Mel Queen vs. Tom Williams — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Tom Williams
Pre-GenerationalOhioNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Williams 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 4.36 and 1.606 for Tom Williams. 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 Tom Williams

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.91
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.46
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.05
54.05
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.82
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
4.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
11.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.45
11.45
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.55
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.55
0.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
2.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.29
1.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.606
0.606
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.82
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
41.45
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.09
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
6
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.606
1.606
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
38.18
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.45
41.45

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Tom Williams

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.52
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
195
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.97
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
2.77
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.81
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.8
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.16
97.16
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.182
1.182
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Tom Williams

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
11
206.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
32
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
274
539.02
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
28
525
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.612
0.612
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
48.61
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
121.97
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
187.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
112.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
37.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
84.59
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
150
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.97
55.64
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
41.31
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
98.36
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
112.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5.33
5.33
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
5.9
Tom Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
37.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Tom Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100