Mellie Wolfgang
[edit] Biography
Born on March 20, 1890 in Albany, New York, Mellie Wolfgang (Meldon John Wolfgang) played for the Chicago White Sox for his entire 5 year career. Wolfgang broke into the bigs on April 18, 1914 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 1.89 ERA in 119.1 innings pitched in 1914, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Mellie Wolfgang's best season was 1914, when he posted a 1.89 ERA and struck out 50 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| 24
| 11
| 9
| 5
| 1.89
| 50
| 42
| 25
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 119.1
| 96
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1915
| CHI
| A
| 17
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 1.84
| 21
| 18
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 53.2
| 39
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| 27
| 14
| 4
| 6
| 1.98
| 36
| 39
| 28
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 127
| 103
| 2
| 42
| 0
| 2
| 2
|
| 1917
| CHI
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.09
| 3
| 10
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 17.2
| 18
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 5.40
| 1
| 6
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.1
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 77
| 27
| 15
| 14
| 2.18
| 111
| 115
| 79
| 15
| 3
| 0
| 326
| 268
| 3
| 95
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 53
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .968
|
| 1915
| CHI
| A
| P
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .824
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 46
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1917
| CHI
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 77
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 121
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1914
| CHI
| A
| 24
| 40
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 0
| .175
| .214
| .175
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1915
| CHI
| A
| 17
| 17
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .118
| .118
| .118
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1916
| CHI
| A
| 28
| 40
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 3
| .225
| .225
| .250
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1917
| CHI
| A
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1918
| CHI
| A
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 79
| 103
| 8
| 19
| 0
| 6
| .184
| .200
| .194
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 18
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Chicago White Sox from Lincoln (Western) in the Rule 5 major league draft (September 16, 1912).
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