Kit McKenna vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Kit McKenna
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Kit McKenna 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 5.09 and WHIP 1.610 compared to 5.31 and 1.785 for Kit McKenna. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kit McKenna and Mel Queen

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
2.36
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.24
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.44
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.65
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.74
52.74
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.24
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
5.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
5.09
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1670
27
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
145.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556.2
9
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
11.37
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
9.17
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.1
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
4.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
5.32
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
328
5.3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.3
5.3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
43.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2540
41.07
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.37
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
6.98
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
5.72
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.72
5.72
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.785
1.785
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
37.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2200
35.57
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.06
43.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.07
41.07

Fielding Stats for Kit McKenna and Mel Queen

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
1.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.92
97.92
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.3
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.044
2.044
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Kit McKenna and Mel Queen

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
23
215.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
486.67
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
64
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
180
600
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
57
534.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
546.67
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
93.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
56.67
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
56.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
46.67
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
37.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
1.92
6.39
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
131.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
66.67
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
63.33
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.082
0.082
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
56.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
33.33
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
13.33
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
121.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
46.67
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
34.97
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.76
-15.86
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.67
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
36
120
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.8
12.8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
46.67
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA