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Mel Stottlemyre
Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.

Debut August 12, 1964
  vs. CHW 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, W
Final Game August 16, 1974
Born November 13, 1941 in Hazleton, MO

Father of Mel Stottlemyre and Father of Todd Stottlemyre

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)

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        One of the most under-appreciated Yank greats. 3x 20-gm winner; 40 shutouts; career ERA under 3. Won 164 gms (7 on Yank list) with mostly weak-hitting lineups. As batter: once hit inside-the-park slam & was 5-5 in a game in which he hurled 2-hit shutout.

Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1964 22 NYY AL   9   3  13  12   5   2   0  0   96.0   77   26   22   3   35   49   2   1   390   3   0  2.06  3.63  176 1.167 MVP-25
 1965 23 NYY AL  20   9  37  37  18   4   0  0  291.0  250   99   85  18   88  155   7   5  1188   3   0  2.63  3.39  129 1.162 MVP-14,AS
 1966 24 NYY AL  12  20  37  35   9   3   2  1  251.0  239  116  106  18   82  146   1   8  1042   7   0  3.80  3.30   87 1.279 AS
 1967 25 NYY AL  15  15  36  36  10   4   0  0  255.0  235   96   84  20   88  151   2   5  1063  11   0  2.96  3.10  105 1.267
 1968 26 NYY AL  21  12  36  36  19   6   0  0  278.7  243   86   76  21   65  140   3   3  1123   7   1  2.45  2.86  117 1.105 MVP-10,AS
 1969 27 NYY AL  20  14  39  39  24   3   0  0  303.0  267  105   95  19   97  113   6   6  1244  11   0  2.82  3.48  123 1.201 MVP-18,AS
 1970 28 NYY AL  15  13  37  37  14   0   0  0  271.0  262  110   93  23   84  126   6  10  1136   8   0  3.09  3.53  114 1.277 AS
 1971 29 NYY AL  16  12  35  35  19   7   0  0  269.7  234  100   86  16   69  132   4   5  1091   6   0  2.87  3.26  114 1.124
 1972 30 NYY AL  14  18  36  36   9   7   0  0  260.0  250   99   93  13   85  110   4   6  1088  13   0  3.22  2.95   92 1.288
 1973 31 NYY AL  16  16  38  38  19   4   0  0  273.0  259  112   93  13   79   95   5   5  1122   3   0  3.07  3.67  120 1.238
 1974 32 NYY AL   6   7  16  15   6   0   1  0  113.0  119   54   45   7   37   40   4   3   485   3   0  3.58  3.55   99 1.381
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .541 164 139 360 356 152  40   3  1 2661.3 2435 1003  878 171  809 1257  44  57 10972  75   1  2.97  3.31  111 1.219
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  13  34  33  14   3   0  0  252.7  231   95   83  16   76  119   4   5  1042   7   0  2.97  3.31  111 1.219
 Career High     21  20  39  39  24   7   2  1  303.0  267  116  106  23   97  155   7  10  1244  13   1  2.06  3.67  176 1.105

