Cliff Melton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 203lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: January 3, 1912 in Brevard, NC us

Died: July 28, 1986 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Most Holy Redeemer Memorial Park, Baltimore, MD

Debut: April 25, 1937 (Age 25-112d, 8,245th in major league history)
vs. BSN 9.0 IP, 6 H, 13 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 29, 1944 (Age 32-270d)
vs. STL 7.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Clifford George Melton

Nicknames: Mickey Mouse or Mountain Music

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Relatives: Cousin of Rube Melton

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.3

ERA

3.42

272

179

1453.2

660

WHIP

1.291

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 79 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 12 tying, 26 go ahead

1 Tm
NYG	80

Platoon
vs RHB	59
vs LHB	21

Home/Road
Home	61
Away	19

Outs
2	30
0	28
1	22

7 Opps
STL	20
PIT	19
CHC	13
BRO	9
PHI	8
BSN	6
CIN	5

55 Batters
Dolph Camilli	4
Johnny Mize	4
Pepper Martin	3
Elbie Fletcher	3
Vince DiMaggio	3
Maurice Van Robays	2
Ernie Koy	2
Merrill May	2
Clyde McCullough	2
Johnny Rizzo	2
Joe Marty	2
Arky Vaughan	2
Ival Goodman	2
Pep Young	2
Joe Medwick	2
Whitey Kurowski	2
Alex Kampouris	2
Hersh Martin	2
Pete Coscarart	1
Zeke Bonura	1
Wally Berger	1
Lloyd Waner	1
Jim Gleeson	1
Pinky Whitney	1
Bob Elliott	1
Tuck Stainback	1
Skippy Roberge	1
Jim Bucher	1
Bill Brubaker	1
Howie Schultz	1
Gabby Hartnett	1
Chick Hafey	1
Carl Reynolds	1
Bill Baker	1
Tony Cuccinello	1
Claude Passeau	1
Chet Ross	1
Frank Demaree	1
Terry Moore	1
Gus Mancuso	1
Rip Russell	1
Al Simmons	1
Stan Benjamin	1
Bill Nicholson	1
Don Gutteridge	1
Al Lopez	1
Coaker Triplett	1
Walker Cooper	1
Dom Dallessandro	1
Babe Dahlgren	1
Billy Herman	1
Joe Orengo	1
Paul Waner	1
Frank Crespi	1
Chuck Klein	1

8 Parks
Polo Grounds (NYC)	61
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Forbes Fld (PIT)	3
Braves Fld (BOS)	1
Baker Bowl (PHI)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	1

Where Hit
7	38
9	27
8	1
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	53
2·HR gms	10
4·HR gms	1
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	49
1--	13
12-	7
123	3
-2-	3
1-3	3
--3	1
-23	1

128 Runs
RISP	18
0 on	49
1 on	17
2 on	11
3 on	3
Any on	31

Inning
1	4
2	11
3	3
4	9
5	11
6	13
7	13
8	7
9	9

1-3	18
4-6	33
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	3
+2	3
+1	9
Tied	20
-1	13
-2	7
-3	7
-4..	16

Ahead	17
Tied	20
Behind	43

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	15
CF	15
LF	11
RF	10
2B	9
C	7
3B	7
SS	5
P	1

OrderPos
6th	15
3rd	13
5th	13
4th	9
7th	8
8th	8
2nd	7
1st	6
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	20
Medium Lev	25
Low Lev	27

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1937	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1937-05-06	Alex Kampouris	CIN	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 5	2	---	1	8	4	15%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1937-05-29 (1)	Hersh Martin	PHI		NYG	behind 3-6	b 6	1	---	1	3	8
3	3	3	1	1937-07-01	Hersh Martin	PHI	@	NYG	behind 3-4	t 7	2	--3	2	1	8	36%	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Walters Scores/unER; H. Martin Scores/unER
4	4	4	1	1937-07-16	Pep Young	PIT	@	NYG	behind 0-2	t 2	0	1--	2	7	6	16%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Dickshot Scores
5	5	5	2	1937-07-16	Bill Brubaker	PIT	@	NYG	behind 2-3	t 7	1	---	1	8	5	20%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1937-07-20	Chick Hafey	CIN	@	NYG	behind 1-2	t 9	1	-2-	2	4	8	59%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); I. Goodman Scores
7	7	7	1	1937-07-28	Johnny Mize	STL		NYG	behind 3-8	b 8	1	---	1	3	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	8	1	1937-09-03	Jim Bucher	BRO	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	123	4	2	4	20%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Brack Scores; E. Wilson Scores; J. Cooney Scores
9	9	9	1	1937-09-06 (1)	Pinky Whitney	PHI	@	NYG	behind 0-3	t 5	2	---	1	1	5	8%	20%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1938	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1938-04-19	Vince DiMaggio	BSN	@	NYG	behind 0-9	t 7	2	---	1	7	8	0%	0%		Home Run
11	11	2	1	1938-05-17	Joe Marty	CHC	@	NYG	behind 2-5	t 6	1	12-	3	6	8	29%	47%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); R. Collins Scores; T. Lazzeri Scores
12	12	3	1	1938-05-21	Ival Goodman	CIN	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	10%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	4	2	1938-05-21	Ival Goodman	CIN	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	1--	2	3	9	21%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Cooke Scores
14	14	5	1	1938-05-28 (1)	Tuck Stainback	PHI	@	NYG	behind 1-5	t 9	0	1-3	3	3	9	8%	16%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Martin Scores; D. Young Scores
15	15	6	1	1938-06-07	Billy Herman	CHC		NYG	tied 1-1	b 7	1	---	1	2	4	22%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	7	2	1938-06-07	Joe Marty	CHC		NYG	ahead 2-1	b 7	2	1--	2	5	8	17%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Demaree Scores
17	17	8	1	1938-06-11	Don Gutteridge	STL		NYG	behind 0-2	b 8	0	---	1	8	6	14%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	9	1	1938-06-24	Carl Reynolds	CHC	@	NYG	behind 2-3	t 8	1	---	1	7	8	26%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	10	1	1938-07-20 (1)	Terry Moore	STL		NYG	tied 1-1	b 3	0	---	1	1	8	11%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	11	1	1938-07-26	Joe Medwick	STL	@	NYG	ahead 3-2	t 5	2	1--	2	4	7	21%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Martin Scores
21	21	12	2	1938-07-26	Johnny Mize	STL	@	NYG	ahead 5-2	t 5	2	---	1	5	3	7%	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	13	1	1938-08-05	Johnny Rizzo	PIT	@	NYG	behind 1-3	t 6	2	---	1	5	7	11%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	14	1	1938-08-25	Johnny Mize	STL		NYG	behind 0-4	b 4	0	12-	3	5	3	19%	43%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Martin Scores; J. Medwick Scores
24	24	15	2	1938-08-25	Joe Medwick	STL		NYG	tied 4-4	b 5	2	1--	2	4	7	25%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Martin Scores
25	25	16	1	1938-09-15	Johnny Rizzo	PIT	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	7	10%	56%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Line Drive to Deep CF)
26	26	17	2	1938-09-15	Pep Young	PIT	@	NYG	tied 1-1	t 2	0	---	1	6	4	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	18	3	1938-09-15	Lloyd Waner	PIT	@	NYG	tied 2-2	t 5	2	1--	2	1	8	26%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Tobin Scores
28	28	19	4	1938-09-15	Paul Waner	PIT	@	NYG	ahead 4-2	t 5	2	---	1	2	9	9%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1939	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1939-05-07	Gabby Hartnett	CHC	@	NYG	behind 2-7	t 7	1	---	1	6	2	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	2	1	1939-05-16	Pepper Martin	STL		NYG	behind 3-6	b 6	2	12-	3	3	8	36%	52%		Home Run (CF-RF); M. Owen Scores; J. Brown Scores
31	31	3	1	1939-06-02	Johnny Mize	STL	@	NYG	behind 0-5	t 5	0	---	1	5	3	4%	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	4	1	1939-06-07	Jim Gleeson	CHC	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	12%	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	5	1	1939-07-21	Chuck Klein	PIT	@	NYG	behind 1-3	t 9	2	12-	3	4	9	73%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); A. Vaughan Scores; J. Rizzo Scores
34	34	6	1	1939-08-01	Wally Berger	CIN		NYG	behind 3-4	b 6	2	---	1	6	8	19%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	7	1	1939-08-10	Al Simmons	BSN	@	NYG	behind 0-5	t 4	0	---	1	2	7	4%	12%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	8	1	1939-08-16	Pete Coscarart	BRO		NYG	behind 0-7	b 6	0	---	1	1	4
1940	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1940-05-14	Elbie Fletcher	PIT	@	NYG	behind 1-2	t 6	0	123	4	4	3	26%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Handley Scores; B. Elliott Scores; A. Vaughan Scores
38	38	2	1	1940-06-08 (2)	Joe Orengo	STL		NYG	behind 1-5	b 8	0	---	1	6	4	4%	9%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	3	1	1940-06-14	Vince DiMaggio	PIT	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---	1	7	9	15%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	4	1	1940-06-26	Ernie Koy	STL	@	NYG	behind 0-3	t 6	2	1--	2	3	7	17%	27%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Moore Scores
41	41	5	1	1940-07-05	Merrill May	PHI	@	NYG	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---	1	5	5
42	42	6	1	1940-07-11	Ernie Koy	STL		NYG	behind 4-6	b 8	0	---	1	5	7	14%	31%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	7	1	1940-07-26	Zeke Bonura	CHC	@	NYG	ahead 8-1	t 7	2	1-3	3	6	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Galan Scores; H. Leiber Scores
44	44	8	1	1940-08-22 (2)	Elbie Fletcher	PIT		NYG	ahead 1-0	b 6	1	12-	3	3	3	17%	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Garms Scores; B. Elliott Scores
45	45	9	1	1940-09-15 (1)	Maurice Van Robays	PIT	@	NYG	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	1--	2	5	7
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1941-04-20	Alex Kampouris	BRO	@	NYG	behind 2-3	t 6	2	1--	2	7	4	33%	63%		Home Run; C. Lavagetto Scores
47	47	2	1	1941-04-22	Dolph Camilli	BRO	@	NYG	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	1-3	3	6	3	17%	93%		Home Run; D. Walker Scores; C. Lavagetto Scores
48	48	3	1	1941-05-04	Dom Dallessandro	CHC	@	NYG	behind 3-9	t 9	1	---	1	3	8
49	49	4	1	1941-05-20	Arky Vaughan	PIT		NYG	ahead 5-4	b 7	1	1--	2	4	6	14%	94%		Home Run; B. Elliott Scores
50	50	5	1	1941-05-30 (2)	Dolph Camilli	BRO	@	NYG	ahead 5-2	t 9	2	---	1	7	3	2%	98%		Home Run; D. Camilli Scores/unER
51	51	6	1	1941-06-07	Frank Crespi	STL	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	1	6	4	11%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	7	1	1941-06-11 (1)	Bill Nicholson	CHC	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	9	11%	61%		Home Run
53	53	8	2	1941-06-11 (1)	Claude Passeau	CHC	@	NYG	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	1	9	1	20%	70%		Home Run
54	54	9	1	1941-07-10	Gus Mancuso	STL	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	8	2	12%	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	10	2	1941-07-10	Coaker Triplett	STL	@	NYG	ahead 4-0	t 5	1	-23	3	3	7	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Lanier Scores; F. Crespi Scores
56	56	11	1	1941-07-15	Al Lopez	PIT	@	NYG	tied 1-1	t 4	2	-2-	2	8	2	23%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Gustine Scores/unER; A. Lopez Scores/unER
57	57	12	1	1941-07-27	Clyde McCullough	CHC		NYG	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	12%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	13	1	1941-08-23 (2)	Maurice Van Robays	PIT	@	NYG	behind 0-3	t 4	1	1--	2	4	7	16%	34%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Vaughan Scores
59	59	14	1	1941-08-31	Dolph Camilli	BRO	@	NYG	behind 4-6	t 7	1	12-	3	6	3	43%	68%		Home Run; P. Reiser Scores; J. Medwick Scores
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	1942-05-26	Chet Ross	BSN		NYG	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	1	7	7	10%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	2	1	1942-06-04	Rip Russell	CHC		NYG	behind 2-3	b 9	2	---	1	5	3	49%	53%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	3	1	1942-06-17	Whitey Kurowski	STL	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	5	11%	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	4	1	1942-06-26	Vince DiMaggio	PIT	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--	2	6	8	20%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Van Robays Scores
64	64	5	1	1942-06-28 (1)	Bob Elliott	PIT	@	NYG	tied 5-5	t 7	1	---	1	4	5	23%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
65	65	6	1	1942-06-30	Stan Benjamin	PHI	@	NYG	behind 1-4	t 8	2	-2-	2	2	8	10%	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Naylor Scores
66	66	7	1	1942-07-04 (1)	Frank Demaree	BSN	@	NYG	behind 0-4	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	6%	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	8	2	1942-07-04 (1)	Tony Cuccinello	BSN	@	NYG	behind 1-9	t 7	0	---	1	6	4	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
68	68	9	3	1942-07-04 (1)	Skippy Roberge	BSN	@	NYG	behind 3-11	t 9	2	1--	2	8	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Gremp Scores
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1943-05-01 (1)	Arky Vaughan	BRO	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 3	1	12-	3	2	6	26%	81%		Home Run; A. Kampouris Scores; A. Galan Scores
70	70	2	2	1943-05-01 (1)	Dolph Camilli	BRO	@	NYG	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	3	6%	90%		Home Run
71	71	3	1	1943-07-11 (1)	Clyde McCullough	CHC	@	NYG	behind 2-3	t 9	0	---	1	7	2
72	72	4	1	1943-07-30	Bill Baker	PIT		NYG	behind 2-12	b 6	2	123	4	8	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Van Robays Scores; A. Rubeling Scores; F. Gustine Scores
73	73	5	1	1943-08-08 (1)	Merrill May	PHI	@	NYG	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	1	8	5	27%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
74	74	6	1	1943-08-20 (2)	Elbie Fletcher	PIT	@	NYG	behind 3-7	t 9	1	---	1	6	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
75	75	7	1	1943-09-08	Babe Dahlgren	PHI	@	NYG	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	1	5	3	21%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1944-04-30 (1)	Howie Schultz	BRO	@	NYG	behind 2-11	t 4	0	---	1	5	3	1%	1%		Home Run
77	77	2	1	1944-05-27	Pepper Martin	STL	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	10%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
78	78	3	2	1944-05-27	Whitey Kurowski	STL	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	5	10%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	4	1	1944-09-29	Pepper Martin	STL	@	NYG	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8			Lead-Off
80	80	5	2	1944-09-29	Walker Cooper	STL	@	NYG	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	2

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