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Mel Queen

Melvin Douglas Queen

Positions: Pitcher, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 189 lb.

Born: March 26, 1942 in Johnson City, NY
High School: San Luis Obispo HS (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1964
Teams (by GP): Reds/Angels 1964-1972

Final Game: July 21, 1972
Died: May 11, 2011 in Morro Bay, CA
Cremated
Relatives: Son of Mel Queen and Brother-In-Law of Jim Lonborg
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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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1960	18	CIN-min	D,B,AAA	67	214	214		50	7	0	5						.234	.234	.336	.570		72							PKA,TPK,SLE · FLOR,IIIL,PCL
1961	19	CIN-min	B	129	459	459		122	20	5	14						.266	.266	.423	.688		194							TPK · IIIL
1962	20	CIN-min	A	137	598	524	96	144	35	3	11	93	11		58	72	.275	.345	.416	.761		218		3	3	10	3		MAC · SALL
1963	21	CIN-min	AAA	134	539	504	70	131	26	3	25	78	0	1	35	72	.260	.308	.472	.780		238							SDG · PCL
1964	22	CIN	NL	48	99	95	7	19	2	0	2	12	0	1	4	19	.200	.232	.284	.517	43	27	4	0	0	0	0	9
1965	23	CIN-min	AAA	139	547	491	60	135	15	2	14	49	3	2	43	68	.275	.335	.399	.734		196		2	9	2			SDG · PCL
1965	23	CIN	NL	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1966	24	CIN	NL	56	69	55	4	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	10	12	.127	.250	.145	.395	9	8	1	0	1	3	1	9/17
1967	25	CIN	NL	49	89	81	6	17	4	0	0	5	2	0	4	10	.210	.244	.259	.503	38	21	3	0	3	1	0	1
1968	26	CIN	NL	10	9	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.125	.222	.125	.347	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	27	CIN-min	AAA	33	49	43	1	8	1	0	0	3	0	2	5	9	.186	.265	.209	.475		9		0	0	1			INA · AA
1969	27	CIN	NL	2	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	28	CAL	AL	37	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	41	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	29	CAL	AL	45	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	-68	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
1972	30	ANA-min	AAA	13	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333		1		0	0	0			SLC · PCL
1972	30	CAL	AL	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
9 Yrs				269	305	274	20	49	7	0	2	25	2	1	21	50	.179	.233	.226	.460	28	62	8	0	5	5	1
162 Game Avg.				162	184	165	12	30	4	0	1	15	1	1	13	30	.179	.233	.226	.460	28	37	5	0	3	3	1

CIN (6 yrs)				170	275	248	19	45	7	0	2	23	2	1	19	47	.181	.236	.234	.470	30	58	8	0	4	4	1
CAL (3 yrs)				99	30	26	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.154	.207	.154	.361	5	4	0	0	1	1	0

NL (6 yrs)				170	275	248	19	45	7	0	2	23	2	1	19	47	.181	.236	.234	.470	30	58	8	0	4	4	1
AL (3 yrs)				99	30	26	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.154	.207	.154	.361	5	4	0	0	1	1	0

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
1964	22	CIN	NL	48	99	-8	-0	-0	3	-1	-6	-0.6	3	-2	-0.3	.487	.496	-0.7	0.3	-5	$	9
1965	23	CIN	NL	5	3	-1	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/9
1966	24	CIN	NL	56	69	-8	0	-0	4	2	-2	-0.3	2	-0	0.0	.495	.498	-0.4	0.3	-4	$	9/17
1967	25	CIN	NL	49	89	-6	1	-1	0	10	4	0.4	3	7	0.4	.508	.503	0.4	0.1	7	$10,000	1
1968	26	CIN	NL	10	9	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1969	27	CIN	NL	2	6	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1970	28	CAL	AL	37	16	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.504	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$12,000	1
1971	29	CAL	AL	45	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1972	30	CAL	AL	17	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
9 Seasons				269	305	-27	1	-1	7	16	-4	-0.4	10	6	0.2	.498	.500	-0.6	0.7	-0	$22,000

CIN (6 yrs)				170	275	-25	1	-1	7	13	-5	-0.5	9	4	0.1	.497	.499	-0.7	0.7	-2	$10,000
CAL (3 yrs)				99	30	-3	0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$12,000

