Bill Pounds vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Bill Pounds
Pre-GenerationalNew JerseyThrows LeftBats 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 Bill Pounds 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 8.18 and 1.636 for Bill Pounds. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Pounds and Mel Queen

Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
8.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.18
8.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.16
6.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
13.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.09
13.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.82
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.546
0.546
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
38.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.64
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9.82
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.636
1.636
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
36.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Bill Pounds and Mel Queen

Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.64
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Pounds and Mel Queen

Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
2
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.25
1.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.32
231.58
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.267
1.267
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
49.18
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.1
209.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Bill Pounds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Bill Pounds
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67