Phil Norton vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Phil Norton
Gen XTexasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Phil Norton 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 5.07 and 1.679 for Phil Norton. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Phil Norton and Mel Queen

Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
8.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.58
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
5.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
9.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.16
9.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.97
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.97
0.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
5.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.68
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.26
5.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
5.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.66
0.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.246
1.246
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
40.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
5.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.56
5.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.49
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.603
1.603
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
348
33.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.06
40.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Phil Norton and Mel Queen

Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
8.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
277
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.207
0.207
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.17
2.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Phil Norton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Phil Norton and Mel Queen

Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
11040
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
112.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
130.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
120
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Phil Norton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Phil Norton
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67