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Cliff Melton
Clifford George Melton (Mickey Mouse or Mountain Music)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Weight 203 lb.

Debut April 25, 1937
Final Game September 29, 1944
Born January 3, 1912 in Brevard, NC
Died July 28, 1986 in Baltimore, MD
Cousin of Rube Melton

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Pitching Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1937 25 NYG NL  20   9  46  27  14   2  14  7  248.0  216   90   72   9   55  142   6   2  1004       0  2.61  3.87  148 1.093 MVP-11
 1938 26 NYG NL  14  14  36  31  10   1   3  0  243.0  266  126  105  19   61  101   1   0  1042       0  3.89  3.78   97 1.346
 1939 27 NYG NL  12  15  41  23   9   2  13  5  207.3  214   94   82   7   65   95   4   2   886       0  3.56  3.92  110 1.346
 1940 28 NYG NL  10  11  37  21   4   1   6  2  166.7  185  103   91   9   68   91   3   1   737       0  4.91  3.89   79 1.518
 1941 29 NYG NL   8  11  42  22   9   3  10  1  194.3  181   80   65  14   61  100   2   2   818       0  3.01  3.71  123 1.245
 1942 30 NYG NL  11   5  23  17  12   2   2  1  143.7  122   51   42   9   33   61   2   4   575       0  2.63  3.35  127 1.079 AS
 1943 31 NYG NL   9  13  34  28   6   2   6  0  186.3  184   85   66   7   69   55   3   3   806       1  3.19  3.44  108 1.358
 1944 32 NYG NL   2   2  13  10   1   0   0  0   64.3   78   40   29   5   19   15   1   3   291       0  4.06  3.65   90 1.508
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .518  86  80 272 179  65  13  54 16 1453.7 1446  669  552  79  431  660  22  17  6159       1  3.42  3.72  109 1.291
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  12  41  26   9   1   8  2  219.0  218  100   83  11   64   99   3   2   928   0   0  3.42  3.72  109 1.291
 Career High     20  15  46  31  14   3  14  7  248.0  266  126  105  19   69  142   6   4  1042   0   1  2.61  3.92  148 1.079

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 25 NYG NL  46   82    3   10   0  0   0    5   0      1  21  .122  .133  .122  -31   10  10           0   3 MVP-11
 1938 26 NYG NL  36   80    7   14   2  0   0    6   0      2  14  .175  .195  .200    8   16  13           0   1
 1939 27 NYG NL  41   66    2   12   1  0   0    6   0      1  10  .182  .194  .197    5   13   8           0   1
 1940 28 NYG NL  37   54    6   12   1  1   0    3   0      2  14  .222  .250  .278   45   15   6           0   1
 1941 29 NYG NL  42   61    2    7   0  0   0    4   0      2  16  .115  .143  .115  -27    7   8           0   1
 1942 30 NYG NL  23   47    5   11   0  0   0    5   0      4  12  .234  .294  .234   55   11   2           0   1 AS
 1943 31 NYG NL  34   54    3    8   0  1   0    2   0      8  14  .148  .258  .185   28   10   3           0   2
 1944 32 NYG NL  13   25    0    3   0  0   0    1   0      0   7  .120  .120  .120  -32    3   1           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      272  469   28   77   4  2   0   32   0  0  20 108  .164  .198  .181    6   85  51   0   0   0  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        279   17   46   2  1   0   19   0  0  12  64  .164  .198  .181    6   51  30   0   0   0   6
 Career High     46   82    7   14   2  1   0    6   0  0   8  21                          16  13   0   0   0   3

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 25 NYG NL   93   85    1   0.3   102| .122  .281| .133  .343| .122  .399| .255  .742| -31  .007 -15.2  -1.5     
 1938 26 NYG NL   95   80    3   1.0   100| .175  .276| .195  .340| .200  .393| .395  .733|   8  .063 -10.3  -1.1     
 1939 27 NYG NL   75   63    3   1.3   104| .182  .282| .194  .347| .197  .402| .391  .749|   5  .088  -9.1  -0.9     
 1940 28 NYG NL   62   49    4   2.2    99| .222  .273| .250  .338| .278  .393| .528  .730|  45  .222  -4.3  -0.4     
 1941 29 NYG NL   71   63    1   0.4    96| .115  .268| .143  .339| .115  .378| .258  .717| -27  .016 -10.6  -1.1     
 1942 30 NYG NL   53   39    3   2.1    88| .234  .257| .294  .329| .234  .357| .528  .686|  55  .247  -2.7  -0.3     
 1943 31 NYG NL   65   51    3   1.6    90| .148  .266| .258  .335| .185  .361| .443  .695|  28  .159  -5.0  -0.5     
 1944 32 NYG NL   26   23    0   0.0    94| .120  .268| .120  .335| .120  .376| .240  .712| -32  .000  -4.5  -0.5     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       540  453   18   1.1    97| .164  .273| .198  .339| .181  .385| .379  .724|   6  .073 -61.7  -6.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1937 25 NYG NL   P   46     10   68    1    3  .987  .958  1.70  1.20  2.83  2.39   27  248.0
 1938 26 NYG NL   P   36      5   64    4    1  .945  .964  1.92  1.13  2.56  2.21   31  243.0
 1939 27 NYG NL   P   41      6   49    4    0  .932  .960  1.34  1.09  2.39  2.19   23  207.3
 1940 28 NYG NL   P   37      6   38    0    4 1.000  .963  1.19  1.10  2.38  2.22   21  166.7
 1941 29 NYG NL   P   42      4   58    2    1  .969  .966  1.48  1.09  2.87  2.23   22  194.3
 1942 30 NYG NL   P   23      7   44    1    1  .981  .968  2.22  1.17  3.19  2.35   17  143.7 AS
 1943 31 NYG NL   P   34      6   57    3    4  .955  .960  1.85  1.16  3.04  2.27   28  186.3
 1944 32 NYG NL   P   13      1   19    1    1  .952  .962  1.54  1.09  2.80  2.14   10   64.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1937 25 NYG NL   P   46     10   68    1    3  .987  .958  1.70  1.20  2.83  2.39   27  248.0
 1938 26 NYG NL   P   36      5   64    4    1  .945  .964  1.92  1.13  2.56  2.21   31  243.0
 1939 27 NYG NL   P   41      6   49    4    0  .932  .960  1.34  1.09  2.39  2.19   23  207.3
 1940 28 NYG NL   P   37      6   38    0    4 1.000  .963  1.19  1.10  2.38  2.22   21  166.7
 1941 29 NYG NL   P   42      4   58    2    1  .969  .966  1.48  1.09  2.87  2.23   22  194.3
 1942 30 NYG NL   P   23      7   44    1    1  .981  .968  2.22  1.17  3.19  2.35   17  143.7
 1943 31 NYG NL   P   34      6   57    3    4  .955  .960  1.85  1.16  3.04  2.27   28  186.3
 1944 32 NYG NL   P   13      1   19    1    1  .952  .962  1.54  1.09  2.80  2.14   10   64.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 272     45  397   16   15  .965  .962  1.62  1.13  2.74  2.26  179 1453.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       272     45  397   16   15  .965  .962  1.62  1.13  2.74  2.26  179   1454

