Mel Queen vs. Doug Simons — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doug Simons
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Doug Simons 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 6.68 and 1.455 for Doug Simons. 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 Doug Simons

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
6.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
6.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
9.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.55
9.55
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.09
1.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.86
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.68
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.985
0.985
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
39.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
1.77
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
7.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.36
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.68
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.41
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.379
1.379
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
254
34.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Doug Simons

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
6.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
198
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
3.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.449
0.449
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doug Simons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Doug Simons

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
49
7350
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.27
-40.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Doug Simons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Doug Simons
Career
Per 600 PA