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Mel Stottlemyre
Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Sr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 13, 1941 in Hazleton, MO
High School: Mabton (Mabton, WA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1964
Final Game: August 16, 1974
Relatives: Father of Mel Stottlemyre and Father of Todd Stottlemyre
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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
1964 22 NYY AL 9 3 .750 2.06 13 12 0 5 2 0 96.0 77 26 22 3 35 3 49 2 0 1 390 176 1.167 7.2 0.3 3.3 4.6 1.40 MVP-25
1965 23 NYY AL 20 9 .690 2.63 37 37 0 18 4 0 291.0 250 99 85 18 88 3 155 7 0 5 1188 129 1.162 7.7 0.6 2.7 4.8 1.76 AS,MVP-14
1966 24 NYY AL 12 20 .375 3.80 37 35 2 9 3 1 251.0 239 116 106 18 82 7 146 1 0 8 1042 87 1.279 8.6 0.6 2.9 5.2 1.78 AS
1967 25 NYY AL 15 15 .500 2.96 36 36 0 10 4 0 255.0 235 96 84 20 88 11 151 2 0 5 1063 105 1.267 8.3 0.7 3.1 5.3 1.72
1968 26 NYY AL 21 12 .636 2.45 36 36 0 19 6 0 278.2 243 86 76 21 65 7 140 3 1 3 1123 117 1.105 7.8 0.7 2.1 4.5 2.15 AS,MVP-10
1969 27 NYY AL 20 14 .588 2.82 39 39 0 24 3 0 303.0 267 105 95 19 97 11 113 6 0 6 1244 123 1.201 7.9 0.6 2.9 3.4 1.16 AS,MVP-18
1970 28 NYY AL 15 13 .536 3.09 37 37 0 14 0 0 271.0 262 110 93 23 84 8 126 6 0 10 1136 114 1.277 8.7 0.8 2.8 4.2 1.50 AS
1971 29 NYY AL 16 12 .571 2.87 35 35 0 19 7 0 269.2 234 100 86 16 69 6 132 4 0 5 1091 114 1.124 7.8 0.5 2.3 4.4 1.91
1972 30 NYY AL 14 18 .438 3.22 36 36 0 9 7 0 260.0 250 99 93 13 85 13 110 4 0 6 1088 92 1.288 8.7 0.5 2.9 3.8 1.29
1973 31 NYY AL 16 16 .500 3.07 38 38 0 19 4 0 273.0 259 112 93 13 79 3 95 5 0 5 1122 120 1.238 8.5 0.4 2.6 3.1 1.20
1974 32 NYY AL 6 7 .462 3.58 16 15 1 6 0 0 113.0 119 54 45 7 37 3 40 4 0 3 485 99 1.381 9.5 0.6 2.9 3.2 1.08
11 Seasons 164 139 .541 2.97 360 356 3 152 40 1 2661.1 2435 1003 878 171 809 75 1257 44 1 57 10972 111 1.219 8.2 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.55
162 Game Avg. 16 13 .541 2.97 34 34 0 14 4 0 253 231 95 83 16 77 7 119 4 0 5 1042 111 1.219 8.2 0.6 2.7 4.3 1.55

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
1964 22 NYY AL WS L STL 1 1 .500 3.15 3 3 0 1 0 0 20.0 18 8 7 0 6 0 12 0 0 0 84 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00
1 WS 1 1 .500 3.15 3 3 0 1 0 0 20.0 18 8 7 0 6 0 12 0 0 0 84 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00

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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
1964 22 NYY AL 14 40 37 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .243 .282 .270 .552 54 10 2 1 1 0 0 1 MVP-25
1965 23 NYY AL 37 109 99 8 13 2 1 2 8 0 0 1 43 .131 .140 .232 .372 5 23 0 0 9 0 0 1 AS,MVP-14
1966 24 NYY AL 37 89 80 8 11 1 1 1 7 0 0 4 31 .138 .176 .213 .389 14 17 1 0 4 1 0 1 AS
1967 25 NYY AL 36 90 82 5 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 38 .098 .119 .098 .217 -34 8 1 0 6 0 0 1
1968 26 NYY AL 36 103 91 4 13 3 0 0 5 0 1 8 33 .143 .210 .176 .386 20 16 3 0 3 1 0 1 AS,MVP-10
1969 27 NYY AL 39 116 101 9 18 2 1 1 4 0 1 9 41 .178 .250 .248 .498 42 25 4 1 4 1 0 1 AS,MVP-18
1970 28 NYY AL 38 102 85 8 16 2 2 2 7 0 0 14 25 .188 .303 .329 .632 79 28 0 0 3 0 0 1 AS
1971 29 NYY AL 35 103 94 6 16 1 0 1 11 0 0 5 29 .170 .210 .213 .423 24 20 1 0 3 1 0 1
1972 30 NYY AL 37 94 80 3 16 1 1 0 7 0 0 3 18 .200 .247 .238 .485 47 19 2 2 9 0 0 1
1974 32 NYY AL 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 312 846 749 54 120 13 6 7 57 0 2 47 270 .160 .213 .222 .434 27 166 14 4 42 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 439 389 28 62 7 3 4 30 0 1 24 140 .160 .213 .222 .434 27 86 7 2 22 2 0

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
1964 22 NYY AL WS STL L 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0

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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
1964 NYY AL 22 P 13 12 96.0 29 7 20 2 3 .931 2.53 2.08 .959 1.90 0.72 MVP-25
1965 NYY AL 23 P 37 37 291.0 105 30 74 1 3 .990 3.22 2.81 .949 2.04 0.75 AS,MVP-14
1966 NYY AL 24 P 37 35 251.0 84 27 54 3 5 .964 2.90 2.19 .951 1.99 0.75 AS
1967 NYY AL 25 P 36 36 255.0 101 36 60 5 4 .950 3.39 2.67 .957 1.96 0.74
1968 NYY AL 26 P 36 36 278.2 74 20 54 0 0 1.000 2.39 2.06 .955 1.89 0.73 AS,MVP-10
1969 NYY AL 27 P 39 39 303.0 117 24 88 5 3 .957 3.33 2.87 .950 1.88 0.69 AS,MVP-18
1970 NYY AL 28 P 37 37 271.0 74 22 51 1 3 .986 2.42 1.97 .949 1.86 0.67 AS
1971 NYY AL 29 P 35 35 269.2 82 23 55 4 6 .951 2.60 2.23 .959 1.98 0.77
1972 NYY AL 30 P 36 36 260.0 71 19 52 0 7 1.000 2.46 1.97 .948 1.86 0.75
1973 NYY AL 31 P 38 38 273.0 80 27 48 5 4 .938 2.47 1.97 .951 1.86 0.86
1974 NYY AL 32 P 16 15 113.0 21 7 14 0 0 1.000 1.67 1.31 .943 1.81 0.83
11 Seasons P 360 356 2661.1 838 242 570 26 38 .969 2.75 2.26 .952 1.92 0.75
11 Seasons TOT 360 356 2661.1 838 242 570 26 38 .969 2.75 2.26 .921 1.92 0.75

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ( 0.8%)

All-Star Games
1965
1966 *
1968 *
1969 (P)
1970 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1964 AL (25, 1%)
1965 AL (14, 6%)
1968 AL (10, 15%)
1969 AL (18, 2%)
0.24 Career Shares (673rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1965 AL  2.629 (8th)
1968 AL  2.455 (10th)
1969 AL  2.822 (9th)
1971 AL  2.870 (6th)
1973 AL  3.066 (7th)
Career  2.969 (160th)

Wins s c a p y
1965 AL  20 (2nd)
1967 AL  15 (9th)
1968 AL  21 (3rd)
1969 AL  20 (3rd)
Career  164 (197th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1965 AL  .690 (3rd)
1968 AL  .636 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1971 AL  1.124 (9th)
Career  1.219 (179th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  8.235 (197th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL  2.099 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1965 AL  291.0 (1st)
1966 AL  251.0 (6th)
1967 AL  255.0 (8th)
1968 AL  278.7 (3rd)
1969 AL  303.0 (2nd)
1970 AL  271.0 (7th)
Career  2661.3 (194th)

Games Started s c a p y
1965 AL  37 (3rd)
1966 AL  35 (6th)
1967 AL  36 (9th)
1968 AL  36 (4th)
1969 AL  39 (3rd)
Career  356 (178th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1965 AL  18 (1st)
1968 AL  19 (2nd)
1969 AL  24 (1st)
1970 AL  14 (6th)
1971 AL  19 (6th)
1973 AL  19 (7th)
Career  152 (222nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1965 AL  4 (2nd)
1966 AL  3 (7th)
1967 AL  4 (9th)
1968 AL  6 (2nd)
1969 AL  3 (10th)
1971 AL  7 (2nd)
1972 AL  7 (3rd)
1973 AL  4 (4th)
Career  40 (44th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 AL  21 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  88 (7th)
1966 AL  82 (7th)
1967 AL  88 (8th)
1972 AL  85 (6th)
Career  809 (231st)

Hits s c a p y
1965 AL  250 (3rd)
1966 AL  239 (3rd)
1967 AL  235 (3rd)
1968 AL  243 (1st)
1969 AL  267 (2nd)
1970 AL  262 (5th)
1972 AL  250 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL  .557 (7th)
1966 AL  .645 (9th)
1969 AL  .564 (9th)
1971 AL  .534 (6th)
1972 AL  .450 (8th)
1973 AL  .429 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1966 AL  20 (1st)
1967 AL  15 (8th)
1969 AL  14 (10th)
1972 AL  18 (1st)
1973 AL  16 (8th)
Career  139 (201st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1966 AL  106 (3rd)
1967 AL  84 (10th)
1968 AL  76 (8th)
1972 AL  93 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1970 AL  10 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL  7 (5th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1965 AL  1188 (1st)
1966 AL  1042 (5th)
1967 AL  1063 (5th)
1968 AL  1123 (3rd)
1969 AL  1244 (2nd)
1970 AL  1136 (7th)
1972 AL  1088 (9th)
Career  10972 (176th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1965 AL  129 (10th)
1973 AL  120 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1965 AL  9 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 87 (262), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 71 (162), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 27 (172), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Earl Moore (921)
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  3. Lefty Grove (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Lee (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

March 29, 1975: Released by the New York Yankees.

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