Mel Queen vs. Gary Ross — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Gary Ross
Baby BoomersPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Gary Ross 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 3.92 and 1.548 for Gary Ross. 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 Gary Ross

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.57
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.74
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.72
34.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.85
20.85
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
3.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2141
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
764
9.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
3.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
378
4.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.933
0.933
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3132
39.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
1.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
359
4.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.474
1.474
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2762
34.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.27
1.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.5
39.5

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Gary Ross

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.57
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.74
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2140
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
713.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.82
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
2.71
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.21
97.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.739
0.739
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.85
20.85
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Gary Ross

Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
283
2358.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
61
508.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
7
58.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.88
7.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
8
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
8
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.129
0.129
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
4
33.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
6
50
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-9.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
183.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
3.27
3.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Gary Ross
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Gary Ross
Career
Per 600 PA