What years did Mark Melancon play?

Mark Melancon played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2022.

Was Mark Melancon a pitcher?

Yes. Mark Melancon pitched in the major leagues, recording 37 wins and 643 strikeouts.

What teams did Mark Melancon play for?

Mark Melancon played for 9 teams: the New York Yankees (2009–2010), the Houston Astros (2010–2011), the Boston Red Sox (2012), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2013–2016), the Washington Nationals (2016), the San Francisco Giants (2017–2019), the Atlanta Braves (2019–2020), the San Diego Padres (2021), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2022).

Did Mark Melancon win a Cy Young Award?

No. Mark Melancon did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Mark Melancon win?

Mark Melancon was selected to 4 All-Star Games.

What were Mark Melancon's career stats?

In 732 games, Mark Melancon went 37-40 with a 2.94 ERA, 643 strikeouts, 726.2 innings pitched, and 262 saves.

What was Mark Melancon's salary?

Mark Melancon's last recorded salary was $9,650,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $9,650,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $421,000, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2016.

What position did Mark Melancon play?

Mark Melancon played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Mark Melancon and how much did he weigh?

Mark Melancon was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 215 pounds.

What was Mark Melancon's career ERA?

Mark Melancon finished with a 2.94 career ERA, going 37-40 with 643 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Mark Melancon have?

Mark Melancon recorded 643 career strikeouts.

Is Mark Melancon in the Hall of Fame?

No. Mark Melancon has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Mark Melancon make?

Mark Melancon was selected to 4 All-Star Games.

Mark Melancon

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2009-2022)

Mark Melancon was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2022 for 9 teams, including the New York Yankees, a span of 14 seasons. Across 732 career appearances, he went 37-40 with a 2.94 ERA, 643 strikeouts, and 262 saves. Mark Melancon was a 4-time All-Star and a Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 19353.6.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 37–40

ERA 2.94

WHIP 1.17

SO 643

Pitcher PIV 19353.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 215 lb
Born: 3/28/1985 in Wheat Ridge, CO, USA
MLB Debut: 2009-04-26
Last Game: 2022-10-02
Awards: 4× All-Star · Reliever of the Year

Full name: Mark David Melancon

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mark Melancon — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
37	40	732	0	0	0	262	726.2	657	237	44	192	643	2.94	19353.6

Career ERA 2.94 vs. league average 4.11 across their career seasons — 28.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mark Melancon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2009	NYA	AL	0	1	13	0	16.1	13	7	10	10	3.86	4.32 (+11%)	-49.9
2010	NYA	AL	0	0	2	0	4.0	7	4	0	3	9.00	—	0.0
2010	HOU	NL	2	0	20	0	17.1	12	6	8	19	3.12	4.08 (+24%)	385.0
2011	HOU	NL	8	4	71	20	74.1	65	23	26	66	2.78	3.94 (+29%)	1298.7
2012	BOS	AL	0	2	41	1	45.0	45	31	12	41	6.20	4.01 (-54%)	-640.1
2013	PIT	NL	3	2	72	16	71.0	60	11	8	70	1.39	3.87 (+64%)	4009.0
2014	PIT	NL	3	5	72	33	71.0	51	15	11	71	1.90	3.74 (+49%)	2972.7
2015	PIT	NL	3	2	78	51	76.2	57	19	14	62	2.23	3.96 (+44%)	2221.3
2016	PIT	NL	1	1	45	30	41.2	31	7	9	38	1.51	4.19 (+64%)	1600.4
2016	WAS	NL	1	1	30	17	29.2	21	6	3	27	1.82	4.19 (+57%)	1583.4
2017	SFN	NL	1	2	32	11	30.0	37	15	6	29	4.50	4.36 (-3%)	855.5
2018	SFN	NL	1	4	41	3	39.0	48	14	14	31	3.23	4.15 (+22%)	744.5
2019	SFN	NL	4	2	43	1	46.1	49	18	16	44	3.50	4.51 (+22%)	1383.4
2019	ATL	NL	1	0	23	11	21.0	22	9	2	24	3.86	4.51 (+14%)	1408.8
2020	ATL	NL	2	1	23	11	22.2	22	7	7	14	2.78	4.45 (+38%)	417.0
2021	SDN	NL	4	3	64	39	64.2	54	16	25	59	2.23	4.27 (+48%)	1490.6
2022	ARI	NL	3	10	62	18	56.0	63	29	21	35	4.66	3.97 (-17%)	-326.8
Career · 17 seasons			37	40	732	262	726.2	657	237	192	643	2.94	—	19,354

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Mark Melancon — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
732	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	1.000	.000	.000	0

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Mark Melancon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	BB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2009	NYA	AL	13	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	NYA	AL	2	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	HOU	NL	20	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	HOU	NL	71	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	BOS	AL	41	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	PIT	NL	72	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	PIT	NL	72	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	PIT	NL	78	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	PIT	NL	45	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	WAS	NL	30	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	SFN	NL	32	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	SFN	NL	41	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	SFN	NL	43	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	ATL	NL	23	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	ATL	NL	23	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	SDN	NL	64	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	ARI	NL	62	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			732	1	—	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Mark Melancon — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Mark Melancon — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2020	NLCS	ATL	3	.000
2020	NLDS2	ATL	2	.000
2020	NLWC4	ATL	2	.000
2019	NLDS2	ATL	3	.000
2016	NLDS2	WAS	4	.000
2015	NLWC	PIT	1	.000
2014	NLWC	PIT	1	.000
2013	NLDS1	PIT	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Mark Melancon — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	20	0	5	19.1	19	8	5	17	3.72

