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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1938	20	NYY-min	D	1	2	.333	4.50	10						44.0	48	29	22		20							1.545	9.8		4.1			DOV,BUT · ESHL,PASA
1939	21	NYY-min	C	14	9	.609	3.15	39						186.0	160	89	65		89							1.339	7.7		4.3			AMS · CAML
1940	22	NYY-min	C,B	18	9	.667	3.06	33						218.0	182	91	74		104							1.312	7.5		4.3			AKR,AUG · MATL,SALL
1941	23	NYY-min	A,AA	16	5	.762	1.84	29	1	1	1	1		186.0	127	42	38		86	17	1	0	0			1.145	6.1		4.2	0.8	0.20	BNG,NWK,KCY · EL,IL,AA
1942	24	NYY-min	A,AA	9	6	.600	4.67	22	13		3	1		108.0	95	69	56		60	47	4	1	0			1.435	7.9		5.0	3.9	0.78	NWK,BNG,KCY · IL,EL,AA
1942	24	NYY	AL	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	25		1.588	9.5	0.0	4.8	0.0	0.00

1943	25	NYY-min	AA	7	12	.368	3.43	25	22	2	8	3		160.0	133	71	61		100	90	3	1	7			1.456	7.5		5.6	5.1	0.90	KCY · AA
1944	26	NYY-min	AA	9	7	.563	3.18	24	18		10	3		133.0	101	60	47		66	83	3	0	1			1.256	6.8		4.5	5.6	1.26	NWK · IL
1944	26	NYY	AL	6	3	.667	3.31	10	10	0	4	1	0	81.2	68	32	30	7	34	30	1	0	1	343	106	1.249	7.5	0.8	3.7	3.3	0.88

1946	28	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	6.53	14	3	3	1	0	0	30.1	40	28	22	2	21	26	0	1	0	152	53	2.011	11.9	0.6	6.2	7.7	1.24
1947	29	TOT	MLB	3	7	.300	4.46	19	12	3	2	0	0	80.2	79	46	40	10	55	36	2	1	0	376	94	1.661	8.8	1.1	6.1	4.0	0.65
1947	29	NYY	AL	0	0		9.45	5	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	9	7	7	2	4	2	1	0	0	33	40	1.950	12.2	2.7	5.4	2.7	0.50
1947	29	PIT	NL	3	7	.300	4.01	14	12	1	2	0	0	74.0	70	39	33	8	51	34	1	1	0	343	106	1.635	8.5	1.0	6.2	4.1	0.67
1948	30	PIT	NL	4	4	.500	6.65	25	8	6	0	0	1	66.1	82	51	49	8	40	34	3	0	1	316	62	1.839	11.1	1.1	5.4	4.6	0.85

1949	31	PIT-min	AAA	22	9	.710	2.57	39			24	6		266.0	221	92	76		109	178	1	0	0			1.241	7.5		3.7	6.0	1.63	INA · AA
1950	32	PIT	NL	5	14	.263	5.98	33	21	5	4	1	0	120.1	135	95	80	18	73	76	2	1	1	562	73	1.729	10.1	1.3	5.5	5.7	1.04
1951	33	PIT	NL	7	9	.438	4.44	39	21	4	4	1	0	168.1	149	90	83	21	99	123	1	0	6	741	95	1.473	8.0	1.1	5.3	6.6	1.24
1952	34	PIT-min	Opn	14	9	.609	2.41	29	26		13	4		205.0	154	62	55		84	131	2	1	7			1.161	6.8		3.7	5.8	1.56	HOL · PCL
1952	34	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	29.70	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.1	8	12	11	2	4	3	0	0	2	25	15	3.600	21.6	5.4	10.8	8.1	0.75
1953	35	HOL	Opn	8	7	.533	3.69	27	22		5	2		144.0	133	63	59	10	79	97	1	0	1			1.472	8.3	0.6	4.9	6.1	1.23	HOL · PCL
1954	36	PIT-min	Opn	16	8	.667	3.19	36	27		12	2		200.1	169	77	71	12	73	112	4	0	4			1.208	7.6	0.5	3.3	5.0	1.53	HOL · PCL
1955	37	PIT-min	Opn	0	1	.000	12.38	3	1		0	0		8.0	14	11	11	5	2	1	0	0	0			2.000	15.8	5.6	2.2	1.1	0.50	HOL · PCL
8 Yrs				27	40	.403	5.09	146	77	23	15	3	1	556.2	567	354	315	68	329	328	11	3	11	2540	80	1.610	9.2	1.1	5.3	5.3	1.00
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.403	5.09	45	23	7	5	1	0	170	173	108	96	21	100	100	3	1	3	775	80	1.610	9.2	1.1	5.3	5.3	1.00

