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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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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	65	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	55	1.691	12.3	3.4	2.9	9.8	3.33
1969	27	CIN-min	AAA	6	1	.857	2.67	19	19		3	1	0	91.0	83	34	27	7	29	0	72	3	1	2			1.231	8.2	0.7	2.9	7.1	2.48	INA · AA
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	174	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	182	1.188	6.7	0.4	4.0	7.3	1.83
1972	30	ANA-min	AAA	0	2	.000	9.53	13	0		0	0	5	17.0	23	18	18	3	14	3	15	0	0	2			2.176	12.2	1.6	7.4	7.9	1.07	SLC · PCL
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	68	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	122	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	104	1.366	7.9	0.6	4.4	6.7	1.53

NL (4 yrs)			NL	15	9	.625	3.09	45	30	8	6	2	1	233.0	198	92	80	26	67	9	190	7	0	10	957	122	1.137	7.6	1.0	2.6	7.3	2.84
AL (3 yrs)			AL	5	8	.385	3.22	95	3	43	0	0	13	156.2	138	62	56	10	76	13	116	16	1	7	683	104	1.366	7.9	0.6	4.4	6.7	1.53

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1966	24	CIN	NL	7.0	0	5	5	0	.5	0	-0.1	$
1967	25	CIN	NL	195.2	24	69	116	-2	1.0	47	4.9	$
1968	26	CIN	NL	18.1	4	15	10	0	.9	-5	-0.6	$
1969	27	CIN	NL	12.0	2	3	7	0	.9	4	0.4	$
1970	28	CAL	AL	60.0	3	28	30	2	1.2	2	0.0	$
1971	29	CAL	AL	65.2	0	17	31	1	.9	14	1.1	$
1972	30	CAL	AL	31.0	0	17	14	0	.1	-3	-0.3	$
7 Seasons				389.2	33	154	213	1	.9	59	5.4	$

CIN (4 yrs)				233.0	30	92	138	-2	1.0	46	4.6	$
CAL (3 yrs)				156.2	3	62	75	3	.9	13	0.8	$

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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
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	-69	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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1964	22	CIN	NL	99	-7	0	-1	0	3	-1	3	-3	-0.4	-6	-0.6	0.2	$	9
1965	23	CIN	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/9
1966	24	CIN	NL	69	-6	0	-1	0	4	-1	2	-2	-0.3	-6	-0.6	0.3	$	9/17
1967	25	CIN	NL	89	-6	1	0	-1	0	6	3	3	0.2	3	0.3	-0.1	$10,000	1
1968	26	CIN	NL	9	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
1969	27	CIN	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1970	28	CAL	AL	16	-1	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$12,000	1
1971	29	CAL	AL	11	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1972	30	CAL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
9 Seasons				305	-25	1	-1	-1	7	8	9	-2	-0.5	-9	-0.9	0.4	$22,000

CIN (6 yrs)				275	-22	1	-2	-1	7	5	8	-4	-0.7	-11	-1.1	0.4	$10,000
CAL (3 yrs)				30	-3	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$12,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1964	CIN	NL	22	OF	20	17	14	159.0	43	42	0	1	0	.977	3	24	2.38	2.10	.973	1.99	1.98
1964	CIN	NL	22	RF	20	17	14	159.0	42	41	0	1	0	.976	3	24	2.32	2.05	.973	1.89	1.87
1965	CIN	NL	23	OF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-120	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	2.00
1965	CIN	NL	23	RF	1	0	0	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-120	9.00	1.00	.980	1.80	2.00
1966	CIN	NL	24	OF	32	9	9	133.0	36	35	1	0	0	1.000	4	32	2.44	1.13	.974	2.03	2.03
1966	CIN	NL	24	RF	31	9	9	131.1	39	38	1	0	0	1.000	4	34	2.67	1.26	.978	1.95	1.95
1966	CIN	NL	24	P	7	0	0	7.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			1.29	0.14	.950	1.93	1.96	0	0		0
1966	CIN	NL	24	LF	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-144	0.00	0.00		1.62	1.75
1967	CIN	NL	25	P	31	24	6	195.2	34	15	17	2	2	.941			1.47	1.03	.960	2.00	2.00	5	2	29%	2
1968	CIN	NL	26	P	5	4	0	18.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000			1.96	0.80	.958	2.01	2.02	2	1	33%	0
1969	CIN	NL	27	P	2	2	0	12.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			0.75	0.50	.960	1.95	1.95	1	0	0%	0
1970	CAL	AL	28	P	34	3	0	60.0	6	1	5	0	0	1.000			0.90	0.18	.952	1.86	1.85	2	2	50%	0
1971	CAL	AL	29	P	44	0	0	65.2	10	1	8	1	0	.900			1.23	0.20	.958	1.99	1.97	3	1	25%	0
1972	CAL	AL	30	P	17	0	0	31.0	5	1	4	0	0	1.000			1.45	0.29	.950	1.86	1.85	1	1	50%	0
	7 Seasons			P	140	33	6	389.2	61	18	40	3	2	.951			1.34	0.41	.958	1.96	1.93	14	7	33%	2
	3 Seasons			OF	53	26	23	293.0	80	78	1	1	0	.988	7	27	2.43	1.49	.973	2.01	2.01
	3 Seasons			RF	52	26	23	291.1	82	80	1	1	0	.988	7	28	2.50	1.56	.975	1.92	1.92
	1 Season			LF	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-144	0.00	0.00		1.62	1.75
	9 Seasons			TOT	193	59	29	682.2	141	96	41	4	2	.972	7	12	1.81	0.71	.967	1.98	1.95	14	7	33%	2

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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)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1967 NL 20 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1967 NL 2.2 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 5 (1863), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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Transactions

Before 1960 Season: Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent.
October 24, 1969: Purchased by the California Angels from the Cincinnati Reds.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1967	25	Cincinnati Reds	$10,000	1/27/68 TSN

1970	28	California Angels	$12,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$22,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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