Mark Melancon

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 215lb (185cm, 97kg)

Born: March 28, 1985 in Wheat Ridge, CO us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 30th round of the 2003 MLB June Amateur Draft from Golden HS (Golden, CO) and the New York Yankees in the 9th round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ).

High School: Golden HS (Golden, CO)

School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)

Debut: April 26, 2009 (Age 24-029d, 19,530th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

2022 Contract Status: Free Agent

Service Time (01/2022): 11.098 • Free Agent: 2022

Agents: ISE Baseball

National Team: us USA (WBC,College)

Full Name: Mark D. Melancon

Nicknames: Stretch, Mel or Muh Lan Son

Pronunciation: \muh-LAN-son\

Twitter: @Mark_Melancon_

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

2.1

13.9

ERA

2.23

2.79

670

244

64.2

670.2

608

WHIP

1.222

1.141

12/2 The Padres have announced agreement with free agent reliever Luis García on a two-year contract. It’s reportedly a $7MM guarantee. The multi-year deal is a nice pull for García, who entered the 2021
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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2006	21	NYY-min	A-	0	1	.000	3.52	7	0	3	0	0	2	7.2	9	7	3	0	2	0	8	0	0	1	36			1.435	10.6	0.0	2.3	9.4	4.00	STI NYPL
2008	23	NYY-min	AA,A+,AAA	8	1	.889	2.27	44	0	19	0	0	3	95.0	69	30	24	6	22	1	89	2	0	2	372			0.958	6.5	0.6	2.1	8.4	4.05	TRE,TAM,SWB EL,FLOR,IL
2009	24	NYY-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.89	32	0	20	0	0	3	53.0	37	22	17	3	11	0	54	6	0	5	208			0.906	6.3	0.5	1.9	9.2	4.91	SWB IL
2009	24	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	3.86	13	0	4	0	0	0	16.1	13	8	7	0	10	0	10	4	0	3	74	122	4.44	1.408	7.2	0.0	5.5	5.5	1.00
2010	25	NYY-HOU-min	AAA	7	1	.875	3.41	43	0	19	0	0	7	60.2	68	24	23	5	32	0	60	3	0	7	277			1.648	10.1	0.7	4.7	8.9	1.88	SWB,RRK IL,PCL
2010	25	TOT	MLB	2	0	1.000	4.22	22	0	4	0	0	0	21.1	19	13	10	2	8	0	22	1	0	2	90	99	3.50	1.266	8.0	0.8	3.4	9.3	2.75
2010	25	NYY	AL	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	52	4.83	1.750	15.8	2.3	0.0	6.8
2010	25	HOU	NL	2	0	1.000	3.12	20	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	12	8	6	1	8	0	19	1	0	2	71	129	3.19	1.154	6.2	0.5	4.2	9.9	2.38
2011	26	HOU	NL	8	4	.667	2.78	71	0	47	0	0	20	74.1	65	28	23	5	26	6	66	2	0	1	309	137	3.25	1.224	7.9	0.6	3.1	8.0	2.54
2012	27	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		0.83	21	0	18	0	0	11	21.2	15	2	2	0	3	0	27	2	0	1	86			0.831	6.2	0.0	1.2	11.2	9.00	PAW IL
2012	27	BOS	AL	0	2	.000	6.20	41	0	17	0	0	1	45.0	45	31	31	8	12	1	41	3	0	2	194	68	4.58	1.267	9.0	1.6	2.4	8.2	3.42
2013	28	PIT	NL	3	2	.600	1.39	72	0	24	0	0	16	71.0	60	15	11	1	8	0	70	1	0	6	279	256	1.64	0.958	7.6	0.1	1.0	8.9	8.75	AS
2014	29	PIT	NL	3	5	.375	1.90	72	0	48	0	0	33	71.0	51	15	15	2	11	1	71	3	0	3	277	190	2.09	0.873	6.5	0.3	1.4	9.0	6.45
2015	30	PIT	NL	3	2	.600	2.23	78	0	63	0	0	51	76.2	57	22	19	4	14	2	62	2	0	3	293	174	2.82	0.926	6.7	0.5	1.6	7.3	4.43	AS,CYA-8
2016	31	TOT	NL	2	2	.500	1.64	75	0	67	0	0	47	71.1	52	16	13	3	12	0	65	1	0	4	270	258	2.42	0.897	6.6	0.4	1.5	8.2	5.42	AS
2016	31	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	1.51	45	0	39	0	0	30	41.2	31	10	7	2	9	0	38	1	0	1	163	276	2.67	0.960	6.7	0.4	1.9	8.2	4.22
2016	31	WSN	NL	1	1	.500	1.82	30	0	28	0	0	17	29.2	21	6	6	1	3	0	27	0	0	3	107	237	2.07	0.809	6.4	0.3	0.9	8.2	9.00
2017	32	SFG-min	A+,AAA	0	0		9.82	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.2	6	4	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	18			1.909	14.7	2.5	2.5	9.8	4.00	SJO,SAC CALL,PCL
2017	32	SFG	NL	1	2	.333	4.50	32	0	18	0	0	11	30.0	37	16	15	3	6	0	29	1	0	2	130	96	3.22	1.433	11.1	0.9	1.8	8.7	4.83
2018	33	SFG-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13			0.545	4.9	0.0	0.0	9.8		SAC PCL
2018	33	SFG	NL	1	4	.200	3.23	41	0	8	0	0	3	39.0	48	18	14	2	14	2	31	1	0	4	174	118	3.39	1.590	11.1	0.5	3.2	7.2	2.21
2019	34	TOT	NL	5	2	.714	3.61	66	0	34	0	0	12	67.1	71	28	27	4	18	2	68	2	0	4	284	120	2.86	1.322	9.5	0.5	2.4	9.1	3.78
2019	34	SFG	NL	4	2	.667	3.50	43	0	16	0	0	1	46.1	49	19	18	3	16	2	44	2	0	3	195	120	3.32	1.403	9.5	0.6	3.1	8.5	2.75
2019	34	ATL	NL	1	0	1.000	3.86	23	0	18	0	0	11	21.0	22	9	9	1	2	0	24	0	0	1	89	120	1.83	1.143	9.4	0.4	0.9	10.3	12.00
2020	35	ATL	NL	2	1	.667	2.78	23	0	19	0	0	11	22.2	22	8	7	1	7	3	14	2	0	1	95	170	3.72	1.279	8.7	0.4	2.8	5.6	2.00
2021	36	SDP	NL	4	3	.571	2.23	64	0	53	0	0	39	64.2	54	21	16	4	25	4	59	1	0	3	265	175	3.36	1.222	7.5	0.6	3.5	8.2	2.36	AS
13 Yrs				34	30	.531	2.79	670	0	406	0	0	244	670.2	594	239	208	39	171	21	608	24	0	38	2734	143	2.94	1.141	8.0	0.5	2.3	8.2	3.56
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.531	2.79	68	0	41	0	0	25	68	60	24	21	4	17	2	62	2	0	4	277	143	2.94	1.141	8.0	0.5	2.3	8.2	3.56
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PIT (4 yrs)				10	10	.500	1.80	267	0	174	0	0	130	260.1	199	62	52	9	42	3	241	7	0	13	1012	210	2.27	0.926	6.9	0.3	1.5	8.3	5.74
SFG (3 yrs)				6	8	.429	3.67	116	0	42	0	0	15	115.1	134	53	47	8	36	4	104	4	0	9	499	112	3.32	1.474	10.5	0.6	2.8	8.1	2.89
ATL (2 yrs)				3	1	.750	3.30	46	0	37	0	0	22	43.2	44	17	16	2	9	3	38	2	0	2	184	142	2.81	1.214	9.1	0.4	1.9	7.8	4.22
NYY (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	4.87	15	0	6	0	0	0	20.1	20	13	11	1	10	0	13	4	0	3	93	96	4.52	1.475	8.9	0.4	4.4	5.8	1.30
HOU (2 yrs)				10	4	.714	2.85	91	0	49	0	0	20	91.2	77	36	29	6	34	6	85	3	0	3	380	135	3.24	1.211	7.6	0.6	3.3	8.3	2.50
BOS (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.20	41	0	17	0	0	1	45.0	45	31	31	8	12	1	41	3	0	2	194	68	4.58	1.267	9.0	1.6	2.4	8.2	3.42
SDP (1 yr)				4	3	.571	2.23	64	0	53	0	0	39	64.2	54	21	16	4	25	4	59	1	0	3	265	175	3.36	1.222	7.5	0.6	3.5	8.2	2.36
WSN (1 yr)				1	1	.500	1.82	30	0	28	0	0	17	29.2	21	6	6	1	3	0	27	0	0	3	107	237	2.07	0.809	6.4	0.3	0.9	8.2	9.00

NL (11 yrs)				34	27	.557	2.47	614	0	383	0	0	243	605.1	529	195	166	30	149	20	554	17	0	33	2447	160	2.76	1.120	7.9	0.4	2.2	8.2	3.72
AL (3 yrs)				0	3	.000	5.79	56	0	23	0	0	1	65.1	65	44	42	9	22	1	54	7	0	5	287	76	4.56	1.332	9.0	1.2	3.0	7.4	2.45

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