MON FL 128 241 38 58 13 2 13 27 5 5 16 32 .241 .287 .473 .760 31.2 4.9
1984 37 MON FL 123 286 46 69 19 2 12 30 3 3 22 53 .241 .300 .448 .748 36.6 5.7
12 Years Sim 1701 5177 723 1307 226 77 203 714 217 141 431 687 .252 .314 .444 .757 699.2 117.0
162 Game Average 493 68 124 21 7 19 68 20 13 41 65 .252 .314 .444 .757 66.6  
Career Highs 154 554 84 169 29 19 24 86 37 28 54 81 .305 .357 .525 .882 93.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3900 569 1032 188 59 158 569 174 106 354 550 .265 .330 .465 .795 580.2
vs LH   1277 154 275 38 18 45 145 43 35 77 137 .215 .260 .379 .639 124.4
Home 843 2561 364 653 116 37 102 355 104 61 203 318 .255 .313 .449 .762 352.9
Away 858 2616 359 654 110 40 101 359 113 80 228 369 .250 .314 .438 .752 351.6
RISP   1304 0 327 49 24 52 485 0 0 139 188 .251 .322 .445 .767 189.6
Pinch Hitting   315 42 86 15 0 14 56 9 5 24 41 .273 .323 .454 .777 45.7
Close/Late   726 114 182 31 9 24 90 0 0 74 97 .251 .322 .417 .740 98.2
Mar/Apr 284 932 129 228 36 11 28 115 41 25 74 132 .245 .303 .397 .700 111.1
May 292 853 123 213 41 14 37 118 31 23 71 108 .250 .317 .461 .777 118.8
June 283 845 95 189 24 15 21 112 38 14 78 108 .224 .293 .362 .656 93.5
July 294 929 147 234 53 12 40 129 38 24 77 121 .252 .309 .464 .773 131.4
August 288 852 117 219 36 11 34 123 32 31 75 116 .257 .322 .445 .767 115.9
Sep/Oct 260 766 112 224 36 14 43 117 37 24 56 102 .292 .342 .544 .887 133.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 26 BUF FL LF 93 81 719.3 149 4 0 0 1.000 1.91   1.2
    RF 36 0 84.7 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    SS 3 1 21.0 2 2 1 0 .800 1.71   0.0
1974 27 BUF FL LF 134 123 1084.0 254 6 1 1 .996 2.16   2.9
    RF 6 3 36.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25    
1975 28 BUF FL LF 135 130 1164.0 254 13 0 2 1.000 2.06   2.2
    RF 15 11 101.0 26 1 0 0 1.000 2.41    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 29 BUF FL LF 137 134 1183.7 290 7 0 1 1.000 2.26   3.3
    RF 11 0 28.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1977 30 BUF FL LF 128 120 1080.7 255 6 1 2 .996 2.17   3.3
    CF 6 6 58.0 18 0 1 0 .947 2.79    
    RF 8 2 32.3 9 0 1 0 .900 2.51    
1978 31 BUF FL CF 105 92 848.0 248 4 8 2 .969 2.67   3.4
    LF 21 18 157.0 34 1 0 1 1.000 2.01    
    RF 7 0 10.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1979 32 PHX JL LF 149 145 1293.3 274 2 0 0 1.000 1.92   2.5
    CF 8 0 13.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.29    
1980 33 PHX JL LF 33 29 239.0 62 1 0 0 1.000 2.37   0.8
    RF 30 26 200.4 47 2 1 0 .980 2.20   0.0
    CF 11 3 38.9 12 0 1 0 .923 2.78   0.0
  LV FL LF 30 25 270.6 70 2 0 1 1.000 2.39   0.8
    RF 27 23 226.9 54 2 1 1 .982 2.22   0.0
    CF 9 2 44.1 14 0 1 0 .933 2.86   0.0
  TOT   LF 63 54 509.6 132 3 0 1 1.000 2.38   1.6
      RF 57 49 427.3 101 4 2 1 .981 2.21   0.0
      CF 20 5 83.0 26 0 2 0 .929 2.82   0.0
1981 34 LV FL LF 51 43 376.2 87 3 0 1 1.000 2.15   1.4
    RF 28 26 222.3 55 1 1 1 .982 2.27   0.0
    CF 8 1 17.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.12   0.0
  MON FL LF 24 20 174.8 40 2 0 0 1.000 2.16   1.1
    RF 14 12 103.3 26 0 1 0 .963 2.27   0.0
    CF 4 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
  TOT   LF 75 63 551.0 127 5 0 1 1.000 2.16   2.5
      RF 42 38 325.6 81 1 2 1 .976 2.27   0.0
      CF 12 1 25.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.20   0.0
