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Luis Melendez

Luis Antonio (Santana) Melendez

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 11, 1949 in Aibonito, P.R.
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1970
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres 1970-1977

Final Game: June 1, 1977
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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
1968	18	STL-min	A	113	438	438		120	19	6	6						.274	.274	.386	.660		169							CDR · MIDW
1969	19	STL-min	AA	64	236	228	40	69	12	6	4	30	7	2	8	35	.303	.326	.461	.787		105							ARK · TL
1970	20	STL-min	AAA	140	567	507	77	155	34	8	13	71	14	5	51	64	.306	.368	.481	.849		244		2	2	5			TUL · AA
1970	20	STL	NL	21	73	70	11	21	1	0	0	8	3	0	2	12	.300	.315	.314	.629	68	22	3	0	0	1	0	9/8
1971	21	STL	NL	88	200	173	25	39	3	1	0	11	2	0	24	29	.225	.320	.254	.574	62	44	7	0	3	0	1	98/7
1972	22	STL	NL	118	360	332	32	79	11	3	5	28	5	4	25	34	.238	.292	.334	.627	79	111	8	1	1	1	0	*89/7
1973	23	STL	NL	121	376	341	35	91	18	1	2	35	2	7	27	50	.267	.319	.343	.662	84	117	11	0	6	2	2	89/7
1974	24	STL	NL	83	140	124	15	27	4	3	0	8	2	2	11	9	.218	.283	.298	.581	63	37	1	1	2	2	0	879/6
1975	25	STL	NL	110	316	291	33	77	8	5	2	27	3	2	16	25	.265	.301	.347	.648	77	101	10	0	7	2	3	87/9
1976	26	TOT	NL	92	147	143	15	32	5	0	0	5	1	1	3	15	.224	.238	.259	.497	46	37	6	0	0	1	1	879
1976	26	STL	NL	20	24	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-29	3	3	0	0	0	0	/87
1976	26	SDP	NL	72	123	119	15	29	5	0	0	5	1	1	3	12	.244	.260	.286	.546	61	34	3	0	0	1	1	879
1977	27	SDP-min	AAA	72	281	243	39	65	15	1	2	30	9	5	31	29	.267	.344	.362	.706		88		0	2	5			HAW · PCL
1977	27	SDP	NL	8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1978	28	TOR-min	AAA	96	367	322	43	83	15	3	2	35	0	0	30	41	.258	.320	.342	.662		110		2	8	5			SYR · IL
8 Yrs				641	1616	1477	167	366	50	13	9	122	18	16	109	175	.248	.299	.318	.616	73	469	46	2	19	9	7
162 Game Avg.				162	408	373	42	92	13	3	2	31	5	4	28	44	.248	.299	.318	.616	73	119	12	1	5	2	2

STL (7 yrs)				561	1489	1355	151	337	45	13	9	117	17	15	105	162	.249	.302	.321	.623	74	435	43	2	19	8	6
SDP (2 yrs)				80	127	122	16	29	5	0	0	5	1	1	4	13	.238	.260	.279	.539	59	34	3	0	0	1	1

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
1970	20	STL	NL	21	73	-2	1	-0	-4	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.472	.496	0.0	-0.4	0	$	9/8
1971	21	STL	NL	88	200	-7	0	-1	0	-2	-10	-1.1	6	-4	-0.5	.487	.493	-0.6	-0.2	-4	$	98/7
1972	22	STL	NL	118	360	-7	0	1	-3	-3	-11	-1.2	10	-1	-0.2	.489	.492	0.0	-0.5	2	$	*89/7
1973	23	STL	NL	121	376	-6	-0	-0	2	-2	-7	-0.8	11	4	0.3	.493	.495	0.1	-0.0	2	$	89/7
1974	24	STL	NL	83	140	-6	-0	0	4	-1	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.496	.498	-0.4	0.4	-3	$	879/6
1975	25	STL	NL	110	316	-10	0	-1	2	-2	-11	-1.3	9	-2	-0.3	.488	.492	-0.6	-0.1	-4	$	87/9
1976	26	STL	NL	20	24	-3	-0	-0	1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.484	.498	-0.4	0.1	-3	$	/87
1976	26	SDP	NL	72	123	-5	-1	0	1	-2	-7	-0.8	4	-3	-0.4	.489	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	879
1977	27	SDP	NL	8	4	-0	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/8
8 Seasons				641	1616	-47	0	-1	3	-14	-58	-6.4	47	-12	-1.7	.490	.495	-2.4	-0.9	-14	$

STL (7 yrs)				561	1489	-41	1	-1	2	-12	-51	-5.6	43	-8	-1.3	.490	.495	-1.9	-0.8	-10	$
SDP (2 yrs)				80	127	-6	-1	0	1	-2	-7	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.490	.497	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$

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
1970	20	STL	NL	73	53	7	3.6	105	.356	.300	.269	.315	.342	.314	.411	.629	.754	68	.379	-3.2	-0.3	.519	.086	.014	.0
1971	21	STL	NL	200	144	15	2.8	96	.271	.225	.264	.320	.331	.254	.387	.574	.718	62	.336	-8.3	-0.9	.496	.179	.029	.0
1972	22	STL	NL	360	267	31	3.2	91	.252	.238	.256	.292	.323	.334	.377	.627	.701	79	.385	-9.9	-1.0	.521	.175	.096	5.0
1973	23	STL	NL	376	276	34	3.3	97	.306	.267	.262	.319	.332	.343	.390	.662	.722	84	.386	-7.2	-0.7	.519	.141	.076	2.0
1974	24	STL	NL	140	104	11	2.9	95	.231	.218	.262	.283	.334	.298	.379	.581	.714	63	.325	-6.4	-0.7	.490	.169	.081	.0
1975	25	STL	NL	316	235	28	3.2	99	.282	.265	.270	.301	.342	.347	.390	.648	.732	77	.367	-10.7	-1.1	.522	.141	.082	2.4
1976	26	TOT	NL	147	119	8	1.8	86	.248	.224	.255	.238	.320	.259	.363	.497	.684	46	.184	-10.2	-1.1	.339	.056	.035	.0
1976	26	STL	NL	24	24	0	0.0	93	.143	.125	.264	.125	.330	.125	.376	.250	.706	-29	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.125	.000	.000
1976	26	SDP	NL	123	95	8	2.3	85	.269	.244	.253	.260	.318	.286	.361	.546	.679	61	.254	-6.1	-0.6	.394	.067	.042	.0
1977	27	SDP	NL	4	3	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.256	.250	.322	.000	.390	.250	.711	-22	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
8 Yrs				1616	1201	134	3.0	95	.274	.248	.262	.299	.331	.318	.384	.616	.716	73	.350	-56.3	-5.9	.496	.145	.070	12.0
162 Game Avg.				408	304	34	3.0	95	.274	.248	.262	.299	.331	.318	.384	.616	.716	73	.350	-56.3	-5.9	.496	.145	.070	3

STL (7 yrs)				1489	1103	126	3.1	96	.275	.249	.263	.302	.332	.321	.386	.623	.719	74	.360	-49.8	-5.2	.506	.151	.072	11.8
SDP (2 yrs)				127	98	8	2.2	85	.264	.238	.253	.260	.318	.279	.362	.539	.680	59	.242	-6.5	-0.7	.392	.074	.041	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	20	STL	NL	73	0.0%	16.4%	2.7%	1.4%	5%	6.00	5.8		8.8	1.05	81%
1971	21	STL	NL	200	0.0%	14.5%	12.0%	2.0%	10%	1.21	6.0		15.7	1.00	72%
1972	22	STL	NL	360	1.4%	9.4%	6.9%	5.3%	24%	1.36	9.8	66.4	11.9	0.88	82%
1973	23	STL	NL	376	0.5%	13.3%	7.2%	5.6%	23%	1.85	6.8	170.5	9.7	1.03	77%
1974	24	STL	NL	140	0.0%	6.4%	7.9%	5.0%	26%	0.82	13.8		15.5	0.77	84%
1975	25	STL	NL	316	0.6%	7.9%	5.1%	4.8%	20%	1.56	11.6	145.5	10.8	0.97	84%
1976	26	TOT	NL	147	0.0%	10.2%	2.0%	3.4%	16%	5.00	9.5		28.6	1.02	88%
1976	26	STL	NL	24	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.0			1.22	88%
1976	26	SDP	NL	123	0.0%	9.8%	2.4%	4.1%	17%	4.00	9.9		23.8	0.98	88%
1977	27	SDP	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	3.0				50%
8 Yrs				1616	0.6%	10.8%	6.8%	4.5%	20%	1.61	8.4	164.1	12.1	0.95	81%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.7%	8.7%	6.1%	27%	1.58	6.5	45.7	8.8	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	20	STL	NL	-3.3	-0.3	78	-0.1	1.5	-1.7	1.19	-0.2	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	1.02	-1.5	1.56	3
1971	21	STL	NL	-8.3	-0.9	204	-1.4	2.1	-3.6	.97	-0.7	-0.8	-9.3	-1.0	0.98	-9.0	1.29	22
1972	22	STL	NL	-9.9	-1.0	374	-2.0	5.7	-7.7	1.09	-0.7	-1.1	-11.1	-1.2	1.00	-7.6	2.31	21
1973	23	STL	NL	-7.2	-0.7	389	-1.0	6.9	-7.9	1.15	-0.8	-0.1	-8.9	-0.9	1.00	-10.2	2.21	24
1974	24	STL	NL	-6.4	-0.7	146	-1.2	2.1	-3.3	1.28	-0.7	-0.3	-7.8	-0.8	1.01	-6.6	2.08	30
1975	25	STL	NL	-10.7	-1.1	326	0.8	6.2	-5.4	1.05	-0.7	1.4	-7.7	-0.8	0.97	-10.7	1.49	25
1976	26	TOT	NL	-10.2	-1.1	152	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	.87	-1.0	0.9	-14.1	-1.5	0.91	-11.3	1.07	27
1976	26	STL	NL	-4.2	-0.4	25	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.04	-0.4	0.0	-5.9	-0.6	1.01	-4.5	1.23	13
1976	26	SDP	NL	-6.1	-0.6	127	0.3	2.0	-1.8	.84	-0.6	0.9	-8.2	-0.9	0.89	-6.9	0.92	14
1977	27	SDP	NL	-0.5	-0.1	4	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.59	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.53	-0.5	1.59	3
8 Yrs				-56.4	-5.9	1673	-5.2	26.8	-32.0	1.08	-4.9	0.1	-60.9	-6.4	0.98	-57.4	1.73	155

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	20	STL	NL	2	48%	34	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	42%	9	7	2	0	0	0	3	0	3
1971	21	STL	NL	3	40%	93	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	9	5	40%	18	15	3	4	0	4	8	2	5
1972	22	STL	NL	6	27%	127	5	4	56%	5	4	0	1	0	3	8	40%	29	18	10	6	4	2	5	1	4
1973	23	STL	NL	5	28%	160	2	7	22%	2	7	0	2	2	3	10	58%	25	15	10	2	1	1	11	0	11
1974	24	STL	NL	2	39%	59	2	2	50%	2	2	0	2	1	0	4	47%	9	6	3	0	0	0	8	2	5
1975	25	STL	NL	4	34%	103	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	1	9	42%	18	12	5	3	1	2	12	5	7
1976	26	TOT	NL	3	43%	82	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	38%	10	8	2	0	0	0	6	2	4
1976	26	STL	NL	1	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	26	SDP	NL	2	47%	75	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	40%	9	7	2	0	0	0	6	2	4
1977	27	SDP	NL	0	100%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
8 Yrs				25	34%	665	18	16	53%	17	16	1	5	3	17	41	45%	118	81	35	15	6	9	54	12	40

