Brandon Puffer vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Brandon Puffer
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Puffer 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 5.09 and 1.765 for Brandon Puffer. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Puffer and Mel Queen

Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
6.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124
9.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.7
9.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
5.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
5.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.55
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
529
41.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
2.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
5.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.661
1.661
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
34.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.314
0.314
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.4
41.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Brandon Puffer and Mel Queen

Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
6.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
345
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
3.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Puffer and Mel Queen

Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
85
4636.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
9
490.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-34.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
381.82
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
1.57
1.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Brandon Puffer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Brandon Puffer
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67