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Mark Melancon

Pirates Career team 2013–2016
Number #34
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 41
Height 6' 1"
Weight 215 lbs
Birth Place Wheat Ridge, CO
Born Mar 28, 1985

Key Insights

2022
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Nolan Arenado has hit .417/.462/1.083 against Melancon over 13 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

5 for 12 with 2 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .511 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Melancon has struck Tucker Barnhart out 5 times in 10 plate appearances, 50% of everything between them.

5 strikeouts in 10 plate appearances.
When these two meet, the ball gets hit hard

J.D. Davis squares Melancon up like nobody else: 98.9 mph off the bat against him, against a median of 87.3 across the hitters he has faced.

8 plate appearances with tracked contact.
One club he never seems to get going against

The NYY lineup has hit .410 and slugged .590 against Melancon across 91 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

34 hits, 2 home runs and 12 strikeouts, against a .327 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
This opponent takes the sting out of his bat

Cesar Hernandez gets nothing on it against Melancon: 71.5 mph off the bat, against a median of 87.3 across the hitters he has faced.

12 plate appearances with tracked contact.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Trea Turner is 1 for 12 against Melancon, a .083 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

12 career plate appearances.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Mar 28, 1985
Birth Place Wheat Ridge, CO
Height 6' 1"
Weight 215 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right
College/Draft Arizona