Luis Melendez
Luis Antonio (Santana) Melendez
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
Final Game: June 1, 1977
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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 Awards
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 NL 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0 /8
8 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 3.6 106 .356 .300 .270 .315 .344 .314 .413 .629 .757 68 .379 -3.3 -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 3.1 91 .252 .238 .255 .292 .323 .334 .377 .627 .701 79 .384 -9.9 -1.0 .521 .175 .096 5.0
1973 23 STL NL 376 276 34 3.3 97 .306 .267 .263 .319 .332 .343 .390 .662 .722 84 .386 -7.2 -0.7 .519 .141 .076 2.0
1974 24 STL NL 140 104 11 2.8 95 .231 .218 .262 .283 .334 .298 .379 .581 .713 63 .324 -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 .683 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 -6.0 -0.6 .394 .067 .042 .0
1977 27 SDP NL 4 3 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .257 .250 .323 .000 .392 .250 .715 -23 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
8 Seasons 1616 1201 134 3.0 95 .274 .248 .262 .299 .331 .318 .384 .616 .716 73 .350 -56.4 -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 -56.4 -5.9 .496 .145 .070 3
STL (7 yrs) 1489 1103 126 3.1 96 .275 .249 .263 .302 .332 .321 .387 .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 .361 .539 .680 59 .242 -6.5 -0.7 .392 .074 .041 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
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 Seasons 1616 0.6% 10.8% 6.8% 4.5% 20% 1.61 8.4 164.1 12.1 0.95 81%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1970 20 STL NL 2 0 48% 34 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 42% 9 7 2 0 0 0 3 0 3
1971 21 STL NL 3 0 40% 93 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 40% 18 15 3 4 0 4 8 2 5
1972 22 STL NL 6 0 27% 127 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 40% 29 18 10 6 4 2 5 1 4
1973 23 STL NL 5 0 28% 160 2 7 22% 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 10 58% 25 15 10 2 1 1 11 0 11
1974 24 STL NL 2 0 39% 59 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 47% 9 6 3 0 0 0 8 2 5
1975 25 STL NL 4 0 34% 103 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 42% 18 12 5 3 1 2 12 5 7
1976 26 TOT NL 3 0 43% 82 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 38% 10 8 2 0 0 0 6 2 4
1976 26 STL NL 1 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 26 SDP NL 2 0 47% 75 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 40% 9 7 2 0 0 0 6 2 4
1977 27 SDP NL 0 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 25 0 34% 665 18 16 53% 17 16 1 0 0 0 5 3 17 41 45% 118 81 35 15 6 9 54 12 40
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 1.61 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 3 15% 10 3 30% 54 8 15% 7 5 71% 2 1 50% 0
1971 21 STL NL 200 48% 39 22 4 0 1 1.35 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 36 7 19% 16 7 44% 119 12 10% 11 5 45% 11 4 36% 0
1972 22 STL NL 360 50% 79 21 2 1 2 2.32 5 1 9 3 2 3 2 0 4 1 25% 84 8 10% 37 9 24% 255 26 10% 23 8 35% 29 13 45% 0
1973 23 STL NL 376 53% 91 24 9 0 4 2.29 2 1 8 1 1 0 2 0 6 6 100% 75 11 15% 44 15 34% 259 34 13% 23 9 39% 26 7 27% 0
1974 24 STL NL 140 76% 27 30 4 0 2 2.10 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 30 1 3% 19 6 32% 97 8 8% 11 5 45% 5 1 20% 0
1975 25 STL NL 316 66% 77 25 9 0 5 1.53 2 0 7 0 2 0 2 0 8 7 88% 54 10 19% 42 16 38% 193 26 13% 22 7 32% 27 10 37% 0
1976 26 TOT NL 147 64% 32 27 3 0 1 1.17 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 24 6 25% 14 2 14% 81 6 7% 9 3 33% 7 1 14% 0
1976 26 STL NL 24 71% 3 13 1 0 0 1.31 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 2 0 0% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1976 26 SDP NL 123 63% 29 14 2 0 1 1.05 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 19 3 16% 12 2 17% 65 6 9% 8 3 38% 6 1 17% 0
1977 27 SDP NL 4 25% 0 3 0 0 0 1.77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1616 56% 366 155 31 1 15 1.78 9 2 40 4 5 3 6 0 26 19 73% 323 46 14% 182 58 32% 1059 120 11% 106 42 40% 107 37 35% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 20 21 71 68 10 19 1 0 0 7 3 2 12 .279 .296 .294 .590 6 21
1971 21 88 202 176 27 42 3 1 0 12 2 26 29 .239 .337 .267 .604 16 88
1972 22 123 382 352 38 88 12 3 6 34 6 28 36 .250 .306 .352 .659 38 118
1973 23 121 367 339 37 89 18 1 2 37 2 26 50 .263 .313 .339 .653 36 121
1974 24 83 141 126 16 29 4 3 0 9 2 12 9 .230 .298 .310 .607 12 83
1975 25 110 307 289 34 75 8 5 2 28 3 16 25 .260 .296 .343 .639 29 110
1976 26 92 149 145 19 34 5 0 0 6 1 3 15 .234 .248 .269 .517 10 92
1977 27 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 8
8 Seasons 646 1623 1498 181 376 51 13 10 133 19 114 177 .251 .303 .322 .626 147 641
162 Game Avg. 162 407 376 45 94 13 3 3 33 5 29 44 .251 .303 .322 .626 37 641

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

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