Luis Melendez
1970–1977 · bats R / throws R · San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals
641G
.248AVG
.299OBP
.318SLG
More career statistics
366H
9HR
122RBI
18SB
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.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 641 | 1,616 | 1,477 | 167 | 366 | 50 | 13 | 9 | 122 | 109 | 175 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 469 | .248 | .299 | .318 | .617 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1970-09-13 to 1970-09-23
11longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 5 RBI | 1972-06-24 | 1 in 492 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 24 | 3 extra-base hits | 1973-09-18 | 1 in 462 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 12 | 4 hits | 1970-09-17 | 1 in 138 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 319 | 805 | 197 | 3 | 61 | 58 | 76 | .270 | .317 | .348 |
| Away | 322 | 811 | 169 | 6 | 61 | 51 | 99 | .226 | .271 | .288 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 106 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 10 | .296 | .340 | .398 |
| May | 126 | 324 | 64 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 28 | .216 | .256 | .297 |
| June | 129 | 341 | 73 | 2 | 30 | 31 | 43 | .239 | .305 | .291 |
| July | 102 | 301 | 74 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 31 | .268 | .306 | .341 |
| August | 105 | 256 | 65 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 20 | .280 | .324 | .362 |
| September | 112 | 280 | 59 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 41 | .226 | .268 | .280 |
| October | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 73 | 195 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 20 | .239 | .287 | .301 |
| new-york-mets | 73 | 215 | 44 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 33 | .224 | .274 | .291 |
| montreal-expos | 71 | 162 | 41 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 22 | .285 | .333 | .361 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 63 | 181 | 44 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 20 | .260 | .304 | .343 |
| houston-astros | 57 | 121 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 11 | .239 | .289 | .319 |
| chicago-cubs | 55 | 104 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | .216 | .269 | .247 |
| san-francisco-giants | 54 | 131 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 9 | .230 | .267 | .287 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 51 | 142 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | .191 | .225 | .244 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 21 | 70 | 21 | – | 8 | 3 | .300 | – | – |
| 1971 | St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 173 | 39 | – | 11 | 2 | .225 | – | – |
| 1972 | St. Louis Cardinals | 118 | 332 | 79 | 5 | 28 | 5 | .238 | – | – |
| 1973 | St. Louis Cardinals | 121 | 341 | 91 | 2 | 35 | 2 | .267 | – | – |
| 1974 | St. Louis Cardinals | 83 | 124 | 27 | – | 8 | 2 | .218 | – | – |
| 1975 | St. Louis Cardinals | 110 | 291 | 77 | 2 | 27 | 3 | .265 | – | – |
| 1976 | San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 143 | 32 | – | 5 | 1 | .224 | – | – |
| 1977 |  San Diego Padres | 8 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |