Dykes Potter vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Dykes Potter
Greatest GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dykes Potter 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 4.5 and 2.000 for Dykes Potter. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dykes Potter and Mel Queen

Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.88
11.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.5
8.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
4.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Dykes Potter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Dykes Potter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Dykes Potter and Mel Queen

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

Hitting Stats for Dykes Potter and Mel Queen

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