Cliff Melton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-5, 203lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: January 3, 1912 in Brevard, NC us

Died: July 28, 1986 in Baltimore, MD

Buried: Most Holy Redeemer Memorial Park, Baltimore, MD

Debut: April 25, 1937 (Age 25-112d, 8,245th in major league history)
vs. BSN 9.0 IP, 6 H, 13 SO, 2 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: September 29, 1944 (Age 32-270d)
vs. STL 7.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Clifford George Melton

Nicknames: Mickey Mouse or Mountain Music

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Relatives: Cousin of Rube Melton

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

15.3

ERA

3.42

272

179

1453.2

660

WHIP

1.291

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1941 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 17	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (2)	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	L,9-10		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	8 (1)	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,4-7	GS	32	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
5	11 (2)	Apr 26	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	13 (1)	Apr 29	NYG		STL	L,4-5		16	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	18 (4)	May 4	NYG		CHC	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	23 (4)	May 11	NYG		BSN	W,8-3	GF	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	27 (3)	May 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
10	30 (2)	May 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	GF	6	1.2	0	2	0	2	0
11	33 (2)	May 25	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	GS	33	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
12	37 (3)	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	41 (3)	Jun 2	NYG		CIN	L,3-4		1	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
14	45 (3)	Jun 7	NYG		STL	L,3-11	GS	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	50 (4)	Jun 11 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	54 (3)	Jun 15 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-6	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
17	57 (2)	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	T,2-2	GF	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
18	64 (6)	Jun 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
19	69 (4)	Jun 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	44	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	74 (4)	Jul 10	NYG		STL	L,9-13	GS	25	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
21	79 (4)	Jul 15	NYG		PIT	L,1-5	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	82 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,7-5		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
23	83	Jul 20 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,4-7		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
24	85 (1)	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
25	89 (3)	Jul 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-9	GS	15	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
26	90	Jul 29	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7		13	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
27	92 (1)	Jul 31	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	3	0.1	0	1	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	97 (4)	Aug 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-11	GS	20	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
29	101 (3)	Aug 10 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	105 (3)	Aug 12 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
31	113 (7)	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	115 (1)	Aug 21	NYG		PIT	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	118 (2)	Aug 23 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	GS	32	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	122 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
35	124 (1)	Aug 28	NYG		STL	L,0-5	GS	30	6.0	0	2	2	4	0
36	128 (3)	Aug 31	NYG		BRO	L,6-13	GS	36	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	133 (4)	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	0	2	0	2	0
38	135 (1)	Sep 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-10		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
39	140 (4)	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
40	143 (2)	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-7		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
41	150 (6)	Sep 23 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-8	GS	15	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
42	155 (4)	Sep 27	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							42gm		194.0	4	58	2	64	1