PIT (5 yrs)				19	36	.345	5.33	113	64	16	10	2	1	432.1	444	287	256	57	267	270	7	2	10	1987	80	1.645	9.2	1.2	5.6	5.6	1.01
NYY (4 yrs)				8	4	.667	4.27	33	13	7	5	1	0	124.1	123	67	59	11	62	58	4	1	1	553	83	1.488	8.9	0.8	4.5	4.2	0.94

NL (5 yrs)				19	36	.345	5.33	113	64	16	10	2	1	432.1	444	287	256	57	267	270	7	2	10	1987	80	1.645	9.2	1.2	5.6	5.6	1.01
AL (4 yrs)				8	4	.667	4.27	33	13	7	5	1	0	124.1	123	67	59	11	62	58	4	1	1	553	83	1.488	8.9	0.8	4.5	4.2	0.94

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1942	24	NYY	AL	5.2	4	0	0	0.00	4.49	0.53	0.00	93.8	3.71	2	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.3	3	.565	.502	$

1944	26	NYY	AL	81.2	10	10	32	3.53	3.97	0.15	0.00	102.2	3.91	3	0.4		-0.0	0.8	9	.539	.502	$

1946	28	NYY	AL	30.1	14	3	28	8.31	4.09	0.33	0.00	97.4	3.66	-16	-1.6	1.0	-0.0	-1.4	-13	.387	.490	$
1947	29	NYY	AL	6.2	5	0	7	9.45	3.70	0.17	0.00	105.2	3.72	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.414	.497	$
1947	29	PIT	NL	74.0	14	12	39	4.74	4.76	-0.16	0.00	105.2	5.18	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	1.0	12	.524	.502	$
1948	30	PIT	NL	66.1	25	8	51	6.92	4.34	0.20	0.00	104.0	4.31	-19	-1.9	1.2	-0.1	-1.4	-12	.424	.488	$

1950	32	PIT	NL	120.1	33	21	95	7.11	4.82	-0.09	0.00	103.7	5.09	-26	-2.5	1.1	-0.1	-1.5	-13	.425	.485	$
1951	33	PIT	NL	168.1	39	21	90	4.81	4.46	-0.12	0.00	105.4	4.83	0	0.0	.6	-0.1	1.4	19	.501	.500	$
1952	34	PIT	NL	3.1	2	2	12	32.40	4.47	-0.23	0.00	112.0	5.27	-10	-0.7		-0.0	-0.6	-10	.161	.496	$
8 Seasons				556.2	146	77	354	5.72	4.47	-0.01	0.00	103.9	4.65	-66	-6.0	1.0	-0.5	-1.8	-9	.459	.496	$

PIT (5 yrs)				432.1	113	64	287	5.97	4.60	-0.07	0.00	104.7	4.89	-52	-4.7	.9	-0.4	-1.1	-3	.459	.494	$
NYY (4 yrs)				124.1	33	13	67	4.85	4.01	0.21	0.00	100.8	3.83	-14	-1.4	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.459	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	30	PIT	NL	25	124	266	51	82	9	1	8	1	3	40	34	.308	.405	.440	.844	.330	117	0	3	7	0	0

1950	32	PIT	NL	33	309	475	95	135	14	5	18	2	2	73	76	.284	.382	.448	.830	.307	213	3	2	11	0	6
1951	33	PIT	NL	39	545	639	90	149	14	6	21	6	7	99	123	.233	.337	.372	.709	.259	238	8	1	2	0	9
1952	34	PIT	NL	2	25	20	12	8	0	0	2	1	0	4	3	.400	.500	.700	1.200	.400	14	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				99	1003	1400	248	374	37	12	49	10	12	216	236	.267	.367	.416	.783	.291	582	11	6	21	0	16
162 Game Avg.				45	452	630	112	168	17	5	22	5	5	97	106	.267	.367	.416	.783	.291	262	5	3	9	0	7
MLB Averages																.259	.333	.342	.674	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	30	PIT	NL	-16.2	-1.6	129	-1.1	1.7	-2.8	.97	-0.8	-0.4	-21.1	-2.0	0.97	-13.0	3	0	2

