Mel Queen vs. Bill Wolff — Career Comparison

Mel Queen
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Bill Wolff
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Mel Queen built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Wolff 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 and 1.667 for Bill Wolff. 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 Bill Wolff

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.23
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.76
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.46
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.39
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.05
54.05
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.57
23.57
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.32
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.14
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1169
27
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
389.2
9
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
7.76
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.83
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
3.3
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.51
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
7.07
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.19
2.19
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.778
0.778
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.39
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.53
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1640
37.88
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.18
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.56
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.35
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.229
1.229
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1453
33.56
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
37
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.1
1.1
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.324
0.324
Mel Queen
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
42

Fielding Stats for Mel Queen and Bill Wolff

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

Hitting Stats for Mel Queen and Bill Wolff

Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269
529.18
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
305
600
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
539.02
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.504
0.504
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
96.39
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
78.69
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
13.77
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
17.7
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.42
28.36
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
121.97
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
137.7
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.46
0.46
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.162
0.162
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
39.34
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
49.18
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
84.59
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.65
24.89
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.41
82.59
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
41.31
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
50
98.36
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.1
6.1
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.84
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Career
Per 600 PA
8
15.74
Bill Wolff
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.93
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.97
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.9
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mel Queen
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Bill Wolff
Career
Per 600 PA