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mark Melancon — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	NLCS	ATL	0	0	3	1	2.1	2	0	0	0	0.00
2020	NLDS2	ATL	0	0	2	1	2.0	0	0	0	3	0.00
2020	NLWC4	ATL	0	0	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	2	0.00
2019	NLDS2	ATL	0	1	3	2	3.0	8	4	2	4	12.00
2016	NLDS2	WAS	0	0	4	1	4.1	3	0	2	5	0.00
2015	NLWC	PIT	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
2014	NLWC	PIT	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00
2013	NLDS1	PIT	1	0	4	0	3.2	5	4	1	2	9.82

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Mark Melancon — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	405	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	327	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Mark Melancon — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	405	402.0	352	122	100	347	2.73
Away	327	324.2	305	115	92	296	3.19

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mark Melancon — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2022-10-02	AZ	SFG	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2022-10-01	AZ	SFG	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2022-09-28	AZ	HOU	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-25	AZ	SFG	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2022-09-21	AZ	LAD	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-20	AZ	LAD	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-18	AZ	SDP	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
2022-09-17	AZ	SDP	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-09-13	AZ	LAD	—	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0
2022-09-10	AZ	COL	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mark Melancon — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	732	0	72	110	4	16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mark Melancon — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2009	NYA	P	13	1	4	0	0
2010	NYA	P	2	0	0	0	0
2010	HOU	P	20	3	3	0	1
2011	HOU	P	71	12	5	1	0
2012	BOS	P	41	5	8	0	0
2013	PIT	P	72	7	11	0	2
2014	PIT	P	72	5	12	1	0
2015	PIT	P	78	7	16	1	1
2016	PIT	P	45	6	5	0	0
2016	WAS	P	30	4	2	0	1
2017	SFN	P	32	2	9	0	1
2018	SFN	P	41	2	4	0	1
2019	SFN	P	43	6	6	0	3
2019	ATL	P	23	1	2	0	0
2020	ATL	P	23	3	6	0	2
2021	SDN	P	64	3	11	1	2
2022	ARI	P	62	5	6	0	2

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Mark Melancon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	732

Awards & Honors

Mark Melancon — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2021	Reliever of the Month	April
2015	Reliever of the Year Award
2013	This Year in Baseball Setup Man of the Year	MLB.com GIBBY

Salary History

Mark Melancon's recorded salaries total $19,108,000 over 6 seasons, 2011 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Melancon's career ran from 2009 to 2022. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2009 and 2010.

Mark Melancon — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	PIT	NL	$9,650,000
2015	PIT	NL	$5,400,000
2014	PIT	NL	$2,595,000
2013	PIT	NL	$521,000
2012	BOS	AL	$521,000
2011	HOU	NL	$421,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$19,108,000

College History

Mark Melancon — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Arizona	Tucson	AZ	2004, 2005, 2006

Award Voting History

Mark Melancon — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2015	Cy Young Award	NL	8th	5.0	210	0

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Mark Melancon: the record in brief

Mark Melancon played a first major league game on April 26, 2009 and a last one on October 2, 2022. Melancon played for the New York Yankees (2009 to 2010), the Houston Astros (2010 to 2011), the Boston Red Sox (2012), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2013 to 2016), the Washington Nationals (2016), the San Francisco Giants (2017 to 2019), the Atlanta Braves (2019 to 2020), and the San Diego Padres (2021), with further stops in the season rows. Born on March 28, 1985, in Wheat Ridge, CO, USA, Melancon is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6'1" and 215 pounds. The given name on file is Mark David Melancon.

Melancon pitched in 732 games, starting 0, and finished with a 37-40 record and 2.94 ERA. The totals include 643 strikeouts and 262 saves. That 2.94 ERA compares with a 4.11 league average across the same seasons, 28.6% better. 2011 brought Melancon a season-high 8 wins. 2014 produced Melancon's most strikeouts, 71. The most saves in one season was 51, in 2015. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 1.39 in 2013, when the league's was 3.87. Melancon's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 19,353.6.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mark Melancon

What years did Mark Melancon play?: Mark Melancon played in Major League Baseball from 2009 to 2022.
Was Mark Melancon a pitcher?: Yes. Mark Melancon pitched in the major leagues, recording 37 wins and 643 strikeouts.
What teams did Mark Melancon play for?: Mark Melancon played for 9 teams: the New York Yankees (2009–2010), the Houston Astros (2010–2011), the Boston Red Sox (2012), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2013–2016), the Washington Nationals (2016), the San Francisco Giants (2017–2019), the Atlanta Braves (2019–2020), the San Diego Padres (2021), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2022).
Did Mark Melancon win a Cy Young Award?: No. Mark Melancon did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Mark Melancon win?: Mark Melancon was selected to 4 All-Star Games.
What were Mark Melancon's career stats?: In 732 games, Mark Melancon went 37-40 with a 2.94 ERA, 643 strikeouts, 726.2 innings pitched, and 262 saves.
How much did Mark Melancon earn in his career?: Mark Melancon's recorded salaries total $19,108,000 over 6 seasons, 2011 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Melancon's career ran from 2009 to 2022. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2009 and 2010.
What was Mark Melancon's salary?: Mark Melancon's last recorded salary was $9,650,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $9,650,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $421,000, in 2011. The Salary History table lists each season from 2011 to 2016.
What position did Mark Melancon play?: Mark Melancon played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Mark Melancon and how much did he weigh?: Mark Melancon was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 215 pounds.
What was Mark Melancon's career ERA?: Mark Melancon finished with a 2.94 career ERA, going 37-40 with 643 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Mark Melancon have?: Mark Melancon recorded 643 career strikeouts.
Is Mark Melancon in the Hall of Fame?: No. Mark Melancon has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Mark Melancon make?: Mark Melancon was selected to 4 All-Star Games.