Mel Queen

Melvin Joseph Queen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 204 lb.

Born: March 4, 1918 in Maxwell, PA
High School: Wellsburg HS (Wellsburg, WV)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1942
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Yankees 1942-1952

Final Game: May 1, 1952
Died: April 4, 1982 in Fort Smith, AR
Buried: Gracelawn Memorial Park, Van Buren, AR
Relatives: Father of Mel Queen
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1938	20	NYY-min	D	10	15	15		1	0	0	0						.067	.067	.067	.133		1						DOV,BUT · ESHL,PASA
1939	21	NYY-min	C	39	71	71		10	0	0	1						.141	.141	.183	.324		13						AMS · CAML
1940	22	NYY-min	C,B	32	87	87		18	4	0	0						.207	.207	.253	.460		22						AKR,AUG · MATL,SALL
1941	23	NYY-min	A,AA	30	62	62		10	2	0	0						.161	.161	.177	.339		11						BNG,KCY,NWK · EL,AA,IL
1942	24	NYY-min	AA,A	17	31	29	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.172	.200	.138	.338		4	1	1	1			NWK,KCY,BNG · IL,AA,EL
1942	24	NYY	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		/1

1943	25	NYY-min	AA	25	55	53	2	7	1	0	0	0	0		0	22	.132	.132	.151	.283		8	1	0	2			KCY · AA
1944	26	NYY-min	AA	24	47	43	3	6	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	10	.140	.140	.209	.349		9	1	0	4			NWK · IL
1944	26	NYY	AL	10	34	31	5	6	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.194	.194	.290	.484	35	9	1	0	3		1

1946	28	NYY	AL	14	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	-20	1	0	0	0		1
1947	29	TOT	MLB	19	28	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.074	.074	.074	.148	-61	2	1	0	1		1
1947	29	NYY	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/1
1947	29	PIT	NL	14	27	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	-60	2	1	0	1		1
1948	30	PIT	NL	25	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.059	.059	.059	.118	-68	1	0	0	2		1

1949	31	PIT-min	AAA	39	106	82	4	7	2	0	0	5	0		5	16	.085	.138	.110	.248		9	3	0	19			INA · AA
1950	32	PIT	NL	33	38	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.057	.083	.057	.140	-63	2	0	0	2		1
1951	33	PIT	NL	39	54	47	4	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.106	.125	.106	.231	-38	5	1	0	6		1
1952	34	PIT-min	Opn	30	76	69	2	11	2	0	0	5	0		1	16	.159	.171	.188	.360		13		0	6			HOL · PCL
1952	34	PIT	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		/1
1953	35	HOL	Opn	29	55	51	8	9	2	1	1	4	0		0	8	.176	.176	.314	.490		16	2	0	4			HOL · PCL
1954	36	PIT-min	Opn	37	83	77	7	15	5	0	0	7	0		0	15	.195	.192	.260	.452		20	1	0	5	1		HOL · PCL
1955	37	PIT-min	Opn	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000		1	0	0	0	0		HOL · PCL
8 Yrs				146	180	164	10	17	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	36	.104	.114	.122	.236	-37	20	3	0	14
162 Game Avg.				162	200	182	11	19	3	0	0	4	0		2	40	.104	.114	.122	.236	-37	22	3	0	16

PIT (5 yrs)				113	138	125	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	22	.080	.094	.080	.174	-53	10	2	0	11
NYY (4 yrs)				33	42	39	5	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	.179	.179	.256	.436	22	10	1	0	3

NL (5 yrs)				113	138	125	5	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	22	.080	.094	.080	.174	-53	10	2	0	11
AL (4 yrs)				33	42	39	5	7	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	14	.179	.179	.256	.436	22	10	1	0	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1942	24	NYY	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1944	26	NYY	AL	10	34	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1

1946	28	NYY	AL	14	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
1947	29	NYY	AL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1947	29	PIT	NL	14	27	-6	0	0	0	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.476	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1948	30	PIT	NL	25	19	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	1

1950	32	PIT	NL	33	38	-9	0	0	0	4	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.487	.497	-0.4	-0.0	-3	$	1
1951	33	PIT	NL	39	54	-10	0	0	0	5	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.489	.497	-0.4	-0.0	-2	$	1
1952	34	PIT	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
8 Seasons				146	180	-33	0	0	0	19	-14	-1.5	6	-9	-1.3	.490	.499	-1.3	-0.0	-9	$

PIT (5 yrs)				113	138	-29	0	0	0	15	-14	-1.4	5	-9	-1.3	.487	.498	-1.3	-0.0	-9	$
NYY (4 yrs)				33	42	-4	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1944	26	NYY	AL	34	29	2	1.9	94	.300	.194	.271	.194	.339	.290	.371	.484	.710	35	.196	-2.7	-0.3	.346	.097	.097

1946	28	NYY	AL	7	6	0	0.0	97	.250	.143	.265	.143	.339	.143	.381	.286	.720	-20	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
1947	29	TOT	MLB	28	27	0	0.0	108	.095	.074	.277	.074	.353	.074	.410	.148	.763	-61	.000	-6.4	-0.6	.077	.000	.000
1947	29	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.262	.000	.341	.000	.376	.000	.717	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1947	29	PIT	NL	27	26	0	0.0	108	.100	.077	.278	.077	.354	.077	.412	.154	.765	-60	.000	-6.1	-0.6	.080	.000	.000
1948	30	PIT	NL	19	18	0	0.0	104	.067	.059	.271	.059	.346	.059	.402	.118	.748	-68	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.063	.000	.000

