Mel Queen vs. Bert Thiel — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bert Thiel
Greatest GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bert Thiel 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 7.71 and 2.143 for Bert Thiel. 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 Bert Thiel

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
7.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.58
9.58
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
14.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.14
14.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
5.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
7.07
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
7.71
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.07
7.07
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.429
1.429
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
2.57
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
50.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.143
2.143
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
42.43
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.385
0.385
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Bert Thiel

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2049
27
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
9
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Bert Thiel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Thiel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Bert Thiel

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