Mel Queen vs. Brent Suter — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Brent Suter
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Brent Suter 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 3.57 and 1.235 for Brent Suter. 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 Brent Suter

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.71
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.36
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.51
13.51
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
3.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1792
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
597.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
577
8.69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
1.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
496
7.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.47
7.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.087
1.087
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1640
37.88
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2488
37.49
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
1.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
275
4.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.53
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.222
1.222
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2296
34.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.49
37.49

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Brent Suter

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
5.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1792
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
597.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
2.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.08
93.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.425
0.425
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.51
13.51
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brent Suter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Brent Suter

Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
350
3442.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
61
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
52
511.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.525
0.525
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
78.69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
6
59.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.84
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
19.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.28
32.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
12
118.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
14
137.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.472
0.472
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
49.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
39.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
8
78.69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.7
26.53
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
19.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
4
39.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
186.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
3.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
0.21
0.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
29.51
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Brent Suter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Brent Suter
Career
Per 600 PA