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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 STL NL 20 OF 18 15 148.0 33 31 2 0 0 1.000 -3.9 -31.6 -1.9 0.2 -2.1 -2 2.01 1.83 .976 2.07 1.78
1970 STL NL 20 RF 13 10 100.2 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 -1.3 -15.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -1 1.79 1.54 .975 2.00 1.68
1970 STL NL 20 CF 5 5 47.1 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 -2.6 -65.9 -1.6 0.3 -1.9 -1 2.28 2.40 .975 2.34 2.08
1971 STL NL 21 OF 66 39 396.1 97 90 3 4 0 .959 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.2 1.3 0 2.11 1.41 .979 2.19 1.92
1971 STL NL 21 RF 45 33 307.2 70 65 2 3 0 .957 -1.4 -5.5 -0.4 -1.7 1.3 -1 1.96 1.49 .983 2.07 1.80
1971 STL NL 21 CF 20 4 67.2 21 20 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 16.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 1 2.79 1.05 .981 2.65 2.30
1971 STL NL 21 LF 4 2 21.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 0.5 28.6 0.5 0.6 -0.1 0 2.14 1.25 .967 1.89 1.52
1972 STL NL 22 OF 105 80 765.2 220 206 5 9 0 .959 -3.0 -4.7 2.0 -3.5 5.4 -5 2.48 2.01 .979 2.18 1.96
1972 STL NL 22 CF 70 59 537.0 170 163 0 7 0 .959 0.6 1.3 4.6 -1.7 6.2 -4 2.73 2.33 .981 2.60 2.35
1972 STL NL 22 RF 41 20 212.2 46 40 5 1 0 .978 -2.6 -14.7 -2.6 -1.8 -0.8 0 1.90 1.10 .978 2.03 1.74
1972 STL NL 22 LF 4 1 16.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -1.0 -75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1 2.25 1.00 .980 1.91 1.68
1973 STL NL 23 OF 95 84 749.2 206 196 8 2 4 .990 1.8 2.9 0.8 0.5 0.3 1 2.45 2.15 .977 2.23 1.96
1973 STL NL 23 CF 65 55 504.1 148 145 1 2 0 .986 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.1 0.3 0 2.61 2.25 .980 2.63 2.27
1973 STL NL 23 RF 33 29 241.1 58 51 7 0 4 1.000 1.5 7.5 0.5 0.2 0.3 1 2.16 1.76 .972 2.01 1.77
1973 STL NL 23 LF 2 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 0 2.25 0.50 1.000 2.02 1.65
1974 STL NL 24 OF 46 26 260.1 86 84 0 2 0 .977 4.6 21.2 4.6 1.7 2.9 0 2.90 1.83 .979 2.27 1.96
1974 STL NL 24 CF 22 19 158.1 60 59 0 1 0 .983 3.2 24.3 3.2 1.9 1.3 0 3.35 2.68 .985 2.77 2.42
1974 STL NL 24 LF 14 4 57.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 25.3 1.2 0.1 1.1 0 2.53 1.14 .975 1.99 1.55
1974 STL NL 24 RF 12 3 45.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 0.2 5.3 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 1.60 0.67 .978 2.04 1.66
1974 STL NL 24 SS 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.30
1975 STL NL 25 OF 89 64 624.1 175 169 3 3 1 .983 1.5 2.9 0.5 2.5 -1.9 1 2.48 1.93 .978 2.29 2.01
1975 STL NL 25 CF 51 44 388.1 126 121 3 2 1 .984 2.8 8.7 2.8 2.9 -0.1 0 2.87 2.43 .984 2.72 2.44
1975 STL NL 25 LF 36 15 194.0 37 36 0 1 0 .973 -0.3 -1.9 -2.3 -0.4 -1.8 2 1.67 1.00 .973 2.10 1.71
1975 STL NL 25 RF 7 5 42.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -28.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1 1.71 1.14 .975 2.06 1.74
1976 TOT NL 26 OF 68 23 301.0 100 99 0 1 0 .990 2.2 8.8 4.2 0.0 4.5 -2 2.96 1.46 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 TOT NL 26 CF 33 19 203.0 83 82 0 1 0 .988 2.5 14.8 4.5 -0.3 5.0 -2 3.64 2.48 .984 2.85 2.50
1976 TOT NL 26 LF 28 4 77.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 7.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0 1.85 0.57 .981 2.03 1.59
1976 STL NL 26 OF 8 2 30.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.2 48.0 1.2 0.0 1.3 0 4.20 1.75 .979 2.34 2.02
1976 STL NL 26 CF 4 2 23.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.4 73.0 1.4 0.3 1.2 0 4.70 3.00 .983 2.86 2.50
1976 STL NL 26 LF 4 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.3 0.1 0 2.57 0.50 1.000 2.06 1.60
1976 SDP NL 26 OF 60 21 271.0 86 85 0 1 0 .988 1.0 4.4 3.0 0.0 3.2 -2 2.82 1.42 .979 2.34 2.03
1976 SDP NL 26 CF 29 17 180.0 71 70 0 1 0 .986 1.1 7.3 3.1 -0.6 3.8 -2 3.50 2.41 .985 2.85 2.50
1976 SDP NL 26 LF 24 4 70.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 11.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 0 1.78 0.58 .979 2.02 1.59
1976 SDP NL 26 RF 10 0 20.1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.8 -47.2 -0.8 0.1 -0.9 0 1.33 0.30 .967 2.12 1.83
1977 SDP NL 27 CF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.70 2.35
1977 SDP NL 27 OF 2 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 4.50 0.50 1.000 2.25 1.95
8 Seasons OF 489 331 3247.1 918 876 21 21 5 .977 3.1 1.1 10.1 0.1 10.4 -7 2.49 1.83 .978 2.23 1.97
8 Seasons CF 268 205 1908.0 621 602 6 13 1 .979 7.7 4.8 13.7 3.0 10.9 -6 2.87 2.27 .982 2.67 2.36
7 Seasons RF 161 100 969.2 214 194 15 5 4 .977 -5.4 -6.7 -3.4 -3.6 0.2 -2 1.94 1.30 .978 2.04 1.76
6 Seasons LF 88 26 369.2 81 78 0 3 0 .963 0.8 2.6 -0.2 0.7 -0.7 1 1.90 0.89 .975 2.05 1.64