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   3   2   4.91  0  2  0  0  11    12   6   6   7 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1937   WS    NYG NYY     L   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .333  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1942   NYG NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1942

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1937-NL-11-0.21
Car-709-0.21 shares

Sac. Hits
1938 NL-13-4

ERA
1937 NL-2.61-2
1941 NL-3.01-7

Wins
1937 NL-20-2
1938 NL-14-9

Won-Loss %
1937 NL-.690-3
1942 NL-.688-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1937 NL-1.093-2
1941 NL-1.245-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1937 NL-7.84-3
1941 NL-8.38-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1937 NL-2.00-8
1938 NL-2.26-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1937 NL-5.15-9
1939 NL-4.12-6
1940 NL-4.91-1
1941 NL-4.63-5

Games
1937 NL-46-7
1941 NL-42-6

Saves
1937 NL-7-1
1939 NL-5-6

Innings
1937 NL-248.0-7
1938 NL-243.0-7

Strikeouts
1937 NL-142-4
1938 NL-101-9
1939 NL-95-8
1940 NL-91-10
1941 NL-100-7

Shutouts
1937 NL-2-10
1939 NL-2-8
1941 NL-3-7

Home Runs Allow.
1938 NL-19-3
1941 NL-14-7

Hits Allowed
1938 NL-266-6

SO to Walk
1937 NL-2.58-3
1938 NL-1.66-7
1939 NL-1.46-9
1941 NL-1.64-5

Losses
1938 NL-14-7
1939 NL-15-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1938 NL-105-4

Wild Pitches
1942 NL-4-9

Hit Batsmen
1937 NL-6-4

Batters Faced
1938 NL-1042-8

Games Finished
1937 NL-14-10

Adjusted ERA+
1937 NL-148-3
1941 NL-123-8

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 67 (359) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 10.0 (801) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 16.0 (705) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions
July 27, 1936: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Baltimore (International).
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Cliff Melton's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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All-Star 1942	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1937-NL-11-0.21 Car-709-0.21 shares	Sac. Hits 1938 NL-13-4	ERA 1937 NL-2.61-2 1941 NL-3.01-7	Wins 1937 NL-20-2 1938 NL-14-9	Won-Loss % 1937 NL-.690-3 1942 NL-.688-8
BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1937 NL-1.093-2 1941 NL-1.245-7	Hits Allowed/9IP 1937 NL-7.84-3 1941 NL-8.38-10	Bases on Balls/9IP 1937 NL-2.00-8 1938 NL-2.26-9	Strikeouts/9IP 1937 NL-5.15-9 1939 NL-4.12-6 1940 NL-4.91-1 1941 NL-4.63-5	Games 1937 NL-46-7 1941 NL-42-6	Saves 1937 NL-7-1 1939 NL-5-6
Innings 1937 NL-248.0-7 1938 NL-243.0-7	Strikeouts 1937 NL-142-4 1938 NL-101-9 1939 NL-95-8 1940 NL-91-10 1941 NL-100-7	Shutouts 1937 NL-2-10 1939 NL-2-8 1941 NL-3-7	Home Runs Allow. 1938 NL-19-3 1941 NL-14-7	Hits Allowed 1938 NL-266-6	SO to Walk 1937 NL-2.58-3 1938 NL-1.66-7 1939 NL-1.46-9 1941 NL-1.64-5
Losses 1938 NL-14-7 1939 NL-15-5	Earned Runs Allow. 1938 NL-105-4	Wild Pitches 1942 NL-4-9	Hit Batsmen 1937 NL-6-4	Batters Faced 1938 NL-1042-8	Games Finished 1937 NL-14-10
Adjusted ERA+ 1937 NL-148-3 1941 NL-123-8