Mel Queen vs. Brooks Raley — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brooks Raley
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Brooks Raley 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 3.88 and 1.168 for Brooks Raley. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Queen and Brooks Raley

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
9.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.43
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
3.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
248.1
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
7.76
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
7.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
10.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.08
10.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.482
1.482
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1640
37.88
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1045
37.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.52
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.22
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.54
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
33.56
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
922
33.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.87
37.87

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Brooks Raley

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
9.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
745
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
248.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.76
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
1.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.74
94.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Brooks Raley

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
257
11014.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.28
11.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
3.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.1
6.1
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Brooks Raley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Brooks Raley
Career
Per 600 PA