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: 12-29 / in Starts: 7-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 26, Entered with runners on base: 14

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	161	1	Apr 15	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4	4-4		99	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-3.22	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.021	1.96	0.03%	0.77	4b 123 2 out d4	4b 3 out d4
2	162	3	Apr 17	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5	7-7	H(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	-0.22	3	0	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.85	0.296	11.35	0.53%	1.49	7b 12- 0 out a1	7b 3 out a1
3	163	6	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	L,9-10	6-6	BS(1)	2	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	4.50	7.28	4	1	1	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.275	4.41	-0.62%	-1.49	6t 1-- 1 out a1	6t 3 out d1
4	164	8	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	1	7.0	8	5	5	4	5	1	0	6.00	5.45	32	7	8	1	0	8	42			0	1	0	27	1	2	1	1	0	1	1.02	-0.199	3.77	-0.44%	-1.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
5	165	11	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-7	9-GF(11)	L(0-2)	3	2.0	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	5.73	5.24	10	2	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.31	-0.140	11.94	-0.30%	-0.43	9b 12- 2 out tie	11b end d 1
6	166	13	Apr 29	NYG		STL	L,4-5	5-8		2	4.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.20	4.32	16	9	2	0	0	3		1	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.160	2.95	0.33%	2.31	5t 1-- 0 out d2	8t 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
7	167	18	May 4	NYG		CHC	W,9-4	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	5	1	2	4.13	4.49	41						57						36	0	0			0
8	168	23	May 11	NYG		BSN	W,8-3		W(2-2)	6	8.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.09	3.94	26												26					0
9	169	27	May 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-0	SHO	W(3-2)	5	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.41	3.59	34	12	10	2	2	5	80			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.250	1.58	0.33%	4.09	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a9
10	170	30	May 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.53	3.86	6	3	2	1	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.24	-0.132	.61	-0.21%	-1.03	7b 1-- 1 out d1	8b end d 3
11	171	33	May 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	GS-8	W(4-2)	4	7.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.54	3.77	33	10	10	1	0	7	53			1	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	1	.96	0.069	2.35	0.10%	0.14	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
12	172	37	May 30(2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	CG	L(4-3)	4	9.0	6	6	4	1	4	1	0	2.76	3.75	35	12	12	0	0	6	58			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.54	-0.424	3.62	-0.60%	-1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
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	173	41	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	7-7		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.75	3.75	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.99	0.075	4.00	0.06%	0.76	7t 123 2 out d1	7t 3 out d1
14	174	45	Jun 7	NYG		STL	L,3-11	GS-2	L(4-4)	4	2.0	7	4	4	0	1	1	0	3.25	3.90	13	3	2	0	0	7	27			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.319	1.49	-0.25%	-3.03	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
15	175	50	Jun 11(1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	L(4-5)	3	9.0	7	3	3	3	7	2	0	3.21	4.05	36	11	8	0	3	7	65			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.002	.58	0.00%	1.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
16	176	54	Jun 15(2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	8-GF(8)		3	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.18	4.08	3	0	2	0	0	0		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.047	.50	-0.02%	-0.46	8b 123 1 out d1	8b end d 3
17	177	57	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	T,2-2	4-GF(11)		2	8.0	6	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.86	3.88	31	11	6	1	2	6		0	0	0	0	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.83	0.781	1.32	0.34%	3.79	4b --- 0 out tie	11b end tie
18	178	64	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	W(5-5)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	1	2.67	3.75	36	17	5	0	1	6	74			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	0.426	1.23	0.21%	3.09	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
19	179	69	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	SHO(12)	W(6-5)	5	12.0	6	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.35	3.61	44	27	3	1	0	5	93			1	2	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.933	1.13	0.45%	5.33	1b start tie	12b 3 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
20	180	74	Jul 10	NYG		STL	L,9-13	GS-5		9	5.0	7	8	5	2	2	2	0	2.67	3.83	25	12	4	0	1	5	27			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.293	1.26	-0.27%	-5.58	1t start tie	5t 3 out d8
21	181	79	Jul 15	NYG		PIT	L,1-5	GS-7	L(6-6)	4	7.0	7	3	0	2	4	1	0	2.50	3.87	29	10	7	2	2	6	59			2	2	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	3	1.04	-0.057	.94	-0.03%	0.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
22	182	82	Jul 20(1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-5	8-8	H(2)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.48	3.84	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.064	.76	0.02%	0.26	8t --- 1 out a1	8t 3 out a1
