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Mel Queen

Positions: Pitcher, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 189lb (185cm, 85kg)

Born: March 26, 1942 in Johnson City, NY us

Died: May 11, 2011 in Morro Bay, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: San Luis Obispo HS (San Luis Obispo, CA)

Debut: April 13, 1964 (Age 22-018d, 12,209th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 21, 1972 (Age 30-117d)
vs. NYY 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Full Name: Melvin Douglas Queen

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Jim Lonborg; Son of Mel Queen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.1

ERA

3.14

140

389.2

306

WHIP

1.229

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1966	24	CIN-min	WRk	1	1	.500	5.50	7	0		0	0		18.0	14	12	11	1	11	0	23	0	0	3				1.389	7.0	0.5	5.5	11.5	2.09	AST FLIL
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	2.55	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	2.98	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	6.15	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	172	4.51	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	3.91	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	3.12	1.188	6.7	0.4	4.0	7.3	1.83
1972	30	CAL-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	4.14	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	3.43	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	3.43	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	3.30	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	3.62	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	3.30	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	3.62	1.366	7.9	0.6	4.4	6.7	1.53