Bob Melvin is a former catcher and current manager in Major League Baseball. See his career stats, awards, transactions, salaries, and more on Baseball-Reference.com.

Position: Manager. Born: October 28, 1961 in Palo Alto, CA. High School: Menlo-Atherton HS (Atherton, CA) Schools: Cañada College (Redwood City, CA), University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) Full Name: Robert Paul Melvin. Nicknames: View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen.

The San Francisco Giants are counting on Bob Melvin turning them back into a contender, hiring the veteran manager away from the division rival San Diego Padres.

Three people with direct knowledge of the situation say the San Francisco Giants have hired manager Bob Melvin away from the division rival San Diego Padres. Melvin will be returning to the Bay Area where he grew up, played for the Giants and then managed the Oakland Athletics from 2011-21.

A match that felt increasingly inevitable became official on Wednesday, when Melvin signed a three-year deal to become the 39th manager in franchise history. Melvin will replace Gabe Kapler, who was dismissed on Sept. 29 following a four-year run at the helm of the Giants.

Melvin instantly becomes the Giants’ leading candidate to replace manager Gabe Kapler, according to league sources briefed on the situation who are not authorized to speak publicly.

After a swift interview process, they are poised to announce the hiring of Bob Melvin, sources briefed on the matter told The Athletic on condition of anonymity. The Giants are planning to ...

Bob Melvin has confirmed that he’ll be back as manager of the San Diego Padres, adding that he’s “looking forward to having a much better year than we had this year.”

Melvin, one of baseball’s most beloved managers, exuded calm throughout a chaotic spring training. He ran what players and staff described as a seamless camp despite a...