Ernest
Meleschi
 
Nickname: Big Daddy
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 235
 
Born: December 12, 1985 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2017   
Bick Horizon Award 2008   
Post Season MVP Award 2017   
All-Star Selections 2009   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 20 KS GE   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
2007 21 KS GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
2008 22 KS GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 5 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 23 KS GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
2010 24 KS GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2011 25 KS GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 9 9 6 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
2012 26 KS GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5
2013 27 KS GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
2014 28 TN FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6
2015 29 TN FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6
2016 30 TN FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 5
2017 31 TN FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
2018 32 TN FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 8 8 8 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 5
2019 33 TN FF $ 300,000   2 2 2 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 3 3
2020 34 TN FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 9 9 9 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2006 20 AAA   139 546 69 152 23 4 19 79 11 9 42 152 .278 .330 .440 .769 76.6  
2007 21 KS GE 25 85 13 23 4 0 1 10 1 2 6 12 .271 .312 .353 .665 9.4 1.1
    AAA   134 525 78 165 26 1 18 69 19 10 60 104 .314 .385 .470 .855 91.7  
2008 22 KS GE 154 574 90 173 42 5 10 57 20 13 51 89 .301 .358 .444 .802 85.2 17.5
2009 23 KS GE 157 567 70 141 29 0 18 63 18 13 50 80 .249 .314 .395 .709 69.2 12.7
2010 24 KS GE 158 570 78 147 25 1 27 87 20 13 39 87 .258 .307 .447 .754 79.1 18.7
2011 25 KS GE 142 501 66 131 23 0 26 61 18 10 59 93 .261 .343 .463 .806 78.8 18.3
2012 26 KS GE 149 523 68 137 27 0 28 89 9 4 51 98 .262 .327 .474 .801 80.4 19.2
2013 27 KS GE 142 458 54 100 18 4 15 71 6 2 49 83 .218 .297 .373 .670 54.0 8.8
2014 28 KS GE 87 149 27 32 8 0 7 21 0 1 14 22 .215 .287 .409 .696 16.1 2.8
  TN FF 40 63 4 14 2 0 3 12 0 1 8 9 .222 .319 .397 .716 7.3 1.3
  TOT   127 212 31 46 10 0 10 33 0 2 22 31 .217 .297 .406 .702 23.4 4.1
2015 29 TN FF 154 561 77 144 29 2 33 106 2 4 60 105 .257 .329 .492 .821 87.4 16.2
2016 30 TN FF 86 295 58 80 19 2 23 55 4 1 29 51 .271 .335 .583 .918 57.9 14.5
2017 31 TN FF 148 544 65 120 17 2 23 74 9 2 48 100 .221 .288 .386 .674 61.1 9.4
2018 32 TN FF 154 536 97 123 22 4 31 97 5 2 49 89 .229 .297 .459 .756 74.3 12.9
2019 33 TN FF 140 416 56 90 9 1 18 67 1 2 47 73 .216 .298 .373 .671 49.2 6.5
2020 34 AAA   138 489 60 86 23 1 23 70 2 1 60 89 .176 .266 .368 .634 52.0  
13 Years Sim 1736 5842 823 1455 274 21 263 870 113 70 560 991 .249 .317 .438 .755 809.5 160.0
3 Years AAA 411 1560 207 403 72 6 60 218 32 20 162 345 .258 .331 .428 .759 220.3  
162 Game Average 545 76 135 25 1 24 81 10 6 52 92 .249 .317 .438 .755 75.5  
Career Highs 158 574 97 173 42 5 33 106 20 13 60 105 .301 .358 .583 .918 87.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4354 613 1074 193 18 205 660 87 53 424 725 .247 .315 .441 .756 609.9
vs LH   1488 210 381 81 3 58 210 26 17 136 266 .256 .321 .431 .752 203.7
Home 861 2860 424 723 140 11 134 434 60 25 271 477 .253 .320 .450 .770 414.0
Away 875 2982 399 732 134 10 129 436 53 45 289 514 .245 .314 .427 .740 399.5
RISP   1370 0 342 51 3 76 577 0 0 195 252 .250 .338 .458 .795 222.9
Pinch Hitting   200 27 47 15 1 8 31 0 0 24 35 .235 .316 .440 .756 28.3
Close/Late   789 87 192 40 4 40 123 0 0 93 138 .243 .323 .456 .780 118.9
Mar/Apr 250 819 130 191 33 4 39 118 16 8 78 154 .233 .299 .426 .725 108.1
May 302 999 133 240 53 5 39 160 18 15 98 157 .240 .310 .420 .730 129.9
June 303 1045 160 285 60 1 57 177 16 12 91 158 .273 .332 .496 .827 166.8
July 263 886 117 231 47 6 36 125 19 14 102 176 .261 .342 .449 .792 133.7
August 293 976 127 240 38 2 49 151 19 9 94 172 .246 .314 .440 .754 137.3
Sep/Oct 325 1117 156 268 43 3 43 139 25 12 97 174 .240 .303 .399 .702 137.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 21 KS GE 2B 24 22 195.0 49 76 3 15 .977 5.77 0 0 .000 0 1.0
2008 22 KS GE 2B 150 142 1247.0 244 449 17 85 .976 5.00 0 0 .000 0 3.8
2009 23 KS GE 2B 156 148 1319.0 288 513 23 101 .972 5.47 0 0 .000 0 4.8
