How Mel Held's Home Runs Compares to Similar Players

Mel Held totaled 1 career Home Runs, well below the relief pitcher average of 26.4 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the Home Runs arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Home Runs arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

Mel Held Lifetime Home Runs and Similar Stats

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Career11.290.25
Season Avg.11.290.25
162 Game Avg.40.51.290.25
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Mel Held Home Runs Per Season

Mel Held's Home Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mel Held Home Runs per season line chart

Mel Held Home Runs by Team

Mel Held's career Home Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mel Held career Home Runs by team bar chart

Mel Held Cumulative Home Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Mel Held's career Home Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Mel Held Home Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Mel Held Home Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mel Held's seasonal Home Runs alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Mel Held Home Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mel Held Home Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mel Held's MLB career with Home Runs alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Mel Held Home Runs season-by-season breakdown table