Mel Queen vs. Vicente Romo — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Vicente Romo
Silent GenerationMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Vicente Romo 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 3.36 and 1.389 for Vicente Romo. 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 Vicente Romo

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.23
49.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
3.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.36
3.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1937
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
645.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
7.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.93
7.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
0.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
3.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
416
5.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.8
5.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.078
1.078
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.28
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2738
38.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
2.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
269
3.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.22
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
33.56
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2401
33.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.17
38.17

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Vicente Romo

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
335
4.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
1938
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
646
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
2.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.98
93.98
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.466
0.466
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Vicente Romo

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
335
1405.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
143
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
121
507.69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.149
0.149
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.448
0.448
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
18
75.52
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
16
67.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
4.29
18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
22
92.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
22
92.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.356
0.356
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.033
0.033
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.252
0.252
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
7
29.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.78
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
10
41.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
2.82
11.82
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
100.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
5.96
5.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
71.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Vicente Romo
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Vicente Romo
Career
Per 600 PA