Mel Queen vs. Howard Wilson — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Howard Wilson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Howard Wilson 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 3.29 and 1.313 for Howard Wilson. 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 Howard Wilson

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.14
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.34
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.63
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
35
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.36
89.36
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
3.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1115
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
371.2
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
417
10.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
3.3
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.72
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
2.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.83
1.83
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.422
0.422
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.53
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.51
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1567
37.95
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
192
4.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.313
1.313
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
35.72
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Howard Wilson

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
193
2.54
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
0.78
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2049
27
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1119
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
683
9
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
373
9
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.27
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.54
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
2.12
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
141
1.86
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
2.65
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
1.81
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.58
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.16
97.16
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.27
97.27
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.229
2.229
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.57
30.57
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Howard Wilson

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
49
201.37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
146
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
542.47
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.574
0.574
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
106.85
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40
78.69
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
13.77
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.66
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.33
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
9
17.7
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.47
43.01
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
156.16
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
147.95
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
39.34
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.66
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
16
65.75
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.66
43.81
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
36.99
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
73.97
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
6.1
6.1
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.11
8.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
9.84
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
16.44
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.93
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
66.67
66.67
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100