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Jon Meloan

Jonathan Michael Meloan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: July 11, 1984 in Houston, TX
High School: Taylor HS (Houston, TX)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 5th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 20, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 2007
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Dodgers/Indians 2007-2009

Final Game: October 3, 2009
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Standard Pitching

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
2005	20	LAD-min	Rk	0	2	.000	3.69	16	6	5	0	0	1	39.0	30	16	16	4	18	0	54	2	1	6	166		1.231	6.9	0.9	4.2	12.5	3.00	OGD · PION
2006	21	LAD-min	A,A+,AA	3	1	.750	1.90	21	3	7	0	0	1	52.0	27	13	11	5	16	0	91	1	0	2	197		0.827	4.7	0.9	2.8	15.8	5.69	CBS,VRO,JCK · SALL,FLOR,SOUL
2007	22	LAD-min	AA,AAA	7	2	.778	2.02	49	0	37	0	0	20	66.2	36	18	15	5	27	0	91	3	0	4	263		0.945	4.9	0.7	3.6	12.3	3.37	JCK,LVG · SOUL,PCL
2007	22	LAD	NL	0	0		11.05	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.1	8	9	9	1	8	0	7	1	0	0	38	42	2.182	9.8	1.2	9.8	8.6	0.88
2008	23	LAD-CLE-min	AAA	5	11	.313	4.89	33	20	2	0	0	0	119.2	131	80	65	8	69	1	111	10	2	2	552		1.671	9.9	0.6	5.2	8.3	1.61	LVG,BFL · PCL,IL
2008	23	CLE	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6		0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
2009	24	CLE-TBD-PIT-OAK-min	AAA	0	0		4.37	44	2	11	0	0	0	68.0	68	33	33	9	30	1	61	2	0	2	302		1.441	9.0	1.2	4.0	8.1	2.03	CLB,DHM,INA,SAC · IL,PCL
2009	24	OAK	AL	0	0		0.00	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	3	1	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	29		0.600	3.2	0.0	2.2	11.9	5.50
2011	26	OAK-min	AA	1	3	.250	4.67	25	0	16	0	0	5	27.0	28	21	14	2	20	5	25	2	0	0	128		1.778	9.3	0.7	6.7	8.3	1.25	MDL · TL
3 Yrs				0	0		4.58	13	0	6	0	0	0	17.2	11	10	9	1	11	0	20	1	0	0	73	101	1.245	5.6	0.5	5.6	10.2	1.82
162 Game Avg.				0	0		4.58	68	0	31	0	0	0	93	58	52	47	5	58	0	105	5	0	0	382	101	1.245	5.6	0.5	5.6	10.2	1.82

OAK (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	6	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	3	1	0	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	29		0.600	3.2	0.0	2.2	11.9	5.50
LAD (1 yr)				0	0		11.05	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.1	8	9	9	1	8	0	7	1	0	0	38	42	2.182	9.8	1.2	9.8	8.6	0.88
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	6		0.500	0.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00

AL (2 yrs)				0	0		0.00	8	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	3	1	0	0	3	0	13	0	0	0	35		0.581	2.6	0.0	2.6	11.3	4.33
NL (1 yr)				0	0		11.05	5	0	3	0	0	0	7.1	8	9	9	1	8	0	7	1	0	0	38	42	2.182	9.8	1.2	9.8	8.6	0.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2007	22	LAD	NL	7.1	5	0	9	11.05	4.74	-0.03	-0.34	99.9	4.43	-5	-0.5	.2	0.2	-0.2	-5	.402	.497	$
2008	23	CLE	AL	2.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.68	0.07	-0.35	94.0	4.01	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.544	.501	$
2009	24	OAK	AL	8.1	6	0	1	1.08	4.89	-0.11	-0.36	94.1	4.37	3	0.3	.2	-0.1	0.2	4	.551	.502	$
3 Seasons				17.2	13	0	10	5.09	4.80	-0.06	-0.35	96.5	4.35	-2	-0.1	.2	0.0	0.1	1	.493	.500	$

