Alex Pearson vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Alex Pearson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Pearson 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 3.85 and 1.326 for Alex Pearson. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Pearson and Mel Queen

Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.27
27.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
3.85
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
337
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
9.93
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
2.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.543
0.543
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
37.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
4.97
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.326
1.326
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
35.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.9
37.9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Alex Pearson and Mel Queen

Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.73
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.89
91.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.267
2.267
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Pearson and Mel Queen

Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
191.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
47
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
587.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
27.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
127.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
140.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.217
0.217
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.451
0.451
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
38.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
63.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.62
33.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.77
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
102.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
5.88
5.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Alex Pearson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Alex Pearson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67