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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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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… 

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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 41 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 66 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 78 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 40 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 54 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 54 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 58 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 50 1.768 14.2 1.0 1.7 3.4 2.00

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
1954 26 STL NL 10.1 0 15 6 0 .4 -9 -0.7 $
1955 27 STL NL 36.1 0 26 24 1 .7 -2 -0.4 $
1960 32 CHC NL 16.1 0 9 10 0 1.0 1 -0.1 $
1961 33 CHC NL 21.0 0 26 15 -1 .3 -11 -0.8 $
4 Seasons 84.0 0 76 55 0 .6 -21 -2.0 $
STL (2 yrs) 46.2 0 41 30 1 .6 -11 -1.1 $
CHC (2 yrs) 37.1 0 35 25 -1 .6 -10 -0.9 $

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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
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 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
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 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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1954 26 STL NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1955 27 STL NL 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1960 32 CHC NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1961 33 CHC NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
4 Seasons 11 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $
STL (2 yrs) 7 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
CHC (2 yrs) 4 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1954 STL NL 26 P 9 0 0 10.1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.61 0.33 .960 2.09 2.06 1 0 0% 0
1955 STL NL 27 P 29 0 0 36.1 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.72 0.38 .950 2.03 2.02 0 0 1
1960 CHC NL 32 P 9 0 0 16.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.22 .960 2.09 2.08 1 0 0% 0
1961 CHC NL 33 P 11 0 0 21.0 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 4.29 0.91 .959 2.19 2.15 2 1 33% 0
4 Seasons P 58 0 0 84.0 26 12 14 0 2 1.000 2.79 0.45 .955 2.09 2.06 4 1 20% 1
4 Seasons TOT 58 0 0 84.0 26 12 14 0 2 1.000 2.79 0.45 .955 2.09 2.06 4 1 20% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1955 NL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

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