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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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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

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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

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Transactions

Before 1968 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.

May 19, 1976: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the San Diego Padres for Bill Greif.

October 27, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

February 15, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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