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Rube Melton
Reuben Franklin Melton

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 205 lb.
School Campbell University

Debut April 17, 1941
Final Game June 3, 1947
Born February 27, 1917 in Cramerton, NC
Died September 11, 1971 in Greer, SC

Cousin of Cliff Melton

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1941 24 PHI NL   1   5  25   5   2   0  15  0   83.7   81   48   44   7   47   57   0   5   369       0  4.73  3.71   78 1.530
 1942 25 PHI NL   9  20  42  29  10   1  10  4  209.3  180   95   86   7  114  107   3   8   903       0  3.70  3.31   90 1.404
 1943 26 BRO NL   5   8  30  17   4   2   6  0  119.3  106   62   52   3   79   63   5   2   528       0  3.92  3.34   85 1.550
 1944 27 BRO NL   9  13  37  23   6   1   8  0  187.3  178   92   72   1   96   91   2   6   822       1  3.46  3.54  102 1.463
 1946 29 BRO NL   6   3  24  12   3   2   8  1   99.7   72   27   22   3   52   44   3   1   412       0  1.99  3.38  170 1.244
 1947 30 BRO NL   0   1   4   1   0   0   0  0    4.7    7    7    7   1    7    1   0   0    27       0 13.50  4.15   31 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .375  30  50 162  87  25   6  47  5  704.0  624  331  283  22  395  363  13  22  3061       1  3.62  3.44   95 1.447
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8  13  44  23   6   1  12  1  192.0  170   90   77   6  107   99   3   6   835   0   0  3.62  3.44   95 1.447
 Career High      9  20  42  29  10   2  15  4  209.3  180   95   86   7  114  107   5   8   903   0   1  1.99  3.71  170 1.244

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 24 PHI NL  25   19    0    2   0  0   0    1   0      0  11  .105  .105  .105  -40    2   2           0   0
 1942 25 PHI NL  42   65    3    8   3  0   1    7   0      2  26  .123  .149  .215    8   14   0           0   0
 1943 26 BRO NL  30   38    4    4   0  0   0    3   0      1  13  .105  .128  .105  -32    4   5           0   0
 1944 27 BRO NL  37   57    2    7   3  0   0    3   0      0  21  .123  .123  .175  -16   10   9           0   0
 1946 29 BRO NL  24   28    2    3   1  0   0    0   0      0   9  .107  .107  .143  -30    4   3           0   0
 1947 30 BRO NL   4    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  424    1   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      162  208   11   25   7  0   1   14   0  0   3  80  .120  .133  .168  -13   35  19   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        208   11   25   7  0   1   14   0  0   3  80  .120  .133  .168  -13   35  19   0   0   0   0
 Career High     42   65    4    8   3  0   1    7   0  0   2  26                          14   9   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 24 PHI NL   21   19    0   0.0    91| .105  .261| .105  .331| .105  .368| .210  .699| -40  .000  -3.5  -0.4     
 1942 25 PHI NL   67   57    2   1.0    83| .123  .250| .149  .321| .215  .348| .364  .669|   8  .073  -7.6  -0.8     
 1943 26 BRO NL   44   39    1   0.7    89| .105  .265| .128  .333| .105  .359| .233  .693| -32  .039  -6.6  -0.7     
 1944 27 BRO NL   66   59    1   0.5    93| .123  .266| .123  .332| .175  .373| .298  .706| -16  .017  -8.8  -0.9     
 1946 29 BRO NL   31   28    0   0.0    93| .107  .264| .107  .339| .143  .369| .250  .708| -30  .000  -4.9  -0.5     
 1947 30 BRO NL    1    0    1         109|1.000  .279|1.000  .355|1.000  .413|2.000  .768| 424         0.5   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       230  202    5   0.7    89| .120  .260| .133  .330| .168  .362| .301  .692| -13  .036 -30.9  -3.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1941 24 PHI NL P 25 0 11 2 0 .846 .965 0.44 1.09 1.18 2.23 5 83.7 1942 25 PHI NL P 42 8 33 1 2 .976 .967 0.98 1.17 1.76 2.35 29 209.3 1943 26 BRO NL P 30 1 20 3 1 .875 .959 0.70 1.16 1.58 2.27 17 119.3 1944 27 BRO NL P 37 8 34 2 2 .955 .961 1.14 1.09 2.02 2.14 23 187.3 1946 29 BRO NL P 24 1 20 1 0 .955 .959 0.88 1.01 1.90 2.24 12 99.7 1947 30 BRO NL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.11 1 4.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1941 24 PHI NL P 25 0 11 2 0 .846 .965 0.44 1.09 1.18 2.23 5 83.7 1942 25 PHI NL P 42 8 33 1 2 .976 .967 0.98 1.17 1.76 2.35 29 209.3 1943 26 BRO NL P 30 1 20 3 1 .875 .959 0.70 1.16 1.58 2.27 17 119.3 1944 27 BRO NL P 37 8 34 2 2 .955 .961 1.14 1.09 2.02 2.14 23 187.3 1946 29 BRO NL P 24 1 20 1 0 .955 .959 0.88 1.01 1.90 2.24 12 99.7 1947 30 BRO NL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 2.11 1 4.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 162 18 118 9 5 .938 .962 0.84 1.11 1.74 2.25 87 704.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 162 18 118 9 5 .938 .962 0.84 1.11 1.74 2.25 87 704
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.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1942 NL-7.74-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1942 NL-4.60-5
1944 NL-4.37-5

Games
1942 NL-42-5

Saves
1942 NL-4-6

Strikeouts
1942 NL-107-5
1944 NL-91-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1942 NL-114-1
1943 NL-79-7
1944 NL-96-7

Losses
1942 NL-20-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1942 NL-86-6

Wild Pitches
1941 NL-5-9
1942 NL-8-1
1944 NL-6-5

Hit Batsmen
1943 NL-5-3

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1250) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

October 1, 1940: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940 rule 5 draft.

December 12, 1942: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Johnny Allen and $30,000.


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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