Mel Queen vs. Clay Touchstone — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Clay Touchstone
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Clay Touchstone 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 6.53 and 2.081 for Clay Touchstone. 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 Clay Touchstone

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
140
3.23
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
5.23
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.76
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.57
23.57
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.14
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
6.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.52
8.52
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.361
0.361
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.2
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
15.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.24
15.24
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.83
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.83
0.83
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
3.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.677
0.677
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.87
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
46.6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
1.18
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.48
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
10.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.02
10.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.081
2.081
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
42.24
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.371
0.371
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.6
46.6

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Clay Touchstone

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2049
27
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
9
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.54
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
1.86
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Clay Touchstone

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
269
529.18
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1800
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
45.21
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Clay Touchstone
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Clay Touchstone
Career
Per 600 PA