# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-melancon
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:06:23.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-melancon"
name: "Mark Melancon"
slug: "mark-melancon"
description: "Mark David Melancon is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Melancon was drafted by the New York Yankees in the ninth round of the 2006 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2009. He led the National League in saves in 2015, and won the Trevor Hoffman Award that year. Melancon was an MLB All-Star in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2021."
tagline: "American professional baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Melancon_(50337399746).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1985-03-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Mark_Melancon_"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mark_melancon_/"
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    title: "مارك ميلانكون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mark Melancon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Melancon"
    title: "Mark Melancon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump