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Cliff Melton

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Full Name: Clifford George Melton Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5.5"/203 First Game: April 25, 1937
Birthdate: January 3, 1912 Final Game: September 29, 1944
Birthplace: Brevard, North Carolina MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: July 28, 1986
Deathplace: Baltimore, Maryland
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on January 3, 1912 in Brevard, North Carolina, Cliff Melton (Clifford George Melton) played for the New York Giants for his entire 8 year career. Melton broke into the bigs on April 25, 1937 with the New York Giants, and put up a 2.61 ERA in 248 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Cliff Melton's best season was 1937, when he posted a 2.61 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 142 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1937 NY N 46 27 20 9 2.61 142 90 72 14 2 7 248 216 9 55 0 2 6
1938 NY N 36 31 14 14 3.89 101 126 105 10 1 0 243 266 19 61 0 0 1
1939 NY N 41 23 12 15 3.56 95 94 82 9 2 5 207.1 214 7 65 0 2 4
1940 NY N 37 21 10 11 4.91 91 103 91 4 1 2 166.2 185 9 68 0 1 3
1941 NY N 42 22 8 11 3.01 100 80 65 9 3 1 194.1 181 14 61 0 2 2
1942 NY N 23 17 11 5 2.63 61 51 42 12 2 1 143.2 122 9 33 0 4 2
1943 NY N 34 28 9 13 3.19 55 85 66 6 2 0 186.1 184 7 69 0 3 3
1944 NY N 13 10 2 2 4.06 15 40 29 1 0 0 64.1 78 5 19 0 3 1
Total 272 179 86 80 3.42 660 669 552 65 13 16 1453.2 1446 79 431 0 17 22

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1937 NY N P 46 0 0 10 68 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .987
1938 NY N P 36 0 0 5 64 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .945
1939 NY N P 41 0 0 6 49 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .932
1940 NY N P 37 0 0 6 38 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1941 NY N P 42 0 0 4 58 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .969
1942 NY N P 23 0 0 7 44 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .981
1943 NY N P 34 0 0 6 57 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .955
1944 NY N P 13 0 0 1 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .952
Total P 272 0 0 45 397 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 .965

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1937 NY N 46 82 3 10 0 5 .122 .133 .122 0 0 1 21 0 10 0 0 3
1938 NY N 36 80 7 14 0 6 .175 .195 .200 2 0 2 14 0 13 0 0 1
1939 NY N 41 66 2 12 0 6 .182 .194 .197 1 0 1 10 0 8 0 0 1
1940 NY N 37 54 6 12 0 3 .222 .250 .278 1 1 2 14 0 6 0 0 1
1941 NY N 42 61 2 7 0 4 .115 .143 .115 0 0 2 16 0 8 0 0 1
1942 NY N 23 47 5 11 0 5 .234 .294 .234 0 0 4 12 0 2 0 0 1
1943 NY N 34 54 3 8 0 2 .148 .258 .185 0 1 8 14 0 3 0 0 2
1944 NY N 13 25 0 3 0 1 .120 .120 .120 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 0
Total 272 469 28 77 0 32 .164 .198 .181 4 2 20 108 0 51 0 0 10

[edit] Transactions

  • Sold by Baltimore (International) to New York Giants (July 27, 1936).

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