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Melvin
April		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 190
 
Born: September 17, 1981 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2017   
Gold Glove Award 2009    2015   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 LAN NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
2005 23 LAN NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
2006 24 LAN NL     6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
2007 25 LAN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
2008 26 LAN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
2009 27 LAN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 7 7 7
2010 28 LAN NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
2011 29 LAN NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
2012 30 LAN NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
2013 31 LAN NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
2014 32 LAN NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
2015 33 LAN NL $ 1,614,286   6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 6 6
2016 34 CIN NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5
2017 35 NYA AL $ 712,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5
2018 36 NYA AL $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
2019 37 NYA AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,614,286   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 22 A   65 144 14 34 4 0 4 22 2 0 23 26 .236 .341 .347 .689 19.3  
2005 23 A   132 452 51 144 21 1 18 73 7 7 41 62 .319 .375 .489 .864 77.5  
2006 24 AAA   131 478 61 148 17 0 16 55 5 4 43 62 .310 .367 .446 .812 75.3  
2007 25 LAN NL 142 483 43 108 12 0 4 43 0 0 34 77 .224 .273 .273 .547 35.0 0.0
2008 26 LAN NL 60 120 11 37 3 0 3 23 0 0 12 17 .308 .373 .408 .781 18.8 3.2
2009 27 LAN NL 138 389 38 110 16 1 7 57 0 1 41 57 .283 .350 .383 .733 51.1 8.1
2010 28 LAN NL 140 401 42 98 15 1 11 57 0 1 41 82 .244 .312 .369 .681 47.8 5.8
2011 29 LAN NL 17 29 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 5 .172 .294 .172 .467 1.6 0.0
    AAA   110 372 75 133 18 2 26 83 5 3 76 56 .358 .467 .626 1.093 98.8  
2012 30 AAA   108 374 59 129 16 1 23 85 2 1 55 53 .345 .429 .578 1.006 85.4  
2013 31 AAA   137 497 79 161 19 1 23 81 10 6 87 78 .324 .425 .505 .930 104.0  
2014 32 LAN NL 116 382 34 95 14 1 8 36 0 0 34 78 .249 .316 .353 .669 43.6 5.5
2015 33 LAN NL 139 466 49 112 13 1 9 37 0 2 38 110 .240 .298 .330 .628 46.3 4.3
2016 34 CIN NL 96 158 18 50 10 0 1 19 0 0 13 30 .316 .368 .399 .767 21.5 4.8
2017 35 NYA AL 31 69 11 19 2 0 0 6 0 0 8 18 .275 .346 .304 .651 8.0 0.9
2018 36 NYA AL 29 99 11 23 3 0 4 15 0 0 4 23 .232 .260 .384 .643 10.3 0.7
2019 37 NYA AL 26 69 9 18 0 0 0 6 0 0 9 26 .261 .346 .261 .607 6.2 0.3
    AA   16 21 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .286 .348 .333 .681 2.5  
11 Years Sim 934 2665 267 675 88 4 47 302 0 4 239 523 .253 .315 .342 .657 290.1 33.6
4 Years AAA 486 1721 274 571 70 4 88 304 22 14 261 249 .332 .418 .531 .948 363.6  
1 Years AA 16 21 1 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .286 .348 .333 .681 2.5  
2 Years A 197 596 65 178 25 1 22 95 9 7 64 88 .299 .366 .455 .821 96.7  
7 Years Minors 699 2338 340 755 96 5 110 402 31 21 327 338 .323 .404 .509 .914 462.8  
162 Game Average 462 46 117 15 0 8 52 0 0 41 90 .253 .315 .342 .657 50.3  
Career Highs 142 483 49 112 16 1 11 57 0 2 41 110 .316 .373 .408 .781 51.1  
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   2057 192 509 68 3 38 232 0 3 178 419 .247 .308 .339 .646 217.8
vs LH   608 75 166 20 1 9 70 0 1 61 104 .273 .338 .354 .692 74.4
Home 462 1344 118 330 38 0 24 156 0 0 115 255 .246 .305 .327 .632 137.7
Away 472 1321 149 345 50 4 23 146 0 4 124 268 .261 .324 .357 .682 154.5
RISP   694 0 189 29 0 12 248 0 0 58 126 .272 .322 .366 .688 83.4
Pinch Hitting   189 24 66 12 1 2 28 0 0 21 36 .349 .415 .455 .870 33.4
Close/Late   378 28 93 14 0 5 43 0 0 38 74 .246 .315 .323 .638 39.8
Mar/Apr 124 343 29 78 13 1 4 33 0 0 27 70 .227 .283 .306 .589 29.9
