Mark Melancon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 215lb (185cm, 97kg)

Born: March 28, 1985 in Wheat Ridge, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 30th round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Golden HS (Golden, CO) and the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ).

High School: Golden HS (Golden, CO)

School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Debut: April 26, 2009 (Age 24-029d, 19,516th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: October 2, 2022 (Age 37-188d)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

National Team: us USA (WBC,College)

Full Name: Mark David Melancon

Nicknames: Stretch, Mel or Muh Lan Son

Pronunciation: \muh-LAN-son\

Twitter: @Mark_Melancon_

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.4

ERA

2.94

732

262

726.2

643

WHIP

1.168

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2016 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 3	PIT		STL	W,4-1	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
2	2	Apr 5	PIT		STL	W,6-5		4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
3	3	Apr 6	PIT		STL	W,5-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	4	Apr 8	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
5	7 (2)	Apr 11	PIT	@	DET	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	12 (4)	Apr 16	PIT		MIL	W,5-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	16 (3)	Apr 21	PIT	@	SDP	W,11-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
8	17	Apr 22	PIT	@	ARI	W,8-7	GF	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	19 (1)	Apr 24	PIT	@	ARI	W,12-10		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	22 (2)	Apr 27	PIT	@	COL	W,9-8	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	23	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	24	Apr 30	PIT		CIN	W,5-1	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	28 (3)	May 4	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	29	May 6	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
15	31 (1)	May 8	PIT	@	STL	W,10-5	GF	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	33 (1)	May 11	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	36 (2)	May 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	37	May 16	PIT		ATL	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	38	May 17	PIT		ATL	W,12-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	41 (2)	May 20	PIT		COL	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	42	May 21	PIT		COL	L,1-5		5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	43	May 23	PIT		COL	W,6-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	45 (1)	May 25	PIT		ARI	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
24	46	May 26	PIT		ARI	W,8-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	53 (6)	Jun 2	PIT	@	MIA	L,3-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	55 (1)	Jun 4	PIT		LAA	W,8-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	57 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	PIT		NYM	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
28	58	Jun 7 (2)	PIT		NYM	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	61 (2)	Jun 10	PIT		STL	L,3-9		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	68 (6)	Jun 18	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	70 (1)	Jun 20	PIT		SFG	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	74 (3)	Jun 24	PIT		LAD	W,8-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	76 (1)	Jun 26	PIT		LAD	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	80 (3)	Jul 1	PIT	@	OAK	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	81	Jul 2	PIT	@	OAK	W,4-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	82	Jul 3	PIT	@	OAK	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
37	84 (1)	Jul 5	PIT	@	STL	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	85	Jul 6	PIT	@	STL	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	87 (1)	Jul 8	PIT		CHC	W,8-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	89 (1)	Jul 10	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	92 (2)	Jul 17	PIT	@	WSN	W,2-1		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
42	93	Jul 19	PIT		MIL	W,3-2	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	95 (1)	Jul 21	PIT		MIL	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	97 (1)	Jul 23	PIT		PHI	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
45	98	Jul 24	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Pittsburgh Pirates to Washington Nationals
46	106	Aug 1	WSN	@	ARI	W,14-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
47	108 (1)	Aug 3	WSN	@	ARI	W,8-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
48	109	Aug 5	WSN		SFG	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	111 (1)	Aug 7	WSN		SFG	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
50	113 (1)	Aug 10	WSN		CLE	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	115 (1)	Aug 13	WSN		ATL	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	117 (1)	Aug 15	WSN	@	COL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	120 (2)	Aug 18	WSN	@	ATL	W,8-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	121	Aug 19	WSN	@	ATL	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
55	122	Aug 20	WSN	@	ATL	W,11-9	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	127 (4)	Aug 25	WSN		BAL	W,4-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
57	128	Aug 26	WSN		COL	W,8-5	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	129	Aug 27	WSN		COL	L,4-9		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	131 (1)	Aug 29	WSN	@	PHI	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
60	132	Aug 30	WSN	@	PHI	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	134 (1)	Sep 2	WSN	@	NYM	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
62	137 (2)	Sep 5	WSN		ATL	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
63	138	Sep 6	WSN		ATL	W,9-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
64	141 (2)	Sep 9	WSN		PHI	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
65	142	Sep 10	WSN		PHI	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
66	143	Sep 11	WSN		PHI	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
67	145 (1)	Sep 13	WSN		NYM	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
68	146	Sep 14	WSN		NYM	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
69	152 (5)	Sep 21	WSN	@	MIA	W,8-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
70	153	Sep 23	WSN	@	PIT	L,5-6		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
71	155 (1)	Sep 25	WSN	@	PIT	W,10-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
72	157 (1)	Sep 27	WSN		ARI	W,4-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
73	159 (1)	Sep 29	WSN		ARI	W,5-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
74	161 (1)	Oct 1	WSN		MIA	W,2-1	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
75	162	Oct 2	WSN		MIA	W,10-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	P
							75gm		71.1	10	7	0	17	1