Mel Queen vs. Bill Swarback — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Swarback
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Swarback 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 5.06 and 2.063 for Bill Swarback. 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 Bill Swarback

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
5.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.66
7.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.346
0.346
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
15.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.19
15.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
3.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
47.81
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
12.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.94
12.94
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.063
2.063
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
43.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.5
11.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.81
47.81

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Bill Swarback

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Bill Swarback

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.74
-63.66
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Bill Swarback
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Swarback
Career
Per 600 PA