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: 2-23 / in Starts: 1-4

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 16, Entered with runners on base: 4

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 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	1	3	Apr 17	PHI		BSN	L,5-7	GS-3		99	3.0	6	4	1	0	4	1	0	3.00	4.45	16	5	1	0	0	6	41			0	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.257	2.04	-0.37%	-2.65	1t start tie	3t 3 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
2	2	52	Jun 15(1)	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-6	7-GF(8)		58	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.80	3.18	8	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.91	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
3	3	55	Jun 17	PHI	@	STL	L,3-11	6-GF(8)		1	2.2	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	1.17	3.96	11	6	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	.02	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.41	6b 123 1 out d6	8b end d 8
4	4	60	Jun 22(1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.08	4.17	5	2	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.53	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
5	5	63	Jun 25(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.53	4.19	9	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	.07	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.05	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
6	6	65	Jun 27	PHI	@	NYG	L,4-7	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.13	4.20	7	2	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.018	.00	0.00%	0.97	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
7	7	67	Jun 29	PHI	@	NYG	L,7-10			1	2.2	2	2	2	4	1	1	0	2.93	5.46	13												9					0
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
8	8	70	Jul 2	PHI	@	BRO	L,3-9	1-GF(8)		2	7.2	9	4	4	4	7	0	0	3.52	4.48	36	5	11	0	0	9		1	0	0	0	0	32	1	2	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.040	.00	0.00%	0.15	1b -2- 1 out d3	8b end d 6
9	9	74	Jul 6	PHI		NYG	L,3-7	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.60	4.42	9	4	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.10	7t --- 0 out d3	8t end d 4
10	10	77	Jul 13(1)	PHI		STL	L,2-7	4-7		6	4.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.10	4.06	12	3	5	0	0	2		0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	.10	0.020	.00	0.00%	1.80	4t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d5
11	11	81	Jul 16	PHI		CHC	L,5-9	3-5	L(0-1)	2	3.0	4	4	4	1	4	1	0	3.94	4.19	14	0	5	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	-0.305	.00	0.00%	-2.65	3t --- 0 out tie	5t 3 out d4
12	12	92	Jul 29	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-12			12	1.0	3	4	4	2	0	1	0	4.91	4.72	8												6					0
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
13	13	97	Aug 2	PHI	@	STL	L,7-11	7-GF(8)		3	2.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.63	4.70	9	3	5	2	1	0		0	0	1	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.002	.00	0.00%	1.01	7b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
14	14	101	Aug 6	PHI		BSN	L,0-6	9-GF		3	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.50	4.64	4	0	3	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
15	15	108	Aug 13	PHI	@	BRO	L,2-7	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	4.86	4.76	7	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-1.50	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 6
16	16	115	Aug 20(2)	PHI		CIN	L,0-3	CG	L(0-2)	6	9.0	6	3	3	4	8	1	0	4.50	4.57	36	9	9	1	0	6	67			0	2	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	1	.85	0.147	.00	0.00%	1.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
17	17	120	Aug 24(2)	PHI		CHC	W,7-6	GS-		3	8.1	8	6	6	4	7	0	0	4.80	4.26	35						46						30					0
18	18	121	Aug 26(1)	PHI		CHC	L,4-5			1	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.88	4.43	5												5					0
19	19	125	Aug 31(1)	PHI		BSN	L,3-8	8-GF		4	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.02	4.42	8	3	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	.08	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-1.10	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
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
20	20	131	Sep 6	PHI	@	BSN	W,4-3	5-8	W(1-2)	5	3.1	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	4.90	4.53	13	8	0	0	0	2		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.080	.00	0.00%	1.06	5b 123 2 out a1	8b 3 out tie
21	21	137	Sep 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-5	11-GF(11)		6	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.90	4.58	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-1.00	11b 123 0 out tie	11b end d 1
22	22	140	Sep 17(1)	PHI	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(1-3)	3	8.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.46	4.31	34	9	10	2	0	8	65			0	0	0	32	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.13	0.222	.00	0.00%	2.79	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
23	23	148	Sep 22	PHI		BRO	L,0-5	GS-8	L(1-4)	4	8.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	0	4.58	4.19	34	9	11	1	0	8	46			0	0	0	31	3	0	1	1	0	0	.63	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-1.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
24	24	151	Sep 24(1)	PHI		NYG	L,1-4			1	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	4.64	4.16	5												4					0
25	25	155	Sep 28	PHI	@	BRO	L,1-5	3-GF(8)	L(1-5)	3	6.0	6	4	4	7	5	0	0	4.73	4.19	30	5	7	2	0	6		0	0	0	0	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	0	.75	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-1.02	3b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
							2-23		W-L:1-5	3.2	83.2	81	48	44	47	57	7	0	4.73	4.19	369	1.08		5%	1%	63	53	10	30%	1	3	0	314	19	2	3	6	0	5	.61	-0.571	.12	-0.37%	-2.24

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