Mel Queen vs. Doc Tonkin — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Doc Tonkin
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Doc Tonkin 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 6.75 and 4.125 for Doc Tonkin. 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 Doc Tonkin

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3.38
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.04
19.04
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.63
8.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.2
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
20.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
16.88
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.88
16.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.152
1.152
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.875
1.875
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
60.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
10.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.125
4.125
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
43.88
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.75
60.75

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Doc Tonkin

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
2.54
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Doc Tonkin

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.41
423.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Doc Tonkin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Doc Tonkin
Career
Per 600 PA