23	183	83	Jul 20(2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	6-6		-1	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.47	3.82	4	0	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.096	.70	-0.04%	-1.11	6t 12- 1 out d2	6t 3 out d4
24	184	85	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS-7		2	7.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	2.63	3.77	30	12	8	3	2	6	45			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.158	.68	-0.06%	-0.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
25	185	89	Jul 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-9	GS-3	L(6-7)	3	2.2	4	5	4	3	2	1	0	2.86	3.90	15	6	0	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.288	.17	-0.03%	-3.85	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d5
26	186	90	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7	5-7		1	2.2	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	2.80	3.91	13	6	2	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	1	.74	-0.067	.13	-0.01%	0.10	5b 1-3 1 out d1	7b 3 out d3
27	187	92	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	9-GF	BS(2)	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.79	3.93	3	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7.04	-0.491	.83	-0.04%	-1.43	9b 12- 0 out a1	9b end d 1
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
28	188	97	Aug 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-11	GS-5		3	4.2	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.83	3.84	20	2	8	1	0	7	45			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.024	.03	0.00%	0.25	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out tie
29	189	101	Aug 10(1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	5	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	3.82	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	0.158	.03	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
30	190	105	Aug 12(2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-7)	1	9.0	3	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.63	3.72	31	13	8	1	0	3	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.14	0.616	.00	0.00%	4.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
31	191	113	Aug 18(2)	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	W(8-7)	5	9.0	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.53	3.69	33	12	11	2	3	4	75			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.90	0.264	.00	0.00%	3.35	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
32	192	115	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	9-GF		2	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.51	3.70	5	4	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.45	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
33	193	118	Aug 23(2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	GS-9		1	8.2	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	2.55	3.71	32	20	2	0	0	6	60			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.416	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a1
34	194	122	Aug 26(2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.54	3.71	2	1	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.22	8t 1-- 2 out d2	8t end d 2
35	195	124	Aug 28	NYG		STL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(8-8)	1	6.0	9	5	3	2	6	0	0	2.61	3.64	30	11	2	0	0	9	42			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	2	.92	-0.245	.00	0.00%	-2.10	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
36	196	128	Aug 31	NYG		BRO	L,6-13	GS-7	L(8-9)	2	7.0	9	7	6	5	1	1	0	2.82	3.76	36	14	7	0	0	9	29			0	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.53	-0.504	.00	0.00%	-3.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
37	197	133	Sep 7(2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG(10)	L(8-10)	6	9.2	9	4	3	2	3	0	0	2.82	3.71	39	10	15	3	0	9	58			0	0	0	35	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.79	-0.342	.00	0.00%	0.53	1b start tie	10b 12- 2 out d1
38	198	135	Sep 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-10	7-7		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	3.70	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.25	7b 123 2 out d3	7b 3 out d4
39	199	140	Sep 14(2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	GS-9		3	8.0	10	5	4	5	3	0	0	2.88	3.71	40	20	2	2	0	10	42			1	0	0	33	1	1	2	0	0	1	1.32	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-0.33	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
40	200	143	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-7	7-7		3	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.88	3.71	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.95	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-1.00	7b 123 1 out d1	7b 123 1 out d2
41	201	150	Sep 23(1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS-3	L(8-11)	4	3.0	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	3.03	3.68	15	3	1	0	1	7	31			0	2	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.268	.00	0.00%	-2.65	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
42	202	155	Sep 27	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.01	3.68	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
							12-29		W-L:8-11,Sv:1,BSv:2,Hld:2	3.0	194.1	181	80	65	61	100	14	3	3.01	3.68	818	1.88		5%	4%	159	54	29	41%	8	10	0	735	17	6	11	8	0	17	1.24	-0.055	1.16	-0.54%	4.04

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