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

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Team Record in Appearances: 18-16 / in Starts: 16-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 2

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	47	1	Apr 19	NYG		BSN	W,13-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	1	0	1.00	3.61	33	10	12	0	0	7	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.109	.61	0.16%	3.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
2	48	5	Apr 23	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	GS-8	W(2-0)	3	7.2	8	5	4	2	4	0	1	2.70	3.41	36	17	7	1	2	5	47			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.00	-0.201	2.98	-0.36%	-1.71	1b start a 2	8b 123 2 out a3
3	49	9	Apr 27(2)	NYG		PHI	W,11-6	5-GF	W(3-0)	3	5.0	7	1	0	2	4	0	0	2.08	3.24	24	10	3	0	2	5		0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.015	3.43	-0.03%	1.50	5t --- 0 out d1	9t end a 5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	50	13	May 2	NYG		BRO	W,7-4	CG	W(4-0)	4	9.0	6	4	3	1	7	0	0	2.35	2.82	35	13	8	0	0	6	67			1	0	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	1	.84	0.330	3.78	0.89%	0.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
5	51	17	May 6	NYG	@	PIT	W,11-7	GS-9	W(5-0)	3	8.1	14	7	7	2	2	0	0	3.46	2.92	41	14	12	3	1	11	27			0	0	0	39	2	0	0	1	0	2	.52	0.056	2.60	0.17%	-3.46	1b start a 5	9b 12- 1 out a4
6	52	21	May 11	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	W(6-0)	4	9.0	10	3	2	0	7	0	0	3.19	2.66	34	15	2	0	0	10	64			0	0	0	34	1	2	0	3	0	0	1.42	0.303	7.27	0.93%	1.67	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
7	53	23	May 17	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	GS-12		5	11.0	12	5	3	3	3	1	0	3.05	3.00	48	20	16	2	3	6	57			0	0	0	44	2	0	2	0	0	1	1.65	0.064	9.22	0.22%	-1.35	1t start tie	12t 123 0 out tie
8	54	27	May 21	NYG		CIN	L,1-4	GS-8	L(6-1)	3	8.0	5	4	4	1	5	2	0	3.22	3.29	31	8	12	1	0	5	60			0	1	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	2	.63	-0.065	3.37	-0.21%	-0.01	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
9	55	32	May 28(1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	GS-9	W(7-1)	6	8.1	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.35	3.42	32	17	6	1	0	6	52			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.172	4.76	0.47%	-0.03	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	56	37	Jun 1	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS-7	L(7-2)	3	7.0	7	4	0	1	2	0	0	3.06	3.38	30	16	5	1	0	6	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.95	-0.102	5.01	-0.32%	-0.54	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
11	57	40	Jun 5	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.04	3.35	2	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.010	1.08	0.03%	0.89	8b 12- 1 out d3	8b end d 3
12	58	42	Jun 7	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	GS-7	L(7-3)	1	7.0	9	4	4	3	5	2	0	3.20	3.61	33	9	7	0	0	9	45			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.43	-0.130	8.67	-0.47%	-0.44	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
13	59	47	Jun 11	NYG	@	STL	T,2-2	CG(8)		3	8.0	8	2	2	3	1	1	0	3.12	3.77	32	11	9	0	1	8	56			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.72	0.112	8.76	0.34%	2.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
14	60	51	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	GS-8	L(7-4)	3	8.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.97	3.67	30	12	7	2	0	4	71			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.266	6.25	0.92%	2.99	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
15	61	56	Jun 19(2)	NYG		STL	L,2-4	GS-	L(7-5)	3	7.0	10	4	4	2	5	0	0	3.11	3.60	33						44						31					0
16	62	60	Jun 24	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	3-8		4	5.1	8	1	1	2	2	1	0	3.04	3.70	24	8	9	1	1	3		3	1	0	1	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.145	12.00	0.54%	1.63	3t 123 1 out a2	8t 12- 2 out tie
17	63	64	Jun 29(2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	10	2	2	0	7	0	0	2.97	3.55	35	14	4	2	0	10	66			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.281	5.89	0.86%	2.45	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	64	69	Jul 3(2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	GS-6	L(8-6)	3	6.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.90	3.51	21	9	8	1	2	3	63			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.138	4.77	0.47%	1.67	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
19	65	74	Jul 10	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(9-6)	6	9.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.85	3.44	35	24	1	0	0	7	66			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.293	2.82	1.02%	2.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	66	79	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	GS-4	L(9-7)	5	3.1	9	6	6	1	1	0	0	3.15	3.44	20	5	4	1	1	9	18			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.304	9.71	-1.60%	-3.54	1b start tie	4b 1-- 1 out d4
21	67	81	Jul 17(2)	NYG	@	PIT	T,7-7	7-9	H(1)	0	2.0	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.29	3.44	11	4	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	-0.288	14.10	-1.58%	-1.63	7b --- 0 out a3	9b -2- 0 out a1
22	68	84	Jul 20(1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-7	GS-7	L(9-8)	2	7.0	11	7	5	3	1	1	0	3.43	3.55	35	13	8	3	2	10	29			1	0	0	31	2	1	2	0	0	1	.59	-0.365	3.47	-1.28%	-3.37	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
23	69	90	Jul 26	NYG		STL	L,5-6	GS-5	L(9-9)	5	5.0	7	6	4	2	4	2	0	3.55	3.68	25	9	4	0	1	6	35			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.91	-0.394	4.29	-1.12%	-3.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	70	99	Aug 5	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	GS-7		9	6.2	7	3	3	3	4	1	0	3.57	3.74	30	8	11	1	3	4	49			0	0	0	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.41	-0.097	8.15	-0.34%	-0.28	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out tie
25	71	103	Aug 10	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-8	GS-1	L(9-10)	4	1.0	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	3.66	3.76	7	2	3	1	0	1	38			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.253	2.52	-0.40%	-2.56	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
26	72	106	Aug 13(2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-8	L(9-11)	2	7.2	8	4	3	3	9	0	0	3.65	3.67	33	9	7	3	1	5	55			0	0	0	30	2	1	1	1	0	1	1.49	-0.172	5.65	-0.39%	0.52	1b start tie	8b 12- 2 out d1
27	73	110	Aug 17	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	GS-8	W(10-11)	3	7.0	7	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.61	3.68	26	9	8	0	2	7	53			0	1	0	24	0	1	0	3	0	1	1.13	0.167	4.41	0.39%	1.11	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
28	74	114	Aug 21	NYG		PHI	L,3-8	GS-	L(10-12)	3	6.1	12	8	8	4	0	0	0	3.87	3.73	33						13						29					0
29	75	117	Aug 25	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7	GS-5		3	5.0	6	6	6	2	0	2	0	4.05	3.87	24	12	4	0	2	6	29			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.418	2.93	-0.74%	-3.41	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
30	76	119	Aug 27	NYG	@	STL	L,3-12	6-GF(8)		1	3.0	8	6	5	3	0	0	0	4.22	3.91	20	7	2	0	1	8		0	0	2	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.048	.27	-0.13%	-4.44	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 9
31	77	124	Aug 31(2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-12	GS-6	L(10-13)	3	6.0	10	7	3	2	2	0	0	4.23	3.89	31	14	3	1	0	10	32			0	1	1	29	3	0	1	0	0	2	.93	-0.389	6.28	-1.59%	-4.03	1b start a 2	6b 3 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	78	129	Sep 5(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-0	SHO	W(11-13)	4	9.0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.05	3.86	29						81						28	0	0			0
33	79	135	Sep 10	NYG		BRO	W,20-2	CG	W(12-13)	4	9.0	4	2	2	5	3	0	0	3.96	3.87	37	24	1	0	0	4	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.47	0.170	1.43	0.31%	2.49	1t start tie	9t 3 out a18
34	80	139	Sep 15	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS-5	L(12-14)	4	4.2	9	5	5	0	0	4	0	4.08	4.08	22	7	8	2	1	7	26			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.344	6.59	-1.81%	-2.94	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
35	81	145	Sep 24(2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(13-14)	8	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.96	4.06	34	8	16	0	0	5	72			0	0	0	30	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.32	0.555	.13	0.03%	3.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
36	82	150	Sep 29	NYG		PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(14-14)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	3.89	3.99	36						67						36	1	0			0
							18-16		W-L:14-14,Hld:1	3.7	243.0	266	126	105	61	102	19	1	3.89	3.99	1042	1.72		5%	5%	198	51	5	20%	6	5	1	965	34	9	10	16	0	17	1.01	-0.414	5.04	-4.62%	-8.69

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