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

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-29 / in Starts: 8-21

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 30, Entered with runners on base: 6

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	26	1	Apr 14	PHI		BSN	L,1-2	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.07	5	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.028	1.34	0.04%	0.41	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
2	27	5	Apr 18	PHI	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	4	1	1	9	7	0	0	0.90	3.47	38	10	8	1	0	4	73			0	2	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.83	0.617	3.19	0.65%	2.99	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
3	28	11	Apr 25	PHI		BRO	L,1-4	GS-3	L(1-1)	6	2.1	6	4	4	3	1	0	0	3.65	3.77	17	3	4	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	.94	-0.343	1.70	-0.37%	-4.23	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d4
4	29	12	Apr 26(1)	PHI		BRO	L,1-3	5-8		0	4.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.76	3.05	15	3	4	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	.41	0.072	.67	0.07%	1.64	5t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d2
5	30	15	Apr 29	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-7			2	3.2	1	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.25	2.77	15												12					0
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
6	31	20	May 3(2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	4	0	0	1.86	2.48	33	22	0	0	0	5	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.083	.09	0.03%	2.75	1b start a 6	9b 3 out a7
7	32	24	May 10(1)	PHI	@	BSN	L,1-5	GS-6	L(2-2)	6	6.0	4	4	4	7	1	1	1	2.57	3.41	27	14	0	0	0	4	42			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	2	0	0	.80	-0.219	.47	-0.08%	-1.48	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
8	33	29	May 14	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	GS-4	L(2-3)	3	3.2	3	4	4	6	2	0	0	3.26	3.65	18	3	4	0	1	3	35			0	2	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.204	.57	-0.06%	-2.08	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d3
9	34	32	May 17(2)	PHI		PIT	W,5-4	8-GF(11)	BW(3-3)	2	4.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.95	3.52	14	3	7	1	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	0.493	.56	0.07%	1.96	8t 1-3 0 out a1	11t end tie
10	35	36	May 22	PHI		BSN	L,7-10	GS-		4	5.0	7	4	4	1	3	1	0	3.40	3.58	24						39						23					0
11	36	42	May 29	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	W(4-3)	6	9.0	6	1	0	5	9	0	0	2.86	3.29	39	11	8	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.32	0.614	.29	0.05%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
12	37	46	May 31(2)	PHI	@	NYG	L,1-7			1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.81	3.23	3												3					0
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
13	38	48	Jun 3	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(5-3)	2	10.0	6	1	1	4	7	0	0	2.53	3.03	37	9	11	2	0	6	79			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.56	0.652	.08	0.02%	3.34	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
14	39	52	Jun 7(2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,6-8	GS-3	L(5-4)	3	2.1	5	5	3	3	0	0	0	2.83	3.13	16	8	0	0	0	5	28			0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.397	.05	-0.01%	-3.79	1b start tie	3b 1-3 1 out tie
15	40	54	Jun 11	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-7	GS-5	L(5-5)	3	5.0	8	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.12	3.08	24	9	4	0	1	7	35			0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.259	.02	0.00%	-1.92	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
16	41	61	Jun 20	PHI		CIN	L,0-7	GS-5	L(5-6)	8	4.0	7	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.53	3.01	21	2	6	0	0	7	30			1	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.256	.00	0.00%	-3.16	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d3
17	42	69	Jun 29	PHI		BRO	L,3-10	GS-2	L(5-7)	8	2.0	5	3	2	1	4	0	0	3.67	2.92	12	2	0	0	0	5	39			0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.240	.00	0.00%	-2.18	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
18	43	70	Jun 30	PHI	@	NYG	L,3-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.62	2.95	4	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
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
19	44	75	Jul 5(2)	PHI		NYG	W,5-3	7-GF	S(1)	4	2.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.51	2.96	9	2	6	1	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	0.235	.00	0.00%	1.28	7t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 2
20	45	76	Jul 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-9	GS-	L(5-8)	3	7.0	2	1	1	6	1	0	0	3.34	3.06	29						64						23					0
21	46	77	Jul 11	PHI	@	PIT	L,5-12	4-4	BS(2)	1	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.41	3.20	4	0	3	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-2.49	4b 123 1 out a1	4b 3 out d3