1950	32	PIT	NL	-21.6	-2.0	321	-2.5	5.5	-8.0	1.13	-1.3	-0.9	-18.4	-1.7	1.12	-13.1	3	3	3
1951	33	PIT	NL	-2.5	-0.2	569	-1.6	7.8	-9.4	.84	-1.1	-0.7	-7.1	-0.7	0.83	-13.3	1	3	11
1952	34	PIT	NL	-8.6	-0.7	28	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.95	-0.6	-0.0	-8.3	-0.7	0.95	-6.9	0	0	0
8 Yrs				-57.2	-5.4	1047	-5.7	15.2	-21.0	.95	-3.9	-2.2	-54.9	-5.1	0.94	-46.3	7	6	16

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1944	26	NYY	AL	10	10	6	3	1	1	1	6	4	.600	0	0	4	1	6	60%	56.1	79	27			3	4	5.2		8.2

1946	28	NYY	AL	14	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	0	1	0	1	33%	43.7	68	24			1	2	4.8		4.4
1947	29	TOT	MLB	19	12	3	7	2	1	3	4	8	.333	0	0	2	0	5	42%		68	36			5	5	5.2		5.8
1947	29	PIT	NL	14	12	3	7	2	1	3	4	8	.333	0	0	2	0	5	42%	49.2	68	36			5	5	5.2		5.8
1948	30	PIT	NL	25	8	2	4	2	1	0	2	6	.250	0	2	0	0	1	13%	41.0	60	28	9	2	0	6	3.6	4.2	4.6

1950	32	PIT	NL	33	21	5	12	4	2	4	9	12	.429	0	2	4	1	8	38%	43.7	87	17	11	3	10	8	4.6	2.1	4.8
1951	33	PIT	NL	39	21	7	8	6	1	2	8	12	.400	0	5	4	1	11	52%	49.1	81	13	14	10	10	5	4.7	3.5	6.1
1952	34	PIT	NL	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	23.5	27	20	4	4	0	2	4.0	0.0	1.7
7 Yrs				137	77	24	37	16	6	10	31	45	.408	0	9	15	3	32	42%	47	87	13	38	19	29	32	4.7	3.1	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	115	-11					4.3	4.6	6.8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1942	24	NYY	AL	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0														2	0		0	4.3

1946	28	NYY	AL	14	11	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														5	3		1	4.6
1947	29	TOT	MLB	19	7	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														3	2		0	4.7
1947	29	NYY	AL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														1	2		0	4.0
1947	29	PIT	NL	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0														2	0		0	6.5
1948	30	PIT	NL	25	17	6	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	4	3	75%		.967	3	0	2	1	2	3	3	3	7	5	3	3	5.2

1950	32	PIT	NL	33	12	5	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	10	7	70%	8	1.126	3	3	3	0	3	7	5	5	5	3	4	3	4.7
1951	33	PIT	NL	39	18	4	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	11	2	18%		.838	1	3	11	1	0	14	7	8	11	4	10	1	6.8
6 Yrs				134	69	23	3	3	2	1	1	50%	2	0	25	12	48%		.945	7	6	16	2	5	24	15	16	33	17	17	8	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1942	24	NYY	AL	25		0.0%	0.0%	12.0%				80%

1944	26	NYY	AL	343		2.0%	8.8%	9.9%	4.7%	24%		76%

1946	28	NYY	AL	152		1.3%	17.1%	13.8%	2.0%	8%		65%
1947	29	TOT	MLB	376		2.7%	9.6%	14.6%	4.0%	19%		71%
1947	29	NYY	AL	33		6.1%	6.1%	12.1%				73%
1947	29	PIT	NL	343		2.3%	9.9%	14.9%	3.8%	19%		71%
1948	30	PIT	NL	317	58%	6.5%	27.4%	32.3%	14.5%	22%	0.45	181%	26	0	0%

1950	32	PIT	NL	562	63%	5.8%	24.6%	23.6%	12.0%	27%	0.70	123%	68	3	4%
1951	33	PIT	NL	741	63%	3.9%	22.6%	18.2%	7.5%	28%	0.69	91%	99	8	8%
1952	34	PIT	NL	25	56%	8.0%	12.0%	16.0%	8.0%	25%	0.75	60%	10	0	0%
8 Yrs				2541	62%	3.6%	17.3%	17.3%	6.9%	23%	0.66	93%	203	11	5%
MLB Averages					49%	1.7%	10.6%	10.5%	4.4%	17%	0.95	87%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1942	24	NYY	AL		6			0												0

