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Ski Melillo
Second baseman / Manager
Born: (1899-08-04)August 4, 1899
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died: November 14, 1963(1963-11-14) (aged 64)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 18, 1926, for the St. Louis Browns
Last MLB appearance
September 18, 1937, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average.260
Home runs22
Runs batted in547
Teams
As player

As manager

Oscar Donald "Ski" Melillo (August 4, 1899 – November 14, 1963) was an American second baseman and coach in Major League Baseball. He briefly served as manager of the St. Louis Browns in 1938 and was also a member of the coaching staff for the Cleveland Indians' 1948 World Series championship team. In a 12-season career, Melillo was a .260 hitter (1,316-for-5,063) with 22 home runs and 548 RBI in 1,377 games, including 590 runs, 210 doubles, 64 triples, and 69 stolen bases.

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Career

A native of Chicago, Melillo reached the majors in 1926 with the Browns, spending nine and a half years with them before moving to the Boston Red Sox (1935–37).[1] Basically a line-drive hitter, he enjoyed a good year in 1929 ending with a .296 batting average in 141 games, hitting for the cycle on May 23. His most productive season came in 1931, when he hit .306 with five home runs, 88 runs, 189 hits, 34 doubles and 11 triples, all career numbers, while adding 75 runs batted in, a significant offensive contribution for a middle infielder of his era.

As a second baseman, in 1930 Melillo handled 971 chances without committing an error (17 fewer that Nap Lajoie's 1908 MLB record). In 1933, he hit .292 with a career-high 79 RBI and posted a .991 fielding average that stood for more than 10 years.

Following his playing retirement, Melillo became a coach for the Browns in 1938. That season, he received his only chance to manage at the Major League level when he became a late-season replacement for Gabby Street. Melillo finished with a 2–7 mark (.222) as the Browns lost 97 games and placed seventh in the eight-team American League. He later served as a coach for the Indians under Oscar Vitt and Lou Boudreau (1939–40; 1942; 1945–48; 1950). After the 1947 season, he was dropped from Boudreau's coaching staff at the insistence of owner Bill Veeck.[2] Melillo spent part of 1948 managing in the Indians' farm system, but returned to Cleveland to serve part of the year as an aide to Boudreau for the 1948 world champions. After spending the 1949 season as a minor league manager, he coached under Boudreau in 1950, his final year with the Indians, then again with the Red Sox (1952–53) and Kansas City Athletics (1955–56).

Managerial record

Team Year Regular season Postseason
Games Won Lost Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
SLB 1938 9 2 7 .222 7th in AL
Total 9 2 7 .222 0 0

Personal life

Melillo was nicknamed Ski and Spinach. In 1926, Melillo suffered from Bright's disease. Melillo's doctor prescribed him a diet of spinach as a result. He also suffered from zoophobia, a generic term for the class of specific phobias to particular animals, including rabbits, birds and snakes. His animal phobia led to many pranks from both opposing players and teammates.[3]

Melillo died of a heart attack in his home city of Chicago at the age of 64.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ski Melillo at the SABR Baseball Biography Project , by Bill Nowlin, Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Boudreau, Lou; Schneider, Russell (1993). Lou Boudreau: Covering All the Bases. Champaign, Illinois: Sagamore Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 0915611724.
  3. ^ Auker, Elden; Keegan, Tom (2001). Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms: A Lifetime of Memories from Striking Out the Babe to Teeing It Up with the President. Triumph Books. pp. 197–198. ISBN 1892049252.

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Achievements
Preceded by Hitting for the cycle
May 23, 1929
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Boston Red Sox third-base coach
1952–1953
Succeeded by
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