Melvin Joseph Queen

Full Name: Melvin Joseph Queen	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0.5"/204	First Game: April 18, 1942
Birthdate: March 4, 1918	Final Game: May 1, 1952
Birthplace: Maxwell, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: April 4, 1982
Deathplace: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on March 4, 1918 in Maxwell, Pennsylvania, Mel Queen (Melvin Joseph Queen) played for the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 8 year career. Queen broke into the bigs on April 18, 1942 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.31 ERA in 81.2 innings pitched in 1944, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mel Queen's best season was 1951, when he posted a 4.44 ERA and struck out 123 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1942	NY	A	4	0	1	0	.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	6	0	3	0	2
1944	NY	A	10	10	6	3	3.31	30	32	30	4	1	0	81.2	68	7	34	1	1
1946	NY	A	14	3	1	1	6.53	26	28	22	1	0	0	30.1	40	2	21	0	0
1947	PIT	N	14	12	3	7	4.01	34	39	33	2	0	0	74	70	8	51	0	1
1947	NY	A	5	0	0	0	9.45	2	7	7	0	0	0	6.2	9	2	4	0	1
1947	Total		19	12	3	7	4.46	36	46	40	2	0	0	80.2	79	10	55	0	2
1948	PIT	N	25	8	4	4	6.65	34	51	49	0	0	1	66.1	82	8	40	1	3
1950	PIT	N	33	21	5	14	5.98	76	95	80	4	1	0	120.1	135	18	73	1	2
1951	PIT	N	39	21	7	9	4.44	123	90	83	4	1	0	168.1	149	21	99	6	1
1952	PIT	N	2	2	0	2	29.70	3	12	11	0	0	0	3.1	8	2	4	2	0
Total	NL		113	64	19	36	5.33	270	287	256	10	2	1	432.1	444	57	267	10	7
Total	AL		33	13	8	4	4.27	58	67	59	5	1	0	124.1	123	11	62	1	4
Total			146	77	27	40	5.09	328	354	315	15	3	1	556.2	567	68	329	11	11

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Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1942	NY	A	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000
1944	NY	A	P	10	1	7	0	0	1.000
1946	NY	A	P	14	2	2	0	0	1.000
1947	PIT	N	P	14	5	7	1	1	.923
1947	NY	A	P	5	0	0	0	0	.000
1947	Total		P	19	5	7	1	1	.923
1948	PIT	N	P	25	6	8	1	0	.933
1950	PIT	N	P	33	9	13	0	0	1.000
1951	PIT	N	P	39	4	12	1	2	.941
1952	PIT	N	P	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	146	27	51	3	3	.963

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	BB	SO	SH	GDP
1942	NY	A	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1944	NY	A	10	31	5	6	2	.194	.194	.290	3	0	11	3	1
1946	NY	A	14	7	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	3	0	0
1947	PIT	N	14	26	1	2	1	.077	.077	.077	0	0	6	1	1
1947	NY	A	5	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
1947	Total		19	27	1	2	1	.074	.074	.074	0	0	6	1	1
1948	PIT	N	25	17	0	1	0	.059	.059	.059	0	0	2	2	0
1950	PIT	N	33	35	0	2	0	.057	.083	.057	0	1	6	2	0
1951	PIT	N	39	47	4	5	1	.106	.125	.106	0	1	8	6	1
1952	PIT	N	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		113	125	5	10	2	.080	.094	.080	0	2	22	11	2
Total	AL		33	39	5	7	2	.179	.179	.256	3	0	14	3	1
Total			146	164	10	17	4	.104	.114	.122	3	2	36	14	3

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Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1938).
Sold by New York Yankees to Pittsburgh Pirates (July 10, 1947).

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