Harley Parker vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Harley Parker
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows 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 Harley Parker 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 5.9 and 1.749 for Harley Parker. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harley Parker and Mel Queen

Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.54
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.46
38.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.87
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
13.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
42.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
8.37
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
39.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.14
42.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Harley Parker and Mel Queen

Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.316
2.316
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harley Parker and Mel Queen

Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
175.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
59.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
193.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
49.18
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.81
72.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.83
10.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.1
6.1
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67