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Cliff Melton
Clifford George Melton (Mickey Mouse and Mountain Music)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 203 lb.

Born: January 3, 1912 in Brevard, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1937
Final Game: September 29, 1944
Died: July 28, 1986 in Baltimore, MD
Relatives: Cousin of Rube Melton
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 2 886 110 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 80 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 4 575 127 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 3 806 108 1.358 8.9 0.3 3.3 2.7 0.80
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
8 Seasons 86 80 .518 3.42 272 179 54 65 13 16 1453.2 1446 669 552 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

Postseason Pitching

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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

Standard Batting

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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
1937 25 NYG NL 46 93 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 28 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 Seasons 272 540 469 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

Postseason Batting

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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

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 NYG NL 25 P 46 79 10 68 1 3 .987 1.70 .957 1.20 MVP-11
1938 NYG NL 26 P 36 73 5 64 4 1 .945 1.92 .964 1.13
1939 NYG NL 27 P 41 59 6 49 4 0 .932 1.34 .961 1.09
1940 NYG NL 28 P 37 44 6 38 0 4 1.000 1.19 .961 1.10
1941 NYG NL 29 P 42 64 4 58 2 1 .969 1.48 .966 1.09
1942 NYG NL 30 P 23 52 7 44 1 1 .981 2.22 .967 1.17 AS
1943 NYG NL 31 P 34 66 6 57 3 4 .955 1.85 .961 1.16
1944 NYG NL 32 P 13 21 1 19 1 1 .952 1.54 .962 1.09
8 Seasons P 272 458 45 397 16 15 .965 1.63 .962 1.13
8 Seasons TOT 272 458 45 397 16 15 .965 1.63 .927 1.13

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 (709th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1937 NL--2.613--2nd
1941 NL--3.010--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--.327--10th
1939 NL--.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--4th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1938 NL--1042--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1937 NL--14--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1937 NL--148--3rd
1941 NL--123--8th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black InkPitching - 3 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 45 (357), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 16 (705), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (816), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 27, 1936: Purchased by the New York Giants from Baltimore (International).

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Name and misspellings: Mickey Mouse Clifford Mountain Cliff George Music Melton

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