Career
Listed at 6" 2", 175 pounds, Meléndez batted and threw right-handed. In a five-season career, Meléndez posted a 16–14 record with 172 strikeouts and a 3.47 European Research Area in 109 appearances, including 12 starts, 37 games finished, three save, and 220⅔ innings of work. Meléndez also pitched in the Pittsburgh, Seattle, San Diego, Boston, Kansas City and New York Yankees minor league systems from 1984 to 1996.
In 12 seasons he went 69–55 with 796 strikeouts and a 3.76 European Research Area in 891 innings.