Mel Queen vs. Jon Warden — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jon Warden
Baby BoomersOhioThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jon Warden 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 3.62 and 1.259 for Jon Warden. 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 Jon Warden

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.96
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.72
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
7.76
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
7.23
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.23
7.23
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.62
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
6.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.03
6.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.89
0.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.071
1.071
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1640
37.88
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
37.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.62
3.62
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.205
1.205
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
33.75
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.37
37.37

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Jon Warden

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.071
0.071
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Jon Warden

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
8400
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Jon Warden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Jon Warden
Career
Per 600 PA