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Joe CunninghamvsBill Melton

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

1B · VAL group BAT

Joe Cunningham

1954–1966 · 12 seasons

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3B · VAL group BAT

Bill Melton

1968–1977 · 10 seasons

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At a glance

Joe Cunningham and Bill Melton: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Joe Cunningham	Stat	Bill Melton
12	Seasons	10
51.5	Career VAL	55.7
12.8 (1959)	Peak-season VAL	11.9 (1971)
1×	All-Star Selections	1×
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	1

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1950 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Joe Cunningham and Bill Melton have
Joe Cunningham	Stat	Bill Melton
Career
1,141	Games	1,144
Batting
980	Hits	1,004
64	Home runs	160
436	RBI	591
525	Runs	496
16	Stolen bases	23
599

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Joe Cunningham	Bill Melton
22	4.4	1.5
23	—	8.1
24	—	10.5
25	6.8	11.9
26	9.3	2.3
27	12.8	9.7
28	2.4	6.4
29	3.6	4.7
30	7.8	0.6
31	2.3	0
32	0.3	—
33	1.8	—