Mel Stottlemyre

Melvin Leon Stottlemyre Jr.

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 28, 1963 in Prosser, WA
High School: Davis (Yakima, WA)
School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1990
Team: Royals 1990

Final Game: September 11, 1990
Relatives: Brother of Todd Stottlemyre and Son of Mel Stottlemyre
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1985	21	HOU-min	A	5	4	.556	2.75	14	13	0	1	0	0	78.2	65	33	24	4	38	0	70	2	4	4			1.309	7.4	0.5	4.3	8.0	1.84	AVL · SALL
1986	22	HOU-min	A	3	8	.273	5.01	16	15	0	2	1	0	70.0	80	51	39	6	38	0	53	4	1	7			1.686	10.3	0.8	4.9	6.8	1.39	OSC,AVL · FLOR,SALL
1987	23	KCR-HOU-min	AA	7	6	.538	4.31	20	20	0	4	1	0	127.1	125	68	61	12	41	2	85	8	2	0			1.304	8.8	0.8	2.9	6.0	2.07	MEM,CBS · SOUL
1988	24	KCR-min	AA	3	2	.600	2.40	7	7	0	1	0	0	45.0	41	18	12	1	14	0	29	1	5	1			1.222	8.2	0.2	2.8	5.8	2.07	MEM · SOUL
1989	25	KCR-min	A,AA,AAA	5	3	.625	3.17	36	2	23	0	0	11	54.0	51	22	19	2	21	2	52	1	7	5			1.333	8.5	0.3	3.5	8.7	2.48	BBC,MEM,OMA · FLOR,SOUL,AA
1990	26	KCR-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.51	29	0	19	0	0	13	41.2	26	9	7	0	11	1	33	0	4	1			0.888	5.6	0.0	2.4	7.1	3.00	OMA · AA
1990	26	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	4.88	13	2	3	0	0	0	31.1	35	18	17	3	12	1	14	0	0	0	138	80	1.500	10.1	0.9	3.4	4.0	1.17
1 Season				0	1	.000	4.88	13	2	3	0	0	0	31.1	35	18	17	3	12	1	14	0	0	0	138	80	1.500	10.1	0.9	3.4	4.0	1.17
162 Game Avg.				0	5	.000	4.88	59	9	14	0	0	0	142	159	82	77	14	54	5	63	0	0	0	626	80	1.500	10.1	0.9	3.4	4.0	1.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1990	26	KCR	AL	31.1	2	18	19	-1	.6	1	0.0	$
1 Season				31.1	2	18	19	-1	.6	1	0.0	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH	Pos
1985	21	HOU-min	A	14	19	13	1	4	2	0	1	6	5	.308	.526	.462	.988	6		0	AVL · SALL
1986	22	HOU-min	A	16	13	11	0	2	0	1	2	1	5	.182	.250	.364	.614	4		1	AVL,OSC · SALL,FLOR
1987	23	KCR-HOU-min	AA	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		1	MEM,CBS · SOUL
1988	24	KCR-min	AA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	MEM · SOUL
1989	25	KCR-min	AA,A,AAA	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	MEM,BBC,OMA · SOUL,FLOR,AA
1990	26	KCR-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	OMA · AA
1990	26	KCR	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1
1 Season				13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%
1990	KCR	AL	26	P	13	2	31.1	6	1	5	1.000	1.72	0.46	.953	1.78	1.76	2	0%
	1 Season			P	13	2	31.1	6	1	5	1.000	1.72	0.46	.953	1.78	1.76	2	0%
	1 Season			TOT	13	2	31.1	6	1	5	1.000	1.72	0.46	.953	1.78	1.76	2	0%

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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 28th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 3, 1985: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (January Secondary).
July 30, 1987: Traded by the Houston Astros to the Kansas City Royals for Buddy Biancalana.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1990	26	Kansas City Royals	$100,000	11/21/90 NYT

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$100,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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