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Melvin Bunch

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 165lb (185cm, 74kg)

Born: November 4, 1971 in Texarkana, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 15th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Texarkana College (Texarkana, TX).

High School: Liberty Eylau HS (Texarkana, TX)

School: Texarkana College (Texarkana, TX)

Debut: May 6, 1995 (Age 23-183d, 16,645th in major league history)
vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 25, 1999 (Age 27-233d)
vs. TEX 3.1 IP, 11 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 8 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Full Name: Melvin Lynn Bunch

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

ERA

6.84

50.0

WHIP

1.660

Summary of 14 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 1 tying, 5 go ahead

2 Tms
KCR	11
SEA	3

Platoon
vs RHB	7
vs LHB	7

Home/Road
Home	8
Away	6

Outs
2	8
0	4
1	2

7 Opps
CAL	3
BAL	3
TEX	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
DET	1
OAK	1

14 Batters
Chad Curtis	1
Mike Aldrete	1
Jacob Cruz	1
Darryl Hamilton	1
Bret Barberie	1
Iván Rodríguez	1
Albert Belle	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
J.T. Snow	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Jim Edmonds	1
Juan González	1
Jeff Cirillo	1
Tim Salmon	1

5 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	6
Progressive (CLE)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2

Where Hit
9	4
8	3
7	3
78	3
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	3
5	3
6	2
2	2
7+	2
1	1
4	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	5
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	9
-2-	2
12-	1
123	1
1--	1

22 Runs
RISP	4
0 on	9
1 on	3
2 on	1
3 on	1
Any on	5

Inning
2	2
3	1
4	4
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	1

1-3	3
4-6	6
7-end	5

RelScore
+4..	2
+2	1
+1	3
Tied	3
-1	3
-4..	2

Ahead	6
Tied	3
Behind	5

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	3
3-2	3
2-2	3
1-0	2
0-0	1
2-1	1
3-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
CF	3
1B	2
RF	2
LF	2
PH	1
2B	1
C	1
SS	1
3B	1

OrderPos
1st	3
4th	3
2nd	3
3rd	2
7th	1
5th	1
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	6

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-05-19	Mike Aldrete	OAK	@	KCR	ahead 9-3	t 9	2	---	6,(2-2) .SFBFBX	1	1	PH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1995-07-16	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL		KCR	tied 0-0	b 4	2	---	7,(3-2) >FF>B.BFBX	1	3	3	12%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
3	3	3	2	1995-07-16	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL		KCR	ahead 1-0	b 7	0	-2-	5,(3-1) >FBBB.X	2	4	6	10%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Palmeiro Scores
4	4	4	1	1995-07-21	Bret Barberie	BAL	@	KCR	behind 2-3	t 4	2	123	4,(2-1) BBFX	4	2	4	36%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Zaun Scores; C. Goodwin Scores; B. Anderson Scores
5	5	5	1	1995-07-29	Chad Curtis	DET	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	5,(2-2) SSBBX	1	1	8	11%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	6	1	1995-08-09	J.T. Snow	CAL	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	6,(3-2) BFBFBX	1	5	3	10%	57%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
7	7	7	2	1995-08-09	Jim Edmonds	CAL	@	KCR	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	8	10%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
8	8	8	3	1995-08-09	Tim Salmon	CAL	@	KCR	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	9	8%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
9	9	9	1	1995-08-21 (2)	Jeff Cirillo	MIL		KCR	behind 5-17	b 7	2	---	9,(3-2) BBCFFFFBX	1	6	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
10	10	10	2	1995-08-21 (2)	Darryl Hamilton	MIL		KCR	behind 6-18	b 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	11	1	1995-09-30	Albert Belle	CLE		KCR	behind 1-2	b 6	2	---	5,(2-2) FCBBX	1	4	7	18%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1999-06-19	Jacob Cruz	CLE		SEA	behind 0-1	b 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	7	7	15%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. Thome Scores
13	13	2	1	1999-06-25	Iván Rodríguez	TEX	@	SEA	ahead 4-3	t 6	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	2	2	25%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Clayton Scores; M. McLemore Scores
14	14	3	2	1999-06-25	Juan González	TEX	@	SEA	ahead 8-4	t 8	2	-2-	3,(1-1) BFX	2	4	9	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. McLemore Scores