Mellie Wolfgang
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[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
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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