Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
James
Melia		  
Nickname: Goose
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: May 2, 1983 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
2005 22 CHA AL     6 6 6 3 4 4 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 5
2006 23 CHA AL     8 8 8 4 5 5 5 6 6 4 5 4 6 7 7
2007 24 CHA AL     8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 4 5 4 5 7 6
2008 25 CHA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 5 6 6
2009 26 WSH NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 5 4 5 7 6
2010 27 SFN NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 6 4 5 5 5 7 6
2011 28 SFN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 8 8 8 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7
2012 29 SFN NL $ 978,571   6 6 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 8 8
2013 30 SFN NL $ 978,571   5 5 4 8 8 8 5 6 5 7 8 7 6 8 7
2014 31 SFN NL $ 450,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 7
2015 32 SFN NL $ 300,000   5 5 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 7 7
2016 33 BOS AL $ 510,000   5 5 4 7 8 8 4 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7
2017 34 BOS AL $ 540,000   5 5 4 7 8 8 4 5 5 6 7 6 6 8 7
2018 35 BOS AL $ 540,000   2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 978,571   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 6 7 8 7 6 8 8
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
2005 22 A   76 217 36 66 6 3 10 30 10 8 40 37 .304 .412 .498 .910 43.7  
2006 23 AAA   59 252 42 88 14 7 11 42 10 3 24 42 .349 .406 .591 .997 54.5  
    AA   57 222 46 84 16 1 16 51 10 7 32 32 .378 .457 .676 1.132 58.3  
    A   22 79 16 25 4 0 6 14 1 1 11 14 .316 .400 .595 .995 17.4  
2007 24 AAA   117 448 83 152 23 0 29 77 14 13 67 86 .339 .425 .585 1.010 101.0  
    AA   20 65 9 19 2 0 3 10 3 3 12 13 .292 .403 .462 .864 12.0  
2008 25 CHA AL 151 540 77 162 30 2 9 62 13 6 54 97 .300 .370 .413 .783 82.8 11.7
2009 26 AAA   128 460 78 122 13 1 35 99 5 13 64 99 .265 .355 .526 .881 83.4  
2010 27 SFN NL 144 343 38 77 16 0 9 39 8 6 34 67 .224 .301 .350 .651 37.1 3.1
2011 28 SFN NL 142 401 61 101 24 2 15 75 3 1 40 90 .252 .324 .434 .758 55.8 8.8
2012 29 SFN NL 134 375 53 78 13 1 15 53 0 0 38 65 .208 .284 .368 .652 41.7 3.3
2013 30 SFN NL 93 138 23 30 5 0 7 28 0 0 6 18 .217 .257 .406 .663 14.1 0.8
2014 31 AAA   134 498 97 158 32 3 43 136 12 10 71 55 .317 .402 .653 1.055 118.5  
2015 32 SFN NL 82 222 26 48 10 0 4 26 0 2 20 27 .216 .289 .315 .604 20.9 1.8
2016 33 BOS AL 100 348 38 63 13 1 11 34 5 3 32 81 .181 .254 .319 .573 28.6 0.0
2017 34 BOS AL 40 111 15 23 3 0 8 20 2 2 13 23 .207 .291 .450 .742 15.7 1.5
    AAA   30 107 10 27 9 0 3 17 3 2 12 12 .252 .328 .421 .748 14.6  
2018 35 AAA   105 223 43 64 10 1 17 48 9 3 30 36 .287 .372 .570 .941 46.3  
8 Years Sim 886 2478 331 582 114 6 78 337 31 20 237 468 .235 .307 .380 .687 296.6 31.0
6 Years AAA 573 1988 353 611 101 12 138 419 53 44 268 330 .307 .391 .578 .969 418.3  
2 Years AA 77 287 55 103 18 1 19 61 13 10 44 45 .359 .440 .627 1.068 70.3  
2 Years A 98 296 52 91 10 3 16 44 11 9 51 51 .307 .411 .524 .935 61.1  
10 Years Minors 748 2571 460 805 129 16 173 524 77 63 363 426 .313 .399 .578 .977 549.7  
162 Game Average 453 60 106 20 1 14 61 5 3 43 85 .235 .307 .380 .687 54.2  
Career Highs 151 540 77 162 30 2 15 75 13 6 54 97 .300 .370 .450 .783 82.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2118 288 520 100 5 66 297 28 17 201 371 .246 .316 .391 .707 261.3
vs LH   360 43 62 14 1 12 40 3 3 36 97 .172 .252 .317 .569 29.1
Home 445 1230 162 292 55 3 32 166 11 13 111 207 .237 .304 .365 .669 135.3
Away 441 1248 169 290 59 3 46 171 20 7 126 261 .232 .309 .395 .704 155.1
RISP   651 0 161 36 0 19 243 0 0 72 120 .247 .323 .390 .713 83.7
Pinch Hitting   183 23 42 10 0 4 28 1 3 23 27 .230 .329 .350 .678 20.5
Close/Late   326 39 60 13 1 7 33 0 0 35 69 .184 .277 .294 .572 26.3
Mar/Apr 135 358 57 98 16 0 15 67 3 3 47 73 .274 .367 .444 .811 57.2
May 168 504 68 126 20 2 20 69 8 2 41 79 .250 .311 .417 .728 65.7
June 157 427 52 97 26 1 9 61 5 1 39 73 .227 .291 .356 .647 45.4
July 146 410 49 88 16 1 11 40 6 8 49 94 .215 .303 .339 .642 42.7
August 144 392 55 85 13 1 13 48 4 2 34 69 .217 .285 .355 .640 40.3
Sep/Oct 136 387 50 88 23 1 10 52 5 4 27 80 .227 .287 .370 .657 39.1
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
