Ike Powers vs. Mel Queen — Career Comparison

Ike Powers
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ike Powers 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 1.342 for Ike Powers. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ike Powers and Mel Queen

Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
4.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.238
0.238
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
8.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.05
8.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
4.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.632
0.632
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
38.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
3.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.342
1.342
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
33.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.13
38.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88

Fielding Stats for Ike Powers and Mel Queen

Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2049
27
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
9
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ike Powers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ike Powers and Mel Queen

Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
2400
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.77
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
125.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
360
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
49.18
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.08
129.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ike Powers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Ike Powers
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67