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: 13-23 / in Starts: 10-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 5

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	98	4	Apr 21	BRO		NYG	L,2-3	2-7		99	6.0	7	2	2	6	0	0	0	3.00	5.68	28	11	4	0	0	7		0	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	3	0	0	.88	-0.007	2.60	-0.01%	0.79	2t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d3
2	99	10	Apr 30(1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,8-26	GS-1	L(0-1)	8	1.0	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	6.43	6.25	8	0	2	0	0	2	35			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.271	3.00	-0.41%	-2.53	1b start a 2	1b 3 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
3	100	19	May 13	BRO	@	STL	L,4-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	12	4.1	5	4	0	6	1	0	0	3.97	6.30	23	7	4	0	0	5	40			1	1	1	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.065	3.42	-0.11%	-0.12	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out a1
4	101	21	May 14(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,7-8	8-8		0	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.97	6.30	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	-0.184	4.70	-0.24%	-2.56	8b 123 2 out a4	8b -2- 2 out a1
5	102	25	May 18	BRO	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS-9	L(0-3)	3	8.0	6	4	3	3	6	0	0	3.72	4.65	34	8	11	0	0	6	59			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.32	-0.315	2.78	-0.40%	-0.04	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out tie
6	103	30	May 23	BRO		NYG	W,3-2	GS-7		4	7.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.42	4.16	33	7	10	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	28	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.28	0.104	1.91	0.09%	1.25	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	104	34	May 28(2)	BRO		CIN	W,3-2	CG	W(1-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.06	3.95	36	9	14	1	0	6	66			1	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	0.453	2.35	0.40%	2.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
8	105	41	Jun 3	BRO		CHC	W,4-0	SHO	W(2-3)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.44	3.56	30	10	13	2	0	4	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.54	0.286	.71	0.23%	4.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	106	43	Jun 4(2)	BRO		CHC	T,8-8	10-GF(10)		0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.42	3.51	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	0.110	5.01	0.08%	0.42	10t 12- 2 out tie	10t end tie
10	107	44	Jun 7	BRO		PHI	L,5-6	GS-9	L(2-4)	2	8.2	7	6	6	6	6	0	0	3.04	3.49	39	8	12	0	0	7	46			0	0	1	31	1	1	1	1	0	2	1.54	-0.290	1.80	-0.20%	-1.24	1t start tie	9t 12- 2 out tie
11	108	48	Jun 11(1)	BRO		BSN	W,5-4	CG(10)	W(3-4)	3	10.0	5	4	2	4	4	1	0	2.84	3.63	39	8	18	0	0	5	70			2	0	1	35	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.38	0.173	1.95	0.15%	0.64	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
12	109	53	Jun 16	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-4	GS-9	W(4-4)	4	8.0	9	4	3	3	8	0	0	2.90	3.42	37	7	10	1	0	9	55			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.013	1.56	-0.01%	-0.33	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a2
13	110	58	Jun 20	BRO		NYG	W,7-6	GS-1		3	0.2	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.38	3.50	8	1	1	0	1	4	26			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	-0.347	1.89	-0.26%	-4.11	1t start tie	1t -23 2 out d4
14	111	59	Jun 21	BRO		NYG	L,2-11	GS-7	L(4-5)	0	7.0	8	4	4	5	2	0	0	3.53	3.57	34	11	8	1	0	8	42			0	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	.74	-0.176	.94	-0.13%	-0.75	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
15	112	64	Jun 25(2)	BRO		PHI	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(5-5)	3	10.0	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.24	3.45	36	9	11	1	0	10	70			0	1	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.624	1.90	0.50%	3.64	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
16	113	66	Jun 28(2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-6	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.20	3.44	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.03	0.00%	0.47	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
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
17	114	69	Jul 2(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-14	L(5-6)	3	13.1	9	2	2	5	7	0	0	2.96	3.35	52	10	21	1	0	9	84			1	0	0	47	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.73	0.592	2.08	0.43%	4.67	1b start tie	14b 1-3 1 out tie
18	115	75	Jul 7	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-13	GS-2	L(5-7)	4	2.0	7	7	7	3	0	0	0	3.50	3.42	16	4	2	0	0	7	11			0	0	0	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.368	.11	-0.03%	-6.01	1b start tie	2b 3 out d7
19	116	77	Jul 9(1)	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-10	2-GF(8)		1	7.0	8	5	5	2	4	0	0	3.69	3.36	29	5	10	1	0	8		1	1	1	0	0	27	1	1	0	1	0	0	.10	-0.069	.01	-0.01%	-2.17	2b 1-- 0 out d4	8b end d 9
20	117	79	Jul 15	BRO	@	BSN	L,3-6	GS-7	L(5-8)	5	7.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.62	3.32	26	7	10	0	0	4	62			0	1	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.75	0.038	.02	0.00%	1.45	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
21	118	83	Jul 19	BRO		CIN	W,10-5	GS-3		3	2.2	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.91	3.35	16	2	5	0	0	7	22			0	0	1	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.301	.01	0.00%	-3.08	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out a1
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
22	119	98	Aug 1	BRO		STL	L,3-14	9-GF		12	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.88	3.35	3	1	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d12	9t end d12
23	120	102	Aug 5	BRO		BSN	W,8-7	7-7		3	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.85	3.35	6	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.60	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.46	7t --- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d1
24	121	104	Aug 6(2)	BRO		BSN	L,7-8	8-GF		0	2.0	4	2	1	2	3	0	0	3.86	3.34	13	3	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	.56	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-1.07	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 3
25	122	106	Aug 10	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-4	7-9	W(6-8)	3	3.0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	3.77	3.28	12	1	6	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.41	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.41	7b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
26	123	108	Aug 12	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(6-9)	1	8.0	6	2	1	6	2	0	0	3.61	3.35	34	11	9	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.16	0.079	.00	0.00%	1.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
27	124	111	Aug 14	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.63	3.36	10	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	.72	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.02	7b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
28	125	116	Aug 19	BRO	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(7-9)	4	8.0	7	1	1	6	3	0	2	3.49	3.44	37	5	14	1	0	7	61			0	1	1	28	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.95	0.439	.00	0.00%	2.64	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
29	126	121	Aug 25	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-10	GS-5	L(7-10)	5	5.0	8	5	5	2	5	0	0	3.67	3.39	26	8	3	1	0	8	34			0	1	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	2	.86	-0.255	.00	0.00%	-2.65	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
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
30	127	130	Sep 3(2)	BRO		NYG	L,3-9	GS-1	L(7-11)	8	0.1	1	3	2	3	0	0	0	3.78	3.45	6	2	0	0	0	1	36			0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.81	-0.300	.00	0.00%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
31	128	132	Sep 4(2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,6-4	1-GF	W(8-11)	0	8.2	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.58	3.38	34	9	13	1	0	5		3	1	0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.64	0.613	.00	0.00%	4.51	1b 123 1 out d3	9b end a 2
32	129	133	Sep 7	BRO	@	PHI	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.57	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.41	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.41	8b 12- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
33	130	141	Sep 17(2)	BRO	@	BSN	W,3-2	GS-8	W(9-11)	9	7.0	3	2	2	5	2	0	0	3.53	3.42	28	8	10	0	0	3	60			0	0	0	22	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.29	0.302	.00	0.00%	2.46	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a3
34	131	144	Sep 21(1)	BRO		PIT	L,4-10	6-7		3	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.54	3.41	9	1	5	0	2	3		0	0	1	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.07	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d7
35	132	145	Sep 21(2)	BRO		PIT	L,6-14	3-8		-1	6.0	6	5	2	3	2	0	0	3.52	3.41	26	12	3	1	1	6		0	0	0	0	0	22	3	0	0	2	0	2	.33	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-2.22	3t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d8
36	133	149	Sep 25	BRO		STL	L,1-3	CG	L(9-12)	3	9.0	7	3	0	2	7	0	0	3.35	3.33	38	13	12	1	0	4	72			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.70	-0.034	.00	0.00%	1.18	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
37	134	153	Sep 29	BRO		CIN	L,2-10	GS-2	L(9-13)	3	2.0	1	4	3	3	1	0	0	3.46	3.36	11	3	3	0	0	1	38			2	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	-0.301	.00	0.00%	-3.07	1t start tie	2t 3 out d4
							13-23		W-L:9-13	3.0	187.1	178	91	72	97	91	1	2	3.46	3.36	823	0.82		3%	1%	174	51	11	45%	9	5	5	700	27	9	10	15	0	19	1.22	0.423	1.07	0.07%	-1.47

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