2010 24 KS GE 2B 155 148 1313.3 299 554 16 115 .982 5.85 0 0 .000 0 6.3
2011 25 KS GE 2B 136 129 1170.0 256 454 9 93 .987 5.46 0 0 .000 0 7.7
    3B 1 1 11.7 0 6 0 0 1.000 4.63 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2012 26 KS GE 2B 144 139 1223.7 271 465 12 93 .984 5.41 0 0 .000 0 5.9
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2013 27 KS GE 2B 132 112 1042.0 231 381 15 76 .976 5.29 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2014 28 KS GE 2B 24 7 101.0 19 41 3 8 .952 5.35 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    SS 8 7 68.1 10 31 0 8 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 7 6 52.8 5 12 1 1 .944 2.90 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 1 1 11.8 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TN FF 2B 11 3 44.3 8 18 2 4 .929 5.28 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 3 3 29.9 5 13 0 3 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 3 3 23.2 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 1 1 5.2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   2B 35 10 145.3 27 59 5 12 .945 5.33   0.8
      SS 11 10 98.0 15 44 0 11 1.000 5.42   0.6
      3B 10 9 76.0 7 17 1 1 .960 2.84   0.4
      CF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12   0.0
2015 29 TN FF 2B 150 147 1310.3 280 536 18 106 .978 5.60 0 0 .000 0 7.5
2016 30 TN FF 2B 82 75 668.3 144 275 6 52 .986 5.64 0 0 .000 0 4.1
2017 31 TN FF 2B 141 139 1230.0 255 510 16 111 .980 5.60 0 0 .000 0 6.2
2018 32 TN FF 2B 147 145 1193.3 213 474 13 88 .981 5.18 0 0 .000 0 5.7
2019 33 TN FF 2B 117 109 918.0 198 384 11 91 .981 5.71 0 0 .000 0 5.3
    3B 4 4 35.0 4 8 2 0 .857 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1569 1465 12975.3 2755 5130 164 1038 .980 5.47 0 0 .000 0 62.2
  3B 16 14 124.7 12 32 3 1 .936 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  SS 12 10 99.0 16 44 0 11 1.000 5.45 0 0 .000 0 0.6
  CF 2 2 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1600 1491 13218.9 2788 5207 167 1050 .980 5.44 1 0 .000 0 63.4
Career Highs   156 148 1319.0 299 554 23 115 .988 5.85 1 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2017 31 TN FF 16 61 10 18 2 0 5 15 0 0 4 9 .295 .338 .574 .912
2018 32 TN FF 17 59 5 9 2 0 2 8 2 0 7 14 .153 .242 .288 .531
Career Post-Season Batting 33 120 15 27 4 0 7 23 2 0 11 23 .225 .290 .433 .723
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2015-7-.492
Games
2009-3-157
2010-2-158
Runs
2018-4-97
Hits
2008-6-173
Total Bases
2015-7-276
Doubles
2008-2-42
Triples
2018-10-4
Homeruns
2012-9-28
2015-4-33
2017-10-23
2018-3-31
RBIs
2012-10-89
2015-6-106
2018-5-97
Caught Stealing
2009-9-13
2010-10-13
Strikeouts
2017-9-100
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Kansas in 2006
Injured on 8/10/2006 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/1/2007, off Alfred Marenco (Min)
Hit first career homerun on 9/24/2007, off Ramon Quintana (Nev)
Won Robinson Award in 2008, hitting .301 with 10 HR, 57 RBI
Shared Kansas Storm team MVP award for the 2008 season with Johney Yoon
Was selected to the 2009 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Minnesota on 8/20/2010
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2010, hitting .380 with 9 HR, 19 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 8/9/2011, hitting .440 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 9/16/2011 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against California on 4/27/2012
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/2012, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 6/8/2012 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Traded from Kansas to Tennessee on 8/11/2014 (Going to Kan: P Adam Burton. Going to Ten: P Gary Balsa, 2B Ernest Meleschi)
Won Player of the Week award on 6/28/2016, hitting .452 with 5 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2016, hitting .286 with 9 HR, 23 RBI
Injured on 7/10/2016 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/1/2016 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/27/2017 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 5/31/2017, hitting .286 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Won National Cup Series with Tennessee in 2017
Named Reggie Jackson Award Winner after hitting .295-5-15 in the 2017 Playoffs
Drove in 6 runs against Pennsylvania on 8/3/2018
Won Player of the Week award on 8/9/2018, hitting .350 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 7 runs against D.C. on 6/22/2019