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: 20-21 / in Starts: 11-12

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 13

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	83	3	Apr 21	NYG		BSN	L,3-10	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.1	9	7	6	2	0	0	1	12.46	4.67	26	12	4	1	2	7	17			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	0	1	.93	-0.270	2.56	-0.45%	-4.39	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d6
2	84	7	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	3	4.2	8	5	5	2	4	0	0	11.00	3.37	24	5	6	3	1	7	30			1	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	0	.80	-0.288	2.11	-0.45%	-3.13	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 2 out d4
3	85	9	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.90	2.89	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.005	.15	0.01%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
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	86	12	May 3	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	8-GF	S(1)	2	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	8.25	2.76	9	5	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.149	2.55	0.18%	1.01	8t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
5	87	16	May 7	NYG		CHC	W,10-3	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	6	3	3	1	3	1	1	6.00	3.31	33	11	12	0	5	5	65			1	1	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.093	1.79	0.13%	1.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
6	88	20	May 11	NYG		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	4	1	0	5	2	0	0	4.20	3.46	36	10	15	2	1	4	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.291	1.54	0.31%	3.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	89	23	May 16	NYG	@	STL	L,6-7	6-GF(8)	BL(2-3)	4	3.0	5	3	2	1	1	1	0	4.36	3.81	15	9	1	0	1	3		1	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	-0.402	3.28	-0.51%	-2.02	6b 1-- 0 out a3	8b end d 1
8	90	27	May 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-8	GS-6	L(2-4)	3	6.0	6	4	4	4	6	0	1	4.62	3.70	29	8	5	0	2	5	46			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.266	3.29	-0.33%	-0.94	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
9	91	30	May 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-13	GS-5	L(2-5)	2	4.2	9	5	5	2	1	0	0	5.15	3.67	24	6	6	0	1	9	25			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.28	-0.354	2.12	-0.35%	-2.87	1b start a 1	5b -2- 2 out d3
10	92	34	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-2	GS-7		4	6.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	4.89	3.48	26	4	8	0	0	5	57			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.146	1.59	0.09%	1.44	1b start a 2	7b 1-- 0 out a1
11	93	36	May 30(1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.80	3.46	4	3	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.36	0.272	7.60	0.23%	0.50	9t 12- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
12	94	38	May 31	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	8-GF		0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.67	3.40	5	1	2	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.019	.34	0.02%	0.83	8t -2- 2 out d3	9t end d 3
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
13	95	40	Jun 2	NYG		STL	W,8-2	GS-5		1	4.1	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	4.63	3.43	19	6	4	0	4	5	47			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	.80	-0.087	.93	-0.06%	-1.05	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a3
14	96	45	Jun 7	NYG		CHC	L,1-7	GS-7	L(2-6)	4	7.0	9	6	3	3	4	1	0	4.55	3.56	33	8	11	1	2	7	42			0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.01	-0.231	1.08	-0.15%	-2.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
15	97	50	Jun 11(2)	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	3-9	W(3-6)	3	6.0	6	1	0	3	5	0	0	4.15	3.46	28	8	6	0	3	6		2	1	0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.99	0.123	2.80	0.10%	0.70	3t 12- 2 out a2	9t 123 2 out a1
16	98	53	Jun 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4	8-GF	S(3)	4	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.08	3.41	5	3	0	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.186	3.10	0.20%	1.02	8b 1-3 2 out a2	9b end a 2
17	99	56	Jun 21	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-4	GS-8	W(4-6)	4	7.0	10	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.17	3.33	32	11	10	2	3	8	42			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.071	2.16	0.08%	0.44	1b start a 2	8b 12- 0 out a3
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	100	65	Jul 2(1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-3	8-GF		10	2.0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4.07	3.40	9	4	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	.48	0.054	1.86	0.13%	1.01	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 1
19	101	66	Jul 2(2)	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	6-GF	BW(5-6)	-1	4.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	3.87	3.36	15	2	6	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.51	0.388	5.02	0.78%	2.37	6t 1-3 0 out a1	9t end a 2
20	102	68	Jul 4(2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-10	8-8		1	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.98	3.36	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.060	3.48	-0.12%	-1.00	8b 12- 1 out d1	8b 12- 1 out d2
21	103	70	Jul 7	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-6	L(5-7)	2	6.0	5	3	3	1	8	0	0	4.01	3.16	24	7	8	2	0	0	57			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	.63	-0.085	2.06	-0.17%	0.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
22	104	77	Jul 16	NYG		STL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(5-8)	8	8.0	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	3.87	3.24	32	23	0	0	0	5	60			1	0	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.110	3.00	0.18%	2.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
23	105	82	Jul 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	L(5-9)	4	9.0	5	4	4	2	3	1	0	3.88	3.31	32	13	12	3	1	2	62			2	0	1	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.09	-0.381	1.05	-0.22%	0.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	106	87	Jul 27	NYG	@	STL	L,4-9	GS-6	L(5-10)	5	6.0	10	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.07	3.33	29	10	5	1	0	10	30			0	0	0	25	2	0	2	2	0	0	1.40	-0.324	.36	-0.05%	-1.82	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
25	107	89	Jul 29	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	2-2		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.07	3.33	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						9b 123 2 out a5	9b 123 2 out a4
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
26	108	91	Aug 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	6-GF(10)	BW(6-10)	2	5.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.98	3.38	19	7	4	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.32	0.434	.32	0.04%	1.55	6b --- 0 out a1	10b end a 1
27	109	93	Aug 4	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	7-11	BL(6-11)	2	4.1	3	1	1	4	0	0	0	3.91	3.45	18	5	6	0	1	3		3	1	0	0	1	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.45	0.366	.38	0.03%	1.72	7b 123 0 out a1	11b 123 1 out tie
28	110	95	Aug 6(1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-5	6-GF	S(4)	1	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	3.43	13	9	3	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.158	.10	0.02%	2.44	6b -23 0 out a5	9b end a 4
29	111	99	Aug 10	NYG		BSN	W,6-3	CG	W(7-11)	3	9.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.73	3.40	33	18	3	0	0	5	70			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	1	0	.78	0.225	.10	0.02%	1.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	112	105	Aug 16	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	GS-	W(8-11)	5	7.2	9	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.72	3.46	33						49						31					0
31	113	111	Aug 22	NYG		CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(9-11)	5	9.0	8	2	2	0	5	0	1	3.62	3.36	35	15	6	1	0	8	68			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	1	0	.97	0.327	.03	0.01%	2.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
32	114	115	Aug 26(2)	NYG		PIT	W,8-0	SHO	W(10-11)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.42	3.30	32	22	1	1	0	3	83			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.240	.01	0.00%	4.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
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
33	115	119	Sep 2(2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-7	GS-4	L(10-12)	6	4.0	9	5	5	3	1	0	0	3.61	3.33	23	6	4	0	1	9	22			0	1	0	18	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.12	-0.249	.02	0.00%	-2.98	1t start tie	4t 3 out d5
34	116	123	Sep 5	NYG		PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-12)	2	9.0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.42	3.26	33						72						33	0	0			0
35	117	126	Sep 9	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-8	8-GF(8)	BL(11-13)	3	1.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	0	3.66	3.24	10	0	4	2	1	5		2	2	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	1	0	.87	-0.622	.02	-0.01%	-5.47	8b 12- 0 out a2	8b end d 5
36	118	129	Sep 13(2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-7	GS-7	L(11-14)	3	7.0	10	7	4	2	2	0	0	3.72	3.23	34	20	0	0	0	10	35			0	0	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	2	.78	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-3.57	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
37	119	133	Sep 15(2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	7-GF(7)	S(5)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	3.22	3	2	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.124	.00	0.00%	0.35	7b 123 0 out a3	7b end a 1
38	120	137	Sep 18(1)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	W(12-14)	2	9.0	11	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.57	3.19	37	11	12	2	0	11	60			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	2	0	1	.89	0.338	.00	0.00%	2.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
39	121	141	Sep 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-9	1-7		2	6.2	10	5	4	3	3	0	0	3.63	3.18	33	17	2	0	0	8		3	1	0	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	1	1	.43	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-1.35	1b 123 1 out d3	7b 3 out d7
40	122	147	Sep 26(2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-3	CG(7)	L(12-15)	4	7.0	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	3.64	3.18	30	16	2	0	0	6	49			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	.85	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.54	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
41	123	150	Sep 30	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.60	3.18	7	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.92	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 1
							20-21		W-L:12-15,Sv:5,BSv:5	2.9	207.1	214	95	83	65	95	8	4	3.60	3.18	886	1.91		4%	6%	170	51	25	48%	7	3	4	797	23	1	10	13	7	14	1.08	0.239	1.27	-0.30%	3.53

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