Dean Deetz vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Dean Deetz
MillenialMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational 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 3.14 and WHIP 1.286 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
7
7
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.11
8.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.9
6.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.7
2.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
40.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
5.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
35.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Dean Deetz and Mel Queen

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
10.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
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
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dean Deetz and Mel Queen

Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
305
600
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
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
3.93
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
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
21
41.31
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Dean Deetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Dean Deetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67