Sean Poppen vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Sean Poppen
MillenialVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Sean Poppen 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 5.08 and 1.663 for Sean Poppen. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sean Poppen and Mel Queen

Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
8.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
5.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.44
5.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
10.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
4.01
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
8.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.96
8.96
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
40.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.589
1.589
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
35.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.369
0.369
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.23
40.23
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Sean Poppen and Mel Queen

Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
8.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.064
0.064
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Poppen and Mel Queen

Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
37800
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Sean Poppen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Sean Poppen
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67