Dean Deetz vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Dean Deetz
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dean Deetz 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 5.09 and WHIP 1.610 compared to 5.4 and 1.500 for Dean Deetz. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dean Deetz and Mel Queen

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
2.36
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
1.24
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.44
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.65
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.74
52.74
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
5.09
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.09
5.09
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.11
8.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.24
5.24
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.258
0.258
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1670
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
556.2
9
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
567
9.17
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.1
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
5.32
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
5.3
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.25
2.25
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
40.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2540
41.07
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.37
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
5.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
354
5.72
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.72
5.72
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
35.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2200
35.57
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.277
0.277
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.07
41.07

Fielding Stats for Dean Deetz and Mel Queen

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.534
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Deetz and Mel Queen

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
146
486.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
180
600
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
546.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
56.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
46.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.92
6.39
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
66.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
63.33
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
33.33
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
13.33
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
46.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-4.76
-15.86
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
36
120
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
46.67
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
10
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA