Brian O'Connor vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Brian O'Connor
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Brian O'Connor 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 5.11 and 1.865 for Brian O'Connor. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brian O'Connor and Mel Queen

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.5
6.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
8.76
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.76
8.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.46
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
5.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.92
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
45.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.03
8.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.865
1.865
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
35.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.24
45.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Brian O'Connor and Mel Queen

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.73
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brian O'Connor and Mel Queen

Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
1800
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
156.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Brian O'Connor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Brian O'Connor
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67