Mel Queen vs. Duane Theiss — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Duane Theiss
Baby BoomersOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Duane Theiss 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 5.33 and 1.963 for Duane Theiss. 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 Duane Theiss

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
6.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
9.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.67
9.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
6.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.51
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
3.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.074
1.074
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
5.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.35
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.778
1.778
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1453
33.56
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.329
0.329
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Duane Theiss

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
6.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
1.27
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Duane Theiss

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
4000
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.42
28.36
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.65
24.89
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.19
-38.03
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Duane Theiss
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Duane Theiss
Career
Per 600 PA