Born: (1961-10-28) October 28, 1961 (age 62) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 25, 1985, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
August 6, 1994, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average
.233
Home runs
35
Runs batted in
212
Managerial record
1,529–1,439
Winning %
.515
Teams
As player
Detroit Tigers (1985)
San Francisco Giants (1986–1988)
Baltimore Orioles (1989–1991)
Kansas City Royals (1992)
Boston Red Sox (1993)
New York Yankees (1994)
Chicago White Sox (1994)
As manager
Seattle Mariners (2003–2004)
Arizona Diamondbacks (2005–2009)
Oakland Athletics (2011–2021)
San Diego Padres (2022–2023)
San Francisco Giants (2024–present)
As coach
Milwaukee Brewers (1999)
Detroit Tigers (2000)
Arizona Diamondbacks (2001–2002)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (2001)
3× Manager of the Year (2007, 2012, 2018)
Robert Paul Melvin (born October 28, 1961) is an American professional baseball manager and former catcher who is the current manager of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). Melvin has been named Manager of the Year three times.
Selected in the first round, second overall, by the Detroit Tigers in the secondary phase of the 1981 draft, Melvin was a catcher for the Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Chicago White Sox during a 10-year playing career from 1985 through 1994.
In his 20-year managing career Melvin has led the Seattle Mariners (2003–04), Arizona Diamondbacks (2005–09),Oakland Athletics (2011–21), and San Diego Padres (2022–23). Melvin was named the National League Manager of the Year in 2007, and the American League Manager of the Year in both 2012 (becoming the sixth manager in history to win the award in both leagues) and in 2018 (becoming the eighth manager ever to win the award at least three times).
Entering the 2020 MLB season, Melvin was the longest-tenured manager in MLB with the same team. Through 2023, his 853 Oakland wins were second-most in team history (behind Connie Mack). He had an aggregate career record of 1,517–1,425 (.516) in 20 seasons as a Major League manager, and had led his clubs to eight postseason appearances and four division titles.[1][2]
^"Coach Bio," Archived August 7, 2018, at the Wayback Machine MLB.com.
^AJ Cassavell. "San Diego the place to be for skipper Melvin". MLB.com.
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Toronto Blue Jays in 1985. La Russa, Piniella, Showalter, Jim Leyland, BobMelvin, Davey Johnson, and Joe Maddon have since won the award in both leagues...
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voting for the AL Manager of the Year Award, Cora finished second to BobMelvin of the Oakland Athletics. On November 14, 2018, the Red Sox announced...
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with Bob where she becomes the lead podiatrist at the Women's Clinic. Margaret has appeared in every episode with Bob. Melvin and Cookie Fish (Melvin voiced...
employ platoons. Under manager BobMelvin, the Athletics have employed many platoons, with Josh Reddick calling Melvin the "king of platoons". Joe Maddon...
Melvin Goes to Dinner is a 2003 American film adaptation of Michael Blieden's stage play Phyro-Giants!, directed by Bob Odenkirk in his directorial debut...
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manager was June 9, 2011; he was subsequently fired and replaced with BobMelvin. On October 14, 2011, the New York Mets hired Geren to be the team's new...
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