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Mark Melancon

Arizona Diamondbacks National League West

Age: 37
B/T: R/R
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 215 lb

Born: March 28, 1985 in Wheat Ridge, CO, United States
MLB debut: April 26, 2009

dbWAR: 7.6
IP: 56.0
ERA: 4.66
FIP: 4.20
K/9: 5.6
FIP−: 106

Mark Melancon was a relief pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. In 2022 he struck out 35 batters over 56.0 innings across 62 appearances, going 3-10. His ERA of 4.66 was 17.4% higher than the league average of 3.97 — 10th of 18 on his team, and 386th of 546 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.20 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 20.8% of swings (9.9% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.5% of the batters he faced and struck out 14.2%. His 0.2 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2022.

FIP4.20

K/95.6

WHIP1.50

WAR.2

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2022	AZ	62	56.0	3	10	18	63	29	35	21	4.66	4.20	1.50	5.6	3.4	117	106	0.2
2021	SD	64	64.2	4	3	39	54	16	59	25	2.23	3.36	1.22	8.2	3.5	52	79	1.0
2020	ATL	23	22.2	2	1	11	22	7	14	7	2.78	3.72	1.28	5.6	2.8	62	84	0.3
2019	SF/ATL	66	67.1	5	2	12	71	27	68	18	3.61	2.86	1.32	9.1	2.4	80	63	1.5
2018	SF	41	39.0	1	4	3	48	14	31	14	3.23	3.39	1.59	7.2	3.2	78	82	0.6
2017	SF	32	30.0	1	2	11	37	15	29	6	4.50	3.22	1.43	8.7	1.8	103	74	0.5
2016	PIT/WSH	75	71.1	2	2	47	52	13	65	12	1.64	2.42	0.90	8.2	1.5	39	58	1.9
2015	PIT	78	76.2	3	2	51	57	19	62	14	2.23	2.82	0.93	7.3	1.6	56	71	1.5

Batting

Standard and advanced, by season.

																					Trend
2021	SD	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	—	0.0	—

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2022. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	111	97	27	3	13	17	.278	.369	.423	.351	15.3%
vs RHB	136	127	36	2	8	18	.283	.326	.370	.306	13.2%

Pitch sequencing

What Mark Melancon throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Cutter	62.8%	556	90.9	2,266	41.4%	16.1%	142	.289	.779
Knuckle Curve	30.0%	266	81.7	2,586	44.4%	30.3%	67	.269	.663
Splitter	2.4%	21	83.7	1,830	28.6%	22.2%	6	—	—
Four-Seam Fastball	1.8%	16	91.7	2,322	50.0%	25.0%	3	—	—
Slider	1.8%	16	84.1	2,314	25.0%	37.5%	4	—	—
Sinker	1.2%	11	91.8	2,327	27.3%	0.0%	3	—	—

Mark Melancon's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Similar players

Nearest 2022 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

John KingTEX

ERA: 4.03
FIP: 4.09
SO: 30
WAR: 0.3

Very close

Mike BaumannBAL

ERA: 4.72
FIP: 3.87
SO: 23
WAR: 0.3

Brett MartinTEX

ERA: 4.14
FIP: 3.63
SO: 40
WAR: 0.5

Erich UelmenCHC

ERA: 4.67
FIP: 5.00
SO: 21
WAR: -0.2

How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.