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Francisco Melendez

Francisco Javier (Villegas) Melendez

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 25, 1964 in Rio Piedras, P.R.
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1984
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies/Orioles 1984-1989

Final Game: October 1, 1989
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1984 20 PHI NL 21 24 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .130 .167 .130 .297 -16 3 1 0 0 0 0 3
1986 22 PHI NL 9 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1987 23 SFG NL 12 16 16 2 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .313 .313 .500 .813 115 8 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1988 24 SFG NL 23 29 26 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .192 .276 .192 .468 40 5 1 0 0 0 0 /37
1989 25 BAL AL 9 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .273 .308 .273 .580 68 3 1 0 0 1 0 /3
5 Yrs 74 90 84 4 18 0 0 1 9 0 0 5 14 .214 .256 .250 .506 43 21 3 0 0 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 197 184 9 39 0 0 2 20 0 0 11 31 .214 .256 .250 .506 43 46 7 0 0 2 0
SFG (2 yrs) 35 45 42 3 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 5 .238 .289 .310 .598 70 13 1 0 0 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 30 32 31 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .161 .188 .161 .349 -2 5 1 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 9 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .273 .308 .273 .580 68 3 1 0 0 1 0
NL (4 yrs) 65 77 73 3 15 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 12 .205 .247 .247 .493 39 18 2 0 0 0 0
AL (1 yr) 9 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .273 .308 .273 .580 68 3 1 0 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1984 20 PHI NL 21 24 -3 0 -0 0 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .486 .498 -0.3 0.1 -2 $ 3
1986 22 PHI NL 9 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /3
1987 23 SFG NL 12 16 1 -0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .508 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /3
1988 24 SFG NL 23 29 -2 -0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.2 .489 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 $70,000 /37
1989 25 BAL AL 9 13 -1 0 -0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ /3
5 Seasons 74 90 -5 -1 0 1 -1 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.4 .492 .499 -0.5 0.1 -3 $70,000
SFG (2 yrs) 35 45 -1 -1 0 1 -0 -1 -0.2 1 0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $70,000
PHI (2 yrs) 30 32 -3 0 0 1 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.3 0.1 -3 $
BAL (1 yr) 9 13 -1 0 -0 -0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1984 20 PHI NL 24 21 0 0.0 95 .167 .130 .266 .167 .331 .130 .386 .297 .717 -16 .000 -3.6 -0.4 .190 .043 .000
1986 22 PHI NL 8 6 1 4.5 100 .333 .250 .265 .250 .336 .250 .399 .500 .735 37 .520 -0.7 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1987 23 SFG NL 16 11 3 7.3 102 .333 .313 .264 .313 .333 .500 .412 .813 .745 115 .688 0.2 0.0 .727 .188 .188 .0
1988 24 SFG NL 29 22 1 1.2 86 .208 .192 .252 .276 .315 .192 .370 .468 .684 40 .104 -2.0 -0.2 .364 .115 .000
1989 25 BAL AL 13 10 1 2.7 90 .300 .273 .256 .308 .320 .273 .377 .580 .697 68 .292 -0.3 -0.0 .444 .091 .000
5 Yrs 90 70 6 2.3 93 .243 .214 .260 .256 .325 .250 .386 .506 .711 43 .246 -6.5 -0.7 .377 .095 .036 .0
162 Game Avg. 197 153 13 2.3 93 .243 .214 .260 .256 .325 .250 .386 .506 .711 43 .246 -6.5 -0.7 .377 .095 .036
SFG (2 yrs) 45 33 4 3.3 92 .250 .238 .256 .289 .321 .310 .386 .598 .707 70 .381 -1.8 -0.2 .485 .143 .071 .0
PHI (2 yrs) 32 27 1 1.0 97 .208 .161 .265 .188 .332 .161 .390 .349 .722 -2 .067 -4.4 -0.5 .222 .032 .000
BAL (1 yr) 13 10 1 2.7 90 .300 .273 .256 .308 .320 .273 .377 .580 .697 68 .292 -0.3 -0.0 .444 .091 .000
NL (4 yrs) 77 60 5 2.2 94 .233 .205 .260 .247 .326 .247 .387 .493 .713 39 .238 -6.2 -0.6 .367 .096 .041 .0
AL (1 yr) 13 10 1 2.7 90 .300 .273 .256 .308 .320 .273 .377 .580 .697 68 .292 -0.3 -0.0 .444 .091 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1984 20 PHI NL 24 0.0% 20.8% 4.2% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.6 11.5 1.50 75%
1986 22 PHI NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 1.00 75%
1987 23 SFG NL 16 6.3% 18.8% 0.0% 6.3% 20% 5.3 16.0 16.0 1.33 75%
1988 24 SFG NL 29 0.0% 6.9% 10.3% 0.0% 0% 0.67 13.0 8.7 1.00 1.86 83% 17% 0.0% 33%
1989 25 BAL AL 13 0.0% 15.4% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.5 3.7 0.67 1.67 77% 20% 0.0% 33%
5 Yrs 90 1.1% 15.6% 5.6% 1.1% 6% 2.80 6.0 84.0 9.3 0.89 1.57 78% 18% 0.0% 33%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.7% 8.5% 6.8% 30% 1.72 6.1 40.2 8.4 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.8% 29%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1984 20 PHI NL -3.6 -0.4 24 -0.2 0.3 -0.4 1.16 -0.3 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 1.07 -2.0 1.05 13
1986 22 PHI NL -0.8 -0.1 8 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.19 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.0 0.81 -0.6 1.36 7
1987 23 SFG NL 0.2 0.0 16 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 1.26 0.0 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 1.08 0.2 1.19 10
1988 24 SFG NL -2.0 -0.2 29 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 1.22 -0.2 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.09 -1.5 1.33 16
1989 25 BAL AL -0.3 -0.0 13 0.2 0.6 -0.3 1.66 -0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.98 0.1 2.37 4
5 Yrs -6.5 -0.7 90 -0.5 1.5 -2.0 1.27 -0.5 0.2 -3.2 -0.3 1.04 -3.8 1.32 50

