How Cliff Melton's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Cliff Melton totaled 6,159 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 1938, posting 1,042, well above the starting pitcher average of 424.0 that year. The lowest point came in 1944 at 291, well below the starting pitcher average of 429.8 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 575 in 1942 to 806 in 1943 and 291 in 1944, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 291 to 1,042 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Cliff Melton Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Cliff Melton
| Cliff Melton
Batters Faced | Cliff Melton
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 6159 | 38.13 |
| Season Avg. | 769.88 | 38.13 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3668.23 | 38.13 |
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Cliff Melton Batters Faced Per Season
Cliff Melton's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cliff Melton Batters Faced by Team
Cliff Melton's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cliff Melton Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Cliff Melton's career Batters Faced, 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.
Cliff Melton Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Cliff Melton's seasonal Batters Faced 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.
Cliff Melton Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Cliff Melton's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.
