Derek
Mellor
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 22, 1954 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1981   
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 19 CHI JL   1 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
1974 20 CHA JL   1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
1975 21 CHA JL   3 2 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 5 5
1976 22 CHA JL   4 3 3 4 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6
1977 23 CHA JL   4 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 5 6 6
1978 24 CHA JL   4 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 5 4 4 5 6 5
1979 25 CHA JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6
1980 26 CHA JL $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6
                                             
  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 27 GRE JL $ 300,000   10 10 11 11 11 11 8 7 7 15 14 15 14 16 16
1982 28 GRE JL $ 485,714   12 12 12 11 11 11 8 7 7 16 15 15 14 16 16
1983 29 GRE JL $ 485,714   11 11 12 12 12 12 8 7 8 16 15 15 14 16 16
1984 30 GRE JL $ 485,714   11 11 11 12 12 12 8 7 8 15 15 15 15 17 17
1985 31 GRE JL $ 485,714   12 12 13 11 11 11 8 7 7 15 14 14 14 16 15
1986 32 BRK FL     12 12 12 11 11 11 7 7 7 15 14 14 13 16 15
1987 33 BRK FL $ 385,000   12 12 12 11 11 11 7 7 7 14 14 14 13 15 15
1988 34 BRK FL $ 570,000   11 11 11 11 11 11 8 7 7 13 13 13 12 14 14
1989 35 BRK FL $ 570,000   10 10 10 10 9 10 7 7 7 12 11 11 11 14 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings     10 10 10 10 9 10 7 7 7 12 11 11 11 14 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 570,000   12 12 13 12 12 12 8 7 8 16 15 15 15 17 17
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 19 A   156 564 35 116 15 0 7 48 4 7 44 85 .206 .263 .270 .533 38.3  
1974 20 A   122 434 38 106 13 3 9 46 3 7 28 79 .244 .290 .350 .640 42.3  
1975 21 A   79 214 18 49 6 1 2 28 1 0 18 37 .229 .289 .294 .583 18.7  
1976 22 AA   72 266 32 80 16 2 5 35 1 0 28 33 .301 .367 .432 .800 41.1  
    A   65 245 29 82 16 0 10 28 0 2 32 34 .335 .412 .522 .934 48.5  
1977 23 AAA   95 269 33 78 18 1 3 24 0 1 28 31 .290 .357 .398 .755 37.2  
1978 24 AAA   138 536 75 163 19 1 12 60 3 1 46 71 .304 .359 .410 .770 77.6  
1979 25 CHA JL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .400 .000 .400 0.4 0.0
    AAA   136 548 76 156 18 3 9 48 0 1 55 77 .285 .350 .378 .728 72.8  
1980 26 CHA JL 86 202 15 46 5 1 3 22 0 0 11 40 .228 .265 .307 .572 15.8 0.4
1981 27 GRE JL 127 427 53 105 15 0 16 47 0 0 48 63 .246 .325 .393 .718 57.6 8.3
    AAA   19 61 11 26 2 0 4 13 0 0 15 5 .426 .539 .656 1.195 18.9  
1982 28 GRE JL 59 130 13 34 4 0 2 13 0 1 13 17 .262 .331 .338 .669 14.0 1.5
    AAA   42 152 24 42 3 1 9 27 1 1 30 24 .276 .396 .487 .882 30.2  
1983 29 GRE JL 56 86 8 27 3 0 2 13 2 0 14 12 .314 .410 .419 .829 14.8 3.1
    AAA   73 254 51 94 10 0 17 53 1 0 50 17 .370 .474 .610 1.084 67.0  
1984 30 GRE JL 127 226 22 55 8 1 7 42 0 0 21 32 .243 .304 .381 .685 26.5 2.8
1985 31 GRE JL 139 443 50 110 6 2 10 26 0 0 44 53 .248 .320 .339 .658 46.9 4.1
1986 32 AAA   121 450 110 162 15 0 47 131 2 3 71 53 .360 .447 .707 1.154 124.4  
1987 33 BRK FL 94 245 27 66 7 1 12 35 0 0 24 56 .269 .333 .453 .786 36.5 4.5
1988 34 BRK FL 51 127 19 24 3 0 1 8 0 0 16 24 .189 .285 .236 .521 8.9 0.0
    AAA   58 242 43 68 6 0 6 28 1 1 43 41 .281 .389 .380 .770 38.7  
1989 35 AAA   138 558 110 180 20 0 36 109 1 1 72 88 .323 .400 .552 .952 116.3  
9 Years Sim 743 1889 208 467 51 5 53 206 2 1 193 298 .247 .318 .364 .682 221.5 24.7
9 Years AAA 820 3070 533 969 111 6 143 493 9 9 410 407 .316 .397 .495 .893 583.0  
1 Years AA 72 266 32 80 16 2 5 35 1 0 28 33 .301 .364 .432 .796 41.1  
4 Years A 422 1457 120 353 50 4 28 150 8 16 122 235 .242 .302 .340 .641 147.8  
14 Years Minors 1314 4793 685 1402 177 12 176 678 18 25 560 675 .293 .367 .445 .812 772.0  
162 Game Average 411 45 101 11 1 11 44 0 0 42 64 .247 .318 .364 .682 48.3  
Career Highs 139 443 53 110 15 2 16 47 2 1 48 63 .314 .410 .453 .829 57.6  
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   1147 136 276 33 4 33 125 2 1 113 166 .241 .311 .363 .673 133.3
vs LH   742 72 191 18 1 20 81 0 0 80 132 .257 .330 .365 .695 93.1
Home 368 926 94 218 23 4 20 87 2 0 90 153 .235 .305 .334 .639 98.0
Away 375 963 114 249 28 1 33 119 0 1 103 145 .259 .330 .393 .723 128.4
RISP   448 0 108 7 1 14 153 0 0 52 77 .241 .317 .355 .672 54.3
Pinch Hitting   149 16 35 3 0 4 19 1 0 14 20 .235 .305 .336 .640 15.9
Close/Late   240 22 63 6 1 7 31 0 0 20 42 .263 .323 .383 .707 29.7
Mar/Apr 121 281 38 70 6 0 11 34 0 0 21 43 .249 .302 .388 .690 33.5
May 124 330 37 88 10 3 11 42 0 0 34 46 .267 .335 .415 .750 46.5
June 116 318 38 73 5 0 12 36 0 0 33 53 .230 .305 .358 .664 36.6
July 111 285 29 61 10 0 5 23 0 0 28 44 .214 .285 .302 .587 25.4
August 135 355 34 97 8 1 8 39 1 1 36 55 .273 .344 .369 .713 45.7
Sep/Oct 136 320 32 78 12 1 6 32 1 0 41 57 .244 .328 .344 .672 38.7
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1979 25 CHA JL SS 2 1 10.0 0 1 1 0 .500 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 26 CHA JL SS 61 50 427.7 61 146 4 34 .981 4.36 0 0 .000 0 2.5
    2B 13 6 65.0 16 21 0 8 1.000 5.12 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 27 GRE JL SS 125 123 995.3 172 340 10 69 .981 4.63 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    2B 2 0 3.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 7.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 28 GRE JL SS 19 14 133.0 24 45 0 12 1.000 4.67 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    2B 20 11 111.0 28 52 1 13 .988 6.49 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    3B 5 5 42.0 4 9 1 0 .929 2.79 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 29 GRE JL SS 28 6 104.3 15 24 2 8 .951 3.36 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 10 7 69.3 15 27 2 4 .955 5.45 0 0 .000 0 0.3
1984 30 GRE JL 2B 43 28 269.0 62 101 3 24 .982 5.45 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    SS 38 16 182.3 23 61 1 13 .988 4.15 0 0 .000 0 0.9
1985 31 GRE JL 2B 127 116 1027.7 217 372 7 69 .988 5.16 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    SS 4 3 28.0 6 10 0 2 1.000 5.14 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1987 33 BRK FL SS 66 57 497.0 75 161 2 29 .992 4.27 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    2B 24 5 75.0 15 27 1 4 .977 5.04 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 34 BRK FL SS 30 27 230.7 29 85 3 9 .974 4.45 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    2B 8 4 45.7 9 19 0 2 1.000 5.52 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  SS 373 297 2608.3 405 873 23 176 .982 4.41 0 0 .000 0 12.4
  2B 247 177 1666.3 364 620 14 124 .986 5.31 0 0 .000 0 6.1
  3B 6 5 43.0 4 9 1 0 .929 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   629 479 4320.6 775 1502 38 300 .984 4.74 0 0 .000 0 18.6
Career Highs   131 123 1055.7 223 382 10 71 .989 5.16 0 0 .000 0  
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History
Drafted in 44th round, 1037th overall pick, by Chicago in 1973
Injured on 8/7/1973 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Chicago to Brooklyn on 1/31/1974 (Going to BRK: 2B D. Mellor, P B. Madisson, P J. Schmatzhagen. Going to CHI: P H. Bergeron, 2B R. Baudoin, LF F. Resendiz, P A. Lopez, P G. Caputo)
Traded from Brooklyn to Charlotte on 4/21/1974 (Going to CHA: P J. Reade, P J. Myhre, 2B D. Mellor, RF M. Vargas, LF T. Reyes. Going to BRK: P K. Tyer)
Injured on 5/15/1974 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/8/1974 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/24/1976 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/31/1977 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 3 days
Injured on 7/30/1977 with a Pinched Nerve Neck, out for 6 days
Had first career hit on 4/6/1980, off Christopher Howell (LOU)
Hit first career homerun on 6/8/1980, off Allan Reddings (CHI)
Won Slick Fielder Award at Shortstop in 1981