Melvin Joseph Queen
[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1942
| NY
| A
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .00
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.2
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1944
| NY
| A
| 10
| 10
| 6
| 3
| 3.31
| 30
| 32
| 30
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 81.2
| 68
| 7
| 34
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 1946
| NY
| A
| 14
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 6.53
| 26
| 28
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 30.1
| 40
| 2
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| 14
| 12
| 3
| 7
| 4.01
| 34
| 39
| 33
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 74
| 70
| 8
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| NY
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.45
| 2
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.2
| 9
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| Total
|
| 19
| 12
| 3
| 7
| 4.46
| 36
| 46
| 40
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 80.2
| 79
| 10
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 1948
| PIT
| N
| 25
| 8
| 4
| 4
| 6.65
| 34
| 51
| 49
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 66.1
| 82
| 8
| 40
| 0
| 1
| 3
|
| 1950
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 21
| 5
| 14
| 5.98
| 76
| 95
| 80
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 120.1
| 135
| 18
| 73
| 0
| 1
| 2
|
| 1951
| PIT
| N
| 39
| 21
| 7
| 9
| 4.44
| 123
| 90
| 83
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 168.1
| 149
| 21
| 99
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
| 1952
| PIT
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 29.70
| 3
| 12
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 8
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 113
| 64
| 19
| 36
| 5.33
| 270
| 287
| 256
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 432.1
| 444
| 57
| 267
| 0
| 10
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 33
| 13
| 8
| 4
| 4.27
| 58
| 67
| 59
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 124.1
| 123
| 11
| 62
| 0
| 1
| 4
|
| Total
|
|
| 146
| 77
| 27
| 40
| 5.09
| 328
| 354
| 315
| 15
| 3
| 1
| 556.2
| 567
| 68
| 329
| 0
| 11
| 11
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1942
| NY
| A
| P
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1944
| NY
| A
| P
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1946
| NY
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1947
| NY
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1947
| Total
|
| P
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| 1948
| PIT
| N
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1950
| PIT
| N
| P
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1951
| PIT
| N
| P
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1952
| PIT
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 146
| 0
| 0
| 27
| 51
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .963
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1942
| NY
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1944
| NY
| A
| 10
| 31
| 5
| 6
| 0
| 2
| .194
| .194
| .290
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1946
| NY
| A
| 14
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .143
| .143
| .143
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| PIT
| N
| 14
| 26
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .077
| .077
| .077
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1947
| NY
| A
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1947
| Total
|
| 19
| 27
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 1
| .074
| .074
| .074
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1948
| PIT
| N
| 25
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .059
| .059
| .059
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .057
| .083
| .057
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1951
| PIT
| N
| 39
| 47
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .106
| .125
| .106
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1952
| PIT
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 113
| 125
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 2
| .080
| .094
| .080
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 33
| 39
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 2
| .179
| .179
| .256
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 146
| 164
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 4
| .104
| .114
| .122
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 36
| 0
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- 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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