| JD Melton |
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Career Honors
Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American (2006, at Wofford College)
NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List (2007)
Second-Team All-Patriot League (2007 - RP)
Career Statistics (Navy Only)
Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATT
2007.... .125 8-4 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0-0
TOTAL... .125 8-4 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0-0
Year ERA W-L App GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO
2007.... 2.45 3-2 19 0 0 0/1 9 29.1 24 9 8 9 17
TOTAL... 2.45 3-2 19 0 0 0/1 9 29.1 24 9 8 9 17
2007:
Game-by-Game Statistics
Extremely clutch in his first season donning the Navy blue and gold ... solidified the closer role ... pitched in 19 games, 18 of which he finished ... finished the year with a 3-2 record and a 2.45 ERA in 29.1 innings ... earned nine saves in 10 opportunities ... logged more than 1.0 inning to register four of his nine saves ... held opponents to a .238 (24-for-101) batting average ... walked nine and struck out 17 ... allowed only four of 16 inherited runners score ... kept the ball down, as he recorded a 1.56 groundout/flyout ratio ... kept the opposition to a .182 (6-for-33) average with runners in scoring position ... from the ninth inning on, he boasted a miniscule 1.17 ERA in 15.1 innings of work ... also saw some time in the batter's box early in the year, hitting .125 (2-for-16) ... in Patriot League play, he was 1-1 with four saves and a 3.38 ERA in seven appearances ... did not issue a walk to league batters in 10.2 innings on the hill ... held the opposition to a .229 (8-for-35) batting average and fanned out five ... recorded his first save at Navy in a 2.0-inning outing against Iona (Feb. 17) ... did not allow a run to cross the plate in 14 of his last-16 appearances ... held the opposition scoreless in eight-straight outings between Feb. 23-March 31, a span of 15.1 innings ... earned a save in four-consecutive trips to the mound between Feb. 23-March 18 ... had a big series against Yale (March 23-25) ... fired three innings of scoreless relief and struck out five to pick up his first win of the year ... he repeated the act in the series finale, he delivered 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball to pick up an 11-inning victory ... he also helped his cause at the plate, beating out a grounder at first courtesy of an errant throw that allowed the game-winning run to slide into home in the 11th inning ... came through in a big way during the Holy Cross series one week later (March 31-April 1) ... finished the weekend without allowing a run, hit or walk in four innings to earn a pair of saves ... entered the series opener and got the final out of the game with the tying run on third and game-winning run on first ... a couple hours later, he bounced back to deliver 3.2 innings of hitless, scoreless relief with no walks and two strikeouts to preserve a Navy doubleheader sweep ... earned saves in his next-two times on the mound against league-champion Lafayette (April 9) and Lehigh (April 14) ... captured his third and final win of the year against Bucknell, holding the Bison scoreless in the ninth before Navy won in walk-off fashion in the bottom half of the inning.
2006 (at Wofford):
Named a 2006 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American relief pitcher at Wofford College ... came out of the bullpen in 29 games to post a 7-4 record with seven saves and a 4.74 ERA ... the freshman had a hand in 14 of Wofford's 20 victories in 2006 ... his seven saves established a freshman record at Wofford ... in 49.1 innings of work, he held the opposition to less than a hit per inning with 34 strikeouts ... his seven saves ranked ninth in the Southern Conference and 23 games finished tied him for fifth in the league ... hurled five innings of one-hit, shutout baseball against South Carolina, ranked 10th in the country at the time, and struck out four as Wofford won, 9-8, in 13 innings ... in that appearance, he retired the last-11 batters he faced after entering the game tied at eight in the ninth inning ... in addition to pitching, he also served as a reserve infielder, batting .197 with three doubles, one home run and four runs batted in ... belted a walk-off home run in the back-end of a doubleheader against Albany to pick up his first-collegiate win on Feb. 25 ... the home run marked his first-career hit.
High School:
Attended Myrtle Beach High School ... earned five letters in baseball and three with football ... named AAA All-State in baseball and played in the South Carolina Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game ... he was selected Region VII AAA Player of the Year and earned First-Team Toast of the Coast honors ... posted a 6-4 record and a 3.50 ERA with 54 strikeouts during his senior year ... batted .389 in his junior year and followed up with a .357 batting average in 2005 ... played for Conway American Legion Post 111 team that advanced to the state championship series in 2004 ... in addition to baseball, he was an All-American quarterback for Myrtle Beach ... named Mr. Football in South Carolina during his senior season, as he threw well over 3,000 yards and 34 touchdowns ... tied state record with eight touchdown passes in a game.
Personal:
Son of David and Becky Melton ... born Nov. 20, 1986, in Columbia, S.C. ... his brother, Mitch, is a catcher on the Navy baseball team ... majoring in oceanography.
