Cliff Melton

1937–1944 · bats L / throws L · NLS, New York Giants

272G

.164AVG

.198OBP

.181SLG

More career statistics

77H

0HR

32RBI

0SB

86–80W–L

1,453.2IP

660K

3.42ERA

179GS

16SV

2Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Strikeouts	108	109
Batting · Plate appearances	540	541
Pitching · Batters faced	6,159	6,165
Pitching · p er	552	558
Pitching · p h	1,446	1,447
Pitching · p hr	79	80
Pitching · p ipouts	4,361	4,359
Pitching · p k	660	662
Pitching · p r	663	666

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
272	540	469	28	77	4	2	0	32	20	108	0	0	0	0	85	.164	.198	.181	.379

Career pitching

IP	G	GS	CG	W	L	SV	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP
1,453.7	272	179	65	86	80	16	1,446	663	552	79	431	660	0	0	3.42	1.291

Streaks

5longest hitting streak · 1940-05-14 to 1940-06-14

4longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
66	12 scoreless innings	1941-06-30	1 in 6,007 pitcher-games	box score ↗
45	13 strikeouts	1937-04-25	1 in 861 pitcher-games	box score ↗
42	Four Runs, No Outs	1940-08-15	1 in 121 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	131	268	42	0	16	9	53	.180	.190	.206
Away	141	273	35	0	16	11	56	.148	.168	.157

By month

	G	PA	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	25	40	4	2	2	7	.121	.150	.121
May	54	121	16	6	4	25	.157	.165	.186
June	50	96	20	8	2	18	.233	.229	.244
July	46	86	10	5	3	17	.132	.151	.132
August	48	105	14	4	5	22	.156	.181	.189
September	47	89	13	7	3	18	.165	.180	.177
October	2	4	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
pittsburgh-pirates	52	108	19	7	2	15	.213	.194	.236
st-louis-cardinals	46	93	13	3	6	25	.149	.204	.184
brooklyn-dodgers	46	79	14	8	2	20	.206	.203	.250
boston-braves	40	86	9	5	4	11	.127	.151	.127
chicago-cubs	40	88	7	4	4	20	.091	.125	.091
philadelphia-phillies	29	70	14	4	2	14	.226	.229	.226
cincinnati-reds	19	17	1	1	0	4	.067	.059	.067

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1937	New York Giants	46	82	10	–	5	–	.122	248	142
1938	New York Giants	36	80	14	–	6	–	.175	243	102
1939	New York Giants	41	66	12	–	6	–	.182	207	95
1940	New York Giants	37	54	12	–	3	–	.222	166	91
1941	New York Giants	42	61	7	–	4	–	.115	194	100
1942	New York Giants	23	47	11	–	5	–	.234	143	61
1943	New York Giants	34	54	8	–	2	–	.148	186	56
1944	New York Giants	13	25	3	–	1	–	.120	64	15