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	PwrSpd
1964	22	CIN	NL	99	81	5	1.7	96	.230	.200	.267	.232	.325	.284	.396	.517	.721	43	.161	-7.6	-0.8	.370	.116	.084	.0
1965	23	CIN	NL	3	3	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.000	.331	.000	.402	.000	.733	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1966	24	CIN	NL	69	53	3	1.5	104	.152	.127	.276	.250	.336	.145	.416	.395	.752	9	.135	-6.7	-0.7	.367	.200	.018
1967	25	CIN	NL	89	71	5	1.9	100	.236	.210	.271	.244	.336	.259	.398	.503	.734	38	.206	-6.8	-0.7	.403	.123	.049	.0
1968	26	CIN	NL	9	7	0	0.0	86	.200	.125	.259	.222	.318	.125	.365	.347	.682	4	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.286	.125	.000
1969	27	CIN	NL	6	5	0	0.0	99	.250	.167	.265	.167	.336	.167	.393	.333	.729	-8	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
1970	28	CAL	AL	16	12	1	2.2	94	.286	.250	.253	.250	.327	.250	.387	.500	.713	41	.233	-1.3	-0.1	.333	.000	.000
1971	29	CAL	AL	11	10	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.246	.100	.316	.000	.365	.100	.681	-68	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.125	.000
1972	30	CAL	AL	3	2	0	0.0	78	.000	.000	.240	.333	.307	.000	.346	.333	.654	8	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
9 Yrs				305	244	14	1.6	98	.207	.179	.268	.233	.330	.226	.398	.460	.728	28	.145	-26.8	-2.9	.359	.128	.047	2.0
162 Game Avg.				184	147	8	1.6	98	.207	.179	.268	.233	.330	.226	.398	.460	.728	28	.145	-26.8	-2.9	.359	.128	.047	1

CIN (6 yrs)				275	220	13	1.6	99	.212	.181	.270	.236	.331	.234	.400	.470	.731	30	.152	-23.7	-2.5	.368	.133	.052	2.0
CAL (3 yrs)				30	24	1	1.1	90	.167	.154	.250	.207	.321	.154	.377	.361	.698	5	.084	-3.2	-0.3	.273	.077	.000

NL (6 yrs)				275	220	13	1.6	99	.212	.181	.270	.236	.331	.234	.400	.470	.731	30	.152	-23.7	-2.5	.368	.133	.052	2.0
AL (3 yrs)				30	24	1	1.1	90	.167	.154	.250	.207	.321	.154	.377	.361	.698	5	.084	-3.2	-0.3	.273	.077	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1964	22	CIN	NL	99	2.0%	19.2%	4.0%	4.0%	21%	4.75	5.0	47.5	7.9	1.65	75%
1965	23	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.00	67%
1966	24	CIN	NL	69	0.0%	17.4%	14.5%	1.5%	14%	1.20	4.6		11.0	0.95	67%
1967	25	CIN	NL	89	0.0%	11.2%	4.5%	4.5%	24%	2.50	8.1		16.2	1.31	81%
1968	26	CIN	NL	9	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.7			0.00	56%
1969	27	CIN	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		6.0	2.00	67%
1970	28	CAL	AL	16	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.0		16.0	1.25	88%
1971	29	CAL	AL	11	0.0%	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%		0.00			8.0	1.50	82%
1972	30	CAL	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	0.0%		1.00	2.0				33%
9 Yrs				305	0.7%	16.4%	6.9%	3.0%	18%	2.38	5.5	137.0	11.0	1.25	74%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.0%	27%	1.84	5.8	43.6	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	22	CIN	NL	-7.6	-0.8	100	-0.7	1.6	-2.3	1.15	-0.7	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.88	-7.4	1.27	26
1965	23	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.16	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.05	-0.8	1.16	3
1966	24	CIN	NL	-6.7	-0.7	69	-0.3	1.0	-1.4	1.13	-0.6	0.3	-6.3	-0.6	0.89	-6.8	1.77	17
1967	25	CIN	NL	-6.8	-0.7	92	-0.8	0.9	-1.7	.94	-0.8	-0.1	-6.1	-0.6	0.86	-6.1	1.50	13
1968	26	CIN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	10	0.1	0.2	-0.2	1.30	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.94	-0.5	0.78	3
1969	27	CIN	NL	-0.9	-0.1	6	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.77	-0.1	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	1.23	-0.6		0
1970	28	CAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	16	0.2	0.4	-0.2	1.01	-0.1	0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.88	-0.9	1.89	4
1971	29	CAL	AL	-1.7	-0.2	11	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.66	-0.2	0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.86	-1.4	0.60	2
1972	30	CAL	AL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.11	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	1.08	-0.2		0
9 Yrs				-26.8	-2.9	310	-1.8	4.3	-6.1	1.04	-2.5	0.8	-18.4	-1.9	0.89	-24.7	1.43	68

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	22	CIN	NL	0	24%	37	0	1	0%	0	1	0	2	25%	7	6	1	0	0	1	0	1
1965	23	CIN	NL	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	24	CIN	NL	0	24%	20	0	0		0	0	1	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	25	CIN	NL	1	29%	25	2	0	100%	2	0	1	2	33%	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1
1968	26	CIN	NL	0	100%	5	0	0		0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0
1969	27	CIN	NL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1970	28	CAL	AL	1	25%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	29	CAL	AL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	30	CAL	AL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				2	27%	101	2	1	67%	2	1	2	7	40%	11	8	3	1	1	3	1	2

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
1964	22	CIN	NL	99	92%	19			26	5	1	1	1.27	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		19	4	21%	11	1	9%	48	10	21%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
1965	23	CIN	NL	3	100%	0			3	0	0	0	1.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	24	CIN	NL	69	86%	7			17	3	0	2	1.77	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	10	4	40%	41	5	12%	6	3	50%	3	1	33%	0
1967	25	CIN	NL	89	81%	17			13	1	0	1	1.50	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	11	3	27%	12	2	17%	40	5	13%	7	3	43%	2	2	100%	0
1968	26	CIN	NL	9	89%	1			3	0	0	0	0.78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	27	CIN	NL	6	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1970	28	CAL	AL	16	75%	4			4	3	0	1	1.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1971	29	CAL	AL	11	64%	0			2	0	0	0	0.60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1972	30	CAL	AL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				305	85%	49			68	12	1	5	1.43	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	8	5	63%	45	8	18%	39	8	21%	148	23	16%	20	8	40%	7	4	57%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1964	22	48	99	95	7	19	2	2	12	0	1	4	19	.200	.232	.284	.517	43	27	4	0	0	0
1965	23	53	102	98	7	19	2	2	12	0	1	4	20	.194	.225	.276	.501	39	27	4	0	0	0
1966	24	109	171	153	11	26	3	2	17	0	1	14	32	.170	.235	.229	.464	28	35	5	1	3	1
1967	25	158	260	234	17	43	7	2	22	2	1	18	42	.184	.238	.239	.478	31	56	8	4	4	1
1968	26	168	269	242	19	44	7	2	22	2	1	19	45	.182	.238	.236	.473	31	57	8	4	4	1
1969	27	170	275	248	19	45	7	2	23	2	1	19	47	.181	.236	.234	.470	30	58	8	4	4	1
1970	28	207	291	264	20	49	7	2	24	2	1	19	49	.186	.237	.235	.472	30	62	8	4	4	1
1971	29	252	302	272	20	49	7	2	25	2	1	20	49	.180	.232	.228	.460	28	62	8	5	5	1
1972	30	269	305	274	20	49	7	2	25	2	1	21	50	.179	.233	.226	.460	28	62	8	5	5	1

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	22	48	100	96	8	20	2	2	13	0	4	19	.208	.240	.292	.532	7	48
1965	23	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1966	24	56	69	55	4	7	1	0	5	0	10	12	.127	.250	.145	.395	2	56
1967	25	49	89	81	6	17	4	0	5	2	4	10	.210	.244	.259	.503	5	49
1968	26	10	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	10
1969	27	2	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1970	28	37	16	16	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	37
1971	29	45	11	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	45
1972	30	18	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	17
9 Yrs		270	306	275	19	48	7	2	25	2	21	50	.175	.229	.222	.451	15	269
162 Game Avg.		162	184	165	11	29	4	1	15	1	13	30	.175	.229	.222	.451	9	269

* 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.

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Name and misspellings: Melvin Douglas Mel mell melvin Queen

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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