José Meléndez

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: September 2, 1965 in Naguabo, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Naguabo (Naguabo, Puerto Rico)

Debut: September 11, 1990 (Age 25-009d, 15,872nd in major league history)
vs. OAK 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 9, 1994 (Age 28-341d)
vs. MIN 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: José Luis Meléndez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.3

ERA

3.47

109

220.2

172

WHIP

1.165

Summary of 27 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 8 go ahead

3 Tms
SDP	20
BOS	5
SEA	2

Platoon
vs RHB	14
vs LHB	13

Home/Road
Home	19
Away	8

Outs
2	10
1	9
0	8

14 Opps
CIN	5
CHC	4
NYM	3
STL	2
LAD	2
CAL	2
CHW	2
SFG	1
PIT	1
PHI	1
TEX	1
MON	1
SEA	1
BAL	1

25 Batters
Chad Curtis	2
Barry Larkin	2
Daryl Boston	1
Gerald Perry	1
Mike Scioscia	1
Bill Doran	1
Julio Franco	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Spike Owen	1
Wes Chamberlain	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Joe Oliver	1
Eddie Murray	1
Don Slaught	1
Doug Strange	1
Kal Daniels	1
Ron Karkovice	1
Tom Browning	1
Robby Thompson	1
Milt Thompson	1
Bobby Bonilla	1
Greg Maddux	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Ryne Sandberg	1
Mark Grace	1

8 Parks
Qualcomm St (SAN)	15
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	13
9	10
78	3
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
6	5
3	5
4	4
1	4
7+	4
2	4
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	13
2·HR gms	7

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	17
1--	7
1-3	2
--3	1

39 Runs
RISP	3
0 on	17
1 on	8
2 on	2
Any on	10

Inning
1	2
2	1
3	4
4	1
5	7
6	5
7	3
8	2
Extra	2

1-3	7
4-6	13
7-end	7

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	2
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	7
-1	3
-2	1

Ahead	16
Tied	7
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-2	5
3-2	4
0-0	4
1-1	3
2-1	3
0-1	3
2-0	2
1-2	1
1-0	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	5
LF	5
SS	4
2B	3
CF	3
1B	2
P	2
RF	2
3B	1

OrderPos
3rd	6
2nd	4
8th	4
1st	3
7th	2
5th	2
4th	2
9th	2
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1990-09-17	Julio Franco	TEX	@	SEA	ahead 8-2	t 5	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	2	4	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Pettis Scores
2	2	2	1	1990-09-22	Carlton Fisk	CHW	@	SEA	ahead 11-5	t 6	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	3	2	2%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); O. Guillén Scores; L. Johnson Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1991-06-11	Milt Thompson	STL	@	SDP	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	1--	6,(3-2) CBS11BBX	2	3	9	19%	86%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); O. Smith Scores; M. Thompson Scores
4	4	2	2	1991-06-11	Gerald Perry	STL	@	SDP	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	---	6,(2-2) BFCBFX	1	5	7	6%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Perry Scores
5	5	3	1	1991-06-16	Greg Maddux	CHC	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	9	1	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); G. Maddux Scores
6	6	4	2	1991-06-16	Mark Grace	CHC	@	SDP	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	4,(1-2) BCFX	1	3	3	18%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Grace Scores
7	7	5	1	1991-06-27	Barry Larkin	CIN		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	6	11%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); B. Larkin Scores
8	8	6	2	1991-06-27	Barry Larkin	CIN		SDP	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	1--	8,(3-2) BCFFBFB>X	2	2	6	17%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Armstrong Scores; B. Larkin Scores
9	9	7	1	1991-08-20	Kal Daniels	LAD		SDP	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	---	7,(2-2) BCFBFFX	1	3	7	11%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Daniels Scores
10	10	8	1	1991-08-31	Don Slaught	PIT	@	SDP	tied 2-2	t 12	0	---	4,(2-1) ..FBBX	1	7	2	34%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
11	11	9	1	1991-09-28	Joe Oliver	CIN		SDP	behind 1-3	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	13%	41%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); J. Oliver Scores
12	12	10	1	1991-10-04	Tom Browning	CIN	@	SDP	behind 0-1	t 3	2	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	9	1	12%	46%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Browning Scores
13	13	11	2	1991-10-04	Bill Doran	CIN	@	SDP	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	7	15%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); B. Doran Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1992-04-09	Mike Scioscia	LAD	@	SDP	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	---	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	1	7	2	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Scioscia Scores
15	15	2	1	1992-04-27	Wes Chamberlain	PHI	@	SDP	ahead 7-2	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	6	7	2%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); W. Chamberlain Scores
16	16	3	1	1992-04-30	Spike Owen	MON	@	SDP	ahead 7-3	t 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	6	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Owen Scores
17	17	4	1	1992-05-12	Eddie Murray	NYM		SDP	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	21%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Randolph Scores; E. Murray Scores
18	18	5	1	1992-05-19	Daryl Boston	NYM	@	SDP	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	10,(3-2) BFBSFFFBFX	1	1	7	13%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Boston Scores
19	19	6	2	1992-05-19	Bobby Bonilla	NYM	@	SDP	ahead 2-0	t 6	2	1--	3,(1-1) FBX	2	5	9	14%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Murray Scores; B. Bonilla Scores
20	20	7	1	1992-05-24	Doug Strange	CHC	@	SDP	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	6,(2-2) BSFBFX	1	8	5	8%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); D. Strange Scores
21	21	8	2	1992-05-24	Ryne Sandberg	CHC	@	SDP	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	1--	7,(3-2) CF1FBBBX	2	4	4	10%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Vizcaíno Scores; R. Sandberg Scores
22	22	9	1	1992-08-04	Robby Thompson	SFG	@	SDP	ahead 5-1	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	2	4	2%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); R. Thompson Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1993-06-06	Ron Karkovice	CHW		BOS	behind 2-3	b 7	2	--3	2,(0-1) .CX	2	8	2	41%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Johnson Scores
24	24	2	1	1993-06-11	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	BOS	ahead 4-2	t 4	1	1-3	3,(1-1) B1CX	3	3	6	13%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Reynolds Scores; B. Anderson Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1994-07-18	Chad Curtis	CAL		BOS	ahead 9-2	b 3	1	---	6,(2-2) BCFFBX	1	1	8	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	2	2	1994-07-18	Chad Curtis	CAL		BOS	ahead 10-2	b 5	2	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	1	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Easley Scores
27	27	3	1	1994-07-23 (2)	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA	@	BOS	tied 3-3	t 11	0	---	3,(1-1) .SBX	1	3	8	31%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)