Mel Queen vs. Henry Thielman — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Henry Thielman
Pre-GenerationalMinnesotaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Henry Thielman 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 3.37 and 1.374 for Henry Thielman. 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 Henry Thielman

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.14
32.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.32
90.32
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
3.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
738
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
246
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
240
8.78
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.78
8.78
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
3.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
2.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.34
2.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.06
2.06
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.659
0.659
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.26
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.77
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1039
38.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
5.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.374
1.374
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
920
33.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.01
38.01

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Henry Thielman

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
1.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
981
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.74
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.94
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
2.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.79
88.79
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.262
2.262
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Henry Thielman

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
43
188.32
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
137
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
123
538.69
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
96.39
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
18
78.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
61.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.52
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.007
0.007
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.96
30.49
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
26
113.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
137.7
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
30
131.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.46
0.46
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.434
0.434
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.162
0.162
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
39.42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.28
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
14
61.31
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5.82
25.49
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
52.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
131.39
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
4.57
4.57
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.76
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Henry Thielman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.38
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Henry Thielman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100