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: 18-19 / in Starts: 11-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 10

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	124	2	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-12	7-GF(8)		99	2.0	6	9	7	5	3	0	0	31.50	7.50	17	2	1	0	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.053	.33	-0.08%	-7.95	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d12
2	125	6	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	6-6	W(1-0)	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	21.00	4.66	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.037	1.31	0.06%	0.49	6t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d2
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
3	126	9	May 2	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	3-GF	W(2-0)	5	6.1	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	6.75	3.53	22	13	2	1	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.386	2.21	0.57%	3.41	3b -2- 2 out d1	9b end a 3
4	127	14	May 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-6	GS-8	W(3-0)	5	7.2	10	6	5	3	3	0	0	6.35	3.47	34	13	5	0	3	10	37			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.39	0.161	.68	0.17%	0.12	1b start a 2	8b 123 2 out a7
5	128	20	May 14	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GS-6	L(3-1)	5	5.0	5	5	5	2	5	1	0	6.95	3.77	22	6	4	0	0	5	40			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.385	3.51	-0.64%	-2.53	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d3
6	129	25	May 20	NYG		STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-1)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	6	0	0	4.94	3.26	34	9	12	1	2	6	80			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	1	.49	0.209	1.27	0.33%	4.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
7	130	28	May 26	NYG		BSN	W,10-8	7-GF	S(1)	5	2.1	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	4.86	3.00	10	3	0	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.146	6.13	0.27%	0.42	7t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 2
8	131	31	May 30(2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,12-5	8-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.81	3.09	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.001	10.47	0.00%	-0.02	8b 1-- 0 out tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
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
9	132	33	Jun 2(2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS-5	W(5-1)	2	5.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.42	3.05	21	7	4	0	1	7	50			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.192	2.69	0.36%	1.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out a5
10	133	39	Jun 8(2)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-2	GS-8	W(6-1)	5	7.0	9	2	2	4	2	1	0	4.14	3.50	33	10	8	0	0	9	49			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	.98	0.218	3.14	0.42%	1.59	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a3
11	134	44	Jun 14	NYG		PIT	W,8-6	GS-7		5	6.1	5	5	5	3	6	1	1	4.50	3.69	27	9	3	1	0	5	46			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.271	4.33	-0.66%	-1.45	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
12	135	49	Jun 18	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	3-7		3	4.2	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	4.13	3.54	18	7	4	0	1	2		2	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	.41	0.059	1.86	0.16%	2.15	3t 1-3 1 out d3	7t 3 out d4
13	136	50	Jun 20	NYG		CHC	W,6-3	7-GF	S(2)	1	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.92	3.48	11	4	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.169	5.33	0.46%	1.48	7t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 3
14	137	55	Jun 26	NYG		STL	W,10-9	GS-7		5	6.1	7	6	6	2	3	1	0	4.36	3.63	27	11	7	1	3	4	36			0	1	1	24	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.30	-0.361	5.10	-0.85%	-1.94	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out d1
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
15	138	60	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,7-1	CG	W(7-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	9	0	0	3.96	3.44	34	13	4	2	1	5	77			1	1	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.83	0.262	3.52	0.66%	3.44	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
16	139	62	Jul 3	NYG		BRO	L,3-7	9-9	BL(7-2)	1	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.20	3.44	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.99	-0.549	31.55	-2.08%	-1.88	9t 1-- 1 out a1	9t -23 1 out tie
17	140	65	Jul 5	NYG		PHI	W,15-2	CG	W(8-2)	1	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.96	3.49	37						69						34	0	0			0
18	141	69	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,8-6	GS-8		5	7.1	9	6	6	4	5	1	0	4.24	3.61	35	11	7	0	0	8	37			0	0	0	30	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.66	-0.398	4.22	-0.61%	-2.43	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out tie
19	142	74	Jul 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS-6		3	6.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.16	3.58	26	13	4	1	1	2	57			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	.95	0.011	2.04	0.01%	0.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
20	143	80	Jul 21(2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-4	6-7		5	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.08	3.57	6	4	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.167	2.53	0.23%	1.98	6b 12- 0 out d1	7b 3 out d1
21	144	83	Jul 26	NYG		CHC	L,1-14	GS-7	L(8-3)	4	7.0	9	11	11	4	4	1	0	4.74	3.69	34	11	15	2	3	0	15			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	1	0	0	.81	-0.249	.69	-0.13%	-7.55	1t start tie	7t 3 out d10
22	145	87	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	L,3-6	8-8		3	0.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.91	3.69	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.04	-0.221	5.91	-0.26%	-1.46	8t 1-- 0 out tie	8t 123 0 out tie
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
23	146	89	Aug 2(1)	NYG		STL	W,5-4	GS-9		2	8.0	9	4	4	2	4	0	1	4.88	3.65	34	8	10	1	2	9	50			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.33	0.134	1.18	0.07%	1.11	1t start tie	9t 123 0 out a3
24	147	93	Aug 4(2)	NYG		STL	L,3-6	5-6		1	2.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.87	3.64	9	2	2	1	1	5		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	-0.018	.54	-0.01%	-0.01	5t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
25	148	98	Aug 11(1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	GS-7	L(8-4)	6	7.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.74	3.64	27	9	10	0	0	5	58			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	.64	0.013	.20	0.00%	1.25	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
26	149	103	Aug 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-12	GS-1	L(8-5)	3	0.0	3	5	3	1	0	0	0	4.96	3.66	5	1	0	0	0	3	27			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.87	-0.394	.85	-0.11%	-4.34	1b start a 1	1b 1-3 0 out d2
27	150	105	Aug 18(1)	NYG		PHI	L,3-6	GS-	L(8-6)	2	7.0	8	4	2	2	2	0	0	4.83	3.64	32						49						27					0
28	151	111	Aug 22(2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG(8)	L(8-7)	3	8.0	7	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.81	3.74	31	7	10	1	0	7	51			1	0	1	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.63	-0.073	.30	-0.02%	-0.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
29	152	112	Aug 23	NYG	@	PIT	L,10-13	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	4.75	3.75	10	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	-0.004	.02	0.00%	-1.03	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 3
30	153	115	Aug 25(2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-8	7-GF	W(9-7)	1	2.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.66	3.76	10	7	0	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.196	.16	0.02%	1.83	7b 12- 1 out a2	9b end a 4
31	154	118	Aug 28	NYG	@	STL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(10-7)	2	6.1	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.52	3.71	26	5	9	0	2	6	57			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.17	0.181	.16	0.02%	1.67	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a3
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	155	122	Sep 1(2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-7	GS-6	L(10-8)	3	5.0	13	6	6	3	2	0	0	4.72	3.72	29	5	6	1	0	13	16			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.28	-0.360	.03	-0.01%	-4.88	1b start tie	6b -23 0 out d4
33	156	126	Sep 5(1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-7	7-8		3	2.0	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.84	3.75	11	4	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-2.01	7t --- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d4
34	157	132	Sep 11(1)	NYG		STL	L,4-7	GS-2	L(10-9)	5	1.2	5	4	4	5	0	0	0	5.01	3.84	15	6	0	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.307	.00	0.00%	-3.78	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d4
35	158	137	Sep 15(1)	NYG		PIT	L,3-10	GS-	L(10-10)	3	5.1	9	7	5	2	1	1	0	5.12	3.92	26						25						24					0
36	159	140	Sep 17	NYG		CHC	L,8-9	8-9	BL(10-11)	1	0.2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.10	3.91	5	1	1	1	0	3		3	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	3.69	-0.748	.00	0.00%	-2.42	8t 123 2 out a1	9t -2- 1 out d1
37	160	147	Sep 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-5	5-7		6	2.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.02	3.89	9	6	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.010	.00	0.00%	1.48	5b -23 1 out d4	7b 3 out d5
							18-19		W-L:10-11,Sv:2,BSv:2	3.4	166.2	185	105	93	68	91	9	3	5.02	3.89	736	1.57		4%	6%	142	45	17	29%	6	4	2	649	17	3	6	18	0	6	.97	-1.993	2.02	-1.63%	-16.68

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