1 Season SS 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -60.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 2.25 1.00 1.000 4.95 4.30
8 Seasons TOT 490 331 3251.1 919 876 22 21 5 .977 2.9 1.1 9.9 0.1 10.2 -7 0 2.49 1.83 .955 2.23 1.97
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 STL NL 20 21 15 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 18 3 1
1971 STL NL 21 88 39 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 45 66 24 9
1972 STL NL 22 118 80 118 118 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 70 41 105 22 6
1973 STL NL 23 121 84 121 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 65 33 95 31 2
1974 STL NL 24 83 26 83 47 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 22 12 46 0 34 8
1975 STL NL 25 110 64 110 89 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 51 7 89 0 28 1
1976 SDP NL 26 72 21 72 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 29 10 60 0 15 10
1976 STL NL 26 20 2 20 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 8 0 14 0
1977 SDP NL 27 8 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 3
8 Seasons 641 331 641 554 0 0 0 0 0 1 88 268 161 489 0 175 40
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 STL NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20.0% 8 0 0.0% 1 210 74% 77% 22% 25 48%
1971 STL NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 1 291 70% 79% 23% 34 59%
1972 STL NL 22 7 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 13 0 13 1 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 11 8 0 58 23 39.7% 35 0 0.0% 0 2357 54% 74% 24% 287 57%
1973 STL NL 23 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 18 14 0 21 1 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 13 11 0 59 28 47.5% 31 0 0.0% 1 2189 53% 78% 25% 245 60%
1974 STL NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 6 5 0 24 13 54.2% 11 0 0.0% 0 698 52% 77% 28% 103 57%
1975 STL NL 25 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 18 15 0 13 0 1 2 1 0 5 1 0 12 8 0 50 25 50.0% 24 1 2.0% 2 1715 54% 79% 27% 213 58%
1976 SDP NL 26 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 6 0 20 7 35.0% 13 0 0.0% 0 801 62% 80% 33% 105 67%
1976 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 40.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 107 50% 82% 25% 20 60%
1977 SDP NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 14 64% 79% 36% 4 25%
8 Seasons 13 0 13 0 4 6 0 3 1 1 86 54 0 62 3 1 13 5 0 22 6 0 53 40 0 236 108 45.8% 127 1 0.4% 5 8382 55% 77% 26% 1036 58%
MLB Averages 43.4% 2.2% 60% 78% 26% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 STL NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 13 4 30.8% 8 1 7.7% 0 443 61% 79% 24% 39 51%
1971 STL NL 21 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 17 8 1 4 0 0 6 3 0 3 1 0 4 3 0 34 15 44.1% 18 1 2.9% 1 1349 58% 75% 26% 149 45%
1972 STL NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 2 0 3 15 5 1 10 1 2 7 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 35 12 34.3% 19 3 8.6% 2 943 51% 76% 22% 119 38%
1973 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 4 19 6 0 9 1 2 5 4 0 4 1 2 5 1 1 42 13 31.0% 24 5 11.9% 2 1078 52% 78% 25% 123 44%
1974 STL NL 24 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 181 59% 78% 32% 16 50%
1975 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 173 62% 78% 23% 13 62%
1976 SDP NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 90 61% 73% 24% 7 43%
7 Seasons 5 0 5 0 2 15 0 4 3 7 57 20 3 31 5 4 19 13 0 12 2 2 14 8 1 133 48 36.1% 74 10 7.5% 5 4257 55% 77% 25% 466 44%
MLB Averages 42.9% 3.1% 60% 78% 26% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 STL NL 21 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 89 71% 72% 28% 12 42%
1972 STL NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 75 55% 73% 21% 8 50%
1973 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 50% 89% 28% 2 50%
1974 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 8 6 75.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 249 55% 82% 32% 28 57%
1975 STL NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 6 2 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 26 21 80.8% 5 0 0.0% 0 890 57% 78% 27% 100 36%
1976 SDP NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 0 281 68% 85% 27% 35 40%
1976 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 35 77% 89% 26% 5 40%
6 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 22 0 12 3 0 4 4 0 6 2 0 6 6 0 52 37 71.2% 15 0 0.0% 0 1637 60% 80% 28% 190 41%
MLB Averages 57.9% 2.7% 60% 78% 26% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 STL NL 24 19 79% 68% 16% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 19 79% 68% 16% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 91%

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