2008 25 CHA AL RF 112 104 934.3 197 10 6 1 .972 1.99 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    CF 1 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2010 27 SFN NL RF 74 64 578.3 120 2 1 1 .992 1.90 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    CF 18 13 125.3 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.59 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 11 5 52.7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.39 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 5.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 16.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2011 28 SFN NL LF 56 55 468.7 88 2 0 1 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    RF 42 40 344.3 82 4 0 1 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 26 5 88.0 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
2012 29 SFN NL LF 56 48 433.7 91 3 1 0 .989 1.95 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    RF 50 33 325.0 63 1 0 0 1.000 1.77 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 7 7 58.0 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 2 18.0 14 3 0 1 1.000 8.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2013 30 SFN NL CF 13 8 77.0 15 1 0 0 1.000 1.87 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 10 7 64.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 8 5 48.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 4 34.0 33 0 1 4 .971 8.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2015 32 SFN NL C 43 40 362.3 312 17 5 1 .985 8.17 50 9 .180 0 1.1
    RF 9 9 80.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 13 5 56.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 5 2 19.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 33 BOS AL C 69 66 590.0 439 25 4 1 .991 7.08 73 14 .192 0 2.8
    LF 15 11 104.7 26 2 0 0 1.000 2.41 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 9 9 87.3 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.89 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 9 9 75.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0  
2017 34 BOS AL C 23 21 179.7 143 9 3 2 .981 7.61 25 6 .240 0 0.4
    CF 10 9 78.0 21 3 0 0 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 6 1 19.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.26 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 305 264 2400.3 511 17 7 3 .987 1.98 0 0 .000 0 4.7
  LF 169 132 1201.0 246 7 1 1 .996 1.90 0 0 .000 0 6.7
  C 135 127 1132.0 894 51 12 4 .987 7.51 148 29 .196 0 4.3
  CF 89 53 524.0 131 5 0 0 1.000 2.34 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  1B 7 6 57.0 55 4 1 6 .983 9.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  2B 3 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 6.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 3.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   710 582 5329.6 1839 86 21 15 .989 3.25 148 29 .196 0 16.5
Career Highs   124 104 940.0 503 27 6 4 1.000 6.28 73 14 .240 0  
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
2011 28 SFN NL 5 14 3 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .643 .929
2012 29 SFN NL 5 15 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .333 .333 .400 .733
Career Post-Season Batting 10 29 3 9 3 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 .310 .310 .517 .828
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Ramon Castro (965)
  2. Bengie Molina (956)
  3. Miguel Olivo (954)
  4. Michael Barrett (948)
  5. Kelly Shoppach (946)
  6. Brian Schneider (944)
  7. David Brochu (938)
  8. Ben Davis (934)
  9. Francisco Cordero Jr. (934)
  10. David Ross (928)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Chicago (A) in 2005
Had first career hit on 4/5/2008, off Kevin Millwood (CLE)
Hit first career homerun on 4/6/2008, off Jesse Foppert (CLE)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/13/2008, hitting .448 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Chicago (A) to Washington on 5/6/2009 (Going to WSH: RF James Melia. Going to CHA: P T.j. Tucker)
Drafted in Rule 5 Draft, 5th round, by San Francisco in 2010
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $978,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York (N) on 5/4/2012
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $978,571 through salary arbitration
10/24/2013: Signed a contract extension with San Francisco, $450,000 per year, for 1 years
5/6/2014: Signed a minor league contract extension with San Francisco
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/24/2016 to a 1-year deal worth $510,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 2/3/2017 to a 2-year deal worth $540,000 per year
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.