Mike McQueen vs. Ken Penner — Career Comparison

Mike McQueen
Baby BoomersOklahomaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Penner
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mike McQueen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Penner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Penner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.55 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.66 and 1.525 for Mike McQueen. By the career numbers, Ken Penner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike McQueen and Ken Penner

Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
3.01
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.2
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.71
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.21
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.25
31.25
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.03
26.03
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.22
22.22
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.12
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
4.66
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.55
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.07
4.07
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655
27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
27
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218.1
9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
25.1
9
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
8.74
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
9.95
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.74
8.74
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.32
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
4.62
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.55
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
5.77
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.84
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.711
0.711
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.41
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.16
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
968
39.9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
38.37
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.99
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.07
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
5.28
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.04
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.28
5.28
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.45
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.37
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.484
1.484
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
832
34.3
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
34.82
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.89
1.89
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.9
39.9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.37
38.37

Fielding Stats for Mike McQueen and Ken Penner

Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
3.01
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
654
27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
9
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.78
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.95
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.87
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.3
91.3
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.111
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.03
26.03
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mike McQueen and Ken Penner

Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
663.64
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
900
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
572.73
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.492
0.492
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
118.18
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
90.91
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
29.19
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
145.45
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
127.27
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
63.64
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
36.36
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
100
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.94
26.73
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
7.84
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
20
181.82
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
3.3
3.3
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Ken Penner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike McQueen
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Penner
Career
Per 600 PA