Rube Melton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: February 27, 1917 in Cramerton, NC us

Died: September 11, 1971 in Greer, SC

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SC

High School: Gastonia HS (Gastonia, NC)

Schools: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC), Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)

Debut: April 17, 1941 (Age 24-049d, 9,039th in major league history)
vs. BSN 3.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 3, 1947 (Age 30-096d)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Reuben Franklin Melton

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Relatives: Cousin of Cliff Melton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.9

ERA

3.62

162

704.0

363

WHIP

1.447

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

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	PHI		BSN	L,1-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 18	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
3	11 (5)	Apr 25	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	GS	17	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
4	12	Apr 26 (1)	PHI		BRO	L,1-3		15	4.0	0	1	1	2	0
5	15 (2)	Apr 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-7		0	3.2	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	20 (4)	May 3 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	24 (3)	May 10 (1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
8	29 (4)	May 14	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	GS	18	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
9	32 (2)	May 17 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	GF	14	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
10	36 (3)	May 22	PHI		BSN	L,7-10	GS	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	42 (5)	May 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	46 (3)	May 31 (2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7	GF	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	48 (1)	Jun 3	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
14	52 (3)	Jun 7 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS	16	2.1	0	1	0	1	0
15	54 (1)	Jun 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-7	GS	24	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	61 (6)	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	L,0-7	GS	21	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	69 (7)	Jun 29	PHI		BRO	L,3-10	GS	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	70	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	75 (4)	Jul 5 (2)	PHI		NYG	W,5-3	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
20	76	Jul 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-9	GS	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	77	Jul 11	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-12		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
22	80 (2)	Jul 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	85 (4)	Jul 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	0	7.2	0	2	0	2	0
24	90 (4)	Jul 23	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	95 (4)	Jul 28 (2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	GS	28	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	98 (2)	Aug 2 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GS	21	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
27	102 (3)	Aug 7	PHI		NYG	L,4-6	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	106 (3)	Aug 12	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
29	110 (3)	Aug 16	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	111	Aug 18	PHI		BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
31	115 (3)	Aug 23 (2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
32	116	Aug 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
33	117	Aug 26 (1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	GF	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	120 (2)	Aug 28 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	124 (3)	Aug 31	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS	27	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	130 (5)	Sep 7 (2)	PHI		NYG	L,0-4	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	132 (1)	Sep 11	PHI		CIN	L,5-8		10	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	135 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	141 (5)	Sep 19	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS	12	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
40	142	Sep 20 (1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-3	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
41	145 (2)	Sep 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-6	GS	24	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	150 (4)	Sep 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-8	GS	25	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
							42gm		209.0	8	33	1	42	2