Mark Melancon stats

Last played for the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2022

Relief Pitcher · #34

Age 41 · 6' 1"

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Mark Melancon played 14 MLB seasons, 2009 to 2022.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
732
W
37
L
40
ERA
2.94
IP
726.2
K
643
BB
192
WHIP
1.17
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
2009NYY13013.8616.110101.41
2010NYY/HOU22204.2221.12281.27
2011HOU71842.7874.166261.22
2012BOS41026.2045.041121.27
2013PIT72321.3971.07080.96
2014PIT72351.9071.071110.87
2015PIT78322.2376.262140.93
2016PIT/WSH75221.6471.165120.90
2017SF32124.5030.02961.43
2018SF41143.2339.031141.59
2019SF/ATL66523.6167.168181.32
2020ATL23212.7822.21471.28
2021SD64432.2364.259251.22
2022ARI623104.6656.035211.50

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
20
W
1
L
1
ERA
3.72
IP
19.1
K
17
BB
5
WHIP
1.24

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
0
SHO
0
K/9
8.0
GB
1,175
FB
888
G/F
1.30
WP
44

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
2009NYY0005.529201.53
2010NYY/HOU0009.327320.82
2011HOU0008.0125881.41
2012BOS0008.271671.12
2013PIT0008.9124751.76
2014PIT0009.0115771.53
2015PIT0007.3125901.43
2016PIT/WSH0008.2107851.34
2017SF0008.752421.22
2018SF0007.267611.14
2019SF/ATL0009.1119771.54
2020ATL0005.644281.61
2021SD0008.286402.23
2022ARI0005.6841060.86

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
41 yearsMar 28, 1985
Height
6' 1"
Debut
2009
Birthplace
Wheat Ridge, CO
Draft
2006Rd 9, Pk 284
College
Arizona

Latest performance

Mark Melancon

Oct 02 · @ SF · L 4-3 F/10

IP
1.0
H
0
R
0
ER
0
BB
0
K
1
HR
0
ERA
4.66

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentIPHRERK
Sun, Oct 02atSFL 4-3 F/1010001
Sat, Oct 01atSFW 8-411110
Wed, Sep 28atHOUW 5-2 F/1010000
Sun, Sep 25vsSFL 3-211110
Wed, Sep 21atLADW 6-112000
Tue, Sep 20atLADW 5-210000

What were Mark Melancon's career stats?

Mark Melancon played 14 seasons for the Yankees, the Astros, the Red Sox, the Pirates, the Giants, the Braves, the Padres and the Diamondbacks. He had 37 wins and 643 strikeouts with a 2.94 ERA over 726.2 innings. His best season was 2011: 8 wins, a 2.78 ERA and 66 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

14 seasons, 6 postseasons, 2009 to 2022

Mark Melancon led MLB in saves (2015, 2021); finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 36th in saves (262)

Among the 9,243 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

More on Mark Melancon

Playoff series

Mark Melancon played 20 games across 6 MLB postseasons in 8 series — 4 won, 4 lost.

Mark Melancon's line in each playoff series
IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.
2020CINWon 2-022.0002
2020MIAWon 2-022.0003
2020LADWon 2-132.1200
2019STLWon 2-133.0844
2016LADLost 2-244.1305
2015CHCLost 0-111.0100
2014SFLost 0-111.0001
2013STLLost 2-243.2542

What the columns mean: IP · H · ER · K

Mark Melancon’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.