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: 4-9 / in Starts: 4-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 1

1944 Pitching Game Log

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1944 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	260	3	Apr 20	NYG		BSN	W,10-8	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.0	11	7	7	3	1	0	0	7.88	3.56	38	14	9	0	2	11	30			0	1	0	35	2	1	0	0	0	1	.52	0.086	1.43	0.14%	-2.72	1t start tie	9t -23 0 out a5
2	261	9	Apr 30(1)	NYG		BRO	W,26-8	GS-4		9	3.1	7	7	3	0	2	1	0	7.94	4.09	19	5	5	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	2	.85	-0.136	2.74	-0.26%	-4.00	1t start tie	4t 12- 1 out a6
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
3	262	14	May 5	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	GS-8		4	7.1	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	5.79	3.38	31	9	9	0	1	9	54			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.58	-0.149	3.70	-0.21%	0.77	1b start tie	8b 1-3 1 out d1
4	263	17	May 7(2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-2	8-8		1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.79	3.38	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.009	.47	-0.01%	-0.38	8b --- 0 out d2	8b 1-- 0 out d2
5	264	26	May 19	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-7		11	6.1	3	2	1	2	2	0	0	4.68	3.28	24	11	6	0	0	3	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.11	0.277	2.08	0.31%	2.41	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out a2
6	265	32	May 27	NYG		STL	L,4-6	GS-6		7	5.0	5	3	3	4	0	2	0	4.80	4.45	24	9	6	0	1	5	41			0	0	0	19	0	0	1	0	0	0	.80	-0.154	1.33	-0.15%	-1.03	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d1
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
7	266	43	Jun 4(2)	NYG		PIT	L,4-7	8-8		7	0.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.10	4.45	2	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.97	-0.288	5.17	-0.30%	-3.12	8t 123 1 out tie	8t -2- 1 out d4
8	267	54	Jun 18(2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	13	7.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	4.38	4.28	31	10	8	0	0	6	60			1	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.236	1.85	0.28%	2.45	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a4
9	268	59	Jun 24	NYG		BSN	L,2-7	GS-1		5	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.86	4.28	2	1	0	0	0	1	38			0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	-0.141	2.60	-0.16%	-1.47	1t start tie	1t -23 0 out tie
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
10	269	140	Sep 17(1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-7	GS-6	L(2-1)	84	5.2	10	4	4	2	2	0	1	5.06	4.18	30	5	10	4	0	10	33			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	1	1.04	-0.119	.00	0.00%	-1.57	1b start tie	6b -2- 2 out d4
11	270	142	Sep 21(1)	NYG		CHC	L,8-11	1-5		3	4.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.56	4.05	16	3	9	2	3	2		0	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	0.089	.00	0.00%	2.13	1t --- 1 out d7	5t 3 out d3
12	271	147	Sep 24(2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	L(2-2)	2	10.0	13	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.24	3.83	44						54						41	1	1			0
13	272	153	Sep 29	NYG		STL	W,3-2	GS-		4	7.0	7	2	2	1	0	2	0	4.06	4.16	29						54						28					0
							4-9		W-L:2-2	4.7	64.1	78	34	29	19	15	5	1	4.06	4.16	291	1.08		5%	5%	57	45	3	100%	1	2	0	265	9	3	1	3	0	5	.93	-0.308	1.71	-0.36%	-6.53

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