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Cliff Melton

Clifford George Melton (Mickey Mouse or Mountain Music)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 203 lb.

Born: January 3, 1912 in Brevard, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1937
Team: Giants 1937-1944

Final Game: September 29, 1944
Died: July 28, 1986 in Baltimore, MD
Buried: Most Holy Redeemer Memorial Park, Baltimore, MD
Relatives: Cousin of Rube Melton
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All-Star

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
1937 25 NYG NL 46 94 82 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 21 .122 .133 .122 .254 -31 10 3 0 10 1 MVP-11
1938 26 NYG NL 36 95 80 7 14 2 0 0 6 0 2 14 .175 .195 .200 .395 8 16 1 0 13 1
1939 27 NYG NL 41 75 66 2 12 1 0 0 6 0 1 10 .182 .194 .197 .391 5 13 1 0 8 1
1940 28 NYG NL 37 62 54 6 12 1 1 0 3 0 2 14 .222 .250 .278 .528 45 15 1 0 6 1
1941 29 NYG NL 42 71 61 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 16 .115 .143 .115 .258 -27 7 1 0 8 1
1942 30 NYG NL 23 53 47 5 11 0 0 0 5 0 4 12 .234 .294 .234 .528 55 11 1 0 2 1 AS
1943 31 NYG NL 34 65 54 3 8 0 1 0 2 0 8 14 .148 .258 .185 .443 29 10 2 0 3 1
1944 32 NYG NL 13 26 25 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 .120 .120 .120 .240 -32 3 0 0 1 1
8 Yrs 272 541 469 28 77 4 2 0 32 0 20 108 .164 .198 .181 .380 6 85 10 0 51
162 Game Avg. 162 322 279 17 46 2 1 0 19 0 12 64 .164 .198 .181 .380 6 51 6 0 30

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 Awards
1937 25 NYG NL 46 94 -17 0 0 0 10 -6 -0.6 3 -4 -0.6 .486 .496 -0.6 -0.0 -3 $ 1 MVP-11
1938 26 NYG NL 36 95 -11 0 0 0 11 -0 -0.1 3 2 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1939 27 NYG NL 41 75 -10 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1940 28 NYG NL 37 62 -5 0 0 0 7 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 -0.0 4 $ 1
1941 29 NYG NL 42 71 -11 0 0 0 8 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .491 .498 -0.4 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1942 30 NYG NL 23 53 -3 0 0 0 5 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .513 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 $ 1 AS
1943 31 NYG NL 34 65 -5 0 0 0 5 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1944 32 NYG NL 13 26 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .483 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
8 Seasons 272 541 -66 1 0 0 57 -8 -0.9 17 9 -0.9 .497 .499 -0.8 -0.1 9 $

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
1937 25 NYG NL 94 85 1 0.3 102 .164 .122 .281 .133 .343 .122 .399 .254 .742 -31 .007 -15.2 -1.5 .147 .012 .000
1938 26 NYG NL 95 80 3 1.0 100 .212 .175 .276 .195 .340 .200 .393 .395 .733 8 .063 -10.3 -1.0 .269 .050 .025
1939 27 NYG NL 75 63 3 1.3 104 .214 .182 .282 .194 .347 .197 .402 .391 .750 5 .088 -9.1 -0.9 .255 .030 .015
1940 28 NYG NL 62 49 4 2.2 99 .300 .222 .273 .250 .338 .278 .393 .528 .731 45 .222 -4.3 -0.4 .395 .093 .056
1941 29 NYG NL 71 63 1 0.4 96 .156 .115 .268 .143 .339 .115 .378 .258 .717 -27 .016 -10.6 -1.1 .164 .033 .000
1942 30 NYG NL 53 39 3 2.1 88 .314 .234 .257 .294 .329 .234 .357 .528 .686 55 .247 -2.7 -0.3 .405 .085 .000
1943 31 NYG NL 65 51 3 1.6 89 .200 .148 .265 .258 .333 .185 .359 .443 .693 29 .159 -4.9 -0.5 .375 .185 .037
1944 32 NYG NL 26 23 0 0.0 93 .167 .120 .267 .120 .334 .120 .375 .240 .709 -32 .000 -4.4 -0.5 .136 .000 .000
8 Yrs 541 453 18 1.1 97 .213 .164 .273 .198 .339 .181 .385 .380 .724 6 .073 -61.6 -6.4 .261 .060 .017
162 Game Avg. 322 270 11 1.1 97 .213 .164 .273 .198 .339 .181 .385 .380 .724 6 .073 -61.6 -6.4 .261 .060 .017

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1937 25 NYG NL WS NYY L 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 NYG NL 30 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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
1937 25 NYG NL 94 0.0% 22.3% 1.1% 0.0% 0% 21.00 3.9 16.4 65%
1938 26 NYG NL 95 0.0% 14.7% 2.1% 2.1% 14% 7.00 5.7 13.3 69%
1939 27 NYG NL 75 0.0% 13.3% 1.3% 1.3% 8% 10.00 6.6 11.0 75%
1940 28 NYG NL 62 0.0% 22.6% 3.2% 3.2% 17% 7.00 3.9 18.0 65%
1941 29 NYG NL 71 0.0% 22.5% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 8.00 3.8 15.3 63%
1942 30 NYG NL 53 0.0% 22.6% 7.6% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.9 9.4 66%
1943 31 NYG NL 65 0.0% 21.5% 12.3% 1.5% 13% 1.75 3.9 27.0 62%
1944 32 NYG NL 26 0.0% 26.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.6 25.0 69%
8 Yrs 541 0.0% 20.0% 3.7% 1.1% 8% 5.40 4.3 14.7 67%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.0% 8.8% 6.3% 27% 1.02 9.9 66.4 8.3 79%

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
1937 25 46 94 82 3 10 0 0 0 5 0 1 21 .122 .133 .122 .254 -31 10 3 0 10
1938 26 82 189 162 10 24 2 0 0 11 0 3 35 .148 .164 .160 .324 -12 26 4 0 23
1939 27 123 264 228 12 36 3 0 0 17 0 4 45 .158 .172 .171 .343 -7 39 5 0 31
1940 28 160 326 282 18 48 4 1 0 20 0 6 59 .170 .188 .191 .379 3 54 6 0 37
1941 29 202 397 343 20 55 4 1 0 24 0 8 75 .160 .179 .178 .357 -2 61 7 0 45
1942 30 225 450 390 25 66 4 1 0 29 0 12 87 .169 .194 .185 .379 5 72 8 0 47
1943 31 259 515 444 28 74 4 2 0 31 0 20 101 .167 .203 .185 .387 8 82 10 0 50
1944 32 272 541 469 28 77 4 2 0 32 0 20 108 .164 .198 .181 .380 6 85 10 0 51

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1937 25 48 97 85 2 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 22 .106 .116 .106 .222 1 46
1938 26 38 101 85 7 15 2 0 0 6 0 2 15 .176 .195 .200 .395 3 36
1939 27 43 77 68 2 11 1 0 0 5 0 1 11 .162 .174 .176 .350 2 41
1940 28 39 65 57 7 13 1 1 0 3 0 2 15 .228 .254 .281 .535 4 37
1941 29 44 73 63 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 17 .111 .138 .111 .250 1 42
1942 30 24 58 51 7 13 0 0 0 7 0 5 13 .255 .321 .255 .576 4 23
1943 31 36 69 57 4 9 0 1 0 2 0 9 15 .158 .273 .193 .466 3 34
1944 32 14 27 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 13
8 Yrs 286 567 492 31 77 4 2 0 31 0 22 115 .157 .193 .173 .365 18 272
162 Game Avg. 162 321 279 18 44 2 1 0 18 0 12 65 .157 .193 .173 .365 10 272

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1942

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1937 NL (11, 21%)
0.21 Career Shares (727th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1938 NL  13 (4th)

             

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