#46 Rube Melton, Starting Pitcher, 30 yrs, St. Louis (N) Cardinals Monday, 10/23/1947 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Rube Melton
2/27/1917 30 USA,NC,CRAMERTON 6"5 210
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 $ 482,143 1947 (Arbitration eligible) 5 Year(s), 91 Days (951 total Days) 172 Day(s) 5 Year(s), 91 Days (951 total Days) 6 Year(s) Arbitration eligible 3 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 2 | 2 | 9 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Talent | 3 | 2 | 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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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
8/20 | @NYN | W 7-4 | * | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | W | | | | |
8/24 | @BRO | W 3-2 | * | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | W | PoG | | | |
8/29 | PIT | L 0-10 | * | 6.2 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/2 | BSN | L 2-7 | * | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | L | | | | |
9/6 | @CIN | L 3-5 | * | 8 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | L | | | | |
9/11 | CHC | L 8-9 | * | 6 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | | | | | |
9/16 | @NYN | L 1-7 | * | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | L | | | | |
9/20 | PIT | L 4-6 | * | 9 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | L | | | | |
9/26 | CIN | L 7-8 | * | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | L | | | | |
9/30 | @CHC | L 5-13 | * | 5.1 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 4 | L | | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 29 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6.30 | 161.1 | 188 | 127 | 113 | 129 | 74 | 11 | 55.0 | 0 | 4 | 20.0 |
Projected | 29 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6.30 | 161.0 | 188 | 127 | 113 | 129 | 74 | | | | | |
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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 |
| 0 | 0 | .0 | 9 | 4 | 17.8 | 10.5 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 8 | 0 | .0 | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 7.10 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 354 | 109 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 77 | 79 | 80 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .308 | .428 | .511 | .939 |
vs. RHB | 285 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .277 | .376 | .432 | .808 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 19 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6.61 | 94.0 | 111 | 81 | 69 | 81 | 40 |
Road | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.88 | 67.1 | 77 | 46 | 44 | 48 | 34 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.03 | 0.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
May | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
June | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
July | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.63 | 46.1 | 55 | 30 | 29 | 33 | 19 |
August | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4.76 | 58.2 | 54 | 43 | 31 | 45 | 33 |
Sept./Oct. | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9.31 | 48.1 | 68 | 51 | 50 | 47 | 20 |
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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 |
1945 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.22 | 10.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.41 | .206 | STL |
1946 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.82 | 7.1 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | .448 | STL |
1947 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6.30 | 161.1 | 188 | 127 | 113 | 27 | 129 | 74 | 11 | 0 | 1.96 | .299 | STL |
Total | 157 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 6.16 | 315.1 | 359 | 233 | 216 | 49 | 248 | 136 | 11 | 0 | 1.92 | .294 | |
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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 |
1945 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | STL |
1946 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | STL |
1947 | 29 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .107 | .179 | .286 | STL |
Total | 157 | 67 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | .119 | .132 | .209 | .341 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 29 | 20 | 16 | 29 | 2 | 47 | 2 | .957 | 161.1 | 2.62 | | | | |
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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)... Won World Series with St. Louis (N) in 1945... 1/31/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $482,143 through salary arbitration... 1/31/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $482,143 through salary arbitration... Injured on 4/24/1947 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week... Hit first career homerun on 7/29/1947, off Lee Howard (NYN)...
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