Jose Melendez
Jose Luis (Garcia) Melendez
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
Final Game: August 9, 1994
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 33 2.063 13.5 3.4 5.1 11.8 2.33
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 3 381 116 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 1 363 122 1.142 8.3 0.9 2.0 8.3 4.10
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 63 206 0.938 5.6 1.1 2.8 7.9 2.80
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 83 1.714 11.0 1.7 4.4 5.0 1.13
5 Seasons 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 0 139 116 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 4 744 119 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 33 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 90 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 4 744 119 1.109 7.8 1.0 2.2 7.0 3.23

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 109 911 819 90 197 31 4 27 5 10 60 172 .241 .294 .387 .681 .269 317 9 7 13 12 15
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 53 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 42 32 12 4 1 1 2.3 0.7 4.9 78 2 1 0 0 84
2 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1990 24 SEA AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.186 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 0.995 7 7 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 1.105 22 9 22 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 0.861 3 3 1 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 0.651 2 3 5 0 2 8 5 5 5 2 5 3 4.9 28
5 Seasons 109 97 37 11 8 7 3 4 43% 14 6 69 30 43% 0.976 34 22 38 19 25 53 37 60 51 19 53 18 4.6 23

Ratio Pitching*

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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 52% 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 43% 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 42% 4.0% 11.8% 10.5% 9.2% 35% 0.51 0.90 66% 16% 10.3% 17% 16 2 13%
5 Seasons 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

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 381 1342 3.52 875 65% 22% 18% 26% 34% 78% 2% 51% 77% 59% 5% 19 9 22% 83 61 6 18% 13 7 0 0 0
1992 26 SDP NL 363 1307 3.60 907 69% 20% 23% 28% 28% 80% 7% 55% 71% 65% 4% 15 8 31% 112 79 11 23% 17 0 0 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 Seasons 911 3265 3.58 2180 67% 22% 20% 27% 31% 78% 5% 52% 74% 62% 5% 43 17 26% 236 163 22 21% 34 11 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1990 24 0 0 11.81 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 8 8 7 2 3 0 7 1 0 1 28 33 2.063 13.5 3.4 5.1 11.8 2.33 33
1991 25 8 5 .615 3.73 34 9 11 0 0 3 99.0 85 43 41 13 27 3 67 2 2 4 409 102 1.131 7.7 1.2 2.5 6.1 2.48 102
1992 26 14 12 .538 3.35 90 12 29 0 0 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 0 0 3 204.1 177 79 74 24 52 13 163 5 3 5 835 116 1.121 7.8 1.1 2.3 7.2 3.13 116
1994 28 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 2.87 112

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 14.40 5.0 9 9 8 2 3 7 1 2.400 16.2 5.4 12.6 2.33 3.6 3
1991 25 6 4 .600 3.52 92.0 80 40 36 11 25 59 1 1.141 7.8 2.4 5.8 2.36 1.1 31
1992 26 5 4 .556 3.43 84.0 87 36 32 10 21 77 3 1.286 9.3 2.3 8.3 3.67 1.1 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 Seasons 13 9 .591 3.80 220.0 212 103 93 29 64 170 8 1.255 8.7 7.0 2.66 1.2 109

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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