Mel Queen vs. Billy Rhines — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Billy Rhines
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Billy Rhines 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 3.48 and 1.342 for Billy Rhines. 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 Billy Rhines

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
248
1.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.31
52.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.52
89.52
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
0.89
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
3.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5673
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1891
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
1961
9.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.33
9.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
2.74
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
553
2.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.597
0.597
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.28
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.51
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8176
38.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
1102
5.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.342
1.342
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7492
35.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.91
38.91

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Billy Rhines

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
249
1.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5718
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1906
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.42
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
2.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
2.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
2.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.02
93.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.088
2.088
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Billy Rhines

Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
250
189.87
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
305
600
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
790
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
735
558.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
98.73
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
82.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
7.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.76
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
15.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.86
30.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
163
123.8
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
178
135.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
49.37
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
48.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
128
97.22
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.09
29.69
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
31.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
85.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.1
6.1
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.05
7.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
0.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
5.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.28
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Billy Rhines
Career
Per 600 PA
3
2.28
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Billy Rhines
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100