Mel Queen vs. Rick White — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Rick White
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick White 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 4.45 and 1.477 for Rick White. 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 Rick White

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
6.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.75
43.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
425
4.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.24
4.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2576
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
930
9.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
0.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
289
3.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.51
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
5.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.68
5.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.968
0.968
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3725
39.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
5.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3324
34.84
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.04
39.04

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Rick White

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
613
6.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2576
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
858.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.91
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
1.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.51
94.51
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.15
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Rick White

Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
615
8021.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
46
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
4
52.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
3
39.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
6.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
5
65.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.56
-20.28
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
169.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
3.54
3.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
26.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Rick White
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Rick White
Career
Per 600 PA