Mel Queen vs. Jake Smith — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jake Smith
MillenialSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jake Smith 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 4.5 and 1.500 for Jake Smith. 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 Jake Smith

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
11.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.25
11.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
6.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
38.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
33.75
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Jake Smith

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jake Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Jake Smith

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