Mel Queen vs. Jason Shiell — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jason Shiell
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jason Shiell 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 6.92 and 2.107 for Jason Shiell. 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 Jason Shiell

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
6.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.92
6.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.4
6.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.316
0.316
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
11.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.83
11.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.01
2.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
6.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
8.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.48
8.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.58
1.58
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.661
1.661
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
45.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
7.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.22
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.033
2.033
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
37.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.3
45.3

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Jason Shiell

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
5.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
121
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.82
81.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.5
12.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Jason Shiell

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
2400
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
2.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-7.79
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Jason Shiell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Jason Shiell
Career
Per 600 PA