Ray Hale vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Ray Hale
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Hale 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 5.67 and 1.852 for Ray Hale. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Hale and Mel Queen

Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
3.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
42.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
8.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
38.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.67
42.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Ray Hale and Mel Queen

Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
76.19
76.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Hale and Mel Queen

Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
11
275
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
2.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
4
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-21.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
275
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
2.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67