Mel Wright
Melvin James Wright
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
Final Game: July 18, 1961
Died: May 16, 1983 in Houston, TX
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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
1954 26 STL NL 0 0 10.45 9 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 16 15 12 2 11 4 2 0 0 59 39 2.613 13.9 1.7 9.6 3.5 0.36
1955 27 STL NL 2 2 .500 6.19 29 0 15 0 0 1 36.1 44 26 25 4 9 2 18 1 0 0 160 65 1.459 10.9 1.0 2.2 4.5 2.00
1960 32 CHC NL 0 1 .000 4.96 9 0 6 0 0 2 16.1 17 9 9 1 3 1 8 0 0 0 67 76 1.224 9.4 0.6 1.7 4.4 2.67
1961 33 CHC NL 0 1 .000 10.71 11 0 5 0 0 0 21.0 42 26 25 3 4 0 6 0 0 1 107 39 2.190 18.0 1.3 1.7 2.6 1.50
4 Seasons 2 4 .333 7.61 58 0 28 0 0 3 84.0 119 76 71 10 27 3 36 3 0 1 393 53 1.738 12.8 1.1 2.9 3.9 1.33
162 Game Avg. 2 5 .333 7.61 68 0 33 0 0 4 98 140 89 83 12 32 42 4 0 1 461 53 1.738 12.8 1.1 2.9 3.9 1.33
STL (2 yrs) 2 2 .500 7.14 38 0 17 0 0 1 46.2 60 41 37 6 20 2 22 3 0 0 219 57 1.714 11.6 1.2 3.9 4.2 1.10
CHC (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 8.20 20 0 11 0 0 2 37.1 59 35 34 4 7 1 14 0 0 1 174 49 1.768 14.2 1.0 1.7 3.4 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1954 26 STL NL 9 59 46 15 16 1 1 2 1 0 11 4 .348 .492 .543 1.035 .350 25 0 2 0 0
1955 27 STL NL 29 160 143 26 44 4 2 4 0 0 9 18 .308 .351 .448 .798 .328 64 2 1 6 1 2
1960 32 CHC NL 9 67 61 9 17 3 1 1 1 0 3 8 .279 .299 .410 .708 .291 25 0 0 0 3 1
1961 33 CHC NL 11 107 101 26 42 4 3 3 2 1 4 6 .416 .438 .604 1.042 .424 61 2 0 2 0 0
4 Seasons 58 393 351 76 119 12 7 10 4 1 27 36 .339 .387 .499 .886 .353 175 4 3 8 4 3
162 Game Avg. 68 461 412 89 140 14 8 12 5 1 32 42 .339 .387 .499 .886 .353 205 5 4 9 5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1954 26 STL NL 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 8 0.396 0 2 4 0 0 8 4 4 4 3 5 0 3.4
1955 27 STL NL 29 29 15 2 2 2 1 1 50% 4 1 22 7 32% 0.721 7 3 9 4 1 14 10 9 10 10 6 8 3.8
1960 32 CHC NL 9 9 6 0 1 3 2 1 67% 4 1 6 0 0% 7 0.992 4 0 5 4 0 5 4 5 6 0 7 1 5.4
1961 33 CHC NL 11 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 5 0.292 1 1 9 0 2 9 4 7 8 1 9 0 5.7
4 Seasons 58 58 28 2 4 5 3 2 60% 8 2 44 20 45% 0.582 12 6 27 8 3 36 22 25 28 14 27 9 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1954 26 STL NL 59 33% 3.4% 6.8% 18.6% 6.8% 25% 0.25 68% 16 0 0%
1955 27 STL NL 161 32% 2.5% 11.3% 5.6% 6.3% 23% 1.13 76% 22 2 9%
1960 32 CHC NL 67 49% 1.5% 11.9% 4.5% 7.5% 29% 0.71 82% 12 0 0%
1961 33 CHC NL 107 36% 2.8% 5.6% 3.7% 9.4% 24% 1.43 86% 23 2 9%
4 Seasons 394 37% 2.5% 9.2% 6.9% 7.4% 24% 0.90 79% 73 4 5%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1954 26 STL NL 54 16 2 0 5 2 0 2 0 6 4 0 67% 2 0 0 20 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1955 27 STL NL 99 44 4 0 5 1 2 1 2 6 4 1 67% 1 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 62
1960 32 CHC NL 67 17 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 9 5 2 56% 0 0 0 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1961 33 CHC NL 107 42 3 0 1 3 0 2 1 10 7 0 70% 1 1 0 50 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 327 119 10 0 13 6 3 6 3 31 20 3 65% 4 1 0 137 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 67
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1954 26 0 0 10.45 9 0 2 0 0 0 10.1 16 15 12 2 11 4 2 0 0 59 39 2.613 13.9 1.7 9.6 3.5 0.36 39
1955 27 2 2 .500 7.14 38 0 17 0 0 1 46.2 60 41 37 6 20 2 22 3 0 0 219 57 1.714 11.6 1.2 3.9 4.2 1.10 57
1956 28 2 2 .500 7.14 38 0 17 0 0 1 46.2 60 41 37 6 20 2 22 3 0 0 219 57 1.714 11.6 1.2 3.9 4.2 1.10 57
1957 29 2 2 .500 7.14 38 0 17 0 0 1 46.2 60 41 37 6 20 2 22 3 0 0 219 57 1.714 11.6 1.2 3.9 4.2 1.10 57
1958 30 2 2 .500 7.14 38 0 17 0 0 1 46.2 60 41 37 6 20 2 22 3 0 0 219 57 1.714 11.6 1.2 3.9 4.2 1.10 57
1959 31 2 2 .500 7.14 38 0 17 0 0 1 46.2 60 41 37 6 20 2 22 3 0 0 219 57 1.714 11.6 1.2 3.9 4.2 1.10 57
1960 32 2 3 .400 6.57 47 0 23 0 0 3 63.0 77 50 46 7 23 3 30 3 0 0 286 61 1.587 11.0 1.0 3.3 4.3 1.30 61
1961 33 2 4 .333 7.61 58 0 28 0 0 3 84.0 119 76 71 10 27 3 36 3 0 1 393 53 1.738 12.8 1.1 2.9 3.9 1.33 53

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1954 26 0 1 .000 10.80 10.0 17 13 12 2 12 4 2 2.900 15.3 10.8 3.6 0.33 1.8 9
1955 27 1 3 .250 6.32 37.0 46 29 26 4 9 18 1 1.486 11.2 2.2 4.4 2.00 1.0 29
1960 32 0 1 .000 5.62 16.0 19 11 10 1 3 8 0 1.375 10.7 1.7 4.5 2.67 0.6 9
1961 33 0 2 .000 10.23 22.0 43 28 25 3 4 6 0 2.136 17.6 1.6 2.5 1.50 1.2 11
4 Seasons 1 7 .125 7.73 85.0 125 81 73 10 28 36 3 1.800 13.2 3.8 1.29 1.1 58

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