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Mark Melancon    \meh-LAN-sen\

Mark D. Melancon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 28, 1985 in Wheat Ridge, CO
High School: Golden HS (Golden, CO)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed August 9, 2006. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 2009 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Astros/RedSox/Pirates/Yankees 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$521k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.098, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2009 24 NYY AL 0 1 .000 3.86 13 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 13 8 7 0 10 0 10 4 0 3 74 122 1.408 7.2 0.0 5.5 5.5 1.00
2010 25 TOT MLB 2 0 1.000 4.22 22 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 19 13 10 2 8 0 22 1 0 2 90 99 1.266 8.0 0.8 3.4 9.3 2.75
2010 25 NYY AL 0 0 9.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 7 5 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 52 1.750 15.8 2.3 0.0 6.8
2010 25 HOU NL 2 0 1.000 3.12 20 0 2 0 0 0 17.1 12 8 6 1 8 0 19 1 0 2 71 129 1.154 6.2 0.5 4.2 9.9 2.38
2011 26 HOU NL 8 4 .667 2.78 71 0 47 0 0 20 74.1 65 28 23 5 26 6 66 2 0 1 309 137 1.224 7.9 0.6 3.1 8.0 2.54
2012 27 BOS AL 0 2 .000 6.20 41 0 17 0 0 1 45.0 45 31 31 8 12 1 41 3 0 2 194 70 1.267 9.0 1.6 2.4 8.2 3.42
2013 28 PIT NL 0 0 0.82 22 0 2 0 0 0 22.0 17 2 2 1 1 0 22 0 0 0 83 443 0.818 7.0 0.4 0.4 9.0 22.00
5 Yrs 10 7 .588 3.67 169 0 74 0 0 21 179.0 159 82 73 16 57 7 161 10 0 8 750 110 1.207 8.0 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.82
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .588 3.67 68 0 30 0 0 8 72 64 33 29 6 23 3 65 4 0 3 302 110 1.207 8.0 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.82
NYY (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 4.87 15 0 6 0 0 0 20.1 20 13 11 1 10 0 13 4 0 3 93 96 1.475 8.9 0.4 4.4 5.8 1.30
HOU (2 yrs) 10 4 .714 2.85 91 0 49 0 0 20 91.2 77 36 29 6 34 6 85 3 0 3 380 135 1.211 7.6 0.6 3.3 8.3 2.50
PIT (1 yr) 0 0 0.82 22 0 2 0 0 0 22.0 17 2 2 1 1 0 22 0 0 0 83 443 0.818 7.0 0.4 0.4 9.0 22.00
BOS (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.20 41 0 17 0 0 1 45.0 45 31 31 8 12 1 41 3 0 2 194 70 1.267 9.0 1.6 2.4 8.2 3.42
NL (3 yrs) 10 4 .714 2.45 113 0 51 0 0 20 113.2 94 38 31 7 35 6 107 3 0 3 463 155 1.135 7.4 0.6 2.8 8.5 3.06
AL (3 yrs) 0 3 .000 5.79 56 0 23 0 0 1 65.1 65 44 42 9 22 1 54 7 0 5 287 77 1.332 9.0 1.2 3.0 7.4 2.45

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2009 24 NYY AL 16.1 13 0 8 4.41 5.08 -0.15 -0.37 102.6 4.99 1 0.1 .6 -0.1 0.2 3 .507 .501 $400,000
2010 25 NYY AL 4.0 2 0 5 11.25 4.88 0.37 -0.37 106.0 4.39 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.1 -3 .359 .498
2010 25 HOU NL 17.1 20 0 8 4.15 4.38 -0.14 -0.33 98.6 4.13 -0 -0.0 1.4 -0.0 0.1 1 .500 .500
2011 26 HOU NL 74.1 71 0 28 3.39 4.25 0.10 -0.32 100.4 3.84 3 0.4 1.3 -0.1 0.9 10 .505 .502 $421,000
2012 27 BOS AL 45.0 41 0 31 6.20 4.59 0.29 -0.34 106.3 4.21 -10 -1.0 .7 0.0 -0.5 -5 .475 .494 $521,000
2013 28 PIT NL 22.0 22 0 2 0.82 4.17 0.13 -0.31 91.9 3.43 6 0.7 1.5 0.1 1.0 8 .531 .504 $521,000
5 Seasons 179.0 169 0 82 4.12 4.43 0.11 -0.33 101.0 4.03 -3 -0.2 1.1 0.0 1.5 14 .499 .500 $1,863,000
NYY (2 yrs) 20.1 15 0 13 5.75 5.04 -0.05 -0.37 103.2 4.87 -2 -0.2 .6 0.1 0.1 0 .487 .499 $400,000
HOU (2 yrs) 91.2 91 0 36 3.53 4.27 0.05 -0.32 100.1 3.90 3 0.3 1.4 -0.2 1.0 11 .504 .501 $421,000
PIT (1 yr) 22.0 22 0 2 0.82 4.17 0.13 -0.31 91.9 3.43 6 0.7 1.5 0.1 1.0 8 .531 .504 $521,000
BOS (1 yr) 45.0 41 0 31 6.20 4.59 0.29 -0.34 106.3 4.21 -10 -1.0 .7 0.0 -0.5 -5 .475 .494 $521,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2009 24 NYY AL 13 74 60 8 13 1 2 0 2 0 10 10 .217 .365 .300 .665 .260 18 2 4 0 0 0 1
2010 25 HOU NL 20 71 62 8 12 3 0 1 0 0 8 19 .194 .296 .290 .586 .262 18 1 1 0 0 0 1
2010 25 NYY AL 2 19 18 5 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .389 .368 .611 .980 .400 11 1 0 0 1 0 1
2010 25 TOT MLB 22 90 80 13 19 4 0 2 0 0 8 22 .238 .311 .363 .674 .298 29 2 1 0 1 0 2
2011 26 HOU NL 71 309 278 28 65 11 0 5 6 2 26 66 .234 .304 .327 .631 .290 91 6 2 2 0 6 3
2012 27 BOS AL 41 194 176 31 45 9 0 8 0 1 12 41 .256 .311 .443 .754 .287 78 1 3 1 2 1 1
2013 28 PIT NL 22 83 82 2 17 2 0 1 2 0 1 22 .207 .217 .268 .485 .271 22 3 0 0 0 0 2
5 Yrs 169 750 676 82 159 27 2 16 10 3 57 161 .235 .303 .352 .655 .285 238 14 10 3 3 7 9
162 Game Avg. 68 302 272 33 64 11 1 6 4 1 23 65 .235 .303 .352 .655 .285 96 6 4 1 1 3 4
MLB Averages .257 .324 .406 .730 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 24 NYY AL 1.3 0.1 79 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .42 0.0 -1.5 -1.4 -0.1 0.42 1.4 2 1 9
2010 25 TOT MLB -1.0 -0.1 93 0.8 2.2 -1.4 1.19 0.3 0.3 -0.8 -0.0 1.20 0.9 7 7 7
2010 25 NYY AL -2.2 -0.2 19 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .01 -0.0 -0.8 -3.3 -0.3 0.01 -2.2 0 0 1
2010 25 HOU NL 1.1 0.1 74 0.8 2.2 -1.3 1.51 0.4 0.2 2.5 0.3 1.51 3.0 7 7 6
2011 26 HOU NL 7.2 0.8 323 1.1 8.9 -7.8 1.58 0.4 0.2 6.1 0.6 1.58 5.3 29 10 28
2012 27 BOS AL -7.5 -0.8 199 -0.1 2.1 -2.2 .62 0.4 -0.6 -9.3 -0.9 0.62 0.4 8 6 23
2013 28 PIT NL 7.5 0.8 85 1.5 2.8 -1.3 1.70 0.8 0.1 8.1 0.9 1.70 7.4 12 6 4
5 Yrs 7.4 0.8 779 2.6 16.3 -13.7 1.19 2.0 0.2 2.7 0.5 1.19 15.3 58 30 71

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2009 24 NYY AL 13 13 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 15 8 53% 7 .417 2 1 9 3 1 9 9 4 8 4 8 1 3.8 20
2010 25 TOT MLB 22 22 4 2 0 1 0 1 0% 9 8 8 1 13% 1.192 7 7 7 11 3 8 5 17 4 10 6 4 2.9 16
2010 25 NYY AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 .013 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 6.0 32
2010 25 HOU NL 20 20 2 2 0 1 0 1 0% 9 8 7 0 0% 7 1.508 7 7 6 10 3 7 4 16 2 10 4 4 2.6 14
2011 26 HOU NL 71 71 47 8 4 25 20 5 80% 28 3 17 4 24% 9 1.584 29 10 28 36 14 21 10 61 11 9 12 21 3.1 16
2012 27 BOS AL 41 41 17 0 2 2 1 1 50% 5 2 18 7 39% 8 .625 8 6 23 12 5 24 10 31 14 10 15 5 3.3 18
2013 28 PIT NL 22 22 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 15 14 0 0 8 1.703 12 6 4 17 2 3 0 22 0 0 0 6 3.0 13
5 Yrs 169 169 74 10 7 30 21 9 70% 58 27 58 20 34% 1.187 58 30 71 79 25 65 34 135 37 33 41 37 3.2 16

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2009 24 NYY AL 74 54% 0.0% 13.5% 13.5% 4.1% 23% 1.50 2.90 68% 14% 0.0% 15% 18 2 11%
2010 25 TOT MLB 90 61% 2.2% 24.4% 8.9% 6.7% 32% 0.84 1.11 63% 19% 7.4% 16% 20 2 10%
2010 25 NYY AL 19 58% 5.3% 15.8% 0.0% 10.5% 29% 0.78 0.80 79% 19% 11.1% 0% 6 1 17%
2010 25 HOU NL 71 62% 1.4% 26.8% 11.3% 5.6% 33% 0.87 1.21 59% 19% 5.6% 22% 14 1 7%
2011 26 HOU NL 309 58% 1.6% 21.4% 8.4% 5.2% 25% 1.39 2.21 67% 18% 6.1% 7% 58 6 10%
2012 27 BOS AL 194 55% 4.1% 21.1% 6.2% 8.8% 38% 1.03 1.74 66% 21% 12.9% 7% 33 1 3%
2013 28 PIT NL 83 54% 1.2% 26.5% 1.2% 3.6% 18% 2.16 6.33 71% 18% 5.9% 11% 15 3 20%
5 Yrs 750 57% 2.1% 21.5% 7.6% 6.0% 28% 1.28 2.16 67% 19% 7.8% 9% 144 14 10%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.8% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.7% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2009 24 NYY AL 74 254 3.43 147 58% 31% 11% 24% 34% 69% 0% 40% 84% 55% 5% 4 2 15% 11 3 0 30% 0 2 0 0 0
2010 25 TOT MLB 91 349 3.84 213 61% 25% 20% 28% 28% 75% 0% 46% 74% 56% 7% 6 4 24% 22 9 2 27% 3 2 -1 0 0
2010 25 NYY AL 19 64 3.37 40 63% 25% 13% 23% 40% 75% 0% 47% 83% 47% 5% 1 1 5% 1 0 0 67% 0 0 0 0 0
2010 25 HOU NL 72 285 3.96 173 61% 25% 21% 29% 25% 75% 0% 46% 72% 58% 7% 5 3 29% 21 9 2 21% 3 2 -1 0 0
2011 26 HOU NL 311 1121 3.60 712 64% 29% 17% 24% 30% 71% 5% 45% 76% 60% 7% 21 11 24% 76 52 4 21% 12 4 -2 0 1
2012 27 BOS AL 194 739 3.81 472 64% 29% 16% 26% 29% 71% 1% 46% 77% 62% 3% 6 3 19% 37 14 0 37% 6 2 0 0 0
2013 28 PIT NL 83 289 3.48 209 72% 24% 19% 28% 29% 76% 0% 55% 75% 67% 2% 2 1 37% 31 18 1 14% 6 1 0 0 0
5 Yrs 753 2752 3.65 1753 64% 28% 17% 25% 30% 72% 3% 46% 77% 61% 5% 39 21 24% 177 96 7 25% 27 11 -3 0 1
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2009 24 NYY AL 74 13 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 50% 1 3 1 28 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2010 25 TOT MLB 90 19 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 4 2 1 50% 2 2 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2010 25 NYY AL 19 7 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2010 25 HOU NL 71 12 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0% 1 2 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2011 26 HOU NL 309 65 9 2 5 0 8 2 3 2 3 14 6 1 43% 3 1 4 119 6 2 75% 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
2012 27 BOS AL 194 45 4 1 8 2 6 3 5 4 4 12 8 1 67% 1 2 0 66 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2013 28 PIT NL 83 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 1 2 25% 2 0 1 28 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Yrs 750 159 16 3 16 2 25 7 9 9 7 42 21 7 50% 9 8 6 274 10 3 77% 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2009 24 0 1 .000 3.86 13 0 4 0 0 0 16.1 13 8 7 0 10 0 10 4 0 3 74 122 1.408 7.2 0.0 5.5 5.5 1.00 122
2010 25 2 1 .667 4.06 35 0 8 0 0 0 37.2 32 21 17 2 18 0 32 5 0 5 164 108 1.327 7.6 0.5 4.3 7.6 1.78 108
2011 26 10 5 .667 3.21 106 0 55 0 0 20 112.0 97 49 40 7 44 6 98 7 0 6 473 124 1.259 7.8 0.6 3.5 7.9 2.23 124
2012 27 10 7 .588 4.07 147 0 72 0 0 21 157.0 142 80 71 15 56 7 139 10 0 8 667 101 1.261 8.1 0.9 3.2 8.0 2.48 101
2013 28 10 7 .588 3.67 169 0 74 0 0 21 179.0 159 82 73 16 57 7 161 10 0 8 750 110 1.207 8.0 0.8 2.9 8.1 2.82 110

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2009 24 0 1 .000 3.94 16.0 13 8 7 0 10 10 4 1.438 7.3 5.6 5.6 1.00 0.0 13
2010 25 1 1 .500 4.29 21.0 19 11 10 2 8 21 1 1.286 8.1 3.4 9.0 2.63 0.9 22
2011 26 4 3 .571 3.17 71.0 68 28 25 5 27 63 2 1.338 8.6 3.4 8.0 2.33 0.6 71
2012 27 1 3 .250 6.20 45.0 45 34 31 8 12 41 3 1.267 9.0 2.4 8.2 3.42 1.6 41
2013 28 2 0 1.000 0.86 21.0 18 2 2 1 1 21 0 0.905 7.7 0.4 9.0 21.00 0.4 22
5 Yrs 8 8 .500 3.88 174.0 163 83 75 16 58 156 10 1.270 8.4 8.1 2.69 0.8 169

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2013 NL  22 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
2011 NL  47 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2013 NL  1.5 (8th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2639), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1722), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (1383rd), 0.8 career WAR/0.8 7yr-peak WAR/0.8 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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