Mel Queen vs. Jose Torres — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Torres
MillenialVenezuelaThrows LeftBats LeftSouth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Torres 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 4.04 and 1.178 for Jose Torres. 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 Jose Torres

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
8.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.33
8.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.64
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1640
37.88
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
37.6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
4.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.178
1.178
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
270
34.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.278
0.278
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.6
37.6

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Jose Torres

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
8.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
214
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.51
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Jose Torres

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
39600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
423.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Jose Torres
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Jose Torres
Career
Per 600 PA