#46 Rube Melton, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Thursday, 10/26/1944 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Rube Melton
2/27/1917 27 USA,NC,CRAMERTON 6"5 205
Starting Pitcher R R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Average None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Suffers Normal 1.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 300,000 1944 (Possible Arbitration) 2 Year(s), 91 Days (435 total Days) 172 Day(s) 2 Year(s), 91 Days (435 total Days) 3 Year(s)
3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 2 | 9 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Talent | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 9 57 3
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus LHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Versus RHP | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 1 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 5 (Range), .957 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 2
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.18 | 47.1 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 0 | .0 | 0 | 0 | .0 |
Projected | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.18 | 47.0 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 30 | 20 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 7 | 2 | 33.3 | 38 | 22 | 13.1 | 7.2 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 4.54 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 91 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 | .358 | .418 | .775 |
vs. RHB | 82 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .207 | .313 | .439 | .752 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.46 | 28.0 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 9 |
Road | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 | 19.1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 8.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
May | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 13.1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 |
June | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 8.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
July | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.79 | 9.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
August | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Sept./Oct. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.72 | 4.2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1942 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.34 | 29.0 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.72 | .263 | STL |
1943 | 51 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 8.15 | 59.2 | 84 | 55 | 54 | 9 | 55 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2.33 | .350 | STL |
1944 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.18 | 47.1 | 38 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 30 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.44 | .201 | STL |
Total | 111 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5.96 | 136.0 | 149 | 93 | 90 | 20 | 108 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 1.89 | .285 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1941, AAA | 31 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3.92 | 247.2 | 225 | 117 | 108 | 15 | 145 | 185 | 11 | 0 | 1.49 | .297 |
1942, AAA | 18 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4.07 | 132.2 | 127 | 64 | 60 | 9 | 90 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 1.64 | .296 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1942 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | STL |
1943 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | STL |
1944 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | STL |
Total | 111 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .100 | .182 | .200 | .382 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 38 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 47.1 | 0.95 | | | | |
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Drafted in 3rd round, 36th overall pick, by St. Louis (N) in 1941... Injured on 6/2/1942 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 6 days... Earned first career win on 10/2/1942... Had first career hit (double) on 5/14/1943, off Johnny Rigney (PIT)...
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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