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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1931	19	AVL	C	5	5	.500		22						100.0	111	70			65							1.760	10.0		5.8			AVL · PIED
1932	20	NYY-min	B,AA	6	6	.500	3.87	32						121.0	122	68	52		53							1.446	9.1		3.9			ERI,BLT · CENL,IL
1933	21	BLT	AA	16	10	.615	4.08	39						258.0	285	133	117		110							1.531	9.9		3.8			BLT · IL
1934	22	BLT	AA	6	20	.231	6.80	45						209.0	240	182	158		131							1.775	10.3		5.6			BLT · IL
1935	23	NYY-min	AA,A	10	16	.385	3.92	40						216.0	217	133	94		94							1.440	9.0		3.9			NWK,BLT,BNG · IL,NYPL
1936	24	BLT	AA	20	14	.588	3.39	53	32					271.0	254	141	102		77							1.221	8.4		2.6			BLT · IL
1937	25	NYG	NL	20	9	.690	2.61	46	27	14	14	2	7	248.0	216	90	72	9	55	142	6	0	2	1004	148	1.093	7.8	0.3	2.0	5.2	2.58	MVP-11
1938	26	NYG	NL	14	14	.500	3.89	36	31	3	10	1	0	243.0	266	126	105	19	61	101	1	0	0	1042	97	1.346	9.9	0.7	2.3	3.7	1.66
1939	27	NYG	NL	12	15	.444	3.56	41	23	13	9	2	5	207.1	214	94	82	7	65	95	4	0	2	886	111	1.346	9.3	0.3	2.8	4.1	1.46
1940	28	NYG	NL	10	11	.476	4.91	37	21	6	4	1	2	166.2	185	103	91	9	68	91	3	0	1	737	79	1.518	10.0	0.5	3.7	4.9	1.34
1941	29	NYG	NL	8	11	.421	3.01	42	22	10	9	3	1	194.1	181	83	65	14	61	100	2	0	2	818	123	1.245	8.4	0.6	2.8	4.6	1.64
1942	30	NYG	NL	11	5	.688	2.63	23	17	2	12	2	1	143.2	122	51	42	9	33	61	2	0	4	575	128	1.079	7.6	0.6	2.1	3.8	1.85	AS
1943	31	NYG	NL	9	13	.409	3.19	34	28	6	6	2	0	186.1	184	85	66	7	69	55	3	1	3	806	107	1.358	8.9	0.3	3.3	2.7	0.80
1944	32	SFG-min	AA	3	4	.429		7						45.0	52				21	14						1.622	10.4		4.2	2.8	0.67	JER · IL
1944	32	NYG	NL	2	2	.500	4.06	13	10	0	1	0	0	64.1	78	40	29	5	19	15	1	0	3	291	90	1.508	10.9	0.7	2.7	2.1	0.79
1946	34	SFG-min	AAA	17	12	.586	2.83	33	30		19	0		248.0	228	103	78		72	99	4	1	5			1.210	8.3		2.6	3.6	1.38	SFR · PCL
1947	35	SFR	AAA	17	11	.607	2.72	38	34		18	5		261.0	242	98	79		56	123	5	0	3			1.142	8.3		1.9	4.2	2.20	SFR · PCL
1948	36	SFR	AAA	16	10	.615	3.14	31			15	5		215.0	204	92	75		48	98	3	1	3			1.172	8.5		2.0	4.1	2.04	SFR · PCL
1949	37	SFR	AAA	5	6	.455	3.85	18	17		9	0		114.2	130	58	49		46	57	5	0	0			1.535	10.2		3.6	4.5	1.24	SFR · PCL
1950	38	SFR	AAA	11	18	.379	5.10	45	35		14	1		240.0	271	152	136		96	120	6	11	4			1.529	10.2		3.6	4.5	1.25	SFR · PCL
1951	39	NYY-min	AAA	9	8	.529	5.02	25	18		4	1		113.0	142	68	63		49	47	4	0	2			1.690	11.3		3.9	3.7	0.96	KCY · AA
1952	40	NYY-min	AA	0	2	.000		3						19.0	20				8							1.474	9.5		3.8			BMT · TL
8 Yrs				86	80	.518	3.42	272	179	54	65	13	16	1453.2	1446	672	552	79	431	660	22	1	17	6159	109	1.291	9.0	0.5	2.7	4.1	1.53
162 Game Avg.				13	12	.518	3.42	41	27	8	10	2	2	219	218	101	83	12	65	100	3	0	3	929	109	1.291	9.0	0.5	2.7	4.1	1.53

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Awards
1937	25	NYG	NL	248.0	46	27	90	3.27	4.51	0.32	98.7	4.13	24	2.6	1.0	-0.1	4.5	48	.557	.516	$	MVP-11
1938	26	NYG	NL	243.0	36	31	126	4.67	4.30	0.22	101.2	4.13	-13	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	0.4	8	.462	.492	$
1939	27	NYG	NL	207.1	41	23	94	4.08	4.48	0.13	101.8	4.43	9	1.0	1.0	-0.1	2.5	28	.523	.506	$
1940	28	NYG	NL	166.2	37	21	103	5.56	4.57	0.11	102.2	4.56	-18	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.4	0	.450	.489	$
1941	29	NYG	NL	194.1	42	22	83	3.84	4.50	-0.10	101.7	4.68	19	2.1	1.0	-0.1	3.9	39	.550	.513	$
1942	30	NYG	NL	143.0	23	17	51	3.21	4.00	0.15	100.6	3.87	12	1.4	1.0	-0.1	2.5	23	.562	.509	$	AS
1943	31	NYG	NL	186.1	34	28	85	4.11	4.09	-0.27	101.2	4.41	6	0.8	1.0	-0.1	2.2	23	.522	.505	$
1944	32	NYG	NL	64.1	13	10	40	5.60	4.28	0.01	103.1	4.41	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.434	.495	$
8 Seasons				1453.0	272	179	672	4.16	4.36	0.09	101.1	4.32	30	3.7	1.0	-0.7	15.2	166	.514	.503	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1937	25	NYG	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	2	.000	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	6	6	2	6	1	7	0	0	1	50	1.636	9.8	1.6	4.9	5.7	1.17
1 WS							0	2	.000	4.91	3	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	12	6	6	2	6	1	7	0	0	1	50	1.636	9.8	1.6	4.9	5.7	1.17

All-Star Pitching

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	W	L	W-L%	ERA	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1942	NYG	NL	30

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1937	25	NYG	NL	1004	0.9%	14.1%	5.5%	3.0%	14%	77%
1938	26	NYG	NL	1042	1.8%	9.7%	5.9%	3.1%	12%	81%
1939	27	NYG	NL	886	0.8%	10.7%	7.3%	1.2%	5%	78%
1940	28	NYG	NL	737	1.2%	12.4%	9.2%	1.4%	5%	75%
1941	29	NYG	NL	818	1.7%	12.2%	7.5%	2.2%	10%	76%
1942	30	NYG	NL	581	1.6%	10.5%	5.7%	4.3%	21%	81%
1943	31	NYG	NL	806	0.9%	6.8%	8.6%	1.5%	7%	81%
1944	32	NYG	NL	291	1.7%	5.2%	6.5%	2.4%	9%	84%
8 Yrs				6165	1.3%	10.7%	7.0%	2.4%	10%	79%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.0%	8.8%	3.0%	13%	79%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1937	25	20	9	.690	2.61	46	27	14	14	2	7	248.0	216	90	72	9	55	142	6	0	2	1004	148	1.093	7.8	0.3	2.0	5.2	2.58	148
1938	26	34	23	.596	3.24	82	58	17	24	3	7	491.0	482	216	177	28	116	243	7	0	2	2046	118	1.218	8.8	0.5	2.1	4.5	2.09	118
1939	27	46	38	.548	3.34	123	81	30	33	5	12	698.1	696	310	259	35	181	338	11	0	4	2932	116	1.256	9.0	0.5	2.3	4.4	1.87	116
1940	28	56	49	.533	3.64	160	102	36	37	6	14	865.0	881	413	350	44	249	429	14	0	5	3669	106	1.306	9.2	0.5	2.6	4.5	1.72	106
1941	29	64	60	.516	3.53	202	124	46	46	9	15	1059.1	1062	496	415	58	310	529	16	0	7	4487	109	1.295	9.0	0.5	2.6	4.5	1.71	109
1942	30	75	65	.536	3.42	225	141	48	58	11	16	1203.0	1184	547	457	67	343	590	18	0	11	5062	111	1.269	8.9	0.5	2.6	4.4	1.72	111
1943	31	84	78	.519	3.39	259	169	54	64	13	16	1389.1	1368	632	523	74	412	645	21	1	14	5868	110	1.281	8.9	0.5	2.7	4.2	1.57	110
1944	32	86	80	.518	3.42	272	179	54	65	13	16	1453.2	1446	672	552	79	431	660	22	1	17	6159	109	1.291	9.0	0.5	2.7	4.1	1.53	109

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1937	25	19	9	.679	2.65	255.0	227	83	75	9	58	146	6	1.118	8.0	2.0	5.2	2.52	0.3	46
1938	26	14	14	.500	3.96	252.0	281	123	111	20	64	105	1	1.369	10.0	2.3	3.8	1.64	0.7	36
1939	27	13	10	.565	3.61	212.0	223	94	85	7	68	97	4	1.373	9.5	2.9	4.1	1.43	0.3	41
1940	28	7	11	.389	5.14	168.0	195	107	96	9	72	92	3	1.589	10.4	3.9	4.9	1.28	0.5	37
1941	29	13	8	.619	3.14	198.0	190	77	69	15	64	102	2	1.283	8.6	2.9	4.6	1.59	0.7	42
1942	30	10	6	.625	3.10	145.0	136	56	50	10	37	61	2	1.193	8.4	2.3	3.8	1.65	0.6	23
1943	31	11	9	.550	3.71	187.0	203	86	77	8	76	55	3	1.492	9.8	3.7	2.6	0.72	0.4	34
1944	32	3	4	.429	4.23	66.0	83	34	31	5	20	15	1	1.561	11.3	2.7	2.0	0.75	0.7	13
8 Yrs		90	71	.559	3.60	1483.0	1538	660	594	83	459	673	22	1.347	9.3		4.1	1.47	0.5	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)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1937 NL 4.5 (2nd) 1941 NL 3.9 (7th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1937 NL 2.61 (2nd) 1941 NL 3.01 (7th)
Wins s c a p y 1937 NL 20 (2nd) 1938 NL 14 (9th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1937 NL .690 (3rd) 1942 NL .688 (8th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1937 NL 1.093 (2nd) 1941 NL 1.245 (7th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 7.839 (3rd) 1941 NL 8.383 (10th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 1.996 (8th) 1938 NL 2.259 (9th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 5.153 (9th) 1939 NL 4.124 (6th) 1940 NL 4.914 (1st) 1941 NL 4.631 (5th)	Games Played s c a p y 1937 NL 46 (7th) 1941 NL 42 (6th)	Saves s c a p y 1937 NL 7 (1st) 1939 NL 5 (6th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1937 NL 248.0 (7th) 1938 NL 243.0 (7th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1937 NL 142 (4th) 1938 NL 101 (9th) 1939 NL 95 (8th) 1940 NL 91 (10th) 1941 NL 100 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1937 NL 2 (10th) 1939 NL 2 (8th) 1941 NL 3 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1938 NL 19 (3rd) 1941 NL 14 (7th)
Hits s c a p y 1938 NL 266 (6th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1937 NL 2.582 (3rd) 1938 NL 1.656 (7th) 1939 NL 1.462 (10th) 1941 NL 1.639 (5th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1937 NL 0.327 (10th) 1939 NL 0.304 (3rd)	Losses s c a p y 1938 NL 14 (7th) 1939 NL 15 (5th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1938 NL 105 (4th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1942 NL 4 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1937 NL 6 (5th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1938 NL 1,042 (8th)
Games Finished s c a p y 1937 NL 14 (10th)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1937 NL 150 (1st) 1941 NL 123 (8th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1937 NL 33 (2nd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1937 NL 3.5 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 67 (377), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 16 (733), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 10 (838), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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