Rube Melton vs. Bob Steele — Career Comparison

Rube Melton
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bob Steele
Lost GenerationCANThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Bob Steele posted a stronger line than Rube Melton. Bob Steele posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.05 vs 3.62) and WHIP (1.218 vs 1.447). By the career numbers, Bob Steele 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 Rube Melton and Bob Steele

Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
2.07
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.68
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
1.11
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
1.07
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.38
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.64
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.7
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.5
37.5
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.63
29.63
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.7
53.7
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.74
63.74
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.52
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
3.62
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
165
3.05
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2112
27
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
1463
27
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
704
9
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
487.2
9
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
7.98
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
450
8.3
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.98
7.98
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.3
8.3
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.18
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
5.05
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
2.66
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
363
4.64
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
4
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.64
4.64
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.24
2.24
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.077
1.077
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.24
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.17
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.24
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3061
39.13
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
2033
37.52
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.6
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.42
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
4.23
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
4.04
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.447
1.447
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2653
33.92
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1876
34.62
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.13
39.13
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52

Fielding Stats for Rube Melton and Bob Steele

Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93.79
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.08
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.198
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Rube Melton and Bob Steele

Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
162
422.61
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
97
319.78
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
230
600
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
182
600
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
208
542.61
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PAverified
178
586.81
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
25
65.22
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
131.87
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
17
44.35
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
115.38
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
18.26
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.59
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.89
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.61
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
20.87
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.48
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
5.28
13.76
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.74
38.69
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
35
91.3
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
158.24
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
28
73.04
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
141.76
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
11
28.7
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
39.56
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
36.52
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
7
23.08
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
62.61
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
62.64
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.39
-3.62
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13.2
43.53
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.83
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.89
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
80
208.7
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
102.2
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.88
2.88
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.87
5.87
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Rube Melton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
49.57
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.3
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.19
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Steele
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.19
Rube Melton
Career
Per 600 PA
Bob Steele
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100