Rudy Hernandez vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Rudy Hernandez
Silent GenerationD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mel Queen posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.14 and WHIP 1.286 compared to 4.12 and 1.580 for Rudy Hernandez. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Mel Queen

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
8.66
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.95
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
5.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.145
1.145
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
40.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
5.98
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.512
1.512
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
35.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Mel Queen

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Mel Queen

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
2657.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
12.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
9.79
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.1
6.1
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67