Mel Queen vs. Ed Seward — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ed Seward
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Seward 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 3.4 and 1.225 for Ed Seward. 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 Seward

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
1.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.44
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.28
55.28
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.02
96.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.96
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
561
3.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4457
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1485.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1369
8.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.73
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
3.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6286
38.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
823
4.99
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.229
1.229
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5769
34.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Ed Seward

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5313
27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1771
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
0.75
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
298
1.51
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
2.55
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
445
2.26
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.65
88.65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.996
1.996
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Ed Seward

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
218
162.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
305
600
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
805
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
728
542.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.572
0.572
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
127
94.66
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
65.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.77
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
17.89
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.71
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
29.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.63
45.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
190
141.61
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
152.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
66.34
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
46.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
105.84
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.67
42.98
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
49.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
95
70.81
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.1
6.1
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.47
8.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
26.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.9
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
26.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100