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José Melendez

Jose Luis (Garcia) Melendez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 2, 1965 in Naguabo, P.R.
High School: Naguabo (Naguabo, PR)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1990
Teams (by GP): Padres/RedSox/Mariners 1990-1994

Final Game: August 9, 1994
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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
1984	18	PIT-min	A-	5	7	.417	2.77	15	15	0	3	1	0	91.0	61	37	28	6	40	0	68	6	2	4			1.110	6.0	0.6	4.0	6.7	1.70	WTR · NYPL
1985	19	PIT-min	A	3	2	.600	2.44	9	8	1	1	0	1	44.1	25	17	12	2	26	0	41	0	0	2			1.150	5.1	0.4	5.3	8.3	1.58	PRW · CARL
1986	20	PIT-min	A	13	10	.565	2.61	28	27	0	6	1	0	186.1	141	75	54	9	81	1	146	2	5	6			1.191	6.8	0.4	3.9	7.1	1.80	PRW · CARL
1987	21	PIT-min	A,AA	10	9	.526	5.41	26	26	0	0	0	0	134.2	124	86	81	21	67	0	13	0	1	0			1.418	8.3	1.4	4.5	0.9	0.19	SAL,HRB · CARL,EL
1988	22	PIT-min	AA,A	9	5	.643	3.02	30	12	6	4	3	1	125.0	101	46	42	12	38	1	88	2	5	5			1.112	7.3	0.9	2.7	6.3	2.32	HRB,SAL · EL,CARL
1989	23	SEA-min	AA,AAA	4	6	.400	3.63	28	13	4	0	0	0	114.0	96	50	46	13	41	3	80	5	6	1			1.202	7.6	1.0	3.2	6.3	1.95	WPT,CGY · EL,PCL
1990	24	SEA-min	AAA	11	4	.733	3.90	45	10	14	1	0	2	124.2	119	61	54	11	44	2	95	6	1	2			1.307	8.6	0.8	3.2	6.9	2.16	CGY · PCL
1990	24	SEA	AL	0	0		11.81	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	8	8	7	2	3	0	7	1	0	1	28	36	2.063	13.5	3.4	5.1	11.8	2.33
1991	25	SDP-min	AAA	7	0	1.000	3.99	9	8	1	1	0	0	58.2	54	27	26	8	11	0	45	3	0	0	238		1.108	8.3	1.2	1.7	6.9	4.09	LVG · PCL
1991	25	SDP	NL	8	5	.615	3.27	31	9	10	0	0	3	93.2	77	35	34	11	24	3	60	1	2	3	381	117	1.078	7.4	1.1	2.3	5.8	2.50
1992	26	SDP	NL	6	7	.462	2.92	56	3	18	0	0	0	89.1	82	32	29	9	20	7	82	3	1	1	363	123	1.142	8.3	0.9	2.0	8.3	4.10
1993	27	BOS-min	AAA	2	3	.400	5.40	19	0	10	0	0	2	35.0	37	24	21	7	7	0	31	2	0	2	156		1.257	9.5	1.8	1.8	8.0	4.43	PAW · IL
1993	27	BOS	AL	2	1	.667	2.25	9	0	5	0	0	0	16.0	10	4	4	2	5	3	14	0	0	0	63	210	0.938	5.6	1.1	2.8	7.9	2.80
1994	28	BOS-min	AAA	1	5	.167	4.89	28	5	10	1	0	4	73.2	74	42	40	13	25	2	65	2	0	2	314		1.344	9.0	1.6	3.1	7.9	2.60	PAW · IL
1994	28	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	6.06	10	0	3	0	0	0	16.1	20	11	11	3	8	2	9	2	0	0	76	84	1.714	11.0	1.7	4.4	5.0	1.13
1995	29	KCR-PHI-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.97	23	1	8	0	0	0	38.0	50	25	21	8	16	2	31	5	0	0	182		1.737	11.8	1.9	3.8	7.3	1.94	OMA,SWB · AA,IL
1996	30	NYY-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	6.52	8	1	2	0	0	0	9.2	9	10	7	4	2	0	7	1	0	0	43		1.138	8.4	3.7	1.9	6.5	3.50	CLB · IL
5 Yrs				16	14	.533	3.47	109	12	37	0	0	3	220.2	197	90	85	27	60	15	172	7	3	5	911	112	1.165	8.0	1.1	2.4	7.0	2.87
162 Game Avg.				9	8	.533	3.47	61	7	21	0	0	2	124	111	51	48	15	34	8	97	4	2	3	512	112	1.165	8.0	1.1	2.4	7.0	2.87

