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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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Reds/Angels 1964-1972

Final Game: July 21, 1972 (Age 30)
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 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 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 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 47 172 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 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 Yrs 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) 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) 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 Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1966 24 CIN NL 7.0 7 0 5 6.43 4.46 -0.32 -0.18 105.5 4.85 -1 -0.1 .7 0.0 -0.1 -1 .480 .499
1967 25 CIN NL 195.2 31 24 69 3.17 3.92 -0.07 0.04 110.4 4.45 25 3.2 1.4 -0.1 5.0 44 .603 .520 $10,000
1968 26 CIN NL 18.1 5 4 15 7.36 3.46 -0.21 0.03 109.0 4.02 -7 -0.8 .5 0.0 -0.6 -6 .347 .495
1969 27 CIN NL 12.0 2 2 3 2.25 4.31 -0.07 0.07 99.3 4.42 3 0.3 -0.0 0.4 4 .672 .502
1970 28 CAL AL 60.0 34 3 28 4.20 4.18 0.36 -0.11 100.2 3.71 -3 -0.3 1.5 -0.2 0.1 2 .491 .498 $12,000
1971 29 CAL AL 65.2 44 0 17 2.33 3.89 0.11 -0.17 92.8 3.35 7 0.9 1.4 0.0 1.6 13 .520 .505
1972 30 CAL AL 31.0 17 0 17 4.94 3.66 0.06 -0.16 95.3 3.28 -6 -0.7 .2 0.2 -0.1 -3 .461 .496
7 Seasons 389.2 140 33 154 3.56 3.93 0.03 -0.04 104.2 4.04 19 2.5 1.2 0.1 6.4 53 .518 .502 $22,000
CIN (4 yrs) 233.0 45 30 92 3.55 3.92 -0.09 0.03 109.6 4.43 20 2.6 1.0 -0.1 4.8 42 .558 .504 $10,000
CAL (3 yrs) 156.2 95 3 62 3.56 3.95 0.20 -0.14 96.1 3.47 -1 -0.1 1.2 0.1 1.6 11 .499 .500 $12,000

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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 Awards
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 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 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 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 (v2.2): 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 Awards
1964 22 CIN NL 48 99 -8 -0 -0 3 -1 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.2 .487 .496 -0.6 0.3 -5 9
1965 23 CIN NL 5 3 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .480 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 /9
1966 24 CIN NL 56 69 -8 0 -0 4 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -3 -0.4 .489 .496 -0.8 0.3 -7 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 .505 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1970 28 CAL AL 37 16 -1 -0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 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 13 -7 -0.7 11 4 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.9 0.7 -3 $22,000
CIN (6 yrs) 170 275 -25 1 -1 7 10 -8 -0.8 10 2 -0.2 .495 .499 -1.0 0.7 -4 $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

Standard Fielding

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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% lgCS% PO Awards
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% 41% 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% 40% 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% 40% 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% 40% 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% 39% 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% 38% 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% 40% 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% 40% 2
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1967 NL  5.0 (7th)

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)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1964 NL  3 (5th)
1966 NL  4 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 5 (1909), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1982), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (423rd), 6.3 career WAR/7.2 7yr-peak WAR/6.8 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
196725Cincinnati Reds$10,0001/27/68 TSN
197028California Angels$12,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$22,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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