How Rube Melton's Games Finished Compares to Similar Players

Rube Melton totaled 47 career Games Finished, well above the starting pitcher average of 24.3 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Finished season came in 1941, posting 15, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.3 that year. The lowest point came in 1947 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.1 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Games Finished total went from 8 in 1944 to 8 in 1946 and 0 in 1947, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Finished profile — ranging from 0 to 15 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Rube Melton Lifetime Games Finished

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Rube Melton Games Finished Per Season

Rube Melton's Games Finished 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.
Rube Melton Games Finished per season line chart

Rube Melton Games Finished by Team

Rube Melton's career Games Finished totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Melton career Games Finished by team bar chart

Rube Melton Cumulative Games Finished — Career Progression

A running total of Rube Melton's career Games Finished, 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.
Rube Melton Games Finished year-over-year waterfall chart

Rube Melton Games Finished Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rube Melton's seasonal Games Finished 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.
Rube Melton Games Finished distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rube Melton Games Finished — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rube Melton's MLB career with Games Finished 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.
Rube Melton Games Finished season-by-season breakdown table