Mel Queen vs. Aaron Small — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Aaron Small
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Aaron Small 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 5.2 and 1.645 for Aaron Small. 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 Aaron Small

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.81
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.36
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.79
65.79
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
5.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.2
5.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
321.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
380
10.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.63
10.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
3.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
4.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.954
0.954
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.39
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1454
40.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
5.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.607
1.607
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1279
35.79
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.68
40.68

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Aaron Small

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
4.81
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
321.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
1.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.43
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.08
98.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Aaron Small
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Aaron Small

Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PAverified
172
20640
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-48.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Aaron Small
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Aaron Small
Career
Per 600 PA