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 20 PHI NL 1 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 22 PHI NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 23 SFG NL 1 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 SFG NL 0 0 13% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1989 25 BAL AL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2 0 14% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1984 20 PHI NL 24 88% 3 13 1 0 0 1.05 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 1 1 100% 19 3 16% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1986 22 PHI NL 8 75% 2 7 1 0 0 1.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1987 23 SFG NL 16 94% 5 10 1 1 1 1.19 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 14 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1988 24 SFG NL 29 86% 5 0 0 16 4 0 1 1.33 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 2 100% 22 3 14% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1989 25 BAL AL 13 92% 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 2.37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 2 100% 9 3 33% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0
5 Yrs 90 88% 18 0 0 50 8 1 2 1.32 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 3 17% 9 6 67% 67 9 13% 5 3 60% 7 4 57% 0
MLB Averages 60% 76% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 SFG NL 29 125 4.31 85 68% 16% 8% 48% 27% 84% 0% 57% 90% 48% 7% 2 0 10% 3 0 10% 3 3 0% 0 0 0
1989 25 BAL AL 13 50 3.85 30 60% 30% 20% 17% 33% 70% 0% 42% 71% 23% 0% 0 0 31% 4 0 0% 0 0 50% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 42 175 4.17 115 66% 20% 11% 40% 29% 80% 0% 53% 86% 40% 5% 2 0 17% 7 0 7% 3 3 25% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1984 20 21 24 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .130 .167 .130 .297 -16 3 1 0 0 0 0
1985 21 21 24 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .130 .167 .130 .297 -16 3 1 0 0 0 0
1986 22 30 32 31 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .161 .188 .161 .349 -2 5 1 0 0 0 0
1987 23 42 48 47 2 10 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 10 .213 .229 .277 .506 39 13 1 0 0 0 0
1988 24 65 77 73 3 15 0 0 1 6 0 0 4 12 .205 .247 .247 .493 39 18 2 0 0 0 0
1989 25 74 90 84 4 18 0 0 1 9 0 0 5 14 .214 .256 .250 .506 43 21 3 0 0 1 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1984 20 21 25 24 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 5 .167 .200 .167 .367 1 21
1986 22 9 9 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 9
1987 23 12 17 17 2 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .353 .353 .529 .882 3 12
1988 24 23 31 27 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 .222 .323 .222 .545 2 23
1989 25 9 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 .273 .308 .273 .580 1 9
5 Yrs 74 95 88 4 22 0 0 1 12 0 6 14 .250 .295 .284 .579 8 74
162 Game Avg. 162 208 193 9 48 0 0 2 26 0 13 31 .250 .295 .284 .579 18 74

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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