BOS (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	4.18	19	0	8	0	0	0	32.1	30	15	15	5	13	5	23	2	0	0	139	118	1.330	8.4	1.4	3.6	6.4	1.77
SDP (2 yrs)				14	12	.538	3.10	87	12	28	0	0	3	183.0	159	67	63	20	44	10	142	4	3	4	744	120	1.109	7.8	1.0	2.2	7.0	3.23
SEA (1 yr)				0	0		11.81	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	8	8	7	2	3	0	7	1	0	1	28	36	2.063	13.5	3.4	5.1	11.8	2.33

AL (3 yrs)				2	2	.500	5.26	22	0	9	0	0	0	37.2	38	23	22	7	16	5	30	3	0	1	167	92	1.434	9.1	1.7	3.8	7.2	1.88
NL (2 yrs)				14	12	.538	3.10	87	12	28	0	0	3	183.0	159	67	63	20	44	10	142	4	3	4	744	120	1.109	7.8	1.0	2.2	7.0	3.23

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1990	24	SEA	AL	5.1	3	0	8	13.50	4.38	0.32	-0.34	100.0	3.72	-6	-0.5	.2	0.2	-0.3	-5	.328	.497	$
1991	25	SDP	NL	93.2	31	9	35	3.36	4.08	0.39	-0.04	104.3	3.81	4	0.5	1.3	-0.1	1.1	13	.515	.503	$100,000
1992	26	SDP	NL	89.1	56	3	32	3.22	3.81	0.23	-0.22	102.0	3.43	2	0.2	1.3	-0.1	0.8	9	.503	.501	$150,000
1993	27	BOS	AL	16.0	9	0	4	2.25	5.09	0.39	-0.39	107.7	4.64	4	0.5	1.3	0.0	0.7	6	.551	.503	$235,000
1994	28	BOS	AL	16.1	10	0	11	6.06	5.21	0.11	-0.40	105.2	4.94	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.481	.499	$
5 Seasons				220.2	109	12	90	3.67	4.14	0.30	-0.17	103.6	3.80	2	0.4	1.2	0.1	2.2	23	.503	.500	$485,000

BOS (2 yrs)				32.1	19	0	15	4.18	5.15	0.25	-0.40	106.4	4.79	2	0.3	1.1	0.0	0.6	6	.514	.501	$235,000
SDP (2 yrs)				183.0	87	12	67	3.30	3.95	0.31	-0.13	103.2	3.62	6	0.6	1.3	-0.2	1.9	22	.507	.502	$250,000
SEA (1 yr)				5.1	3	0	8	13.50	4.38	0.32	-0.34	100.0	3.72	-6	-0.5	.2	0.2	-0.3	-5	.328	.497	$

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
1990	24	SEA	AL	3	28	24	8	8	1	0	2	1	0	3	7	.333	.429	.625	1.054	.400	15	0	1	0	0	0	0
1991	25	SDP	NL	31	381	348	35	77	16	1	11	1	6	24	60	.221	.269	.368	.637	.233	128	2	1	2	6	3	7
1992	26	SDP	NL	56	363	329	32	82	9	0	9	3	4	20	82	.249	.295	.359	.654	.302	118	5	3	7	4	7	2
1993	27	BOS	AL	9	63	56	4	10	2	2	2	0	0	5	14	.179	.238	.393	.631	.190	22	0	0	0	2	3	0
1994	28	BOS	AL	10	76	62	11	20	3	1	3	0	0	8	9	.323	.417	.548	.965	.340	34	2	2	4	0	2	0
5 Yrs				109	911	819	90	197	31	4	27	5	10	60	172	.241	.294	.387	.681	.269	317	9	7	13	12	15	9
162 Game Avg.				61	512	460	51	111	17	2	15	3	6	34	97	.241	.294	.387	.681	.269	178	5	4	7	7	8	5
MLB Averages																.260	.328	.394	.722	.290

