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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1937 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	9 (4)	May 2	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
3	13 (3)	May 6	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	19 (5)	May 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	23 (3)	May 16	NYG		PHI	L,0-6	GS	22	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
6	26 (2)	May 20	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	27	May 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8		10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
8	29 (1)	May 23	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	30	May 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	32 (1)	May 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	8	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
11	34 (1)	May 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-4	GF	0	5.2	0	3	0	3	0
12	38 (3)	May 31 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	41 (2)	Jun 4 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,5-6	GF	15	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
14	43 (1)	Jun 5	NYG		PIT	W,7-5	GF	13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
15	47 (3)	Jun 9 (2)	NYG		STL	W,3-2	GF	5	1.2	1	0	0	1	0
16	48	Jun 12	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	51 (2)	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7		17	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
18	55 (3)	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	31	6.2	0	3	0	3	1
19	60 (4)	Jun 26	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	GS	23	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	64 (3)	Jul 1	NYG		PHI	W,8-6	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	68 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
22	72 (3)	Jul 11 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
23	75 (2)	Jul 13	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-10	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	77 (1)	Jul 16	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	GS	42	10.1	0	3	0	3	0
25	82 (4)	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	86 (3)	Jul 24	NYG		CHC	L,5-10	GS	24	5.0	0	4	0	4	0
27	89 (2)	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	93 (3)	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	45	10.1	0	0	0	0	0
29	98 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	101 (2)	Aug 12	NYG		BSN	L,4-6		26	6.2	0	0	0	0	0
31	105 (3)	Aug 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	107 (1)	Aug 19	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	109 (1)	Aug 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-11	GS	30	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
34	112 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	GS	24	7.0	0	6	0	6	0
35	117 (4)	Aug 30	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GS	26	6.2	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	121 (3)	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	L,7-15	GS	22	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
37	123 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	125 (1)	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-7	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	129 (3)	Sep 12 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
40	134 (4)	Sep 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	138 (3)	Sep 20	NYG	@	STL	W,10-3	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
42	140 (1)	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
43	141	Sep 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-7	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
44	143 (1)	Sep 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
45	146 (2)	Sep 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
46	152 (5)	Oct 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1		12	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
							46gm		248.0	10	68	1	79	3