Melvin part of World Series winning Milwaukee Brewers organization

Chatham’s Doug Melvin was part of the Milwaukee Brewers organization that won the World Series last month.

A Chatham-Kent Secondary School grad, Melvin is a special assistant to Milwaukee Brewers general manager and president of baseball operations Matt Arnold.

Melvin has had a long and varied baseball career. He is a former general manager with the Brewers (2002-2015) and also the Texas Rangers (1994-2001). In between those roles, Melvin had a short stint in the Boston Red Sox front office.

Melvin had a minor league playing career as a pitcher in the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirate organizations. After his playing career ended, he served in various administrative and scouting roles with the Yankees and Baltimore Orioles.

Melvin is a member of the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012.