Mel Queen vs. Dick Radatz — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dick Radatz
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Dick Radatz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Radatz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.260 compared to 3.14 and 1.286 for Mel Queen. By the career numbers, Dick Radatz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Queen and Dick Radatz

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
4.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.74
54.74
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
1.58
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
3.14
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.206
0.206
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2081
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
7.76
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
6.9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.9
6.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
296
3.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
9.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.67
9.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.96
1.96
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.501
1.501
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.39
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1640
37.88
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2906
37.7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
297
3.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
154
3.56
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
3.37
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.194
1.194
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
33.56
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2580
33.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.88
37.88
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.7
37.7

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Dick Radatz

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
4.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2081
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
693.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
1.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.95
91.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Dick Radatz

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
381
1446.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
158
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
550.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.377
0.377
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
19
72.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
15
56.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.39
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
4.27
16.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
25
94.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
24
91.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
22.78
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
11
41.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
16
60.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
79
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
30.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Dick Radatz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Radatz
Career
Per 600 PA