Ted Abernathy vs. Jose Melendez — Career Comparison

Ted Abernathy
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Melendez
Gen XP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ted Abernathy built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Melendez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Melendez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.233 compared to 11.07 and 2.361 for Ted Abernathy. By the career numbers, Jose Melendez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Abernathy and Jose Melendez

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.1
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.45
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.89
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.65
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.57
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.57
28.57
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.01
11.01
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.44
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
11.07
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
3.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.07
11.07
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.21
8.21
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
27
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.1
9
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
13.72
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
8.03
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.72
13.72
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.1
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
7.52
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.45
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.52
7.52
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.75
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
7.02
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.86
1.86
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.475
1.475
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.051
1.051
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.44
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
47.36
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
37.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.33
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.51
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
11.51
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.67
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.51
11.51
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.37
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.361
2.361
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.165
1.165
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
39.84
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
819
33.4
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.403
0.403
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.36
47.36
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Ted Abernathy and Jose Melendez

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.45
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.49
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
662
27
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
220.2
9
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.02
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.43
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.31
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.294
0.294
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.01
11.01
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Abernathy and Jose Melendez

Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
7
700
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
2422.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
555.56
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.39
8.61
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
66.67
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
49.79
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-19.16
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
18
400
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Ted Abernathy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Abernathy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA