Danny Duffy vs. Jon Meloan — Career Comparison

Danny Duffy
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jon Meloan
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny Duffy built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Meloan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Danny Duffy posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.95 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 4.58 and 1.245 for Jon Meloan. By the career numbers, Danny Duffy had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny Duffy and Jon Meloan

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.62
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.52
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.52
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
3.95
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
4.58
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.183
0.183
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1111
8.53
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.6
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.11
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
3.32
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.32
3.32
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1048
8.05
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
10.19
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.05
8.05
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.19
10.19
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.48
4.48
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.262
1.262
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.755
1.755
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.35
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4974
38.19
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
37.19
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.06
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
545
4.18
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.09
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.16
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.21
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.75
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.316
1.316
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4448
34.15
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
30.57
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.19
38.19
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.19
37.19

Fielding Stats for Danny Duffy and Jon Meloan

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
1.8
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.62
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
204
1.57
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3517
27
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1172.1
9
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.16
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.91
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
1.17
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
1.07
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.11
92.11
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.598
0.598
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.154
0.154
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.18
87.18
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.05
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny Duffy and Jon Meloan

Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
234
5850
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
600
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
550
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.37
9.15
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.2
-4.88
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
11
275
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.18
2.18
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Danny Duffy
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Danny Duffy
Career
Per 600 PA
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA