Mel Queen vs. Wesley Wright — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Wesley Wright
MillenialAlabamaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Wesley Wright 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 4.16 and 1.436 for Wesley Wright. 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 Wesley Wright

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
371
10.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.71
35.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
4.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
921
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
307
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
8.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.62
8.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
135
3.96
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
8.65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.65
8.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.401
1.401
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.53
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1341
39.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
2.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
4.6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.397
1.397
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1170
34.3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.31
39.31

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Wesley Wright

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
10.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
922
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
307.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.99
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.14
97.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.182
0.182
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Wesley Wright

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
373
13164.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
17
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
564.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
1.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
1
35.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
2
70.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.98
-34.52
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
282.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Wesley Wright
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Wesley Wright
Career
Per 600 PA