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1990	24	SEA	AL	-4.5	-0.4	30	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.15	-0.4	-0.5	-5.3	-0.5	0.15	-4.4	0	0	2
1991	25	SDP	NL	6.8	0.7	391	0.2	6.3	-6.1	.96	0.6	-0.4	9.7	1.0	0.96	7.2	6	8	8
1992	26	SDP	NL	6.6	0.7	371	-0.4	5.9	-6.2	1.04	0.5	-0.9	1.9	0.2	1.04	2.9	22	5	26
1993	27	BOS	AL	4.3	0.4	63	-0.1	1.0	-1.1	.86	0.3	-0.4	3.6	0.3	0.86	5.0	3	2	2
1994	28	BOS	AL	-1.1	-0.1	76	-0.3	0.9	-1.1	.69	-0.4	-0.0	-2.6	-0.2	0.69	-3.3	2	3	5
5 Yrs				12.0	1.3	931	-0.7	14.1	-14.8	.94	0.7	-1.4	7.3	0.8	0.94	7.4	33	18	43

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1991	25	SDP	NL	31	9	5	3	1	1	1	6	3	.667	0	1	0	0	5	56%	52.7	71	31	9	3	0	5	3.7	3.9	6.2	91	2	4	3	0	115
1992	26	SDP	NL	56	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.3	42	32	12	4	1	1	2.3	0.7	4.9	78	2	1	0	0	84
2 Yrs				87	12	5	6	1	1	1	6	6	.500	0	1	0	0	5	42%	49	71	31	21	7	1	6	3.4	3.3	5.9	88	4	5	3	0	115
MLB Averages													.500						52%	50	101	-14					4.4	4.4	6.1	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1990	24	SEA	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		3	.154	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	5.3	33
1991	25	SDP	NL	31	22	10	3	2	4	3	1	75%	6	2	9	3	33%	7	.958	6	8	8	7	5	10	4	18	12	3	13	3	5.2	24
1992	26	SDP	NL	56	53	18	6	4	2	0	2	0%	7	4	38	16	42%	7	1.039	22	5	26	10	17	26	20	33	28	11	29	10	4.2	20
1993	27	BOS	AL	9	9	5	2	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	14	7	50%	4	.858	3	2	2	2	1	6	8	1	4	3	4	2	5.3	26
1994	28	BOS	AL	10	10	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	8	4	50%	9	.685	2	3	5	0	2	8	5	5	5	2	5	3	4.9	28
5 Yrs				109	97	37	11	8	7	3	4	43%	14	6	69	30	43%		.936	33	18	43	19	25	53	37	60	51	19	53	18	4.6	23

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%
1990	24	SEA	AL	28	50%	7.1%	25.0%	10.7%	10.7%	38%	0.31	0.50	54%	35%	18.2%	15%	5	0	0%
1991	25	SDP	NL	381	48%	2.9%	15.8%	6.3%	7.4%	36%	0.50	0.56	74%	22%	6.9%	18%	57	2	4%
1992	26	SDP	NL	363	50%	2.5%	22.6%	5.5%	5.0%	22%	0.51	0.59	67%	25%	6.8%	20%	79	5	6%
1993	27	BOS	AL	63	57%	3.2%	22.2%	7.9%	9.5%	60%	0.43	0.55	67%	16%	8.3%	20%	7	0	0%
1994	28	BOS	AL	76	58%	4.0%	11.8%	10.5%	9.2%	35%	0.51	0.90	66%	16%	10.3%	17%	16	2	13%
5 Yrs				911	50%	3.0%	18.9%	6.6%	6.8%	32%	0.49	0.59	69%	22%	7.6%	19%	164	9	5%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	15.1%	8.7%	6.9%	30%	0.81	1.06	72%	21%	6.4%	16%			10%

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
1990	24	SEA	AL	28	100	3.57	59	59%	29%	20%	22%	29%	71%	0%	42%	71%	57%	0%	0	0	21%	6	2	0	29%	1	0	0	0	0
1991	25	SDP	NL	382	1346	3.52	877	65%	22%	18%	26%	34%	78%	2%	51%	76%	59%	5%	19	9	22%	83	61	6	18%	13	7	-1	0	0
1992	26	SDP	NL	364	1311	3.60	910	69%	21%	23%	28%	28%	79%	7%	55%	72%	65%	4%	15	8	31%	112	79	11	23%	17	0	-1	0	0
1993	27	BOS	AL	63	235	3.73	159	68%	24%	24%	25%	28%	76%	16%	51%	69%	62%	6%	4	0	22%	14	9	2	21%	2	1	0	0	0
1994	28	BOS	AL	76	281	3.70	180	64%	22%	16%	30%	32%	78%	7%	50%	79%	63%	7%	5	0	28%	21	12	3	11%	1	3	0	0	0
5 Yrs				913	3273	3.58	2185	67%	22%	20%	27%	31%	78%	5%	52%	74%	62%	5%	43	17	26%	236	163	22	21%	34	11	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.65		61%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

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
1990	24	SEA	AL	28	8	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1991	25	SDP	NL	381	77	29	0	11	0	7	5	6	7	4	15	13	2	87%	7	3	0	116	1	6	14%	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	0
1992	26	SDP	NL	363	82	33	0	9	0	21	3	6	8	1	31	15	5	48%	2	1	0	119	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0
1993	27	BOS	AL	63	10	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	4	3	0	75%	0	0	0	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1994	28	BOS	AL	76	20	1	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	2	5	3	0	60%	0	0	0	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				911	197	64	0	27	0	29	14	13	19	8	55	34	7	62%	9	5	0	308	5	10	33%	5	9	0	0	0	1	2	0	28	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1990	24	0	0		11.81	3	0	1	0	5.1	8	8	7	2	3	0	7	1	0	1	28	36	2.063	13.5	3.4	5.1	11.8	2.33	36
1991	25	8	5	.615	3.73	34	9	11	3	99.0	85	43	41	13	27	3	67	2	2	4	409	103	1.131	7.7	1.2	2.5	6.1	2.48	103
1992	26	14	12	.538	3.35	90	12	29	3	188.1	167	75	70	22	47	10	149	5	3	5	772	111	1.136	8.0	1.1	2.2	7.1	3.17	111
1993	27	16	13	.552	3.26	99	12	34	3	204.1	177	79	74	24	52	13	163	5	3	5	835	117	1.121	7.8	1.1	2.3	7.2	3.13	117
1994	28	16	14	.533	3.47	109	12	37	3	220.2	197	90	85	27	60	15	172	7	3	5	911	112	1.165	8.0	1.1	2.4	7.0	2.87	112

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1990	24	0	0		12.60	5.0	8	8	7	2	3	7	1	2.200	14.4	5.4	12.6	2.33	3.6	3
1991	25	6	4	.600	3.39	93.0	78	39	35	11	24	59	1	1.097	7.5	2.3	5.7	2.46	1.1	31
1992	26	5	4	.556	3.43	84.0	86	36	32	9	21	77	3	1.274	9.2	2.3	8.3	3.67	1.0	56
1993	27	1	0	1.000	2.25	16.0	10	4	4	2	5	14	0	0.938	5.6	2.8	7.9	2.80	1.1	9
1994	28	1	1	.500	5.09	23.0	26	14	13	4	10	13	3	1.565	10.2	3.9	5.1	1.30	1.6	10
5 Yrs		13	9	.591	3.71	221.0	208	101	91	28	63	170	8	1.226	8.5		6.9	2.70	1.1	109

* 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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Name and misspellings: Jose Luis (Garcia) Jose Melendez

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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