Josh Barfield vs. Bob Melvin — Career Comparison

Josh Barfield
MillenialVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueSecond Baseman
Bob Melvin
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueCatcher

Josh Barfield and Bob Melvin are a strikingly close offensive match — their adjusted numbers sit nearly on top of each other across the most important hitting dimensions. Their on-base numbers were nearly identical (OBP+ 86 for Josh Barfield, 84 for Bob Melvin), and so was their slugging (SLG+ 86 vs 83). The overall lean goes to Josh Barfield, but the margin between these two hitters is genuinely razor-thin.

Hitting Stats for Josh Barfield and Bob Melvin

Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
309
172.47
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
692
198.19
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1075
600
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2095
600
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1012
564.84
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1955
559.9
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.701
0.701
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.62
0.62
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
267
149.02
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
456
130.6
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
192
107.16
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
330
94.51
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
53
29.58
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
24.34
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.35
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
1.72
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
16
8.93
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
10.02
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
41.86
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
126
36.09
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115.42
64.42
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171.39
49.09
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
380
212.09
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
658
188.45
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
316
176.37
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
555
158.95
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.376
0.376
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.671
0.671
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.604
0.604
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.112
0.112
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.605
0.605
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.487
0.487
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
74.23
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
174
49.83
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
62.51
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212
60.72
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
229
127.81
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
351
100.53
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
120.06
67.01
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170.24
48.76
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.79
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.29
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
44
24.56
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
28.07
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.91
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
2.86
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
188
104.93
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
396
113.41
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.72
5.72
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
5.29
5.29
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.79
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
6.01
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PA
9
5.02
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
5.73
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
6.14
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
50
14.32
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
19.53
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
4
1.15
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
6.14
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
3.72
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
25.67
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
17
4.87
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76.09
76.09
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 600 PA
23.53
23.53

Fielding Stats for Josh Barfield and Bob Melvin

Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
1.07
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
639
1.24
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
264
0.99
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
521
1.01
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
7206
27
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13969
27
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2402
9
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4656.1
9
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
574
2.15
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2961
5.72
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
755
2.83
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
0.49
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.09
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.05
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1353
5.07
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3238
6.26
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
4.98
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3214
6.21
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.23
98.23
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.26
99.26
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.663
4.663
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.03
5.03
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.63
92.63
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.53
81.53
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.64
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.08
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.05
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Barfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bob Melvin
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
0.72
Josh Barfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Melvin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.34