Charlie Root vs Cliff Melton

Charlie RootCliff Melton

Charlie Root and Cliff Melton compared on their MLB careers: Charlie Root played 17 seasons, 1923 to 1941, Cliff Melton 8 seasons, 1937 to 1944. Charlie Root has 201 wins to Cliff Melton's 86.

Who has the better career numbers?

Charlie Root and Cliff Melton career totals
632GP272
201W86
160L80
3.6ERA3.4
3197.1IP1453.2
1,459K660
889BB431
1.3WHIP1.3
40SV16

How do they compare in the postseason?

Charlie Root and Cliff Melton postseason
6GP3
0R0
26H12

Where each stands all time

Charlie Root and Cliff Melton all-time places
255th (1,459)Strikeouts (pitching)—
109th (201)Wins (pitching)—

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • Charlie Root: 0 championships; none on file
  • Cliff Melton: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Charlie Root and Cliff Melton season by season
W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.
1st1923045.7019372092.61
2nd192618172.82193814143.89
3rd192726153.76193912153.56
4th192814183.57194010114.91
5th19291963.4719418113.01
6th193016144.3319421152.63
7th193117143.4819439133.19
8th193215103.581944224.06
9th193315102.60————
10th1934474.28————
11th19351583.08————
12th1936364.15————
13th19371353.38————
14th1938872.86————
15th1939884.03————
16th1940243.86————
17th1941875.40————

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA