Mel Stottlemyre

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 178lb (185cm, 80kg)

Born: November 13, 1941 in Hazleton, MO us

Died: January 13, 2019 in Seattle, WA

Buried: Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Bellevue, WA

High School: Mabton HS (Mabton, WA)

School: Yakima Valley Community College (Yakima, WA)

Debut: August 12, 1964 (Age 22-273d, 12,274th in major league history)
vs. CHW 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, W

Last Game: August 16, 1974 (Age 32-276d)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Melvin Leon Stottlemyre

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Relatives: Father of Mel Stottlemyre, Todd Stottlemyre

5x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.1

164

139

ERA

2.97

360

356

2661.1

1257

WHIP

1.219

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-16 / in Starts: 19-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	5 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 103 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	66 (31-21-14)
Avg. MLBer w/ 103 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	62 (32-19-10)

Most Driven In
D Cater	4
J Ellis	2
G Michael	1
T Munson	1
R Swoboda	1
H Clarke	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B Murcer	2
J Gibbs	2
H Clarke	1
Self	1

1971 Batting Game Log

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1971 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	238	3 (2)	Apr 10	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.56	0.063	.73	0.05%	0.36	P
2	239	8 (4)	Apr 15	NYY		DET	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.84	-0.060	1.36	-0.06%	-0.47	P
3	240	13 (4)	Apr 21	NYY		WSA	L,6-9	GS-6	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	.556	9	1.51	0.081	2.06	0.07%	0.62	P
4	241	17 (3)	Apr 27	NYY		CHW	W,6-5	GS-5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.300	.500	9	1.94	-0.095	1.80	-0.05%	-0.68	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	242	20 (2)	May 2 (1)	NYY		MIL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481	9	.35	-0.018	.35	-0.01%	-0.04	P
6	243	24 (3)	May 6	NYY	@	MIN	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.250	.267	.517	9	.72	-0.028	.73	-0.02%	-0.45	P
7	244	28 (3)	May 12	NYY	@	MIL	W,3-0	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.350	.294	.644	9	1.23	0.076	1.36	0.05%	0.76	P
8	245	32 (3)	May 17	NYY		BAL	W,6-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.364	.316	.679	9	.44	-0.026	.65	-0.02%	-0.35	P
9	246	37 (4)	May 22	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.286	.619	9	1.40	-0.074	1.05	-0.03%	-0.57	P
10	247	41 (3)	May 26	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.296	.250	.546	9	1.91	-0.133	1.44	-0.06%	-0.70	P
11	248	45 (3)	May 30	NYY		CAL	W,7-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.250	.207	.457	9	2.10	-0.213	1.08	-0.07%	-2.07	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	249	50 (4)	Jun 3	NYY		BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.235	.194	.429	9	1.00	-0.047	.80	-0.02%	-0.32	P
13	250	54 (3)	Jun 8	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.289	.235	.525	9	.87	0.159	.34	0.04%	1.47	P
14	251	58 (3)	Jun 12	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-13	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.275	.222	.497	9	1.11	-0.049	.41	-0.01%	-0.46	P
15	252	63 (4)	Jun 17	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.262	.211	.472	9	1.40	-0.072	.93	-0.03%	-0.53	P
16	253	67 (3)	Jun 22 (1)	NYY		DET	L,4-7	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.175	.250	.200	.450	9	1.37	-0.064	.48	-0.01%	-0.56	P
17	254	71 (3)	Jun 26	NYY		WSA	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.163	.229	.186	.415	9	.48	0.006	.11	0.00%	-0.42	P
18	255	77 (5)	Jun 30	NYY	@	WSA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.235	.196	.431	9	1.10	-0.034	.20	0.00%	-0.09	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	256	82 (4)	Jul 5	NYY	@	BOS	L,7-12	GS-6	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.241	.204	.445	9	.86	0.002	.16	0.00%	0.62	P
20	257	86 (3)	Jul 9	NYY		BOS	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.246	.269	.515	9	1.09	0.202	.07	0.01%	0.55	P
21	258	89 (2)	Jul 15	NYY		MIL	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.233	.255	.488	9	1.81	-0.121	.17	-0.01%	-0.82	P
22	259	94 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	NYY		CHW	L,3-8	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.222	.241	.464	9	.97	-0.070	.13	-0.01%	-0.47	P
23	260	99 (4)	Jul 23	NYY	@	MIL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.224	.230	.453	9	.63	-0.035	.03	0.00%	-0.86	P
24	261	103 (3)	Jul 27	NYY	@	CHW	L,6-9	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.214	.219	.433	9	.41	-0.030	.09	0.00%	-0.57	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	262	108 (4)	Aug 1	NYY	@	MIN	L,7-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.214	.219	.433	9						P
26	263	112 (3)	Aug 5	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.219	.224	.443	9	.66	-0.005	.07	0.00%	1.48	P
27	264	119 (6)	Aug 13	NYY		OAK	L,2-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.216	.221	.437	9	.83	-0.019	.05	0.00%	-0.25	P
28	265	124 (4)	Aug 18	NYY		KCR	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.221	.225	.446	9	.73	0.093	.01	0.00%	0.68	P
29	266	129 (4)	Aug 24	NYY	@	OAK	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	.213	.216	.429	9	.90	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.63	P
30	267	133 (3)	Aug 29	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-3	GS-5	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.217	.221	.438	9	.81	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.04	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	268	143 (9)	Sep 8	NYY		BOS	W,2-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165	.212	.215	.427	9	1.47	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.64	P
32	269	147 (3)	Sep 14	NYY	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.169	.213	.217	.430	9	.74	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.61	P
33	270	152 (4)	Sep 18	NYY		CLE	W,9-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.215	.218	.433	9	.42	0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
34	271	157 (4)	Sep 24	NYY	@	DET	L,5-8	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.219	.222	.441	9	.46	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.31	P
35	272	161 (3)	Sep 29	NYY	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.210	.213	.423	9	1.04	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-1.21	P
							19-16		103	94	6	16	1	0	1	11	5	0	29	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	.170	.210	.213	.423		.97	-0.716	.44	-0.21%	-6.63

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