Mel Queen vs. Jerrod Riggan — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jerrod Riggan
Gen XWashingtonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerrod Riggan 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 5.19 and 1.835 for Jerrod Riggan. 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 Jerrod Riggan

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.52
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
5.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.45
5.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.2
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
10.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.9
10.9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
6.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.258
1.258
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
41.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.28
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
5.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.708
1.708
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
35.52
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.362
0.362
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.12
41.12

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Jerrod Riggan

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
6.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
260
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.52
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.224
0.224
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Jerrod Riggan

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
67
20100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Jerrod Riggan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Jerrod Riggan
Career
Per 600 PA