Mel Queen vs. Johnny Rigney — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Johnny Rigney
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Mel Queen and Johnny Rigney are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mel Queen had the edge in ERA (3.14 vs 3.59). By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Mel Queen and Johnny Rigney

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.49
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.61
49.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.01
67.01
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
473
3.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3559
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1186.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1101
8.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.68
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
450
3.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.41
3.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605
4.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5054
38.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
550
4.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.307
1.307
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4590
34.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.34
38.34

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Johnny Rigney

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2049
27
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
9
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
234
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.51
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.188
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Johnny Rigney

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
198
264.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
305
600
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
449
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
401
535.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.472
0.472
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
94.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
78.84
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.77
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
14.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
16.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.14
20.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
112.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
117.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.247
0.247
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
33.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
36.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
69.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
11.55
15.43
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
17
22.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
113
151
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
3.97
3.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Johnny Rigney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
41.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.74
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
13
17.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Johnny Rigney
Career
Per 600 PA
50
50