22	47	80	Jul 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(6-8)	2	9.0	7	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.20	3.06	32	8	10	1	0	7	72			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.51	0.610	.00	0.00%	2.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
23	48	85	Jul 18	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-	L(6-9)	3	7.2	6	2	2	6	3	0	0	3.14	3.10	33						56						27					0
24	49	90	Jul 23	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	W(7-9)	4	9.0	8	3	3	5	4	0	0	3.13	3.08	41	12	12	2	0	8	58			0	0	0	34	0	2	0	0	0	1	1.47	0.231	.00	0.00%	0.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	50	95	Jul 28(2)	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(7-10)	4	8.0	4	3	2	0	1	1	0	3.07	3.10	28	10	13	1	0	4	65			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	-0.093	.00	0.00%	0.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
Aug				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
26	51	98	Aug 2(1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GS-6	L(7-11)	4	5.1	5	4	3	3	2	0	0	3.15	3.10	21	3	8	1	0	5	43			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1t start tie	6t --3 1 out d1
27	52	102	Aug 7	PHI		NYG	L,4-6	GS-7	L(7-12)	4	7.0	12	5	5	2	3	0	2	3.32	3.09	36	5	12	1	0	12	34			2	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-2.14	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
28	53	106	Aug 12	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	L(7-13)	4	8.1	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	3.19	3.01	33	12	8	0	0	4	74			1	0	0	29	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.56	0.146	.00	0.00%	1.49	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
29	54	110	Aug 16	PHI	@	NYG	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.17	3.01	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
30	55	111	Aug 18	PHI		BRO	W,3-1	CG	W(8-13)	1	9.0	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.04	2.96	35	14	10	1	0	7	69			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.350	.00	0.00%	2.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	56	115	Aug 23(2)	PHI	@	BSN	W,2-0	SHO	W(9-13)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	2.88	2.90	32	17	3	1	1	3	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.554	.00	0.00%	3.79	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
32	57	116	Aug 25	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	2.90	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.29	0.080	.00	0.00%	0.39	9b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
33	58	117	Aug 26(1)	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-2	11-GF(11)	S(3)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.86	2.89	2	0	2	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.19	0.640	.00	0.00%	1.74	11b 1-3 0 out a1	11b end a 1
34	59	120	Aug 28(2)	PHI	@	STL	L,5-7	GS-	L(9-14)	1	4.0	8	6	3	1	3	0	0	2.95	2.85	23						30						22					0
35	60	124	Aug 31	PHI	@	CIN	L,1-8	GS-6	L(9-15)	2	5.1	7	7	7	4	1	1	0	3.22	2.96	27	10	6	0	0	6	23			0	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	0	2	.72	-0.184	.00	0.00%	-4.29	1b start tie	6b --3 1 out d6
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
36	61	130	Sep 7(2)	PHI		NYG	L,0-4	GS-8	L(9-16)	6	8.0	6	4	3	7	4	0	0	3.22	2.99	36	18	1	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	0	.88	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-0.73	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
37	62	132	Sep 11	PHI		CIN	L,5-8	9-11	L(9-17)	3	2.0	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	3.33	3.06	10	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-1.98	9t --- 0 out tie	11t 123 0 out d1
38	63	135	Sep 13(2)	PHI		STL	L,2-3	CG	L(9-18)	1	9.0	6	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.32	3.10	36	10	14	1	0	6	63			1	1	1	33	1	1	1	0	0	1	.94	-0.045	.00	0.00%	0.68	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
39	64	141	Sep 19	PHI	@	BRO	L,4-5	GS-2		5	1.2	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	3.47	3.14	12	2	1	0	0	4	28			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.88	-0.407	.00	0.00%	-3.52	1b start a 1	2b 12- 2 out d1
40	65	142	Sep 20(1)	PHI	@	BRO	W,7-3	7-GF	S(4)	0	2.1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.43	3.14	9	2	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.29	7b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 4
41	66	145	Sep 23	PHI	@	BRO	L,0-6	GS-5	L(9-19)	2	5.0	6	4	4	3	4	0	0	3.52	3.12	24	8	3	0	0	6	40			0	1	0	21	3	1	1	0	0	1	.92	-0.177	.00	0.00%	-1.79	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
42	67	150	Sep 26	PHI		BRO	L,3-8	GS-6	L(9-20)	2	5.0	6	5	5	4	1	0	0	3.65	3.14	25	6	8	0	0	6	32			4	0	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.425	.00	0.00%	-2.86	1t start tie	6t --3 0 out d2
							13-29		W-L:9-20,Sv:4,BSv:2	3.0	209.1	179	95	85	114	109	7	3	3.65	3.14	903	1.39		3%	1%	151	51	14	36%	12	13	1	771	24	6	6	15	0	10	1.22	1.226	.28	0.41%	-6.11

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