Ted Odenwald vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Ted Odenwald
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ted Odenwald 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 4.34 and 1.607 for Ted Odenwald. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ted Odenwald and Mel Queen

Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
5.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
4.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
10.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.61
10.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.86
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.55
0.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
40.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.607
1.607
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
35.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.02
40.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Ted Odenwald and Mel Queen

Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2049
27
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
9
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Odenwald and Mel Queen

Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
2200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ted Odenwald
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Ted Odenwald
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67