Mel Queen vs. Jim Strickland — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jim Strickland
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Strickland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Strickland posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.68 and WHIP 1.435 compared to 3.14 and 1.286 for Mel Queen. By the career numbers, Jim Strickland had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mel Queen and Jim Strickland

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
6.98
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.32
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.58
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
3.14
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.68
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.78
4.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.231
0.231
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.1
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
7.76
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
7.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.33
7.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.05
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.47
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
6.98
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.345
1.345
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.81
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.35
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
337
39.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
4.54
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.384
1.384
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
33.56
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
283
32.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.65
0.65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.22
39.22

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Jim Strickland

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
7.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
2.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2.22
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.36
86.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Jim Strickland

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
6000
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
4
400
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
80.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
49.18
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.96
96.39
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Jim Strickland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Jim Strickland
Career
Per 600 PA