Mel Queen vs. Chad Zerbe — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chad Zerbe
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Chad Zerbe 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 3.87 and 1.384 for Chad Zerbe. 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 Chad Zerbe

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
6.79
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.36
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.71
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
3.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.87
3.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
159
9.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.48
9.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
2.74
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
4.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.36
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
644
38.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.44
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
4.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.358
1.358
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
34.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.38
38.38

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Chad Zerbe

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
6.79
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.37
97.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Chad Zerbe

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
114
2850
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
6.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
0.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
49.18
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-5.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
125
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
4.8
4.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.74
Chad Zerbe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Chad Zerbe
Career
Per 600 PA