How Luis Melendez's Hits Compares to Similar Players

Luis Melendez totaled 366 career Hits, well below the league average of 470.7 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Hits season came in 1973, posting 91, well above the league average of 56.3 that year. The lowest point came in 1977 at 0, well below the league average of 59.1 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Hits total went from 77 in 1975 to 32 in 1976 and 0 in 1977, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hits profile — ranging from 0 to 91 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Luis Melendez Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats

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Hits
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Extra Base Hits
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Extra Base Hit Pct
Career366720.197
Season Avg.45.7590.197
162 Game Avg.92.518.20.197
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Luis Melendez Hits Per Season

Luis Melendez's Hits for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, CF, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Luis Melendez Hits per season line chart

Luis Melendez Hits by Team

Luis Melendez's career Hits totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Luis Melendez career Hits by team bar chart

Luis Melendez Cumulative Hits — Career Progression

A running total of Luis Melendez's career Hits, 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.
Luis Melendez Hits year-over-year waterfall chart

Luis Melendez Hits Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Luis Melendez's seasonal Hits 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.
Luis Melendez Hits distribution box chart versus comparable players

Luis Melendez Hits — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Luis Melendez's MLB career with Hits 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.
Luis Melendez Hits season-by-season breakdown table