Walter Anderson vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Walter Anderson
Lost GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Walter Anderson 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 3.25 and 1.405 for Walter Anderson. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Anderson and Mel Queen

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.25
3.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.203
0.203
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
7.69
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
7.76
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.96
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
3.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
43.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
4.44
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.405
1.405
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
37.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.23
43.23
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Walter Anderson and Mel Queen

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2049
27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
9
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Anderson and Mel Queen

Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
784.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
11
507.69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
47.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
184.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.32
61.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
276.92
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Walter Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Walter Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67