1982 35 MON FL CF 69 50 485.0 146 5 4 1 .974 2.80   2.3
    LF 55 48 433.0 92 2 1 0 .989 1.95    
    RF 15 4 53.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.19    
1983 36 MON FL LF 36 24 214.7 48 2 1 1 .980 2.10   1.0
    CF 34 7 104.7 35 0 1 0 .972 3.01    
    RF 20 8 89.0 19 0 3 0 .864 1.92    
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1984 37 MON FL LF 48 37 319.0 60 1 0 0 1.000 1.72   1.5
    CF 42 14 189.7 55 3 1 0 .983 2.75    
    RF 15 6 79.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.59    
  LF 1074 977 8709.2 1969 52 4 10 .998 2.09   22.0
  CF 297 175 1808.3 541 13 17 3 .970 2.76   5.6
  RF 232 121 1265.9 290 8 9 2 .971 2.12   0.0
  SS 3 1 21.0 2 2 1 0 .800 1.71   0.0
  3B 3 0 9.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
  2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1610 1274 11815.4 2803 77 31 15 .989 2.19   27.8
Career Highs   157 145 1307.0 296 14 8 3 1.000 2.54    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1976 29 BUF FL 4 16 4 9 2 3 1 7 1 1 2 2 .563 .611 1.250 1.861
1977 30 BUF FL 3 15 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600
1978 31 BUF FL 3 12 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .385 .500 .885
1979 32 PHX JL 10 36 8 9 3 1 0 4 3 0 3 5 .250 .341 .389 .730
Career Post-Season Batting 20 79 14 25 5 5 2 14 4 2 5 11 .316 .379 .582 .962
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1975-7-.305
 Slugging Pct
1975-8-.525
 OPS
1975-9-.882
 Hits
1975-7-169
 Total Bases
1975-9-291
 Triples
1975-1-19
1979-10-9
Stolen Bases
1975-8-37
1977-10-35
 Caught Stealing
1975-2-28
1977-10-13
1978-6-18
1979-7-16
CAR-41-141
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  1. Lem Galarraga (946)
  2. Carlos Liston (928)
  3. Glenn Miller (907)
  4. Robert Huffman (907)
  5. Danny Masutto (898)
  6. Jamey Leflore (897)
  7. Seamus McMannaman (896)
  8. Jason Justice (896)
  9. Patrick Moore (889)
  10. Bill Gimlicker (885)
History
Drafted in 6th round, 139th overall pick, by Buffalo in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/2/1973, off Bill Bombay (MAN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1973, off Chris Caliglaris (BRK)
Won Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield in 1974.Won Player of the Week award on 9/17/1975, hitting .444 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 25-game hitting streak snapped on 9/20/1975
Won Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield in 1975.Hit for the cycle against Las Vegas on 10/5/1976
Won Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield in 1976.Traded from Buffalo to Phoenix on 2/3/1979 (Going to BUF: P C. Pump, SS H. Garcia, LF F. Resendiz. Going to PHX: P A. Holder, SS M. Sandoval, LF D. Mellor, P J. Neff)
Hit for the cycle against Las Vegas on 10/5/1976
Won Slick Fielder Award at Leftfield in 1976
Traded from Buffalo to Phoenix on 2/3/1979 (Going to BUF: P C. Pump, SS H. Garcia, LF F. Resendiz. Going to PHX: P A. Holder, SS M. Sandoval, LF D. Mellor, P J. Neff)
Traded from Phoenix to Las Vegas on 7/11/1980 (Going to LV: LF D. Mellor, RF D. Gilpatrick, SS C. Barnhard, 1B B. Slughausen. Going to PHX: LF M. Futon, 2B E. Thundercrotch)
Traded from Las Vegas to Montreal on 7/31/1981 (Going to LV: SS Yogi Zimmer, LF Hugh Hamilton, RF Ben Green. Going to MON: RF Davey Mellor, 3B Christopher Dittmer)
 
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