1944	26	NYY	AL		68			7												1

1946	28	NYY	AL		40			2												0
1947	29	TOT	MLB		79			10												0
1947	29	NYY	AL		9			2												0
1947	29	PIT	NL		70			8												0
1948	30	PIT	NL	124	82			8	2	6	4	1	4	1	11	7	2	64%	0	1	0	47	1	3	25%	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	193

1950	32	PIT	NL	309	135			18	1	13	9	3	7	5	23	12	3	52%	6	1	1	122	2	2	50%	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	253
1951	33	PIT	NL	545	149			21	0	20	15	4	7	12	39	20	5	51%	9	6	0	188	6	7	46%	6	6	0	1	0	0	3	0	7	196
1952	34	PIT	NL	25	8			2	0	2	1	1	2	0	3	3	0	100%	1	2	0	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8 Yrs				1003	567			68	3	41	29	9	20	18	76	42	10	55%	16	11	1	371	10	12	45%	10	9	0	1	0	2	3	0	15	642
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1942	24	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	25		1.588	9.5	0.0	4.8	0.0	0.00
1943	25	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	6	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	25		1.588	9.5	0.0	4.8	0.0	0.00
1944	26	7	3	.700	3.09	14	10	2	4	1	0	87.1	74	32	30	7	37	30	3	0	1	368	114	1.271	7.6	0.7	3.8	3.1	0.81	114
1945	27	7	3	.700	3.09	14	10	2	4	1	0	87.1	74	32	30	7	37	30	3	0	1	368	114	1.271	7.6	0.7	3.8	3.1	0.81	114
1946	28	8	4	.667	3.98	28	13	5	5	1	0	117.2	114	60	52	9	58	56	3	1	1	520	88	1.462	8.7	0.7	4.4	4.3	0.97	88
1947	29	11	11	.500	4.17	47	25	8	7	1	0	198.1	193	106	92	19	113	92	5	2	1	896	91	1.543	8.8	0.9	5.1	4.2	0.81	91
1948	30	15	15	.500	4.79	72	33	14	7	1	1	264.2	275	157	141	27	153	126	8	2	2	1212	81	1.617	9.4	0.9	5.2	4.3	0.82	81
1949	31	15	15	.500	4.79	72	33	14	7	1	1	264.2	275	157	141	27	153	126	8	2	2	1212	81	1.617	9.4	0.9	5.2	4.3	0.82	81
1950	32	20	29	.408	5.17	105	54	19	11	2	1	385.0	410	252	221	45	226	202	10	3	3	1774	78	1.652	9.6	1.1	5.3	4.7	0.89	78
1951	33	27	38	.415	4.94	144	75	23	15	3	1	553.1	559	342	304	66	325	325	11	3	9	2515	83	1.598	9.1	1.1	5.3	5.3	1.00	83
1952	34	27	40	.403	5.09	146	77	23	15	3	1	556.2	567	354	315	68	329	328	11	3	11	2540	80	1.610	9.2	1.1	5.3	5.3	1.00	80

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1942	24	0	0		0.00	4.0	7	0	0	0	4	0	2	2.750	15.8	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	4

1944	26	5	4	.556	3.58	83.0	73	37	33	8	36	30	1	1.313	7.9	3.9	3.3	0.83	0.9	10

1946	28	1	2	.333	7.55	31.0	44	29	26	2	23	26	0	2.161	12.8	6.7	7.5	1.13	0.6	14
1947	29	4	5	.444	4.13	85.0	80	43	39	10	56	38	2	1.600	8.5	5.9	4.0	0.68	1.1	19
1948	30	2	5	.286	6.72	67.0	85	56	50	8	41	34	3	1.881	11.4	5.5	4.6	0.83	1.1	25

1950	32	5	9	.357	5.43	126.0	134	84	76	18	72	80	2	1.635	9.6	5.1	5.7	1.11	1.3	33
1951	33	9	10	.474	4.21	173.0	150	90	81	21	100	126	1	1.445	7.8	5.2	6.6	1.26	1.1	39
1952	34	0	0		19.80	5.0	8	12	11	2	4	4	0	2.400	14.4	7.2	7.2	1.00	3.6	2
8 Yrs		26	35	.426	4.95	574.0	581	351	316	69	336	338	11	1.598	9.1		5.3	1.01	1.1	146

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1951 NL 7.966 (5th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1951 NL 6.576 (1st)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1951 NL 123 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1951 NL 21 (8th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1951 NL 99 (3rd)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1951 NL 6 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1781), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Vic Raschi (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chuck Porter (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Win Ballou (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Brandon Duckworth (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Steve Sparks (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dennis Springer (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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