José Luis Meléndez García (born September 2, 1965) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1990 through 1994 for the Seattle Mariners (1990), San Diego Padres (1991–92) and Boston Red Sox (1993–94). Listed at 6' 2", 175 lb., Meléndez batted and threw right-handed.
| José Meléndez | |||||||||||||||
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| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: September 2, 1965 Naguabo, Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 11, 1990, for the Seattle Mariners | |||||||||||||||
| Last MLB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| August 9, 1994, for the Boston Red Sox | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 16–14 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.47 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 172 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Career
editIn a five-season career, Meléndez posted a 16–14 record with 172 strikeouts and a 3.47 ERA in 109 appearances, including 12 starts, 37 games finished, three save, and 220⅔ innings of work.
Meléndez also pitched in the Pittsburgh, Seattle, San Diego, Boston, Kansas City and New York Yankees minor league systems from 1984 to 1996. In 12 seasons he went 69–55 with 796 strikeouts and a 3.76 ERA in 891 innings.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
- José Meléndez at SABR Bio Project
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