Mark Melancon
New York Yankees 2009; Houston Astros 2010; New York Yankees 2010; Houston Astros 2011; Boston Red Sox 2012; Pittsburgh Pirates 2013–2016; Washington Nationals 2016; San Francisco Giants 2017–2018; Atlanta Braves 2019; San Francisco Giants 2019; Atlanta Braves 2020; San Diego Padres 2021; Arizona Diamondbacks 2022
Percentile snapshot
No qualified season. This player never reached the qualification floor — 3.1 plate appearances, or one inning, per game his team played — in any archived season, so there is no season population to rank him inside.
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.3 |
| 2010 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 2011 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1.000 | — | — | 393.5 | — | .735 | 1.7 |
| 2012 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.6 |
| 2013 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.6 |
| 2014 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.2 |
| 2015 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.3 |
| 2016 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 |
| 2021 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16.3 | 3.86 | 1.408 | 5.51 | 4.49 | 98.8 | 117.9 | 0.3 |
| 2010 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 21.3 | 4.22 | 1.266 | 9.28 | 3.52 | 87.0 | 95.5 | 0.2 |
| 2011 | 71 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 23 | 26 | 66 | 5 | 74.3 | 2.78 | 1.224 | 7.99 | 3.22 | 85.4 | 135.4 | 1.7 |
| 2012 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 31 | 12 | 41 | 8 | 45.0 | 6.20 | 1.267 | 8.20 | 4.54 | 107.0 | 68.3 | -0.6 |
| 2013 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 11 | 8 | 70 | 1 | 71.0 | 1.39 | .958 | 8.87 | 1.61 | 45.2 | 255.8 | 2.6 |
| 2014 | 72 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 15 | 11 | 71 | 2 | 71.0 | 1.90 | .873 | 9.00 | 2.06 | 57.5 | 188.4 | 2.2 |
| 2015 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 19 | 14 | 62 | 4 | 76.7 | 2.23 | .926 | 7.28 | 2.85 | 73.5 | 173.7 | 2.3 |
| 2016 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 13 | 12 | 65 | 3 | 71.3 | 1.64 | .897 | 8.20 | 2.46 | 59.3 | 252.8 | 2.7 |
| 2017 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 30.0 | 4.50 | 1.433 | 8.70 | 3.24 | 76.0 | 94.8 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 14 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 39.0 | 3.23 | 1.590 | 7.15 | 3.36 | 87.2 | 119.1 | 0.7 |
| 2019 | 66 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 27 | 18 | 68 | 4 | 67.3 | 3.61 | 1.322 | 9.09 | 2.82 | 65.3 | 120.3 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 22.7 | 2.78 | 1.279 | 5.56 | 3.75 | 82.2 | 163.9 | 0.7 |
| 2021 | 64 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 16 | 25 | 59 | 4 | 64.7 | 2.23 | 1.222 | 8.21 | 3.31 | 83.3 | 178.7 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 29 | 21 | 35 | 5 | 56.0 | 4.66 | 1.500 | 5.63 | 4.26 | 105.7 | 86.5 | 0.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-07-10 | NYY @ LAA Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-08-15 | PIT @ HOU Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-08-17 | NYM @ HOU Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-08-18 | NYM @ HOU Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-08-21 | HOU @ MIA Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-09-26 | TB @ BOS Gameday | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010-08-24 | HOU @ PHI Gameday | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012-08-14 | BOS @ BAL Gameday | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2012-09-08 | TOR @ BOS Gameday | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014-09-05 | PIT @ CHC Gameday | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.