Rube Melton
Philadelphia Phillies 1941–1942; Brooklyn Dodgers 1943–1944; Brooklyn Dodgers 1946–1947
Percentile snapshot
1944 season — qualified pitchers
of 96 qualified 1944 pitchers (min 155 IP)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | -60.0 | -40.3 | .099 | -0.4 |
| 1942 | 42 | 67 | 65 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .149 | .215 | .365 | -9.8 | 7.2 | .172 | 0.8 |
| 1943 | 30 | 44 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .128 | .105 | .233 | -55.3 | -32.7 | .117 | 0.1 |
| 1944 | 37 | 66 | 57 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | .123 | .123 | .175 | .298 | -36.5 | -16.9 | .135 | 1.9 |
| 1946 | 24 | 31 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .107 | .143 | .250 | -59.2 | -29.4 | .115 | 2.6 |
| 1947 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 473.2 | 426.8 | .922 | -0.4 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 81 | 44 | 47 | 57 | 7 | 83.7 | 4.73 | 1.530 | 6.13 | 3.98 | 110.3 | 76.1 | -0.4 |
| 1942 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 180 | 86 | 114 | 107 | 7 | 209.3 | 3.70 | 1.404 | 4.60 | 3.37 | 103.9 | 87.8 | 0.8 |
| 1943 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 106 | 52 | 79 | 63 | 3 | 119.3 | 3.92 | 1.550 | 4.75 | 3.86 | 113.0 | 87.0 | 0.1 |
| 1944 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 178 | 72 | 96 | 91 | 1 | 187.3 | 3.46 | 1.463 | 4.37 | 3.20 | 88.2 | 104.7 | 1.9 |
| 1946 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 72 | 22 | 52 | 44 | 3 | 99.7 | 1.99 | 1.244 | 3.97 | 3.48 | 102.0 | 172.0 | 2.6 |
| 1947 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4.7 | 13.50 | 3.000 | 1.93 | 9.43 | 226.7 | 30.8 | -0.4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-07-14 | PHI @ CIN Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1942-08-18 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1946-08-10 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1942-05-03 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1942-06-03 | PHI @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942-05-29 | PHI @ ATL Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| 1941-08-20 | CIN @ PHI Gameday | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| 1944-06-16 | LAD @ PHI Gameday | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| 1944-07-02 | LAD @ STL Gameday | 13.1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 1942-06-03 | PHI @ CIN Gameday | 10.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 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.