12 Facts About Bill Melton

William Edwin Melton was born on July 7,1945, and nicknamed "Beltin' Bill" and "Beltin' Melton", is an American former professional baseball player and current television sports commentator.

Bill Melton played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1968 through 1977, most prominently as a member of the Chicago White Sox where he was the 1971 American League home run champion and named to the 1971 American League All-Star team.

Bill Melton played for the California Angels and Cleveland Indians.

Bill Melton is a commentator for NBC Sports Chicago White Sox broadcasts.

Bill Melton made his major league debut on May 4,1968, and was a mainstay at third for the White Sox for the next seven years.

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In 1971, Bill Melton had arguably his best season as he made the all-star team and led the American League with 33 home runs – the first time a White Sox player had led the league in home runs.

Bill Melton's production declined in 1972 after he missed most of the season with two herniated discs resulting from trying to break his son's fall from their garage roof.

Never good with the glove, finishing either third or fourth in the league for errors by a third baseman every year except his rookie and injury-shortened 1972 seasons, Bill Melton led the league with 24 errors in 1974 and 26 in 1975.

Bill Melton was traded along with Steve Dunning from the White Sox to the Angels for Jim Spencer and Morris Nettles on December 11,1975.

In 1998, Bill Melton was hired by WGN to be a White Sox pre- and postgame television analyst.

Bill Melton was passed in 1987 by Harold Baines, who was then overtaken by Carlton Fisk in 1990.

Bill Melton is currently eighth on the White Sox all-time home runs list and tenth on the team's all-time strikeouts list.