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: 8-22 / in Starts: 7-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 6

1943 Pitching Game Log

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1943 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	68	10	May 2(2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		99	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.65	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.026	1.47	0.06%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
2	69	12	May 4	BRO		PHI	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-1)	1	8.0	4	2	1	6	6	1	0	1.00	4.77	35	5	14	0	0	4	68			1	0	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.06	0.055	4.36	0.14%	1.54	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
3	70	17	May 9(1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,5-4	GS-8		4	8.0	8	4	4	5	6	0	0	2.65	3.95	35	6	10	2	0	8	51			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	-0.090	6.08	-0.22%	-0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
4	71	20	May 14	BRO		PIT	L,2-5	4-7		4	4.0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.14	3.80	14	3	6	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	0.000	1.69	0.00%	1.11	4t 1-3 0 out d2	7t 3 out d4
5	72	24	May 17	BRO		STL	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-1)	2	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.50	3.42	31	13	10	1	0	5	78			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.705	8.00	2.16%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
6	73	27	May 20	BRO		STL	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	2	9.0	7	2	2	5	4	0	1	1.62	3.50	39	10	12	0	0	7	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.24	0.242	6.06	0.71%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	74	32	May 27	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-9	GS-8	L(2-2)	6	7.0	7	7	7	8	3	0	1	2.74	3.83	35	8	8	0	0	7	30			1	1	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.58	-0.449	7.60	-1.29%	-2.78	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out tie
8	75	37	May 31(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,0-7	GS-1	L(2-3)	3	0.1	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	3.50	3.88	6	1	0	0	0	4	24			0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.336	7.06	-1.35%	-4.19	1b start tie	1b -2- 1 out d4
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
9	76	39	Jun 1	BRO	@	STL	L,9-11	12-GF(12)	L(2-4)	0	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	3.86	4.15	3	0	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.28	-0.370	14.61	-1.42%	-1.78	12b --- 0 out tie	12b end d 2
10	77	42	Jun 4	BRO	@	CHC	W,18-5	GS-1		2	0.0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	4.05	4.35	4	0	0	0	0	1	41			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.125	3.36	-0.34%	-2.81	1b start a 7	1b 123 0 out a6
11	78	45	Jun 6(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,5-11	4-5		1	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.94	4.36	5	2	2	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.74	0.03%	0.83	4b 12- 2 out d5	5b 3 out d5
12	79	52	Jun 15	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-6	6-7		8	1.1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	3.83	4.52	9	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.11	-0.081	9.69	-0.22%	-0.46	6b --- 0 out tie	7b -23 1 out tie
13	80	55	Jun 18	BRO		PHI	L,8-10	GS-6		2	5.2	6	6	6	5	3	0	0	4.42	4.49	28	8	6	0	0	6	31			0	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	1	.77	0.124	3.58	0.34%	-1.07	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a5
14	81	60	Jun 23(1)	BRO		NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	5	2	0	5	5	0	0	3.80	4.31	37	13	9	0	0	5	73			1	0	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.08	0.144	5.20	0.42%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	82	66	Jun 27(2)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(4-4)	3	9.0	3	0	0	5	5	0	0	3.33	4.17	34	10	11	0	0	3	81			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.73	0.306	4.25	1.07%	3.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
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
16	83	69	Jul 1	BRO		CIN	L,9-10	7-8		3	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.36	4.15	9	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.046	2.50	-0.16%	-0.11	7t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d3
17	84	71	Jul 3	BRO		STL	L,3-5	GS-5	L(4-5)	1	5.0	6	3	3	3	4	0	0	3.49	4.07	23	3	7	0	0	6	44			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.140	7.57	-0.68%	-0.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
18	85	76	Jul 6	BRO		CHC	L,4-9	GS-1	L(4-6)	2	0.1	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.81	4.17	5	1	0	0	0	1	34			0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.44	-0.254	6.52	-0.69%	-2.68	1t start tie	1t 1-3 1 out d2
19	86	81	Jul 11(2)	BRO		PIT	W,5-4	GS-5		4	5.0	8	4	4	3	4	1	1	4.01	4.28	25	6	3	0	0	8	36			0	1	1	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.233	4.17	-0.58%	-1.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
20	87	85	Jul 18 susp	BRO	@	BSN	L,6-7	GS-6		6	5.1	5	4	3	2	4	0	2	4.07	4.23	25	4	8	0	0	5	46			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.31	0.007	6.00	0.02%	-0.26	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a2
21	88	86	Jul 21(1)	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-11	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.98	4.23	9	2	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.13	7b --- 0 out d9	8b end d10
22	89	87	Jul 21(2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,9-7	5-GF	W(5-6)	-1	4.2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	3.79	4.23	18	6	6	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.299	4.64	0.70%	2.58	5b 12- 1 out d2	9b end a 2
23	90	90	Jul 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-6	GS-6	L(5-7)	2	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.83	4.12	26	5	8	0	0	7	48			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.130	4.60	-0.27%	-0.26	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
24	91	94	Jul 28(1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,7-8	GS-5		3	4.2	7	5	5	3	2	0	0	4.08	4.10	23	6	5	0	0	7	29			0	0	1	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.083	2.34	-0.08%	-1.25	1b start tie	5b 12- 2 out a1
25	92	96	Jul 30	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-12	GS-1		1	0.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.25	4.15	4	0	0	0	0	2	36			0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.364	1.85	-0.22%	-3.46	1b start a 2	1b -23 0 out tie
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	93	100	Aug 3	BRO	@	STL	L,4-7	1-6		3	5.1	2	2	2	4	5	0	0	4.21	4.10	20	4	5	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	1	16	1	0	1	1	0	0	.15	-0.019	.09	-0.01%	0.54	1b 1-- 2 out d5	6b 3 out d6
27	94	102	Aug 7	BRO		BSN	L,4-7	9-GF		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.20	4.10	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.007	.02	0.00%	0.56	9t -23 2 out d3	9t end d 3
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
28	95	143	Sep 24	BRO	@	STL	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		47	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.16	4.08	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.05	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
29	96	146	Sep 26(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-5	6-6		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.12	4.05	4	0	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.43	6b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d2
30	97	147	Sep 28(1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-5	3-6	L(5-8)	1	3.2	5	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.22	4.02	15	4	4	0	0	5		3	1	0	1	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.163	.00	0.00%	-1.11	3b 123 1 out a1	6b 3 out d3
							8-22		W-L:5-8	2.6	119.1	106	62	56	79	64	3	5	4.22	4.02	529	0.88		1%	0%	106	48	12	25%	3	7	4	438	16	4	5	6	0	5	1.10	-0.930	4.74	-1.89%	-5.29

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