Mel Queen vs. Ray Searage — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ray Searage
Baby BoomersNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Searage 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 3.5 and 1.484 for Ray Searage. 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 Ray Searage

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
7.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
3.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
863
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
287.2
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
267
8.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.69
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
4.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
6.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.147
1.147
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1242
38.86
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
3.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
3.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.404
1.404
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1073
33.57
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.86
38.86

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Ray Searage

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
7.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
863
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
287.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.24
95.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Searage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Ray Searage

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
254
50800
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Ray Searage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Ray Searage
Career
Per 600 PA