Mel Wright

Melvin James Wright

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 11, 1928 in Manila, AR
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs 1954-1961

Final Game: July 18, 1961
Died: May 16, 1983 in Houston, TX
Buried: Rest Hills Memorial Park, North Little Rock, AR
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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
1950	22	NYY-min	D	33	95	95		20	4	0	1						.211	.211	.284	.495		27							MAL · SOSL
1951	23	NYY-min	C	33	86	86		23	1	5	1						.267	.267	.430	.698		37							JOP · WA
1952	24	NYY-min	A	57	34	34		9	1	0	0						.265	.265	.294	.559		10							BNG · EL
1953	25	NYY-min	AAA	47	31	29	1	6	0	0	0	5	0		1	4	.207	.233	.207	.440		6	0	0	1				KCY · AA
1954	26	STL-min	AAA	28	40	35	1	6	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.171	.194	.171	.366		6	2	0	4	0			CLB · AA
1954	26	STL	NL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		/1
1955	27	STL-min	AAA	20	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661		2		0	1	0			ROC · IL
1955	27	STL	NL	29	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1956	28	STL-min	AAA	42	22	20	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		2	4	.250	.318	.250	.568		5	0	0	0	0			ROC,OMA · IL,AA
1957	29	STL-min	AAA	46	12	10	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		1	1	.100	.182	.200	.382		2		0	1	0			ROC · IL
1958	30	STL-min	AAA	41	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800		2		0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
1959	31	HSN,DAL	AAA	71	26	21	1	3	0	0	0	4	0		2	6	.143	.250	.143	.393		3		1	2	0	0		HSN,DAL · AA
1960	32	OAK-min	AAA	54	10	10	1	5	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	.500	.500	.600	1.100		6							DFW · AA
1960	32	CHC	NL	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	33	CHC-min	AAA	6	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							HSN · AA
1961	33	CHC	NL	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4 Yrs				58	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	31	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0

STL (2 yrs)				38	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				20	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1954	26	STL	NL	9	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1955	27	STL	NL	29	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1

1960	32	CHC	NL	9	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1961	33	CHC	NL	11	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
4 Seasons				58	11	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-2	$

STL (2 yrs)				38	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
CHC (2 yrs)				20	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	$

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
1954	26	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.274	.000	.345	.000	.424	.000	.769	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1955	27	STL	NL	6	6	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.264	.000	.335	.000	.419	.000	.754	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

1960	32	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.261	.000	.326	.000	.400	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1961	33	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.270	.000	.336	.000	.420	.000	.757	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				11	11	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.266	.000	.335	.000	.416	.000	.751	-100	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				31	31	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.266	.000	.335	.000	.416	.000	.751	-100	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.000	.000	.000

STL (2 yrs)				7	7	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.266	.000	.337	.000	.419	.000	.756	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
CHC (2 yrs)				4	4	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.266	.000	.332	.000	.410	.000	.742	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	26	STL	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1955	27	STL	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	67%

1960	32	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1961	33	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
4 Yrs				11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.7			1.67	73%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.5%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.39	7.1	38.1	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1954	26	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.37	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0
1955	27	STL	NL	-1.7	-0.2	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.37	-0.1	0.0	-1.5	-0.1	0.98	-1.4	0

1960	32	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.29	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.62	-0.5	0
1961	33	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.36	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.50	-0.6	0
4 Yrs				-3.2	-0.3	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.85	-0.3	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.78	-2.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	26	STL	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	27	STL	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	32	CHC	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	33	CHC	NL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	26	STL	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1955	27	STL	NL	6	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1960	32	CHC	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1961	33	CHC	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				11	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	IBB
1954	26	9	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1955	27	38	7	7	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1956	28	38	7	7	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1957	29	38	7	7	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1958	30	38	7	7	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1959	31	38	7	7	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1960	32	47	9	9	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1961	33	58	11	11	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1954	26	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1955	27	31	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	29

1960	32	9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1961	33	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
4 Yrs		60	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	58
162 Game Avg.		162	30	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	58

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