Mike Couchee vs. Rube Melton — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Melton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Melton built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Couchee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rube Melton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.62 and WHIP 1.447 compared to 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. By the career numbers, Rube Melton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Rube Melton

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
2.07
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.11
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.38
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.7
53.7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.62
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2112
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
704
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
7.98
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.98
7.98
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.28
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
5.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
4.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.077
1.077
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3061
39.13
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.6
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2653
33.92
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Rube Melton

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
27
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
9
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.79
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.84
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Rube Melton

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
422.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
542.61
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
65.22
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
44.35
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.26
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.61
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.87
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.28
13.76
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
91.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
73.04
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
36.52
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
62.61
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.39
-3.62
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.83
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
80
208.7
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
49.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA