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Mel Mazzera
Melvin Leonard Mazzera (Mike)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 9, 1935
Final Game September 29, 1940
Born January 31, 1914 in Stockton, CA
Died December 17, 1997 in Stockton, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1935 21 SLB AL  12   30    4    7   2  0   1    2   0  0   4   9  .233  .324  .400   83   12   0           0    
 1937 23 SLB AL   7    7    1    2   2  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .286  .286  .571  111    4   0           0    
 1938 24 SLB AL  86  204   33   57   8  2   6   29   1  1  12  25  .279  .329  .426   88   87   3           3    
 1939 25 SLB AL  33  110   21   33   5  2   3   22   0  0  10  20  .300  .364  .464  108   51   2           1   1
 1940 26 PHI NL  69  156   16   37   5  4   0   13   1     19  15  .237  .320  .321   80   50   5           0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      207  507   75  136  22  8  10   66   2  1  45  71  .268  .333  .402   90  204  10   0   0   4   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        397   59  106  17  6   8   52   2  1  35  56  .268  .333  .402   90  160   8   0   0   3   5
 Career High     86  204   33   57   8  4   6   29   1  1  19  25                          87   5   0   0   3   5
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1935 21 SLB AL   34   23    4   4.7   115| .233  .292| .324  .366| .400  .423| .724  .788|  83  .465  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1937 23 SLB AL    7    5    1   5.3   117| .286  .290| .286  .365| .571  .432| .857  .797| 111  .503   0.1   0.0   0%
 1938 24 SLB AL  222  151   28   4.9   118| .279  .290| .329  .369| .426  .432| .755  .801|  88  .464  -5.0  -0.5  50%
 1939 25 SLB AL  123   80   18   6.0   116| .300  .289| .364  .364| .464  .427| .828  .791| 108  .574   1.0   0.1   0%
 1940 26 PHI NL  180  129   16   3.4    95| .237  .267| .320  .331| .321  .384| .641  .715|  80  .379  -4.0  -0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       566  388   67   4.6   110| .268  .283| .333  .356| .402  .416| .735  .772|  90  .467  -8.7  -0.9     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1935 21 SLB AL OF 10 18 1 1 0 .950 .969 1.90 2.30 4 3 3 1938 24 SLB AL OF 47 74 7 2 1 .976 .972 1.72 2.28 25 8 14 1939 25 SLB AL OF 25 56 1 1 0 .983 .969 2.28 2.35 18 0 7 1940 26 PHI NL OF 42 62 5 1 2 .985 .977 1.60 2.17 26 2 16 1B 11 28 1 0 1 1.000 .990 2.64 10.08
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 26 PHI NL 1B 11 28 1 0 1 1.000 .990 2.64 10.08 1935 21 SLB AL OF 10 18 1 1 0 .950 .969 1.90 2.30 4 3 3 1938 24 SLB AL OF 47 74 7 2 1 .976 .972 1.72 2.28 25 8 14 1939 25 SLB AL OF 25 56 1 1 0 .983 .969 2.28 2.35 18 0 7 1940 26 PHI NL OF 42 62 5 1 2 .985 .977 1.60 2.17 26 2 16
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 124 210 14 5 3 .978 .973 1.81 2.26 73 13 40 1B 11 28 1 0 1 1.000 .990 2.64 10.08 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 135 238 15 5 4 .981 .975 1.87 2.90
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1935 AL-21-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2273) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 13, 1939: Purchased by the Toronto (International) from the St. Louis Browns.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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