Howard Petway vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Howard Petway
Lost GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftNorth AmericaChicago Leland GiantsWestern League (Independent)Relief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Howard Petway as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Howard Petway posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 0 and WHIP 1.071 compared to 3.14 and 1.286 for Mel Queen. By the career numbers, Howard Petway had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Howard Petway and Mel Queen

Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
3.14
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.13
2.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
7.71
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
7.76
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
34.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1640
37.88
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
3.56
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.071
1.071
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
30.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
33.56
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.71
34.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Howard Petway and Mel Queen

Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Howard Petway and Mel Queen

Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
24.28
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Howard Petway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Howard Petway
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67