Mel Queen vs. Ed Roebuck — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Roebuck
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Roebuck 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 3.35 and 1.398 for Ed Roebuck. 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 Ed Roebuck

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
5.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.35
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.65
62.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
294
3.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2373
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
791
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
753
8.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.57
8.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
1.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
302
3.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.58
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
477
5.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.985
0.985
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.46
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3375
38.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
2.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
4.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.334
1.334
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3045
34.65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Ed Roebuck

Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
460
5.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2373
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
791
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
2.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.97
93.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.474
0.474
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Ed Roebuck

Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
460
1852.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
149
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
137
551.68
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
112.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
88.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.77
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.7
35.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
153.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
32
128.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
56.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
10
40.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
88.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8.18
32.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
157.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
3.82
3.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
32.21
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Ed Roebuck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Ed Roebuck
Career
Per 600 PA