Mel Queen vs. Darrin Winston — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Darrin Winston
Gen XNew JerseyThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Darrin Winston 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 5.84 and 1.324 for Darrin Winston. 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 Darrin Winston

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
8.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.97
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
9.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
2.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
4.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.757
0.757
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
39.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.46
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.32
6.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.49
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.297
1.297
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
36.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.89
39.89

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Darrin Winston

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
8.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.73
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.73
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.46
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.177
0.177
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Darrin Winston

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
5100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
99.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
49.18
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
112.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Darrin Winston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Darrin Winston
Career
Per 600 PA