Jerry Fosnow vs. Rube Melton — Career Comparison

Jerry Fosnow
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rube Melton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rube Melton built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Fosnow 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 5.65 and 1.413 for Jerry Fosnow. By the career numbers, Rube Melton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Rube Melton

Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
2.07
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.11
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.38
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.63
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.64
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.7
53.7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.32
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.65
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.62
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2112
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
704
9
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.22
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
7.98
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.98
7.98
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.57
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.28
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.18
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
5.05
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.91
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
4.64
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.077
1.077
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.28
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.17
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
40.19
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3061
39.13
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.35
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.6
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.59
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
4.23
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.85
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2653
33.92
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.13
39.13

Fielding Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Rube Melton

Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
27
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.1
9
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.04
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.83
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
2.2
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.79
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.389
0.389
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.84
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Rube Melton

Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
4320
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
422.61
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
600
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
542.61
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
65.22
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
44.35
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.26
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.61
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.87
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.28
13.76
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
91.3
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
73.04
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.102
0.102
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.189
0.189
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
28.7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
36.52
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
62.61
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.39
-3.62
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.83
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
480
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
80
208.7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.88
2.88
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
49.57
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA