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Ski Melillo
	Oscar Donald Melillo
	(Spinach)

	Born: August 4, 1899 in Chicago, IL
	Died: November 14, 1963 - 64 years old
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 5'8"	Wt: 150

Fielding Ratings(?)

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Notes:
- Visit Melillo's Managerial Page

Comparison

Second Basemen				All Positions
Contemporaries	All-Time	Hall of Famers		Contemporaries	All-Time

#	Player	Yrs	Pos	WAR	HoF	Mil	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Rogers Hornsby	1915 - 1937	2B	127.0	Pl		121.6	13.9	0.0	8.6
2	Charlie Gehringer	1924 - 1942	2B	80.7	Pl	WW2	77.6	10.7	0.0	7.5
3	Frankie Frisch	1919 - 1937	2B	70.4	Pl		56.8	21.6	0.0	8.0
4	Billy Herman	1931 - 1947	2B	54.5	Pl	WW2	49.2	12.4	0.0	7.0
5	Tony Lazzeri	1926 - 1939	2B	50.0	Pl		50.4	5.2	0.0	5.7
6	Buddy Myer	1925 - 1941	2B	46.9			47.1	6.5	0.0	6.6
7	Max Bishop	1924 - 1935	2B	37.3			32.4	8.7	0.0	3.7
8	Tony Cuccinello	1930 - 1945	2B	35.3			32.7	7.4	0.0	4.8
9	Marty McManus	1920 - 1934	2B	33.4		WW1	33.2	4.8	0.0	4.5
10	George Grantham	1922 - 1934	2B	32.4		WW1	35.1	-2.1	0.0	0.7
11	Sparky Adams	1922 - 1934	2B	16.0			10.9	10.3	0.0	5.3
12	Odell Hale	1931 - 1941	2B	15.7			16.0	2.6	0.0	2.9
13	Bucky Harris	1919 - 1931	2B	15.1	Ma		16.9	2.0	0.0	3.7
14	Hughie Critz	1924 - 1935	2B	15.1			2.1	18.0	0.0	5.0
15	Johnny Hodapp	1925 - 1933	2B	12.4			12.2	1.9	0.0	1.7
16	Tony Piet	1931 - 1938	2B	9.1			9.4	1.7	0.0	2.0
17	Eddie Moore	1923 - 1934	2B	6.5			7.6	0.5	0.0	1.6
18	Jackie Hayes	1927 - 1940	2B	6.4			2.2	7.7	0.0	3.6
19	Bill Regan	1926 - 1931	2B	3.7			4.3	1.3	0.0	1.9
20	Jake Flowers	1923 - 1934	2B	2.1		WW2	3.7	0.4	0.0	2.1
21	John Kerr	1923 - 1934	2B	2.0			2.4	1.1	0.0	1.4
22	Jimmie Reese	1930 - 1932	2B	1.5		WW2	1.7	0.4	0.0	0.6
23	Pat Crawford	1929 - 1934	2B	1.3			1.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
24	Bill Cissell	1928 - 1938	2B	1.2		MIL	4.5	1.1	0.0	4.4
25	Andy Spognardi	1932 - 1932	2B	0.3			0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
26	Les Mallon	1931 - 1935	2B	0.2		WW2	3.4	-2.0	0.0	1.1
27	Ski Melillo	1926 - 1937	2B	0.2			-3.6	8.0	0.0	4.3
28	Howdy Groskloss	1930 - 1932	2B	0.1			-0.0	0.3	0.0	0.2
29	Marv Olson	1931 - 1933	2B	-0.1			0.8	-0.5	0.0	0.4
30	Bill Marshall	1931 - 1934	2B	-0.1		WW2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
31	George Knothe	1932 - 1932	2B	-0.2			-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
32	Pat Creeden	1931 - 1931	2B	-0.3		WW2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
33	Bernie James	1929 - 1933	2B	-0.3			0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2
34	Ollie Marquardt	1931 - 1931	2B	-0.3			-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
35	Fresco Thompson	1925 - 1934	2B	-0.4			7.0	-5.1	0.0	2.3
36	Neal Finn	1930 - 1933	2B	-0.4			-0.3	0.8	0.0	0.9
37	Footsie Blair	1929 - 1931	2B	-0.8			-0.4	0.1	0.0	0.5
38	Jo-Jo Morrissey	1932 - 1936	2B	-1.2			-1.2	1.3	0.0	1.3
39	Roy Schalk	1932 - 1945	2B	-1.7		WW2	-0.6	0.3	0.0	1.4
40	Eddie Delker	1929 - 1933	2B	-1.9			-1.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3
41	Boze Berger	1932 - 1939	2B	-2.4		WW2	-2.4	1.2	0.0	1.2
42	Freddie Maguire	1922 - 1931	2B	-2.7			-4.4	3.7	0.0	2.0

	Ski Melillo	1926 - 1937	2B	0.2			-3.6	8.0	0.0	4.3

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James