Sam Nahem vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Sam Nahem
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Sam Nahem 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 4.69 and 1.556 for Sam Nahem. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Nahem and Mel Queen

Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
3.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.33
13.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
4.69
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
673
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
224.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
222
8.91
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
5.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
5.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
4.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.12
1.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.016
1.016
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.36
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.28
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1016
40.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
5.54
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.556
1.556
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
882
35.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.53
1.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Sam Nahem and Mel Queen

Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2049
27
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
9
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Nahem and Mel Queen

Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PAverified
90
794.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
68
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
61
538.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.404
0.404
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
10
88.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
88.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.91
8.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
10
88.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
11
97.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
3
26.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
6
52.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-1.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
97.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.18
6.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.1
6.1
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Sam Nahem
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
35.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.74
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Sam Nahem
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67