Gus Krock vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Gus Krock
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Gus Krock 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 3.49 and 1.280 for Gus Krock. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Gus Krock and Mel Queen

Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.57
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.17
55.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.33
98.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
3.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1516
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
505.1
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
537
9.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.96
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
209
3.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.631
0.631
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2152
38.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
311
5.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2030
36.15
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.33
38.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Gus Krock and Mel Queen

Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1518
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.69
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
1.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.12
85.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.717
1.717
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Gus Krock
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Gus Krock and Mel Queen

Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
60
166.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
216
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
207
575
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.399
0.399
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
34
94.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
91.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.78
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.78
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
7.93
22.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
37
102.78
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
43
119.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
52.78
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
58.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
49.18
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
108.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
6.22
17.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
8
22.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
130.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
4.6
4.6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Gus Krock
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Gus Krock
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67