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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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
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	85	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 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	113	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	113	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)			AL	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)			NL	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1990	24	SEA	AL	5.1	0	8	3	0	.1	-5	-0.3	$
1991	25	SDP	NL	93.2	9	35	48	4	.9	13	1.1	$100,000
1992	26	SDP	NL	89.1	3	32	43	2	1.0	11	0.8	$150,000
1993	27	BOS	AL	16.0	0	4	11	1	.9	7	0.5	$235,000
1994	28	BOS	AL	16.1	0	11	12	0	.7	1	-0.1	$
5 Seasons				220.2	12	90	117	7	.9	27	2.0	$485,000

BOS (2 yrs)				32.1	0	15	23	1	.8	8	0.4	$235,000
SDP (2 yrs)				183.0	12	67	91	6	.9	24	1.9	$250,000
SEA (1 yr)				5.1	0	8	3	0	.1	-5	-0.3	$

Standard Batting

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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
1984	18	PIT-min	A-	15	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.111	.000	.111		0		0	0	0	0	WTR · NYPL
1985	19	PIT-min	A	9	11	9	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.444	.500	.444	.944		4		0	1	0	0	PRW · CARL
1986	20	PIT-min	A	29	30	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.040	.111	.040	.151		1		0	3	0	0	PRW · CARL
1987	21	PIT-min	A,AA	26	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.071	.000	.071		0		0	0	0	0	SAL,HRB · CARL,EL
1988	22	PIT-min	AA,A	30	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100		0	0	0	0	0	0	HRB,SAL · EL,CARL
1989	23	SEA-min	AAA,AA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CGY,WPT · PCL,EL
1990	24	SEA-min	AAA	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	CGY · PCL
1990	24	SEA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1991	25	SDP-min	AAA	9	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.286	.375	.286	.661		2		0	1	0	0	LVG · PCL
1991	25	SDP	NL	31	21	20	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.100	.143	.150	.293	-18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	26	SDP	NL	56	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1993	27	BOS-min	AAA	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0	PAW · IL
1993	27	BOS	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1994	28	BOS-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	PAW · IL
1994	28	BOS	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	29	PHI-KCR-min	AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SWB,OMA · IL,AA
1996	30	NYY-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CLB · IL
5 Seasons				109	27	25	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.080	.115	.120	.235	-34	3	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	40	37	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	27	.080	.115	.120	.235	-34	4	0	0	1	0	0

BOS (2 yrs)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (2 yrs)				87	27	25	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.080	.115	.120	.235	-34	3	0	0	1	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				87	27	25	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.080	.115	.120	.235	-34	3	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1991	25	SDP	NL	21	-3	2	1	0	-0.1	0	0.0	-0.1	$100,000	1
1992	26	SDP	NL	6	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$150,000	1
2 Seasons				27	-4	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$250,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1990	SEA	AL	24	P	3	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.69	1.77	1	0	0%	0
1991	SDP	NL	25	P	31	9	93.2	17	4	11	2	0	.882	1.44	0.48	.955	1.86	1.85	1	6	86%	0
1992	SDP	NL	26	P	56	3	89.1	11	2	8	1	1	.909	1.01	0.18	.954	1.93	1.94	3	4	57%	1
1993	BOS	AL	27	P	9	0	16.0	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.25	0.44	.952	1.80	1.78	0	0		0
1994	BOS	AL	28	P	10	0	16.1	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.65	0.30	.957	1.71	1.71	0	0		0
	5 Seasons			P	109	12	220.2	35	7	25	3	1	.914	1.31	0.29	.955	1.87	1.88	5	10	67%	1
	5 Seasons			TOT	109	12	220.2	35	7	25	3	1	.914	1.31	0.29	.955	1.87	1.88	5	10	67%	1

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Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

August 29, 1983: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.
December 6, 1988: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1988 minor league draft.
March 26, 1991: Selected off waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Seattle Mariners.
December 9, 1992: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Boston Red Sox for Phil Plantier.
October 15, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1991	25	San Diego Padres	$100,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1
1992	26	San Diego Padres	$150,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1
1993	27	Boston Red Sox	$235,000	1994 Joint Exhibit 1

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$485,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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