David Olin Melton (October 3, 1928 – October 23, 2008) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Kansas City Athletics of Major League Baseball during the and seasons. Melton threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed .

Born in Pampa, Texas, he attended high school in Coronado, California, and played college baseball at Stanford University. His minor league career (1950; 1953–1959; 1962) was spent almost entirely on the West Coast, and he was a popular member of the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League. He batted .299 for the 1955 Seals and reached career highs in home runs (19), runs batted in (116) and hits (184).

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At the Major League level, Melton played in only 12 games, batted nine times, and made one hit, a single off Frank Lary of the Detroit Tigers in his first MLB at bat on April 17, 1956.

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1928 births

2008 deaths

Baseball players from Santa Clara County, California

Baseball players from Texas

Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players

Channel Cities Oilers players

Charleston Senators players

Columbus Jets players

Kansas City Athletics players

Major League Baseball outfielders

Portland Beavers players

San Francisco Seals (baseball) players

Stanford Cardinal baseball players

Ventura Oilers players

Yakima Bears players

People from Pampa, Texas

People from Cupertino, California

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