Mel Deutsch vs. Scott Olsen — Career Comparison

Mel Deutsch
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Scott Olsen
MillenialMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Scott Olsen built a career as a starting pitcher and Mel Deutsch as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Scott Olsen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.85 and WHIP 1.512 compared to 5.68 and 1.579 for Mel Deutsch. By the career numbers, Scott Olsen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Deutsch and Scott Olsen

Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.26
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
1.62
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.46
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.61
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.02
43.02
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.68
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
390
4.85
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.9
4.9
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2169
27
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
723
9
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.95
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
9.68
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.68
9.68
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.34
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.26
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.62
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.3
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.84
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
6.57
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.57
6.57
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.133
1.133
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
39.79
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3179
39.57
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
7.11
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
446
5.55
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.55
5.55
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.44
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.73
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.579
1.579
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.479
1.479
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
35.53
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2822
35.13
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.79
39.79
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.57
39.57

Fielding Stats for Mel Deutsch and Scott Olsen

Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.62
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.58
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2169
27
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
723
9
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.06
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.29
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
1.23
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.19
95.19
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.762
0.762
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.69
97.69
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Deutsch and Scott Olsen

Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
900
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
314.29
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
252
600
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
213
507.14
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.443
0.443
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
64.29
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
11.9
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.156
0.156
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.56
15.63
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
88.1
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
92.86
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.351
0.351
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
19.05
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
35.71
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
54.76
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.81
9.08
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
16.67
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
89
211.9
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.83
2.83
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
76.19
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Scott Olsen
Career
Per 600 PA