Ron Mahay vs. Cliff Melton — Career Comparison

Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cliff Melton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Cliff Melton built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Mahay as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Melton posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.42 and WHIP 1.291 compared to 3.83 and 1.456 for Ron Mahay. By the career numbers, Cliff Melton had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Mahay and Cliff Melton

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
1.68
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
179
1.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.53
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.81
51.81
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.81
65.81
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.83
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.42
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4361
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453.2
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1446
8.95
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660
4.09
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.43
2.43
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6159
38.13
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
4.33
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5706
35.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.13
38.13

Fielding Stats for Ron Mahay and Cliff Melton

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
458
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.51
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.625
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Mahay and Cliff Melton

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
272
302.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
469
521.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
0.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
77
85.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
78.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.22
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.8
16.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
94.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
97
107.78
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
31.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
35.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
66.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.46
12.73
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
22.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
120
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
56.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
11.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA