NAME     : Luis Melendez
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : 
 
  BIRTHDAY : 8/11/1949
  AGE      : 31
  HEIGHT   : 6"2
  WEIGHT   : 145
 
  POSITION : Centerfield
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $920,000 through 1982
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Leftfield : D (Fielding Pct. : .996) Range at Centerfield : C (Fielding Pct. : .987) Range at Rightfield : E (Fielding Pct. : .930) Outfield Arm : C
OFFENSIVE RATINGS : Speed : B Stealing Ability : A Sacrifice Bunt : C Bunt for Hit : E Hitter Type : Normal Getting Hits : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average) Hitting Doubles : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 2, Talent Fair) Hitting Homeruns : 1 (VS. RHP : 1, VS. LHP : 1, Talent Poor) Getting BB's : 2 (VS. RHP : 2, VS. LHP : 3, Talent Poor) Avoiding Strikeouts : 5 (VS. RHP : 5, VS. LHP : 5, Talent Average)
BATTING STATS : Category AVG HR RBI AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG Overall .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs RHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 vs LHP .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 At Home .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Away .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 R.I.S.P. .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Pinch Hitting .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Close/Late .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 This Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 Last Week .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
CAREER STATS : YEAR AVG HR RBI G AB H 2B 3B R SB CS BB K OBP SLG TEAMS 1970 .176 0 1 28 17 3 0 0 5 3 0 1 5 .222 .176 NY 1971 .197 0 11 90 61 12 3 0 13 3 0 1 14 .210 .246 NY,NY 1972 .384 0 7 81 73 28 0 0 14 6 1 3 4 .408 .384 NY,DET 1973 .263 0 2 36 19 5 0 0 5 2 1 0 3 .263 .263 DET 1974 .260 0 46 159 642 167 26 0 68 49 18 17 99 .279 .301 DET,PIT 1975 .235 3 44 158 673 158 23 0 62 40 12 25 100 .262 .282 PIT 1976 .270 5 49 151 647 175 26 0 79 51 4 17 112 .289 .334 PIT 1977 .258 4 36 162 712 184 27 0 77 53 12 24 117 .283 .313 PIT 1978 .235 6 34 138 562 132 18 0 48 35 7 17 77 .257 .299 PIT 1979 .194 0 3 19 31 6 3 0 7 5 0 3 5 .265 .290 PiT 1980 .375 0 2 28 16 6 0 0 8 5 0 1 3 .412 .375 PiT Total AB : 3453 Total AVG : .254 Total Hits: 876 Total HR : 18 Total RBI : 235 Total Runs: 386 Total SB : 252
PLAYER HISTORY
Injured on 5/1/1980 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks... Signed as a free agent by Atlanta on 2/11/1981 to a 2-year deal worth $920,000 per year...