Mel Deutsch vs. Dazzy Vance — Career Comparison

Mel Deutsch
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dazzy Vance
Lost GenerationIowaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherMVP

Dazzy Vance 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. Dazzy Vance posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.24 and WHIP 1.230 compared to 5.68 and 1.579 for Mel Deutsch. By the career numbers, Dazzy Vance had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Deutsch and Dazzy Vance

Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.26
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.34
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
347
1.05
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
0.6
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
0.42
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.46
58.46
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.51
78.51
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
0.66
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.68
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1068
3.24
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8900
27
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2966.2
9
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.95
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2809
8.52
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.52
8.52
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.4
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.26
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
840
2.55
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.84
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2045
6.2
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.2
6.2
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.973
0.973
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.42
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.11
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.23
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
39.79
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12369
37.52
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.16
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
7.11
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1246
3.78
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.579
1.579
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
35.53
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11452
34.74
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.79
39.79
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Mel Deutsch and Dazzy Vance

Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
570
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
714
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
696
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.48
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.575
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Deutsch and Dazzy Vance

Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
900
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
442
238.49
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1112
600
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
971
523.92
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
0.47
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
78.78
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
62.05
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
12.41
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
16.73
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
47.63
25.7
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
192
103.6
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
232
125.18
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.337
0.337
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
36.69
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
40.47
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
136
73.38
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.96
20.48
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
3.78
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
79
42.63
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
287
154.86
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.87
3.87
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
29.68
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
4
2.16
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.54
Mel Deutsch
Career
Per 600 PA
Dazzy Vance
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100