Branden Pinder vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Branden Pinder
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Branden Pinder 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 3.45 and 1.640 for Branden Pinder. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Branden Pinder and Mel Queen

Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
8.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.63
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
3.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
9.73
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.26
1.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.71
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
8.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.16
8.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
40.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
3.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.56
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.605
1.605
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
35.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Branden Pinder and Mel Queen

Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
8.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.192
0.192
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Branden Pinder and Mel Queen

Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
15600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.77
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.95
0.95
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
49.18
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
523.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Branden Pinder
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Branden Pinder
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67