Mel Almada
1933–1939 · bats L / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Dodgers, PIR, St. Louis Browns, WHK, Washington Senators (1901-60)
647G
.284AVG
.342OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
706H
15HR
197RBI
56SB
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 27 | 31 |
| Batting · Doubles | 107 | 108 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 150 | 151 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,737 | 2,736 |
| Batting · RBI | 197 | 200 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 56 | 58 |
| Batting · Walks | 214 | 213 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 647 | 2,737 | 2,483 | 363 | 706 | 107 | 27 | 15 | 197 | 214 | 150 | 56 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 912 | .284 | .342 | .367 | .709 |
Streaks
29longest hitting streak · 1938-07-12 to 1938-08-11
52longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1937-07-25 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 48 | Hitless in Seven | 1939-06-27 | 1 in 202 games | box score ↗ |
| 39 | 2 triples | 1937-05-17 | 1 in 1,837 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 314 | 1295 | 340 | 4 | 90 | 104 | 76 | .290 | .343 | .366 |
| Away | 333 | 1441 | 366 | 11 | 110 | 109 | 75 | .279 | .330 | .369 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 203 | 50 | 1 | 14 | 22 | 13 | .279 | .355 | .363 |
| May | 114 | 449 | 100 | 2 | 34 | 37 | 24 | .249 | .305 | .338 |
| June | 105 | 453 | 117 | 2 | 31 | 28 | 23 | .277 | .320 | .365 |
| July | 106 | 455 | 128 | 3 | 31 | 37 | 23 | .310 | .363 | .397 |
| August | 123 | 561 | 159 | 4 | 48 | 33 | 31 | .306 | .342 | .405 |
| September | 148 | 600 | 147 | 3 | 41 | 53 | 36 | .274 | .333 | .334 |
| October | 4 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .417 | .533 | .417 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 100 | 427 | 113 | 3 | 31 | 38 | 23 | .294 | .354 | .377 |
| cleveland-guardians | 90 | 371 | 105 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 19 | .303 | .334 | .386 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 86 | 383 | 99 | 1 | 32 | 33 | 20 | .286 | .345 | .358 |
| detroit-tigers | 84 | 371 | 89 | 3 | 30 | 28 | 21 | .266 | .315 | .347 |
| chicago-white-sox | 79 | 342 | 91 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 17 | .296 | .357 | .391 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 68 | 280 | 79 | 0 | 21 | 23 | 7 | .315 | .364 | .406 |
| st-louis-browns | 64 | 267 | 59 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 15 | .246 | .300 | .350 |
| boston-red-sox | 37 | 174 | 47 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 12 | .292 | .333 | .373 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |  Boston Red Sox | 15 | 44 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .341 | – | – |
| 1934 | Boston Red Sox | 23 | 90 | 21 | – | 10 | 3 | .233 | – | – |
| 1935 | Boston Red Sox | 151 | 607 | 176 | 3 | 59 | 22 | .290 | – | – |
| 1936 | Boston Red Sox | 96 | 320 | 81 | 1 | 23 | 2 | .253 | – | – |
| 1937 | Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 132 | 543 | 160 | 5 | 43 | 12 | .295 | – | – |
| 1938 | St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 149 | 633 | 197 | 4 | 52 | 13 | .311 | – | – |
| 1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Browns | 81 | 246 | 56 | 1 | 10 | 3 | .228 | – | – |