Jon Meloan vs. Orval Overall — Career Comparison

Jon Meloan
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Orval Overall
Pre-GenerationalCaliforniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Orval Overall 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. Orval Overall posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.23 and WHIP 1.161 compared to 4.58 and 1.245 for Jon Meloan. By the career numbers, Orval Overall had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jon Meloan and Orval Overall

Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.62
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.28
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.07
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.63
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.42
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.34
60.34
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.49
83.49
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
0.78
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.18
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
4.58
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
2.23
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.183
0.183
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.222
0.222
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4606
27
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1535.1
9
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.6
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1232
7.22
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.22
7.22
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.6
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
551
3.23
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
10.19
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
935
5.48
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.19
10.19
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.48
5.48
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.29
4.29
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.755
1.755
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.968
0.968
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.33
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.26
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
37.19
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6145
36.02
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.06
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.18
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.09
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
3.05
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.245
1.245
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.161
1.161
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
30.57
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5549
32.53
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.39
2.39
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.19
37.19
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.02
36.02

Fielding Stats for Jon Meloan and Orval Overall

Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
6.62
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
220
1.35
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
1.06
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
27
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4407
27
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.2
9
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1469
9
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.51
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.39
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.51
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
2.46
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.18
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
494
3.03
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.02
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
465
2.85
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.13
94.13
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.154
0.154
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.114
2.114
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.64
78.64
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.06
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jon Meloan and Orval Overall

Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
13
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
221
223.23
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
594
600
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
526
531.31
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.528
0.528
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
94.95
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
66.67
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20.2
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6.06
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.02
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28.28
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.298
0.298
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32.96
33.29
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
133.33
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
127
128.28
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.478
0.478
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.072
0.072
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.391
0.391
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
39.39
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
46.46
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
83.84
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31.39
31.7
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.04
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
29.29
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
95
95.96
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.25
6.25
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
35.35
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.04
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.04
Jon Meloan
Career
Per 600 PA
Orval Overall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100