American baseball player and commentator (born 1945)
Baseball player
Bill Melton
Third baseman
Born: (1945-07-07) July 7, 1945 (age 78) Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 4, 1968, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
August 30, 1977, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average
.253
Home runs
160
Runs batted in
591
Teams
Chicago White Sox (1968–1975)
California Angels (1976)
Cleveland Indians (1977)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (1971)
AL home run leader (1971)
William Edwin Melton (born July 7, 1945), nicknamed "Beltin' Bill" and "Beltin' Melton", is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1968 through 1977, most prominently as a member of the Chicago White Sox where he was the 1971 American League home run champion and named to the 1971 American League All-Star team. He also played for the California Angels and Cleveland Indians. He was a commentator for NBC Sports Chicago White Sox broadcasts.
William Edwin Melton (born July 7, 1945), nicknamed "Beltin' Bill" and "Beltin' Melton", is an American former professional baseball player and television...
Charles Michael Melton (born January 4, 1991) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Reggie Mantle in the CW series Riverdale (2017–2023) and...
Frank Thomas, Minnie Miñoso, Carlton Fisk, Ron Kittle, Carlos May, and BillMelton. In a 2017 interview with USA Today, Jackson said he never would have...
criticize the Sox, which angered numerous Sox managers and players, notably BillMelton and Chuck Tanner. He left to succeed Jack Brickhouse as the voice of...
Miles Bokeem ”Bo” Melton (born May 18, 1999) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He...
Melton Mowbray (/ˈmɛltən ˈmoʊbri/) is a town in the Melton district in Leicestershire, England, 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Leicester, and 20 miles...
48 1970 Frank Howard 44 Washington Senators Harmon Killebrew† 41 1971 BillMelton 33 Chicago White Sox Reggie Jackson† Norm Cash 32 1972 Dick Allen 37...
presence in more than 45 countries. Verifone was founded by William "Bill" Melton and incorporated in Hawaii in 1981, and named itself after its first...
times (behind Harmon Killebrew in 1962, Tony Conigliaro in 1965, and BillMelton in 1971), with the Tigers finishing among the AL's top three scoring...
week later on December 18. The White Sox already had a third baseman, BillMelton, so Santo was relegated mostly to designated hitter duty, which he hated...
White Sox, Tanner managed such star players as Wilbur Wood, Carlos May, BillMelton, and the temperamental Dick Allen, who like Tanner was a native of Lawrence...
Mike (December 25, 1995). "Hevrdejs & Conklin INC. Early Christmas for BillMelton: the gift of life". Chicago Tribune. p. 2. Retrieved January 23, 2009...
exchange for Bill Singer on December 10. The reunion lasted only a day as he was sent with Morris Nettles to the Chicago White Sox for BillMelton and Steve...
the Minnesota Twins. Walt Williams, RF Mike Andrews, 2B Dick Allen, 1B BillMelton, 3B Carlos May, LF Rick Reichardt, CF Ed Herrmann, C Luis Alvarado, SS...
the game featuring 19 walks. The experiment is not tried again. April 6 – Bill White, a former NL first baseman, became the first African-American to do...
and Vicente Romo. Lee Richard, SS Jay Johnstone, CF Mike Andrews, 2B BillMelton, 3B Carlos May, 1B Rick Reichardt, LF Walt Williams, RF Ed Herrmann,...
winning the MVP award; but injuries, especially to popular third baseman BillMelton, took their toll and the team finished 5+1⁄2 games behind Oakland, the...
fifteen times. He and Jim Spencer were traded to the Chicago White Sox for BillMelton and Steve Dunning on December 11, 1975. Nettles was one of many young...
White Sox by the Pirates. Pat Kelly, RF Ken Henderson, CF Dick Allen, 1B BillMelton, 3B Carlos May, LF Ron Santo, DH Jorge Orta, 2B Ed Herrmann, C Bucky...
Melton Hill Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Clinch River just south of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley...
but did not sign. Walt Williams, RF Luis Aparicio, SS Carlos May, LF BillMelton, 3B John Matias, 1B Buddy Bradford, CF Syd O'Brien, 2B Duane Josephson...
Lynn Melton is an American Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 36th district. She has served since 2023, winning...