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: 12-11 / in Starts: 11-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 3

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 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	203	1	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,5-7	4-7		99	3.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	2.70	1.47	12	6	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.06	-0.004	.15	-0.01%	0.52	4t 1-- 2 out d6	7t 3 out d7
2	204	2	Apr 15	NYG		BRO	W,6-4	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.08	1.61	3	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.136	5.22	0.20%	0.81	9t 1-- 0 out a2	9t end a 2
3	205	4	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-4	4-GF(8)		1	4.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	1.40	15	9	3	0	2	1		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	0.153	1.36	0.23%	3.00	4b -23 1 out d3	8b end d 1
4	206	6	Apr 19	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	W(1-0)	1	9.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	1.50	1.85	35	24	2	2	0	5	69			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	1	.76	0.226	1.90	0.34%	1.79	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a3
5	207	10	Apr 24	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	8	1	1	0	2	0	1	1.33	1.89	37	20	8	3	0	6	69			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.42	0.452	3.94	0.75%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	208	14	Apr 28	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG(10)	L(2-1)	3	9.1	9	5	3	3	4	0	0	1.73	1.96	41	22	6	1	1	6	55			0	0	0	38	2	1	2	0	0	1	1.52	-0.265	3.91	-0.41%	-1.68	1b start tie	10b -23 1 out d1
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	209	18	May 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-1)	3	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	1.39	1.83	32	14	8	2	4	4	79			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.74	0.758	3.52	0.92%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	210	24	May 8	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS-3	L(3-2)	5	2.1	7	4	2	1	2	0	0	1.70	1.82	15	4	1	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	-0.403	3.35	-0.66%	-3.52	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d2
9	211	26	May 12	NYG		PIT	W,7-3	CG	W(4-2)	3	9.0	7	3	3	4	4	0	0	1.91	1.93	37	16	5	1	1	7	61			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.173	1.98	0.20%	0.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	212	32	May 17(2)	NYG		STL	L,6-8	GS-		4	6.1	10	4	3	2	2	0	0	2.14	1.98	31						39						29					0
11	213	36	May 22	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	10	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.00	2.06	40	13	12	2	0	10	62			0	0	0	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.231	1.21	0.23%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
12	214	40	May 26	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	GS-2	L(5-3)	3	1.2	4	3	3	3	0	1	1	2.32	2.40	13	2	3	1	0	4	32			3	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.262	1.13	-0.20%	-2.87	1b start tie	2b 123 2 out d3
13	215	44	May 30(2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	W(6-3)	3	9.0	6	3	3	0	5	0	0	2.40	2.24	32	14	7	2	0	6	68			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	.35	0.114	.52	0.10%	0.99	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a4
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
14	216	49	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG(11)	W(7-3)	4	11.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.40	2.38	41	27	4	1	1	6	73			0	1	0	38	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.77	0.242	2.31	0.19%	1.58	1b start tie	11b 3 out a1
15	217	51	Jun 7(1)	NYG	@	STL	L,1-4	6-7		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.45	2.38	9	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.023	.48	-0.03%	-0.06	6b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d4
16	218	52	Jun 7(2)	NYG	@	STL	L,0-2	8-8		-1	0.2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	2.43	2.48	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.075	1.26	-0.08%	-1.28	8b --- 0 out d1	8b 123 2 out d2
17	219	55	Jun 13	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-8	GS-2	L(7-4)	5	1.2	5	5	5	2	0	0	0	2.85	2.53	12	2	4	0	0	4	23			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.337	1.20	-0.27%	-4.57	1b start tie	2b 1-3 2 out d5
18	220	60	Jun 17	NYG		STL	L,0-3	GS-8	L(7-5)	3	8.0	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	2.89	2.64	35	11	12	2	4	8	54			0	0	0	32	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.02	0.045	1.37	0.04%	0.51	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
19	221	64	Jun 21(1)	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-5)	3	9.0	4	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.66	2.51	32	19	2	0	0	4	84			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.276	.49	0.15%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
20	222	68	Jun 26	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	0	4	1	0	2.61	2.52	31	12	9	0	0	6	71			0	2	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.268	.58	0.10%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
21	223	70	Jun 28(1)	NYG		PIT	L,7-8	7-7		1	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.66	2.62	4	2	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.164	.80	-0.08%	-0.56	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out d1
22	224	72	Jun 30	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	W(10-5)	1	9.0	7	3	3	1	7	1	0	2.69	2.60	33	12	8	1	1	5	67			0	0	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.291	.47	0.08%	0.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
23	225	74	Jul 4(1)	NYG		BSN	W,11-5	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	8	5	5	2	8	3	0	2.83	2.77	36	18	0	0	0	8	57			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.31	0.084	.20	0.03%	-1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
							12-11		W-L:11-5,Sv:1	2.7	143.0	123	51	45	33	61	9	2	2.83	2.77	582	2.57		5%	4%	101	59	4	0%	4	4	1	539	17	3	3	3	0	6	.99	1.916	1.74	1.83%	11.02

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