Mel Queen vs. Jim Ray — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Ray
Silent GenerationSouth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Ray 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 3.6 and 1.375 for Jim Ray. By the career numbers, Mel Queen had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Queen and Jim Ray

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.44
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.9
58.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
247
3.6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.236
0.236
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1853
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
617.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
7.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.76
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
5.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.93
5.93
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.098
1.098
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2614
38.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
3.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.315
1.315
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
33.56
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2294
33.43
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Jim Ray

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1854
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.96
97.96
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.312
0.312
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.49
6.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Jim Ray

Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
309
1459.84
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
117
552.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
16
75.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
16
75.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
6.58
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
16
75.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
19
89.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.137
0.137
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.295
0.295
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
18.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
10
47.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.08
-9.85
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
203.15
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.95
2.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
15.74
Jim Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
23.62
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.97
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0