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 22 NYY AL  14   37    2    9   1  0   0    3   0  0   1  12  .243  .282  .270   54   10   1   0   0   1   2 MVP-25
 1965 23 NYY AL  37   99    8   13   2  1   2    8   0  0   1  43  .131  .140  .232    5   23   9   0   0   0   0 MVP-14,AS
 1966 24 NYY AL  37   80    8   11   1  1   1    7   0  0   4  31  .138  .176  .213   14   17   4   1   0   0   1 AS
 1967 25 NYY AL  36   82    5    8   0  0   0    5   0  0   2  38  .098  .119  .098  -34    8   6   0   0   0   1
 1968 26 NYY AL  36   91    4   13   3  0   0    5   0  1   8  33  .143  .210  .176   20   16   3   1   0   0   3 MVP-10,AS
 1969 27 NYY AL  39  101    9   18   2  1   1    4   0  1   9  41  .178  .250  .248   42   25   4   1   0   1   4 MVP-18,AS
 1970 28 NYY AL  38   85    8   16   2  2   2    7   0  0  14  25  .188  .303  .329   79   28   3   0   0   0   0 AS
 1971 29 NYY AL  35   94    6   16   1  0   1   11   0  0   5  29  .170  .210  .213   24   20   3   1   0   0   1
 1972 30 NYY AL  37   80    3   16   1  1   0    7   0  0   3  18  .200  .247  .238   47   19   9   0   0   2   2
 1974 32 NYY AL   3    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     312  749   54  120  13  6   7   57   0  2  47 270  .160  .213  .222   27  166  42   4   0   4  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        389   28   62   7  3   4   30   0  1  24 140  .160  .213  .222   27   86  22   2   0   2   7
 Career High     39  101    9   18   3  2   2   11   0  1  14  43                          28   9   1   0   2   4
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 22 NYY AL   40   31    2   1.7    97| .243  .257| .282  .325| .270  .399| .552  .724|  54  .164  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1965 23 NYY AL  109   95    4   1.1    91| .131  .250| .140  .319| .232  .383| .372  .702|   5  .089 -12.8  -1.4   0%
 1966 24 NYY AL   89   75    3   1.1    86| .138  .242| .176  .308| .213  .374| .389  .682|  14  .087  -8.9  -1.0   0%
 1967 25 NYY AL   90   81    1   0.3    80| .098  .238| .119  .306| .098  .356| .217  .662| -34  .012 -13.5  -1.5   0%
 1968 26 NYY AL  103   86    3   0.9    77| .143  .233| .210  .302| .176  .346| .386  .648|  20  .082  -8.5  -1.0   0%
 1969 27 NYY AL  116   93    6   1.7    91| .178  .250| .250  .326| .248  .377| .498  .702|  42  .165  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1970 28 NYY AL  102   72   10   3.7    93| .188  .252| .303  .325| .329  .385| .632  .710|  79  .435  -2.4  -0.3   0%
 1971 29 NYY AL  103   83    5   1.6    87| .170  .248| .210  .319| .213  .368| .423  .687|  24  .159  -9.4  -1.0   0%
 1972 30 NYY AL   94   75    5   1.8    81| .200  .243| .247  .311| .238  .351| .485  .662|  47  .215  -5.4  -0.6   0%
 1974 32 NYY AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      846  691   39   1.5    87| .160  .245| .213  .316| .222  .369| .435  .685|  27  .148 -71.2  -7.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 22 NYY AL P 13 7 20 2 3 .931 .957 2.08 0.72 2.53 1.90 12 96.0 1965 23 NYY AL P 37 30 74 1 3 .990 .951 2.81 0.75 3.22 2.04 37 291.0 AS 1966 24 NYY AL P 37 27 54 3 5 .964 .952 2.19 0.75 2.90 1.99 35 251.0 AS 1967 25 NYY AL P 36 36 60 5 4 .950 .957 2.67 0.74 3.39 1.96 36 255.0 1968 26 NYY AL P 36 20 54 0 0 1.000 .957 2.06 0.73 2.39 1.89 36 278.7 AS 1969 27 NYY AL P 39 24 88 5 3 .957 .951 2.87 0.69 3.33 1.88 39 303.0 AS 1970 28 NYY AL P 37 22 51 1 3 .986 .951 1.97 0.67 2.42 1.86 37 271.0 AS 1971 29 NYY AL P 35 23 55 4 6 .951 .958 2.23 0.77 2.60 1.98 35 269.7 1972 30 NYY AL P 36 19 52 0 7 1.000 .950 1.97 0.75 2.46 1.86 36 260.0 1973 31 NYY AL P 38 27 48 5 4 .938 .951 1.97 0.86 2.47 1.86 38 273.0 1974 32 NYY AL P 16 7 14 0 0 1.000 .946 1.31 0.83 1.67 1.81 15 113.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 22 NYY AL P 13 7 20 2 3 .931 .957 2.08 0.72 2.53 1.90 12 96.0 1965 23 NYY AL P 37 30 74 1 3 .990 .951 2.81 0.75 3.22 2.04 37 291.0 1966 24 NYY AL P 37 27 54 3 5 .964 .952 2.19 0.75 2.90 1.99 35 251.0 1967 25 NYY AL P 36 36 60 5 4 .950 .957 2.67 0.74 3.39 1.96 36 255.0 1968 26 NYY AL P 36 20 54 0 0 1.000 .957 2.06 0.73 2.39 1.89 36 278.7 1969 27 NYY AL P 39 24 88 5 3 .957 .951 2.87 0.69 3.33 1.88 39 303.0 1970 28 NYY AL P 37 22 51 1 3 .986 .951 1.97 0.67 2.42 1.86 37 271.0 1971 29 NYY AL P 35 23 55 4 6 .951 .958 2.23 0.77 2.60 1.98 35 269.7 1972 30 NYY AL P 36 19 52 0 7 1.000 .950 1.97 0.75 2.46 1.86 36 260.0 1973 31 NYY AL P 38 27 48 5 4 .938 .951 1.97 0.86 2.47 1.86 38 273.0 1974 32 NYY AL P 16 7 14 0 0 1.000 .946 1.31 0.83 1.67 1.81 15 113.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 360 242 570 26 38 .969 .953 2.26 0.75 2.75 1.92 356 2661.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 360 242 570 26 38 .969 .953 2.26 0.75 2.75 1.92 356 2661
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    NYY STL     L   3   3   3.15  1  1  0  1  20    18   7   6  12 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1964   WS    NYY STL     L   3   8   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   6  .125  .125  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1965   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1966   NYY AL      0  0  0   2     1   0   0   1   0  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
 1968   NYY AL      0  0  0   0.1   0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1969   NYY AL   *  0  1  0   2     4   3   2   0   1  1   0  1   0  0  0  0  0 
 1970   NYY AL      0  0  0   1.2   0   0   0   0   2  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 4/5      1  0  1  0   6     5   3   2   1   4  1   0  1   0  0  1  0  0   3.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1965   NYY AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1966   NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1968   NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1969   NYY AL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1970   NYY AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 4/5      1   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1965
1966 *
1968 *
1969 (P)
1970 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1964-AL-25-0.01
1965-AL-14-0.06
1968-AL-10-0.15
1969-AL-18-0.02
Car-668-0.24 shares

Sac. Hits
1965 AL-9-10

ERA
1965 AL-2.63-8
1968 AL-2.45-9
1969 AL-2.82-8
1971 AL-2.87-6
1973 AL-3.07-7

Wins
1965 AL-20-2
1967 AL-15-9
1968 AL-21-3
1969 AL-20-3

Won-Loss %
1965 AL-.690-3
1968 AL-.636-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1971 AL-1.124-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1968 AL-2.10-9

Innings
1965 AL-291.0-1
1966 AL-251.0-6
1967 AL-255.0-8
1968 AL-278.7-3
1969 AL-303.0-2
1970 AL-271.0-7

Games Started
1965 AL-37-3
1966 AL-35-6
1967 AL-36-9
1968 AL-36-4
1969 AL-39-3

Comp. Games
1965 AL-18-1
1968 AL-19-2
1969 AL-24-1
1970 AL-14-6
1971 AL-19-6
1973 AL-19-7

Shutouts
1965 AL-4-2
1966 AL-3-7
1967 AL-4-9
1968 AL-6-2
1969 AL-3-10
1971 AL-7-2
1972 AL-7-3
1973 AL-4-4
Car-40-44

Home Runs Allow.
1968 AL-21-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
1965 AL-88-7
1966 AL-82-7
1967 AL-88-8
1972 AL-85-6

Hits Allowed
1965 AL-250-3
1966 AL-239-3
1967 AL-235-3
1968 AL-243-1
1969 AL-267-2
1970 AL-262-5
1972 AL-250-6

Losses
1966 AL-20-1
1967 AL-15-8
1969 AL-14-10
1972 AL-18-1
1973 AL-16-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1966 AL-106-3
1967 AL-84-10
1968 AL-76-8
1972 AL-93-3

Wild Pitches
1970 AL-10-9

Hit Batsmen
1965 AL-7-5

Batters Faced
1965 AL-1188-1
1966 AL-1042-5
1967 AL-1063-5
1968 AL-1123-3
1969 AL-1244-2
1970 AL-1136-7
1972 AL-1088-9

Adjusted ERA+
1965 AL-129-10
1973 AL-120-9

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (324) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 87 (260) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 27.0 (171) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 71.0 (159) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

March 29, 1975: Released by the New York Yankees.


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Uniforms 
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