May 156 469 52 123 14 1 9 49 0 0 36 86 .262 .317 .354 .671 52.6
June 155 432 43 111 13 0 15 71 0 1 36 82 .257 .315 .391 .706 53.6
July 158 458 48 117 16 1 5 47 0 2 53 79 .255 .333 .328 .661 51.9
August 173 512 49 132 18 0 7 54 0 1 47 103 .258 .321 .334 .655 55.7
Sep/Oct 168 451 46 114 14 1 7 48 0 0 40 103 .253 .310 .335 .645 48.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 25 LAN NL C 135 130 1198.7 977 87 10 3 .991 7.99 153 55 .359 5 7.3
2008 26 LAN NL C 35 29 258.7 213 19 0 2 1.000 8.07 33 14 .424 1 2.7
2009 27 LAN NL C 118 116 964.3 814 84 9 0 .990 8.38 156 60 .385 4 5.9
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2010 28 LAN NL C 114 105 943.7 689 78 6 0 .992 7.32 134 63 .470 2 6.6
2011 29 LAN NL C 9 6 57.0 44 3 2 0 .959 7.42 6 1 .167 1 0.2
2014 32 LAN NL C 95 95 785.7 570 54 3 1 .995 7.15 96 34 .354 1 5.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2015 33 LAN NL C 118 118 944.3 694 70 8 1 .990 7.28 126 51 .405 5 6.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 34 CIN NL C 28 27 234.0 187 16 1 0 .995 7.81 41 14 .341 1 1.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2017 35 NYA AL C 31 20 194.7 157 9 1 0 .994 7.67 20 8 .400 0 1.3
2018 36 NYA AL C 28 26 232.7 172 15 1 0 .995 7.23 21 7 .333 1 1.4
    1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2019 37 NYA AL C 25 19 179.7 143 12 2 0 .987 7.76 24 10 .417 1 1.4
  C 736 691 5993.3 4660 447 43 7 .992 7.67 810 317 .391 22 38.8
  RF 3 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   741 691 6003.3 4663 447 43 7 .992 7.66 810 317 .391 22 38.8
Career Highs   135 130 1198.7 977 87 10 3 1.000 8.36 156 63 .470 5  
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
2007 25 LAN NL 7 24 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .167 .231 .250 .481
2008 26 LAN NL 5 17 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .235 .235 .294 .529
2019 37 NYA AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 13 43 1 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .186 .239 .256 .495
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  1. Todd Jennings (975)
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  3. Bengie Molina (958)
  4. David Brochu (958)
  5. Rob Bowen (952)
  6. Brian Schneider (946)
  7. Kelly Shoppach (939)
  8. Michael Barrett (929)
  9. Francisco Cordero Jr. (928)
  10. Chad Moeller (925)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 2004
Injured on 7/20/2004 with a Broken Nose, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/24/2004 with a Pulled Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/4/2007, off Billy Wagner (SDN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/2007, off Jake Peavy (SDN)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cincinnati on 5/24/2009
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2009
1/29/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 6/12/2010
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/2010, hitting .438 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/21/2012 with a Bruised Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/23/2012 with a Bruised Hand, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/15/2012 with a Fractured Ulna, out for 5 weeks
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
1/29/2014: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/24/2014 with a Broken Finger, out for 6 weeks
1/29/2015: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,614,286 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 2015
Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati on 2/8/2016 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,001 per year
Released by Cincinnati on 10/16/2016
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 5/6/2017 to a 1-year deal worth $712,000 per year
Won World Championship with New York (A) in 2017
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/5/2018 to a 1-year deal worth $350,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 4/20/2019 to a minor league deal
 
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