Philip Abner vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Philip Abner
Gen ZNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Philip Abner 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 4.91 and 2.182 for Philip Abner. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Philip Abner and Mel Queen

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.37
7.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
7.36
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.27
12.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.182
2.182
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
44.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.91
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.182
2.182
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
36.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Philip Abner and Mel Queen

Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
12.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Philip Abner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Philip Abner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Philip Abner and Mel Queen

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