OAK (1 yr)				8.1	6	0	1	1.08	4.89	-0.11	-0.36	94.1	4.37	3	0.3	.2	-0.1	0.2	4	.551	.502	$
LAD (1 yr)				7.1	5	0	9	11.05	4.74	-0.03	-0.34	99.9	4.43	-5	-0.5	.2	0.2	-0.2	-5	.402	.497	$
CLE (1 yr)				2.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.68	0.07	-0.35	94.0	4.01	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.544	.501	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
2007	22	LAD	NL	5	38	28	9	8	3	1	1	0	1	8	7	.286	.459	.571	1.031	.350	16	0	1	1	0	0	0
2008	23	CLE	AL	2	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	OAK	AL	6	29	27	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	11	.111	.172	.111	.284	.188	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				13	73	60	10	11	3	1	1	0	2	11	20	.183	.319	.317	.636	.256	19	1	1	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	382	314	52	58	16	5	5	0	10	58	105	.183	.319	.317	.636	.256	99	5	5	5	0	0	0
MLB Averages																.265	.334	.419	.753	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevLo
2007	22	LAD	NL	-4.9	-0.4	39	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.11	-0.2	-0.8	-4.4	-0.4	0.11	-2.7	5
2008	23	CLE	AL	1.1	0.1	6	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.16	0.1	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.16	1.1	2
2009	24	OAK	AL	3.8	0.4	30	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.16	0.5	0.1	3.6	0.4	0.16	4.8	6
3 Yrs				0.1	0.0	75	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	.13	0.4	-0.5	0.2	0.1	0.13	3.3	13

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2007	22	LAD	NL	5	5	3	0		8	.112	5	0	5	0	5	3	1	3	0	4.4	30
2008	23	CLE	AL	2	2	1	0		7	.162	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	13
2009	24	OAK	AL	6	6	2	1	0%	5	.156	6	1	5	1	5	3	0	3	1	4.2	22
3 Yrs				13	13	6	1	0%		.134	13	2	11	1	12	6	1	6	1	4.1	24

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2007	22	LAD	NL	38	53%	2.6%	18.4%	21.1%	13.2%	63%	0.50	0.75	53%	23%	8.3%	14%	7	0	0%
2008	23	CLE	AL	6	50%	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%		0.50	1.00	50%	0%	0.0%	0%	2	1	50%
2009	24	OAK	AL	29	52%	0.0%	37.9%	6.9%	0.0%	0%	0.45	0.44	55%	13%	0.0%	18%	2	0	0%
3 Yrs				73	52%	1.4%	27.4%	15.1%	6.9%	46%	0.48	0.63	53%	17%	4.3%	15%	11	1	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.6%	17.5%	8.7%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.06	69%	19%	7.6%	13%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2007	22	LAD	NL	38	151	3.97	87	58%	39%	8%	28%	25%	61%	0%	35%	87%	63%	5%	2	1	18%	7	1	0	43%	1	1	0	0	0
2008	23	CLE	AL	6	26	4.33	14	54%	21%	21%	36%	21%	79%	0%	42%	73%	33%	17%	1	1	0%	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	OAK	AL	30	130	4.33	84	65%	32%	23%	26%	19%	68%	0%	44%	67%	50%	3%	1	1	17%	5	3	0	18%	2	0	-1	0	0
3 Yrs				74	307	4.15	185	60%	35%	16%	28%	22%	65%	0%	39%	76%	55%	5%	4	3	16%	12	4	0	25%	3	1	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.80		63%	28%	15%	27%	31%	72%	2%	45%	80%	58%	5%			22%				25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
2007	22	LAD	NL	38	8	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0%	0	0	0	15	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	23	CLE	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	24	OAK	AL	29	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	0	0	0	5	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				73	11	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	4	1	3	25%	0	0	0	22	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		53%							73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2007	22	11.05	5	3	7.1	8	9	9	1	8	7	1	38	42	2.182	9.8	1.2	9.8	8.6	0.88	42
2008	23	8.68	7	4	9.1	8	9	9	1	9	9	1	44	54	1.821	7.7	1.0	8.7	8.7	1.00	54
2009	24	4.58	13	6	17.2	11	10	9	1	11	20	1	73	101	1.245	5.6	0.5	5.6	10.2	1.82	101

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2007	22	9.00	8.0	7	9	8	1	7	7	1	1.750	7.9	7.9	7.9	1.00	1.1	5
2008	23	0.00	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.500	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00	0.0	2
2009	24	0.00	7.0	4	0	0	0	3	10	0	1.000	5.1	3.9	12.9	3.33	0.0	6
3 Yrs		4.24	17.0	11	9	8	1	11	19	1	1.294	5.8		10.1	1.73	0.5	13

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