Dick Matthews vs. Jose Mesa — Career Comparison

Dick Matthews
UnknownMonroe MonarchsNegro Southern LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Mesa
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Dick Matthews built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Mesa as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Matthews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.6 and WHIP 0.950 compared to 4.36 and 1.509 for Jose Mesa. By the career numbers, Dick Matthews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dick Matthews and Jose Mesa

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
5.94
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.55
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.46
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.63
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.33
42.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.72
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.24
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
321
1.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.6
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
750
4.36
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.202
0.202
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4646
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548.2
9
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
6.63
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1629
9.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.47
9.47
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
0.88
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.92
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
651
3.78
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
4.79
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1038
6.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.03
6.03
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.746
0.746
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.44
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.16
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.32
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
446
35.63
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6804
39.54
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
3.68
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
2.08
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
811
4.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.37
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.36
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
0.87
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.472
1.472
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
32.83
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5972
34.71
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.63
1.63
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.63
35.63
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54

Fielding Stats for Dick Matthews and Jose Mesa

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.28
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1022
5.94
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.12
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.55
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
27
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4646
27
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.2
9
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1548.2
9
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.65
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
2.4
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.14
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.1
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
326
1.89
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.88
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
309
1.8
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.79
94.79
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87.5
87.5
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Matthews and Jose Mesa

Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
16
213.33
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1023
153450
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
45
600
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
2
300
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.544
0.544
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
106.67
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
93.33
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.46
32.74
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
7.82
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
120
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
146.67
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.493
0.493
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.387
0.387
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.33
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.89
38.51
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
22.77
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Jose Mesa
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dick Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
40
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mesa
Career
Per 600 PA