Mark Melancon

Position: Relief 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)

Last Game: October 2, 2022 (Age 37-188d)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2010 season

Agents: ISE Baseball

National Team: us USA (WBC,College)

Full Name: Mark David Melancon

Nicknames: Stretch, Mel or Muh Lan Son

Pronunciation: \muh-LAN-son\

Twitter: @Mark_Melancon_

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

13.4

ERA

2.94

732

262

726.2

643

WHIP

1.168

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2006	21	-0.5	Staten Island	NYPL	A-	NYY	0	1	.000	3.52	8.22	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
2006	21	-1.0	West Oahu	HIWB	WRk		1	0	1.000	8.44	16.88	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	10	10	5	0	3	0	6	1	0	1	34	2.438	16.9	0.0	5.1	10.1	2.00

2008	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	NYY	8	1	.889	2.27	2.84	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
2008	23	-4.1	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	1	1	.500	2.70	3.15	12	0	4	0	0	1	20.0	11	7	6	1	4	0	22	1	0	1	75	0.750	5.0	0.5	1.8	9.9	5.50
2008	23	-1.6	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	6	0	1.000	1.81	2.54	19	0	13	0	0	2	49.2	32	14	10	3	12	0	47	0	0	1	190	0.886	5.8	0.5	2.2	8.5	3.92
2008	23	-0.2	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	1	0	1.000	2.84	3.20	13	0	2	0	0	0	25.1	26	9	8	2	6	1	20	1	0	0	107	1.263	9.2	0.7	2.1	7.1	3.33
2009	24	-2.9	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	4	0	1.000	2.89	3.74	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
2009	24	-4.1	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	3.86	4.41	13	0	4	0	0	0	16.1	13	8	7	0	10	0	10	4	0	3	74	1.408	7.2	0.0	5.5	5.5	1.00
2010	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	NYY	7	1	.875	3.41	3.56	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
2010	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYY	2	0	1.000	4.22	5.48	22	0	4	0	0	0	21.1	19	13	10	2	8	0	22	1	0	2	90	1.266	8.0	0.8	3.4	9.3	2.75
2010	25	-1.6	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	6	1	.857	3.67	3.83	40	0	17	0	0	6	56.1	63	24	23	5	31	0	58	3	0	7	258	1.669	10.1	0.8	5.0	9.3	1.87
2010	25	-1.7	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	HOU	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	3	0	2	0	0	1	4.1	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	19	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00
2010	25	-3.7	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	2	0	1.000	3.12	4.15	20	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	12	8	6	1	8	0	19	1	0	2	71	1.154	6.2	0.5	4.2	9.9	2.38
2010	25	-3.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	0		9.00	11.25	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	19	1.750	15.8	2.3	0.0	6.8
2011	26	-2.5	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	8	4	.667	2.78	3.39	71	0	47	0	0	20	74.1	65	28	23	5	26	6	66	2	0	1	309	1.224	7.9	0.6	3.1	8.0	2.54
2012	27	-0.2	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	0		0.83	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
2012	27	-1.2	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	2	.000	6.20	6.20	41	0	17	0	0	1	45.0	45	31	31	8	12	1	41	3	0	2	194	1.267	9.0	1.6	2.4	8.2	3.42
2013	28	-0.1	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	2	.600	1.39	1.90	72	0	24	0	0	16	71.0	60	15	11	1	8	0	70	1	0	6	279	0.958	7.6	0.1	1.0	8.9	8.75
2014	29	0.5	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	5	.375	1.90	1.90	72	0	48	0	0	33	71.0	51	15	15	2	11	1	71	3	0	3	277	0.873	6.5	0.3	1.4	9.0	6.45
