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

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Team Record in Appearances: 31-15 / in Starts: 17-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 13

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	4	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	L(0-1)	99	9.0	6	3	2	2	13	0	0	2.00	0.98	35	13	2	0	0	5	76			1	1	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.46	0.018	4.52	0.03%	1.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	9	May 2	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(1-1)	6	9.0	4	1	0	3	9	0	0	1.00	1.59	34	16	2	0	0	4	83			0	1	0	31	2	0	1	1	0	3	1.30	0.502	3.77	0.87%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
3	3	13	May 6	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	GS-7	L(1-2)	3	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	1.44	2.48	27	5	10	0	0	6	59			0	2	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.08	0.087	2.79	0.14%	1.60	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
4	4	19	May 12	NYG		PIT	L,5-6	GS-4		5	4.0	5	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.48	2.44	19	5	2	2	0	5	39			2	0	0	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.19	-0.263	3.58	-0.48%	-1.94	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
5	5	23	May 16	NYG		PHI	L,0-6	GS-5	L(1-3)	3	5.0	4	4	1	2	4	0	0	2.38	2.50	22	11	1	1	0	4	51			0	0	0	19	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.18	-0.182	2.58	-0.24%	-1.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
6	6	26	May 20	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.31	2.52	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.043	1.31	0.06%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
7	7	27	May 21	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-8	3-5		0	2.1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.17	2.61	10	3	2	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.33	-0.055	.86	-0.09%	-0.49	3b 12- 2 out d3	5b 3 out d4
8	8	29	May 23	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.11	2.58	5	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.19	0.201	12.71	0.37%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
9	9	30	May 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	9-9		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.11	2.65	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.24	-0.072	24.27	-0.14%	-0.27	9b 1-3 2 out a1	9b 123 2 out a1
10	10	32	May 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	7-GF	S(3)	1	2.1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.99	2.54	8	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.142	2.67	0.27%	1.45	7b 1-3 2 out a3	9b end a 3
11	11	34	May 29(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-4		W(2-3)	2	5.2	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	1.94	2.84	21												20					0
12	12	38	May 31(2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	7-GF	W(3-3)	1	3.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1.82	2.90	13	4	3	0	1	2		0	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	0.338	10.02	0.82%	1.54	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	13	41	Jun 4(1)	NYG		CHC	L,5-6	8-GF(11)	BL(3-4)	3	3.1	4	2	1	1	3	0	0	1.88	2.86	15	2	5	2	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	14	0	1	1	1	0	1	2.57	-0.244	11.27	-0.64%	-0.01	8t 12- 2 out a1	11t end d 1
14	14	43	Jun 5	NYG		PIT	W,7-5	7-GF	S(4)	0	2.2	4	1	1	1	3	0	1	1.95	2.88	13	4	1	0	0	3		3	1	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	2.36	0.174	11.78	0.52%	0.62	7t 123 1 out a4	9t end a 2
15	15	47	Jun 9(2)	NYG		STL	W,3-2	8-GF	W(4-4)	3	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.89	2.89	5	3	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.114	4.17	0.34%	1.21	8t -2- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
16	16	48	Jun 12	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	9-GF	S(5)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.86	2.86	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.77	0.281	16.13	0.72%	0.90	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
17	17	51	Jun 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	2-5		2	3.1	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	2.05	2.94	17	3	6	1	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	.85	-0.049	4.42	-0.15%	-0.05	2b 12- 2 out d2	5b 3 out d3
18	18	55	Jun 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	W(5-4)	4	6.2	8	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.12	3.03	31	8	8	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	25	1	1	2	2	0	0	1.66	0.080	6.04	0.18%	0.90	1b start tie	7b 1-3 2 out a2
19	19	60	Jun 26	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	GS-6	W(6-4)	5	5.2	6	3	3	0	4	0	0	2.32	2.93	23	7	7	1	0	5	49			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.078	2.59	0.20%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	20	64	Jul 1	NYG		PHI	W,8-6	GS-8		4	8.0	6	5	3	1	2	1	1	2.42	3.14	32	16	6	1	0	6	55			0	2	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.04	-0.235	4.81	-0.65%	-0.88	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
21	21	68	Jul 5(1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	W(7-4)	3	9.0	10	2	2	2	8	0	0	2.38	3.04	38	15	3	1	2	10	65			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	0.315	5.04	0.90%	2.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
22	22	72	Jul 11(1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,10-4	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	14	4	4	1	5	0	1	2.53	3.01	43	15	7	1	1	14	47			0	0	0	41	4	0	0	0	0	0	.78	0.261	3.62	0.72%	0.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
23	23	75	Jul 13	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-10	9-GF(10)	W(9-4)	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	3.02	7	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3.53	0.364	18.90	1.17%	1.10	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 1
24	24	77	Jul 16	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	GS-11	L(9-5)	2	10.1	7	4	3	4	4	2	0	2.49	3.30	42	18	9	0	5	7	65			0	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	0.377	9.77	1.45%	1.73	1t start tie	11t 12- 1 out tie
25	25	82	Jul 20	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG(10)	W(10-5)	3	10.0	5	3	2	2	3	1	0	2.43	3.40	36	13	13	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.63	0.001	8.40	0.00%	2.15	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
26	26	86	Jul 24	NYG		CHC	L,5-10	GS-5		3	5.0	7	5	2	1	2	0	1	2.48	3.41	24	11	3	0	1	6	40			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.209	9.12	-1.14%	-2.43	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
27	27	89	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	10	4	4	0	4	1	0	2.58	3.43	37	18	6	1	0	9	55			0	0	0	37	2	1	0	0	0	0	.83	0.115	3.90	0.33%	0.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	28	93	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG(11)	L(11-6)	3	10.1	12	5	5	5	2	0	0	2.71	3.49	45	21	11	2	3	6	46			0	0	0	38	1	0	1	4	0	0	2.09	-0.110	14.36	-0.45%	-0.79	1b start tie	11b 123 1 out d1
29	29	98	Aug 8(1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	W(12-6)	6	9.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	0	2.67	3.47	34	13	12	4	1	6	68			0	0	0	33	1	1	1	0	0	0	.47	0.059	1.75	0.13%	2.53	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
30	30	101	Aug 12	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	1-7		3	6.2	5	2	2	1	4	0	0	2.67	3.42	26	8	9	1	3	4		2	0	0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	0.109	3.60	0.19%	2.29	1t 1-3 1 out d2	7t 3 out d1
31	31	105	Aug 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	W(13-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.58	3.37	32	14	8	2	2	4	77			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.346	4.34	1.03%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
32	32	107	Aug 19	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-2	11-GF(11)		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.57	3.37	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.42	-0.181	34.97	-0.70%	-0.07	11b 1-3 1 out tie	11b end d 1
33	33	109	Aug 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-11	GS-6	L(13-7)	1	6.0	10	9	7	1	3	0	0	2.84	3.35	30	10	10	0	0	6	22			1	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.360	5.41	-1.42%	-5.70	1b start tie	6b 3 out d7
34	34	112	Aug 27(1)	NYG		PIT	L,0-1	GS-7	L(13-8)	5	7.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.78	3.34	24	12	5	0	1	4	66			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.224	7.12	0.87%	2.60	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
35	35	117	Aug 30	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	GS-7	W(14-8)	2	6.2	3	3	0	1	5	0	0	2.69	3.30	26	9	9	1	2	2	66			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	.71	0.082	5.35	0.37%	0.27	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a1
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
36	36	121	Sep 3	NYG		BRO	L,7-15	GS-4	L(14-9)	3	4.0	8	6	6	3	0	1	0	2.91	3.41	22	10	1	0	0	8	19			0	0	0	19	0	1	1	1	0	0	.98	-0.282	8.03	-1.39%	-3.94	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
37	37	123	Sep 6(1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(15-9)	2	9.0	8	2	2	3	9	1	0	2.87	3.42	38	16	2	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.302	8.13	1.49%	2.63	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
38	38	125	Sep 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-7	8-GF	S(6)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.84	3.41	5	2	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.36	0.381	18.37	1.78%	1.47	8b --3 1 out a1	9b end a 2
39	39	129	Sep 12(1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	W(16-9)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	4	0	1	2.77	3.37	33	14	9	0	0	5	77			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.432	9.29	2.31%	3.12	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
40	40	134	Sep 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-0	SHO	W(17-9)	3	9.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.66	3.34	32	15	8	0	2	6	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.594	9.72	2.90%	4.53	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
41	41	138	Sep 20	NYG	@	STL	W,10-3	GS-1		3	0.1	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.77	3.34	6	0	0	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.279	8.52	-1.24%	-3.69	1b start a 5	1b 1-3 1 out a2
42	42	140	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(18-9)	1	9.0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.67	3.31	31	16	8	3	0	4	78			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	1	.99	0.517	19.18	6.01%	4.76	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
43	43	141	Sep 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-7	9-GF	S(7)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.66	3.31	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.05	0.337	86.56	2.49%	0.61	9b 123 1 out a2	9b end a 1
44	44	143	Sep 26	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	8-GF	W(19-9)	2	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.64	3.31	4	3	1	0	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.34	0.248	6.71	0.43%	1.02	8t 1-3 2 out tie	9t end tie
45	45	146	Sep 29(1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	W(20-9)	2	9.0	9	3	3	2	8	0	1	2.66	3.28	37	12	5	0	2	9	63			0	0	0	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.41	0.170	1.77	0.13%	1.95	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
46	46	152	Oct 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	5-8		3	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.61	3.27	12	9	1	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.234	.00	0.00%	2.06	5b --- 0 out a2	8b 3 out a3
							31-15		W-L:20-9,Sv:7,BSv:1	2.6	248.0	216	90	72	55	142	9	6	2.61	3.27	1004	1.92		4%	5%	191	58	25	20%	5	8	0	929	35	6	12	22	0	18	1.25	5.005	6.80	20.50%	34.21

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