1950	32	PIT	NL	38	35	0	0.0	111	.069	.057	.273	.083	.351	.057	.423	.140	.774	-63	.000	-8.6	-0.8	.091	.029	.000
1951	33	PIT	NL	54	49	1	0.6	105	.128	.106	.270	.125	.344	.106	.409	.231	.753	-38	.021	-9.4	-1.0	.140	.021	.000
8 Yrs				180	164	3	0.5	104	.133	.104	.272	.114	.346	.122	.403	.236	.749	-37	.017	-32.3	-3.3	.147	.030	.018
162 Game Avg.				200	182	3	0.5	104	.133	.104	.272	.114	.346	.122	.403	.236	.749	-37	.017	-32.3	-3.3	.147	.030	.018

PIT (5 yrs)				138	128	1	0.2	107	.097	.080	.273	.094	.348	.080	.413	.174	.761	-53	.003	-28.1	-2.8	.103	.016	.000
NYY (4 yrs)				42	36	2	1.5	94	.280	.179	.270	.179	.339	.256	.373	.436	.712	22	.139	-4.1	-0.4	.303	.077	.077

NL (5 yrs)				138	128	1	0.2	107	.097	.080	.273	.094	.348	.080	.413	.174	.761	-53	.003	-28.1	-2.8	.103	.016	.000
AL (4 yrs)				42	36	2	1.5	94	.280	.179	.270	.179	.339	.256	.373	.436	.712	22	.139	-4.1	-0.4	.303	.077	.077

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1944	26	NYY	AL	34	0.0%	32.4%	0.0%	8.8%	50%		2.8		15.5		59%

1946	28	NYY	AL	7	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.3				57%
1947	29	TOT	MLB	28	0.0%	21.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.5		27.0		75%
1947	29	NYY	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1947	29	PIT	NL	27	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.3		26.0		74%
1948	30	PIT	NL	19	0.0%	10.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.5			2.00	79%

1950	32	PIT	NL	38	0.0%	15.8%	2.6%	0.0%	0%	6.00	5.8			3.33	76%
1951	33	PIT	NL	54	0.0%	14.8%	1.9%	0.0%	0%	8.00	5.9		47.0	1.73	72%
8 Yrs				180	0.0%	20.0%	1.1%	1.7%	18%	18.00	4.6		41.0	2.06	71%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.5%	9.4%	6.0%	26%	1.01	9.4	59.3	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1942	24	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1944	26	NYY	AL	-2.7	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	28	NYY	AL	-1.2	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	TOT	MLB	-6.4	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	PIT	NL	-6.1	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	30	PIT	NL	-4.1	-0.4	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.45	-0.2	-0.0	-2.5	-0.2	1.26	-1.9	0

1950	32	PIT	NL	-8.6	-0.8	19	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.85	-0.2	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.73	-2.8	0
1951	33	PIT	NL	-9.4	-1.0	40	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.92	-0.7	0.1	-7.1	-0.7	0.90	-8.0	0
1952	34	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
8 Yrs				-32.3	-3.2	66	-0.9	0.4	-1.4	.96	-1.1	0.1	-10.9	-1.1	0.89	-12.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	30	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1950	32	PIT	NL	2	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	33	PIT	NL	0	0	67%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
8 Yrs				2	0	53%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	30	PIT	NL	19	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1950	32	PIT	NL	38	11%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0		0	0		5	2	40%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	33	PIT	NL	54	16%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	120%	8	1	13%	9	2	22%	19	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
8 Yrs				111	13%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	14	233%	9	3	33%	10	2	20%	31	2	6%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			248%			27%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1944	26	14	34	31	5	6	3	2	0	11	.194	.194	.290	.484	35	9	1	3
1945	27	14	34	31	5	6	3	2	0	11	.194	.194	.290	.484	35	9	1	3
1946	28	28	41	38	5	7	3	2	0	14	.184	.184	.263	.447	25	10	1	3
1947	29	47	69	65	6	9	3	3	0	20	.138	.138	.185	.323	-12	12	2	4
1948	30	72	88	82	6	10	3	3	0	22	.122	.122	.159	.280	-24	13	2	6
1949	31	72	88	82	6	10	3	3	0	22	.122	.122	.159	.280	-24	13	2	6
1950	32	105	126	117	6	12	3	3	1	28	.103	.110	.128	.238	-36	15	2	8
1951	33	144	180	164	10	17	3	4	2	36	.104	.114	.122	.236	-37	20	3	14
1952	34	146	180	164	10	17	3	4	2	36	.104	.114	.122	.236	-37	20	3	14

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	26	10	36	33	6	7	4	0	0	2	0	0	11	.212	.212	.333	.545	2	10

1946	28	15	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14
1947	29	20	29	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
1948	30	26	20	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	25

1950	32	34	40	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.026	.000	.026	0	33
1951	33	40	58	51	7	7	0	0	0	2	0	1	8	.137	.154	.137	.291	1	39
6 Yrs		145	190	174	13	14	4	0	0	4	0	2	36	.080	.091	.103	.194	3	140
162 Game Avg.		162	212	194	15	16	4	0	0	4	0	2	40	.080	.091	.103	.194	3	140

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