Cliff Melton vs. Tim Wakefield — Career Comparison

Cliff Melton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Tim Wakefield
Gen XFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Cliff Melton posted a stronger line than Tim Wakefield. Cliff Melton posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.42 vs 4.41) and WHIP (1.291 vs 1.361). By the career numbers, Cliff Melton had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Melton and Tim Wakefield

Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
1.68
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
1.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
0.53
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
0.56
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
0.5
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.81
51.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.81
65.81
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.4
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.1
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.06
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
3.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1582
4.41
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4361
27
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9679
27
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453.2
9
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3226.1
9
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1446
8.95
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3152
8.79
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.17
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1205
3.36
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.09
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
660
4.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2156
6.01
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.01
6.01
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.43
2.43
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.751
0.751
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.042
1.042
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
0.37
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.14
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
0.52
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.02
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
6159
38.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13939
38.88
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
0.22
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
669
4.14
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1791
5
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.14
4.14
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.14
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
0.3
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.65
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5706
35.33
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12388
34.56
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.13
38.13
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.88
38.88

Fielding Stats for Cliff Melton and Tim Wakefield

Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
272
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
627
1.75
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
1.29
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9679
27
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3226.1
9
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
0.63
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
397
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
0.92
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.08
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
458
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.63
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
442
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
556
1.55
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.51
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.88
94.88
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.625
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.887
0.887
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.84
73.84
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.08
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Melton and Tim Wakefield

Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
272
302.22
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
630
2907.69
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
540
600
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
521.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
111
512.31
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
85.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
60
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
71
78.89
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
10
46.15
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
4.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.85
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.8
16.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.28
15.14
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
85
94.44
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
83.08
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
107.78
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
17
78.46
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.148
0.148
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.181
0.181
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.017
0.017
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.045
0.045
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
31.11
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
35.56
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.46
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
66.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.46
12.73
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.25
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
22.22
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.85
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
108
120
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
216.92
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.77
2.77
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Cliff Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
56.67
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
69.23
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
10
11.11
Tim Wakefield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
Tim Wakefield
Career
Per 600 PA