Mel Queen
Melvin Douglas Queen
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 197 lb.

Born: March 26, 1942 in Johnson City, NY
High School: San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1964
Final Game: July 21, 1972
Relatives: Son of Mel Queen and Brother-In-Law of Jim Lonborg
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1966 24 CIN NL 0 0 6.43 7 0 4 0 0 1 7.0 11 5 5 0 6 0 9 0 0 0 37 61 2.429 14.1 0.0 7.7 11.6 1.50
1967 25 CIN NL 14 8 .636 2.76 31 24 4 6 2 0 195.2 155 69 60 17 52 5 154 6 0 9 790 137 1.058 7.1 0.8 2.4 7.1 2.96
1968 26 CIN NL 0 1 .000 5.89 5 4 0 0 0 0 18.1 25 15 12 7 6 4 20 0 0 0 83 54 1.691 12.3 3.4 2.9 9.8 3.33
1969 27 CIN NL 1 0 1.000 2.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 7 3 3 2 3 0 7 1 0 1 47 168 0.833 5.3 1.5 2.3 5.3 2.33
1970 28 CAL AL 3 6 .333 4.20 34 3 17 0 0 9 60.0 58 28 28 5 28 6 44 5 0 0 265 86 1.433 8.7 0.8 4.2 6.6 1.57
1971 29 CAL AL 2 2 .500 1.78 44 0 18 0 0 4 65.2 49 17 13 3 29 6 53 8 1 6 275 181 1.188 6.7 0.4 4.0 7.3 1.83
1972 30 CAL AL 0 0 4.35 17 0 8 0 0 0 31.0 31 17 15 2 19 1 19 3 0 1 143 67 1.613 9.0 0.6 5.5 5.5 1.00
7 Seasons 20 17 .541 3.14 140 33 51 6 2 14 389.2 336 154 136 36 143 22 306 23 1 17 1640 114 1.229 7.8 0.8 3.3 7.1 2.14
162 Game Avg. 8 7 .541 3.14 55 13 20 2 1 6 153 132 61 53 14 56 9 120 9 0 7 645 114 1.229 7.8 0.8 3.3 7.1 2.14
CIN (4 yrs) 15 9 .625 3.09 45 30 8 6 2 1 233.0 198 92 80 26 67 9 190 7 0 10 957 121 1.137 7.6 1.0 2.6 7.3 2.84
CAL (3 yrs) 5 8 .385 3.22 95 3 43 0 0 13 156.2 138 62 56 10 76 13 116 16 1 7 683 103 1.366 7.9 0.6 4.4 6.7 1.53
NL (4 yrs) 15 9 .625 3.09 45 30 8 6 2 1 233.0 198 92 80 26 67 9 190 7 0 10 957 121 1.137 7.6 1.0 2.6 7.3 2.84
AL (3 yrs) 5 8 .385 3.22 95 3 43 0 0 13 156.2 138 62 56 10 76 13 116 16 1 7 683 103 1.366 7.9 0.6 4.4 6.7 1.53

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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 IBB
1966 24 CIN NL 7 37 30 5 11 2 1 0 0 0 6 9 .367 .459 .500 .959 .500 15 1 0 0 1 0
1967 25 CIN NL 31 790 722 69 155 32 6 17 5 2 52 154 .215 .271 .346 .617 .248 250 8 6 4 6 5
1968 26 CIN NL 5 83 75 15 25 6 0 7 2 1 6 20 .333 .383 .693 1.076 .375 52 1 0 2 0 4
1969 27 CIN NL 2 47 43 3 7 1 0 2 1 0 3 7 .163 .234 .326 .560 .147 14 1 1 0 0 0
1970 28 CAL AL 34 265 222 28 58 12 0 5 2 2 28 44 .261 .354 .383 .737 .303 85 3 5 8 2 6
1971 29 CAL AL 44 275 231 17 49 9 0 3 3 1 29 53 .212 .319 .290 .609 .260 67 3 8 5 2 6
1972 30 CAL AL 17 143 117 17 31 3 1 2 1 1 19 19 .265 .376 .359 .735 .296 42 2 3 2 2 1
7 Seasons 140 1640 1440 154 336 65 8 36 14 7 143 306 .233 .310 .365 .675 .270 525 19 23 21 13 22
162 Game Avg. 55 645 566 61 132 26 3 14 6 3 56 120 .233 .310 .365 .675 .270 206 7 9 8 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 25 CIN NL 31 24 11 7 6 1 2 12 12 .500 0 1 6 2 16 67% 61 91 34 19 7 2 9 3.2 3.7 7.2
1968 26 CIN NL 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 .667 0 2 0 0 1 25% 42 61 23 4 1 0 4 6.1 1.8 4.1
1969 27 CIN NL 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 2 100% 61 71 51 0 0 0 2 9.0 8.3 6.0
1970 28 CAL AL 34 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 47 66 26 13 1 2 1 2.1 3.9 4.8
4 Seasons 72 33 13 9 11 1 2 16 16 .500 1 3 6 2 20 61% 57 91 23 36 9 4 16 3.8 3.8 6.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1966 24 CIN NL 7 7 4 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 4 3 75% 8 0.479 1 1 5 2 0 5 2 5 1 3 1 0 3.0
1967 25 CIN NL 31 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 8 1.006 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 5 5 0 5 0 9.6
1968 26 CIN NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.925 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1970 28 CAL AL 34 31 17 2 5 12 9 3 75% 12 0 22 5 23% 9 1.208 15 6 10 12 5 14 13 18 15 9 15 3 4.4
1971 29 CAL AL 44 44 18 2 2 7 4 3 57% 9 2 43 20 47% 9 0.962 18 7 18 9 8 27 21 23 21 12 21 6 4.5
1972 30 CAL AL 17 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19 8 42% 7 0.138 0 0 17 1 0 16 10 7 12 2 13 2 5.5
6 Seasons 138 107 51 7 8 20 14 6 70% 23 3 92 36 39% 0.938 38 16 52 26 16 65 48 59 55 26 56 11 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1966 24 CIN NL 37 24% 0.0% 24.3% 16.2% 8.1% 27% 0.86 59% 12 1 8%
1967 25 CIN NL 790 42% 2.2% 19.5% 6.6% 7.0% 36% 0.77 71% 115 8 7%
1968 26 CIN NL 83 36% 8.4% 24.1% 7.2% 15.7% 52% 1.06 58% 7 1 14%
1969 27 CIN NL 47 28% 4.3% 14.9% 6.4% 6.4% 43% 0.61 72% 7 1 14%
1970 28 CAL AL 265 35% 1.9% 16.6% 10.6% 6.4% 29% 0.49 66% 55 3 5%
1971 29 CAL AL 275 33% 1.1% 19.3% 10.6% 4.4% 25% 0.72 64% 65 3 5%
1972 30 CAL AL 143 45% 1.4% 13.3% 13.3% 4.2% 19% 0.83 69% 26 2 8%
7 Seasons 1640 39% 2.2% 18.7% 8.7% 6.7% 32% 0.72 68% 287 19 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1966 24 CIN NL 37 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 60% 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1967 25 CIN NL 790 155 17 0 2 12 5 8 9 27 11 8 41% 7 9 0 255 5 2 71% 4 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 14 0
1968 26 CIN NL 83 25 7 0 1 5 2 6 1 7 1 3 14% 1 0 0 21 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 27 CIN NL 47 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 28 CAL AL 265 58 5 0 9 5 0 1 4 22 12 2 55% 1 0 1 103 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0
1971 29 CAL AL 275 49 3 0 22 1 2 2 1 28 11 6 39% 1 6 0 106 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1972 30 CAL AL 143 31 2 0 7 0 2 1 1 11 6 2 55% 0 1 1 68 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
7 Seasons 1640 336 36 0 43 25 11 18 18 100 44 21 44% 12 17 2 585 14 7 67% 13 6 0 0 1 1 4 0 49 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1966 24 0 0 6.43 7 0 4 0 0 1 7.0 11 5 5 0 6 0 9 0 0 0 37 61 2.429 14.1 0.0 7.7 11.6 1.50 61
1967 25 14 8 .636 2.89 38 24 8 6 2 1 202.2 166 74 65 17 58 5 163 6 0 9 827 131 1.105 7.4 0.8 2.6 7.2 2.81 131
1968 26 14 9 .609 3.14 43 28 8 6 2 1 221.0 191 89 77 24 64 9 183 6 0 9 910 119 1.154 7.8 1.0 2.6 7.5 2.86 119
1969 27 15 9 .625 3.09 45 30 8 6 2 1 233.0 198 92 80 26 67 9 190 7 0 10 957 121 1.137 7.6 1.0 2.6 7.3 2.84 121
1970 28 18 15 .545 3.32 79 33 25 6 2 10 293.0 256 120 108 31 95 15 234 12 0 10 1222 112 1.198 7.9 1.0 2.9 7.2 2.46 112
1971 29 20 17 .541 3.04 123 33 43 6 2 14 358.2 305 137 121 34 124 21 287 20 1 16 1497 119 1.196 7.7 0.9 3.1 7.2 2.31 119
1972 30 20 17 .541 3.14 140 33 51 6 2 14 389.2 336 154 136 36 143 22 306 23 1 17 1640 114 1.229 7.8 0.8 3.3 7.1 2.14 114

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
1966 24 0 0 6.43 7.0 10 6 5 0 5 9 0 2.143 12.9 6.4 11.6 1.80 0.0 7
1967 25 14 7 .667 2.92 191.0 159 69 62 17 53 150 6 1.110 7.5 2.5 7.1 2.83 0.8 31
1968 26 0 1 .000 7.88 16.0 28 16 14 8 7 17 0 2.188 15.8 3.9 9.6 2.43 4.5 5
1969 27 1 0 1.000 2.25 12.0 7 3 3 2 3 7 1 0.833 5.3 2.3 5.3 2.33 1.5 2
1970 28 2 4 .333 4.89 57.0 61 34 31 5 29 42 5 1.579 9.6 4.6 6.6 1.45 0.8 34
1971 29 4 2 .667 2.40 60.0 55 18 16 3 33 48 9 1.467 8.3 5.0 7.2 1.45 0.5 44
1972 30 1 2 .333 6.75 28.0 38 23 21 2 23 17 4 2.179 12.2 7.4 5.5 0.74 0.6 17
7 Seasons 22 16 .579 3.69 371.0 358 169 152 37 153 290 25 1.377 8.7 7.0 1.90 0.9 140

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1967 NL--.636--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1967 NL--1.058--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 NL--7.130--4th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1967 NL--2.962--10th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1967 NL--9--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 NL--6--9th
1971 AL--8--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1967 NL--137--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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