Jim Coates vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Jim Coates
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Coates 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 and 1.406 for Jim Coates. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Coates and Mel Queen

Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.57
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.15
66.15
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
304
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
650
8.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.56
8.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
3.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
396
5.22
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.22
5.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.998
0.998
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2947
38.81
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
1.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
4.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2636
34.72
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Jim Coates and Mel Queen

Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
3.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2050
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683.1
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.58
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
1.78
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.84
91.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.62
18.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Coates and Mel Queen

Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
247
796.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
186
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
160
516.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.411
0.411
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
21
67.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
16
51.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.77
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
4.55
14.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
26
83.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
28
90.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.031
0.031
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
45.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.58
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
21
67.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.97
3.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
5
16.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
93
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
61.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jim Coates
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Jim Coates
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67