Zach Jackson vs. Jose Melendez — Career Comparison

Zach Jackson
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Melendez
Gen XP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Zach Jackson built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Melendez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Melendez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.47 and WHIP 1.233 compared to 5.81 and 1.566 for Zach Jackson. By the career numbers, Jose Melendez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Zach Jackson and Jose Melendez

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.88
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.45
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.45
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.34
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.65
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.43
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.57
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.01
11.01
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
5.81
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
3.47
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
27
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
105.1
9
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
11.19
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
8.03
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.19
11.19
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.03
8.03
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.28
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.1
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
2.91
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.45
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.61
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
5.38
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
7.02
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.02
7.02
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.051
1.051
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.77
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.29
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
481
41.1
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
37.16
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.51
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
6.32
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.67
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.53
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.26
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.2
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.567
1.567
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.165
1.165
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
433
37
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
819
33.4
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.1
41.1
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Zach Jackson and Jose Melendez

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.88
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
4.45
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.45
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.49
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
27
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
662
27
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
105.1
9
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220.2
9
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.51
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.29
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.54
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.02
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.26
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
2.31
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
1.43
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.05
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
1.31
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.27
77.27
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.01
11.01
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.17
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Zach Jackson and Jose Melendez

Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
22
1015.38
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
2422.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
600
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
415.38
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
555.56
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
4.57
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.39
8.61
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
66.67
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.1
-4.76
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-19.16
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
18
400
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.5
6.5
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Zach Jackson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
22.22
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zach Jackson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Melendez
Career
Per 600 PA