Francisco Meléndez

{{short description|Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1964)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Meléndez|Villegas|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Francisco Meléndez

|position=First baseman

|image=Francisco Melendez Phillies.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1964|1|25}}

|birth_place=Río Piedras, Puerto Rico

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 26

|debutyear=1984

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1989

|finalteam=Baltimore Orioles

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.214

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=1

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=9

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1984}}, {{mlby|1986}})
• San Francisco Giants ({{mlby|1987}}–{{mlby|1988}})
• Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1989}})

}}

Francisco Javier Meléndez Villegas (born January 25, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. A first baseman and outfielder, Melendez played parts of five seasons in the Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies (1984 and 1986), San Francisco Giants (1987–88), and Baltimore Orioles (1989). After his major league career, he played in the Mexican League from 1991–94.