Mel Queen vs. Fred Smith — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Smith
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Smith 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 3.27 and 1.269 for Fred Smith. 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 Fred Smith

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.38
59.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.14
97.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.98
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
3.27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
858
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
8.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
2.83
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
3.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.41
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1223
38.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
4.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.269
1.269
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1120
35.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Fred Smith

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
960
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
320
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.53
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.17
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
2.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.68
93.68
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.342
2.342
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Fred Smith

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
38
168.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
135
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
126
560
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.502
0.502
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
21
93.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
57.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
7
13.77
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
31.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
35.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.86
34.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
133.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
30
133.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
0.41
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
48.89
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
10
44.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
93.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.9
30.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
8
35.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Fred Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
3
5.9
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Fred Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100