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Clifford George Melton

First name: Cliff

Last name: Melton

Birthdate: 1912-01-03

Bats: L Throws: L

RetroID: meltc101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1937	NY1	1.2	1.2	-0.4	0.0	1.2	0
1938	NY1	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	2
1939	NY1	1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.2	0.8	1
1940	NY1	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.6	0.2	2
1941	NY1	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.2	0.6	1
1942	NY1	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.1	2
1943	NY1	0.8	0.8	0.2	0.4	0.4	1
1944	NY1	0.3	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0
Career		6.9	6.9	0.5	2.5	4.3	9

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	ROE	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	WAM
1937	NY1	93	-15	-15	1	0	-1	9	-6	9.5	-0.6	-0.6
1938	NY1	95	-10	-10	1	0	0	9	0	9.5	0.0	0.0
1939	NY1	75	-9	-9	0	-1	-1	8	-3	9.8	-0.3	-0.3
1940	NY1	62	-4	-4	0	-1	0	7	2	9.4	0.2	0.2
1941	NY1	71	-10	-10	1	0	0	7	-2	9.5	-0.2	-0.2
1942	NY1	53	-3	-3	0	0	0	5	2	9.1	0.2	0.2
1943	NY1	65	-5	-5	-1	0	0	6	0	9.0	0.0	0.0
1944	NY1	26	-4	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	9.9	-0.2	-0.2
Career		540	-60	-60	2	-2	-2	53	-9	-	-0.9	-0.9

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	R	XR	DR	IP/G	RPW	Role	LgAdj	R+	LI	R_lev+	WAM	W	L	WAR	VS
1937	NY1	NL	46	12.3	248.0	90	122	3	5.39	9.0	0.07	-0.05	30	1.19	33	3.7	9.9	2.5	6.3	30
1938	NY1	NL	36	11.3	243.0	126	118	-6	6.75	9.5	-0.02	-0.05	-4	1.03	-4	-0.4	5.2	6.0	1.9	16
1939	NY1	NL	40	10.7	207.3	95	104	-5	5.18	9.4	0.05	-0.05	13	1.22	14	1.5	6.9	3.9	3.7	21
1940	NY1	NL	37	7.8	166.7	105	86	-8	4.51	10.1	-0.04	0.03	-12	1.09	-12	-1.2	2.7	5.1	0.4	8
1941	NY1	NL	42	9.1	194.3	79	99	-1	4.63	9.4	0.00	0.03	22	1.09	23	2.5	7.0	2.0	4.3	21
1942	NY1	NL	23	6.4	143.0	51	63	2	6.22	8.5	0.01	0.03	11	0.97	11	1.3	4.5	1.9	2.6	14
1943	NY1	NL	34	8.4	186.3	85	87	-5	5.48	9.0	-0.04	-0.18	3	0.99	3	0.3	4.5	3.9	2.0	14
1944	NY1	NL	13	2.9	64.3	34	31	-2	4.95	9.4	-0.01	-0.18	-2	0.97	-2	-0.2	1.3	1.7	0.4	4
Career			271	68.9	1452.9	665	710	-22					61		66	7.5	42	27	21.6	128

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year	Team	Chances	OAA	OAA adj
1937	NY1	66	2.0	2
1938	NY1	63	0.0	0
1939	NY1	50	-1.0	-1
1940	NY1	37	-2.0	-2
1941	NY1	51	1.0	1
1942	NY1	39	1.0	1
1943	NY1	47	2.0	2
1944	NY1	15	1.0	1
		368	4.0	4

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1937	NY1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1937	NY1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Career		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0

Postseason Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	R	XR	DR	IP/G	RPW	Role	LgAdj	R+	LI	R_lev+	WAM	W	L	WAR	VS
1937	NY1	MLB	3	0.5	11.0	6	8	-1	3.67	11.7	0.03	0.00	2	0.86	2	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.4	2
Career			3	0.5	11	6	8	-1					2		2	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.4	2

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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