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
1970	20	STL	NL	73	36%	21			3	0	0	0	1.56	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20	3	15%	10	3	30%	54	8	15%	7	5	71%	1	1	100%	0
1971	21	STL	NL	200	48%	39			22	4	0	1	1.29	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	36	7	19%	16	7	44%	119	12	10%	11	5	45%	9	7	78%	0
1972	22	STL	NL	360	50%	79			21	2	1	2	2.31	5	1	9	3	2	3	2	0	4	1	25%	84	8	10%	37	9	24%	255	26	10%	23	8	35%	18	8	44%	0
1973	23	STL	NL	376	53%	91			24	9	0	4	2.21	2	1	8	1	1	0	2	0	6	6	100%	75	11	15%	44	15	34%	259	34	13%	23	9	39%	17	11	65%	0
1974	24	STL	NL	140	76%	27			30	4	0	2	2.08	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	30	1	3%	19	6	32%	97	8	8%	11	5	45%	6	2	33%	0
1975	25	STL	NL	316	66%	77			25	9	0	5	1.49	2	0	7	0	2	0	2	0	8	7	88%	54	10	19%	42	16	38%	193	26	13%	22	7	32%	18	9	50%	0
1976	26	TOT	NL	147	64%	32			27	3	0	1	1.07	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	24	6	25%	14	2	14%	81	6	7%	9	3	33%	3	0	0%	0
1976	26	STL	NL	24	71%	3			13	1	0	0	1.23	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	3	60%	2	0	0%	16	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1976	26	SDP	NL	123	63%	29			14	2	0	1	0.92	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	19	3	16%	12	2	17%	65	6	9%	8	3	38%	3	0	0%	0
1977	27	SDP	NL	4	25%	0			3	0	0	0	1.59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				1616	56%	366			155	31	1	15	1.73	9	2	40	4	5	3	6	0	26	19	73%	323	46	14%	182	58	32%	1059	120	11%	106	42	40%	72	38	53%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

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
1970	20	21	73	70	11	21	1	0	0	8	3	0	2	12	.300	.315	.314	.629	68	22	3	0	0	1	0
1971	21	109	273	243	36	60	4	1	0	19	5	0	26	41	.247	.319	.272	.590	64	66	10	0	3	1	1
1972	22	227	633	575	68	139	15	4	5	47	10	4	51	75	.242	.304	.308	.611	73	177	18	1	4	2	1
1973	23	348	1009	916	103	230	33	5	7	82	12	11	78	125	.251	.309	.321	.630	77	294	29	1	10	4	3
1974	24	431	1149	1040	118	257	37	8	7	90	14	13	89	134	.247	.306	.318	.624	75	331	30	2	12	6	3
1975	25	541	1465	1331	151	334	45	13	9	117	17	15	105	159	.251	.305	.325	.630	76	432	40	2	19	8	6
1976	26	633	1612	1474	166	366	50	13	9	122	18	16	108	174	.248	.299	.318	.617	73	469	46	2	19	9	7
1977	27	641	1616	1477	167	366	50	13	9	122	18	16	109	175	.248	.299	.318	.616	73	469	46	2	19	9	7

Neutralized Batting

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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
1970	20	21	73	70	11	21	1	0	0	8	3	2	12	.300	.315	.314	.629	7	21
1971	21	88	203	175	27	41	3	1	0	12	2	25	29	.234	.330	.263	.593	15	88
1972	22	123	384	353	38	89	12	3	6	33	6	28	36	.252	.308	.354	.662	39	118
1973	23	121	381	345	37	95	19	1	2	37	2	28	50	.275	.328	.354	.682	40	121
1974	24	83	141	125	16	28	4	3	0	8	2	11	9	.224	.288	.304	.592	11	83
1975	25	110	318	293	35	79	8	5	2	28	3	16	25	.270	.305	.352	.657	32	110
1976	26	92	151	147	18	36	6	0	0	6	1	3	15	.245	.258	.286	.544	11	92
1977	27	8	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	8
8 Yrs		646	1655	1511	183	389	53	13	10	132	19	114	177	.257	.309	.330	.638	155	641
162 Game Avg.		162	415	379	46	98	13	3	3	33	5	29	44	.257	.309	.330	.638	39	641

* 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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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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