Bill Caudill vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Bill Caudill
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Caudill 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 3.68 and 1.372 for Bill Caudill. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Caudill and Mel Queen

Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.23
40.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.43
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
3.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
587
7.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.92
7.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
1.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
288
3.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
620
8.37
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.37
8.37
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.361
1.361
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2847
38.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
3.95
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
297
4.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.312
1.312
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2479
33.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
33.56
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.42
38.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Bill Caudill and Mel Queen

Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2001
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
667
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.39
96.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Caudill and Mel Queen

Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
445
5448.98
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
49
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
41
502.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
5
61.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
4
48.98
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.86
10.51
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
6
73.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
7
85.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.309
0.309
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.25
-3.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2
24.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
232.65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
2.58
2.58
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
73.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Bill Caudill
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Bill Caudill
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67