2015	30	1.6	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	3	2	.600	2.23	2.58	78	0	63	0	0	51	76.2	57	22	19	4	14	2	62	2	0	3	293	0.926	6.7	0.5	1.6	7.3	4.43
2016	31		2 Teams	NL	Maj	PIT-WSN	2	2	.500	1.64	2.02	75	0	67	0	0	47	71.1	52	16	13	3	12	0	65	1	0	4	270	0.897	6.6	0.4	1.5	8.2	5.42
2016	31	2.9	PIT	NL	Maj	PIT	1	1	.500	1.51	2.16	45	0	39	0	0	30	41.2	31	10	7	2	9	0	38	1	0	1	163	0.960	6.7	0.4	1.9	8.2	4.22
2016	31	2.9	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	1	1	.500	1.82	1.82	30	0	28	0	0	17	29.2	21	6	6	1	3	0	27	0	0	3	107	0.809	6.4	0.3	0.9	8.2	9.00
2017	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AAA	SFG	0	0		9.82	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
2017	32	5.4	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
2017	32	8.9	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	0	0		13.50	13.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	4	4	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	15	2.250	20.3	3.4	0.0	13.5
2017	32	3.6	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	1	2	.333	4.50	4.80	32	0	18	0	0	11	30.0	37	16	15	3	6	0	29	1	0	2	130	1.433	11.1	0.9	1.8	8.7	4.83
2018	33	6.4	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	0		0.00	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
2018	33	4.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	1	4	.200	3.23	4.15	41	0	8	0	0	3	39.0	48	18	14	2	14	2	31	1	0	4	174	1.590	11.1	0.5	3.2	7.2	2.21
2019	34		2 Teams	NL	Maj	ATL-SFG	5	2	.714	3.61	3.74	66	0	34	0	0	12	67.1	71	28	27	4	18	2	68	2	0	4	284	1.322	9.5	0.5	2.4	9.1	3.78
2019	34	5.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	4	2	.667	3.50	3.69	43	0	16	0	0	1	46.1	49	19	18	3	16	2	44	2	0	3	195	1.403	9.5	0.6	3.1	8.5	2.75
2019	34	5.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	1	0	1.000	3.86	3.86	23	0	18	0	0	11	21.0	22	9	9	1	2	0	24	0	0	1	89	1.143	9.4	0.4	0.9	10.3	12.00
2020	35	6.6	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	2	1	.667	2.78	3.18	23	0	19	0	0	11	22.2	22	8	7	1	7	3	14	2	0	1	95	1.279	8.7	0.4	2.8	5.6	2.00
2021	36	7.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	4	3	.571	2.23	2.92	64	0	53	0	0	39	64.2	54	21	16	4	25	4	59	1	0	3	265	1.222	7.5	0.6	3.5	8.2	2.36
2022	37	7.8	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	3	10	.231	4.66	5.95	62	0	48	0	0	18	56.0	63	37	29	5	21	2	35	1	0	6	247	1.500	10.1	0.8	3.4	5.6	1.67
2023	38	10.7	Reno	PCL	AAA	ARI	0	1	.000	40.50	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (14 seasons)					Majors		37	40	.481	2.94	3.42	732	0	454	0	0	262	726.2	657	276	237	44	192	23	643	25	0	44	2981	1.168	8.1	0.5	2.4	8.0	3.35
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		19	4	.826	2.78	3.37	156	5	79	0	0	26	246.0	208	92	76	15	72	1	246	14	0	16	1015	1.138	7.6	0.5	2.6	9.0	3.42
Other (1 season)					Other		1	0	1.000	8.44	16.88	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	10	10	5	0	3	0	6	1	0	1	34	2.438	16.9	0.0	5.1	10.1	2.00
All Levels (17 Seasons)							57	44	.564	2.93	3.48	892	5	534	0	0	288	978.0	875	378	318	59	267	24	895	40	0	61	4030	1.168	8.1	0.5	2.5	8.2	3.35

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		12	3	.800	2.86	3.25	114	2	61	0	0	22	160.2	135	58	51	9	52	0	167	12	0	14	667	1.164	7.6	0.5	2.9	9.4	3.21
AA (1 season)					Minors		6	0	1.000	1.81	2.54	19	0	13	0	0	2	49.2	32	14	10	3	12	0	47	0	0	1	190	0.886	5.8	0.5	2.2	8.5	3.92
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	3.86	4.18	16	3	2	0	0	0	28.0	32	13	12	3	6	1	24	2	0	0	122	1.357	10.3	1.0	1.9	7.7	4.00
A- (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	3.52	8.22	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