Rube Melton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: February 27, 1917 in Cramerton, NC us

Died: September 11, 1971 in Greer, SC

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Greenville, SC

High School: Gastonia HS (Gastonia, NC)

Schools: Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC), Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)

Debut: April 17, 1941 (Age 24-049d, 9,039th in major league history)
vs. BSN 3.0 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 3, 1947 (Age 30-096d)
vs. PIT 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1941 season

Full Name: Reuben Franklin Melton

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Relatives: Cousin of Cliff Melton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.9

ERA

3.62

162

704.0

363

WHIP

1.447

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-15 / in Starts: 7-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 20, Entered with runners on base: 8

1946 Pitching Game Log

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1946 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	135	43	Jun 5	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-3	7-GF	S(1)	99	2.2	2	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.38	5.58	13	3	3	0	1	1		1	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	0.238	12.84	0.73%	0.56	7b -2- 1 out a1	9b end a 2
2	136	46	Jun 8	BRO	@	CHC	L,0-2	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.93	4.94	7	4	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.030	1.43	0.11%	0.87	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
3	137	49	Jun 11	BRO	@	STL	L,3-9	5-GF(8)		2	3.2	6	5	5	2	3	0	0	6.48	3.90	19	5	6	0	2	3		3	3	0	0	0	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.371	6.74	-1.47%	-5.09	5b 123 1 out a2	8b end d 6
4	138	51	Jun 14	BRO		CHC	L,1-5	3-8		2	5.2	3	1	1	5	3	0	0	4.50	4.01	23	6	6	1	1	3		2	1	0	1	0	16	1	0	1	1	0	0	.47	-0.034	2.85	-0.12%	1.09	3t 12- 1 out d2	8t 3 out d4
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
5	139	69	Jul 4(1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-7	7-GF(8)		19	2.0	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	3.94	4.02	11	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	3	0	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	.31	0.021	1.44	0.06%	0.89	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 2
6	140	78	Jul 14(1)	BRO	@	STL	L,3-5	3-GF(8)	L(0-1)	9	5.1	3	2	2	2	3	1	0	3.80	4.27	20	10	3	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.050	8.38	-0.23%	0.52	3b 1-- 2 out d2	8b end d 2
7	141	84	Jul 19	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-4	GS-4		4	3.0	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.44	4.76	15	5	4	1	1	3	36			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	-0.213	7.08	-0.75%	-1.71	1b start tie	4b --- 0 out tie
8	142	90	Jul 26	BRO		PIT	L,0-5	5-8		6	3.1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.90	4.32	11	1	5	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.021	.55	0.07%	1.64	5t -2- 2 out d5	8t 3 out d5
9	143	95	Jul 30	BRO		STL	W,2-1	GS-9	W(1-1)	3	8.1	4	1	1	4	3	0	1	3.25	4.17	32	12	11	0	3	1	70			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.56	0.173	14.91	0.99%	2.17	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a1
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
10	144	100	Aug 4	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	1	1	2	0	0	3.00	3.92	25	12	6	1	0	4	57			0	0	0	24	0	1	1	1	0	2	.99	0.019	6.34	0.07%	0.68	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
11	145	102	Aug 6	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-5	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.93	3.89	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.38	-0.014	2.18	-0.05%	0.05	7b -2- 0 out d2	7b 3 out d3
12	146	105	Aug 10	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-1)	3	9.0	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	2.42	3.70	34	13	10	1	2	2	82			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	1	.94	0.379	5.68	1.38%	3.83	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
13	147	112	Aug 16	BRO		PHI	L,2-4	GS-3		5	2.2	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	2.47	3.77	12	3	3	1	0	2	48			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	-0.057	6.89	-0.21%	-0.39	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out tie
14	148	113	Aug 18	BRO		PHI	W,3-2	8-GF	W(3-1)	1	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.38	3.78	7	2	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.17	0.250	12.90	0.89%	0.90	8t --- 0 out tie	9t end a 1
15	149	116	Aug 22	BRO	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(3-2)	3	7.0	9	2	2	3	3	1	1	2.40	3.95	30	8	8	2	3	7	51			0	2	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	.67	-0.013	4.29	-0.05%	1.01	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
16	150	121	Aug 26	BRO	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-1	L(3-3)	3	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2.64	4.02	7	2	1	0	0	2	40			0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.165	15.11	-1.41%	-1.54	1b start tie	1b 3 out d2
17	151	124	Aug 29	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS-5		2	5.0	4	2	0	4	3	0	0	2.45	4.00	23	6	7	1	2	3	54			0	0	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.032	8.65	-0.15%	0.17	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
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
18	152	128	Sep 2(1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	W(4-3)	3	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	2.40	3.79	33	14	13	2	3	4	67			0	0	0	33	1	2	0	1	0	0	.82	0.247	6.64	1.20%	1.83	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
19	153	135	Sep 10	BRO		CIN	W,8-0	SHO	W(5-3)	7	9.0	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	2.16	3.79	33	13	10	3	3	3	78			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.147	3.21	0.78%	4.03	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
20	154	140	Sep 15(1)	BRO		CHC	L,3-4	GS-1		4	0.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.16	3.86	3	1	0	0	0	0	46			0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.45	-0.170	16.00	-1.13%	-1.82	1t start tie	1t 123 0 out tie
21	155	142	Sep 16	BRO		CHC	L,7-10	8-GF		0	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	2.21	3.84	9	2	3	0	3	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.20	-0.019	2.08	-0.12%	-0.11	8t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 3
22	156	151	Sep 23	BRO		PHI	W,6-1	GS-8	W(6-3)	6	8.0	6	1	1	2	3	0	0	2.12	3.74	32	12	11	3	2	4	67			0	1	0	28	1	0	1	1	0	2	1.34	0.382	19.55	3.35%	2.58	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
23	157	156	Oct 1	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	7-GF(8)		7	1.2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.08	3.75	8	3	2	0	0	2		1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	.51	-0.017	21.37	-0.42%	0.37	7b --3 1 out d1	8b end d 2
24	158	157	Oct 3	BRO		STL	L,4-8	8-8		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.07	3.74	2	1	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.002	1.46	0.04%	1.51	8t 123 1 out d7	8t 3 out d7
							9-15		W-L:6-3,Sv:1	3.5	100.0	74	27	23	52	44	3	3	2.07	3.74	413	1.16		7%	10%	51	58	13	46%	3	8	2	350	13	5	7	13	0	8	.95	0.754	8.05	3.58%	14.03

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