Cliff Melton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 203lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: January 3, 1912 in Brevard, NC us

Died: July 28, 1986 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Most Holy Redeemer Memorial Park, Baltimore, MD

Debut: April 25, 1937 (Age 25-112d, 8,245th in major league history)
vs. BSN 9.0 IP, 6 H, 13 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 29, 1944 (Age 32-270d)
vs. STL 7.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Clifford George Melton

Nicknames: Mickey Mouse or Mountain Music

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Relatives: Cousin of Rube Melton

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.3

ERA

3.42

272

179

1453.2

660

WHIP

1.291

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	31-15 / in Starts: 17-10
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 94 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	75 (43-18-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 94 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	63 (32-20-11)

Most Driven In
G Mancuso	1
B Whitehead	1
H Danning	1
M Ott	1
J McCarthy	1

Most Driven In By
D Bartell	1
W Berger	1

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	4 (3)	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.06	-0.059	3.29	-0.11%	-0.55	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	2	9 (4)	May 2	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.06	-0.038	3.07	-0.07%	-0.57	P
3	3	13 (3)	May 6	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.41	-0.076	3.64	-0.12%	-0.67	P
4	4	19 (5)	May 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	1.49	0.042	4.48	0.08%	0.27	P
5	5	23 (3)	May 16	NYG		PHI	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.73	-0.045	3.77	-0.06%	-0.45	P
6	6	26 (2)	May 20	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
7	7	27	May 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	3-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
8	8	29 (1)	May 23	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
9	9	30	May 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9						P
10	10	32 (1)	May 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	9	.25	-0.006	.79	-0.01%	-0.23	P
11	11	34 (1)	May 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-4	0-GF	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	1			0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
12	12	38 (3)	May 31 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	9	2.53	-0.072	10.27	-0.18%	-0.36	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
13	13	41 (2)	Jun 4 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,5-6	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	1.82	-0.046	7.98	-0.12%	-0.17	P
14	14	43 (1)	Jun 5	NYG		PIT	W,7-5	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
15	15	47 (3)	Jun 9 (2)	NYG		STL	W,3-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
16	16	48	Jun 12	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						P
17	17	51 (2)	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	2-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.133	.133	.267	9	1.04	-0.027	5.39	-0.08%	-0.24	P
18	18	55 (3)	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	1.55	0.071	5.65	0.16%	0.52	P
19	19	60 (4)	Jun 26	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	1.09	-0.016	4.62	-0.04%	-0.70	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	20	64 (3)	Jul 1	NYG		PHI	W,8-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.55	-0.022	2.55	-0.06%	-0.22	P
21	21	68 (3)	Jul 5 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.192	.192	.192	.385	9	.54	-0.029	2.56	-0.08%	-0.89	P
22	22	72 (3)	Jul 11 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.63	0.053	2.92	0.15%	0.29	P
23	23	75 (2)	Jul 13	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-10	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9						P
24	24	77 (1)	Jul 16	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	GS-11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.212	.212	.212	.424	9	1.42	-0.036	9.10	-0.14%	-0.29	P
25	25	82 (4)	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.189	.189	.378	9	1.35	-0.133	6.97	-0.41%	-1.01	P
26	26	86 (3)	Jul 24	NYG		CHC	L,5-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.184	.184	.368	9	.72	-0.018	6.53	-0.10%	-0.17	P
27	27	89 (2)	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.190	.381	9	1.64	-0.117	7.74	-0.33%	-0.60	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
28	28	93 (3)	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(11)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.178	.196	.178	.373	9	1.30	0.057	8.94	0.24%	0.25	P
29	29	98 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.184	.167	.350	9	.51	-0.011	1.87	-0.03%	-0.56	P
30	30	101 (2)	Aug 12	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	1-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.160	.176	.160	.336	9	.72	-0.036	2.07	-0.06%	-0.27	P
31	31	105 (3)	Aug 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.148	.164	.148	.312	9	.69	-0.007	3.41	-0.02%	-0.58	P
32	32	107 (1)	Aug 19	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.148	.164	.148	.312	9						P
33	33	109 (1)	Aug 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-11	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.158	.143	.301	9	.75	-0.038	4.93	-0.15%	-0.36	P
34	34	112 (2)	Aug 27 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.138	.153	.138	.290	9	1.44	-0.079	9.30	-0.31%	-0.62	P
35	35	117 (4)	Aug 30	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.136	.150	.136	.286	9	.70	-0.032	5.25	-0.15%	-0.44	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	36	121 (3)	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	L,7-15	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.164	.150	.314	9	1.05	0.044	8.61	0.21%	0.39	P
37	37	123 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.143	.156	.143	.299	9	.70	-0.052	5.75	-0.26%	-1.37	P
38	38	125 (1)	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-7	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.169	.156	.325	9	.30	0.007	2.34	0.03%	0.21	P
39	39	129 (3)	Sep 12 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.149	.162	.149	.311	9	.67	0.033	5.98	0.18%	0.11	P
40	40	134 (4)	Sep 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.141	.153	.141	.294	9	.71	-0.094	5.74	-0.46%	-1.08	P
41	41	138 (3)	Sep 20	NYG	@	STL	W,10-3	GS-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.151	.139	.290	9	.43	-0.012	3.18	-0.06%	-0.33	P
42	42	140 (1)	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.143	.132	.274	9	.97	-0.108	18.80	-1.25%	-1.53	P
43	43	141	Sep 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.143	.132	.274	9						P
44	44	143 (1)	Sep 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.132	.143	.132	.274	9						P
45	45	146 (2)	Sep 29 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.125	.136	.125	.261	9	.78	-0.114	.97	-0.09%	-1.84	P
46	46	152 (5)	Oct 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	5-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.122	.133	.122	.254	9	.86	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-1.32	P
							31-15		94	82	3	10	0	0	0	5	1	0	21	0	10		0	3	0	0	.122	.133	.122	.254		.97	-1.067	5.38	-3.69%	-15.36

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