Mel Queen

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 204lb (183cm, 92kg)

Born: March 4, 1918 in Maxwell, PA us

Died: April 4, 1982 in Fort Smith, AR

Buried: Gracelawn Memorial Park, Van Buren, AR

High School: Wellsburg HS (Wellsburg, WV)

Debut: April 18, 1942 (Age 24-045d, 9,233rd in major league history)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 1, 1952 (Age 34-058d)
vs. NYG 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1944 season

Full Name: Melvin Joseph Queen

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Relatives: Father of Mel Queen

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.1

ERA

5.09

146

556.2

328

WHIP

1.610

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 68 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

5 leading off, 1 walk-off, 4 tying, 28 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

2 Tms
PIT	57
NYY	11

Platoon
vs RHB	47
vs LHB	21

Home/Road
Home	37
Away	31

Outs
0	29
2	20
1	18
Unk	1

11 Opps
NYG	15
BRO	15
BSN	8
CHC	7
CIN	6
PHI	5
DET	5
SLB	4
WSH	1
STL	1
CLE	1

48 Batters
Eddie Stanky	4
Jackie Robinson	4
Dick Wakefield	3
Grady Hatton	3
Wes Westrum	3
Gil Hodges	3
Earl Torgeson	2
Sam Jethroe	2
Pee Wee Reese	2
Sid Gordon	2
Chet Laabs	2
Roy Smalley	2
Monte Irvin	1
Ron Northey	1
Willard Marshall	1
Andy Pafko	1
Willie Jones	1
Tookie Gilbert	1
Al Zarilla	1
Bill Serena	1
Tommy Brown	1
Ralph LaPointe	1
Walker Cooper	1
Bobby Adams	1
Duke Snider	1
Andy Seminick	1
Roy Cullenbine	1
Del Ennis	1
Hank Greenberg	1
Wally Judnich	1
Mickey Witek	1
Mickey Owen	1
Max Surkont	1
Gene Hermanski	1
Lloyd Gearhart	1
Eddie Kazak	1
Billy Cox	1
Stan Spence	1
Paul Richards	1
Al Dark	1
Bob Elliott	1
Del Wilber	1
Rube Walker	1
Hal Jeffcoat	1
Bobby Thomson	1
Spider Jorgensen	1
Eddie Miller	1
Carl Furillo	1

11 Parks
Forbes Fld (PIT)	34
Polo Grounds (NYC)	8
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Braves Fld (BOS)	4
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
GriffithStad (WAS)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Crosley Fld (CIN)	1

Where Hit
7	37
9	11
78	2
89	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	34
2·HR gms	14
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	41
1--	14
123	4
12-	3
1-3	3
-23	1
-2-	1

109 Runs
RISP	12
0 on	41
1 on	15
2 on	7
3 on	4
Any on	26

Inning
1	12
2	7
3	6
4	10
5	8
6	5
7	8
8	7
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	25
4-6	23
7-end	20

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	4
+2	7
+1	7
Tied	25
-1	4
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	4
Unk	1

Ahead	27
Tied	25
Behind	15
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
3B	10
1B	9
2B	9
C	9
LF	9
CF	7
SS	7
RF	6
PH	1
P	1

OrderPos
3rd	10
6th	10
7th	9
4th	9
1st	8
5th	8
8th	6
2nd	6
9th	2

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1944-08-18	Roy Cullenbine	CLE	@	NYY	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	5	9	11%	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1944-08-22	Dick Wakefield	DET	@	NYY	behind 3-9	t 8	1	---	1	5	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	2	1944-08-22	Paul Richards	DET	@	NYY	behind 4-9	t 8	1	1--	2	7	2	3%	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Outlaw Scores
4	4	4	1	1944-08-27 (2)	Stan Spence	WSH		NYY		b 5			1	4	8
5	5	5	1	1944-09-20	Dick Wakefield	DET		NYY	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	11%	66%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
6	6	6	1	1944-10-01	Chet Laabs	SLB		NYY	behind 0-2	b 4	0	1--	2	3	7	21%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Kreevich Scores
7	7	7	2	1944-10-01	Chet Laabs	SLB		NYY	tied 2-2	b 5	2	1--	2	3	7	26%	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Kreevich Scores
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1946-07-31	Hank Greenberg	DET		NYY	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	1--	2	4	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Evers Scores
9	9	2	2	1946-07-31	Dick Wakefield	DET		NYY	ahead 5-0	b 7	0	---	1	5	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1947-06-08 (1)	Wally Judnich	SLB		NYY	ahead 6-1	b 3	2	---	1	7	3	3%	96%		Home Run
11	11	2	2	1947-06-08 (1)	Al Zarilla	SLB		NYY	ahead 7-1	b 5	1	---	1	6	9	1%	99%		Home Run
12	12	3	1	1947-07-25	Eddie Stanky	BRO	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	1947-08-05	Grady Hatton	CIN	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	5	10%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	5	1	1947-08-22	Mickey Witek	NYG		PIT	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	7	4	19%	72%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); W. Marshall Scores
15	15	6	2	1947-08-22	Walker Cooper	NYG		PIT	tied 2-2	b 4	0	1--	2	6	2	18%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Marshall Scores
16	16	7	3	1947-08-22	Willard Marshall	NYG		PIT	ahead 4-2	b 6	0	---	1	5	9	7%	91%		Home Run
17	17	8	1	1947-09-04	Eddie Miller	CIN	@	PIT	behind 0-3	t 3	0	1--	2	8	6	14%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Lamanno Scores/unER
18	18	9	1	1947-09-10	Lloyd Gearhart	NYG	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	10%	56%		Home Run
19	19	10	1	1947-09-14 (2)	Ralph LaPointe	PHI	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	6	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1948-05-02	Grady Hatton	CIN	@	PIT	behind 0-1	t 3	2	1--	2	3	5	22%	57%		Home Run; J. Wyrostek Scores
21	21	2	1	1948-05-09 (1)	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 4-1	t 8	1	123	4	7	6	4%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Vaughan Scores; B. Edwards Scores; G. Hermanski Scores
22	22	3	1	1948-06-24 (1)	Jackie Robinson	BRO		PIT	tied 2-2	b 9	2	123	4	3	3	34%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); G. Hodges Scores; P. Ward Scores; B. Cox Scores
23	23	4	1	1948-07-23	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	8	6	12%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	5	2	1948-07-23	Tommy Brown	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 3-0	t 7	0	---	1	6	5	5%	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
25	25	6	1	1948-08-28 (1)	Del Ennis	PHI	@	PIT	ahead 4-0	t 5	0	---	1	4	9
26	26	7	1	1948-09-03	Rube Walker	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 4	1	12-	3	7	2	26%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Pafko Scores; B. Nicholson Scores
27	27	8	1	1948-09-05 (2)	Andy Pafko	CHC	@	PIT	ahead 10-3	t 8	0	---	1	4	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1950-04-30 (2)	Ron Northey	CIN		PIT	behind 0-1	b 7	0	1--	2	5	9	34%	79%		Home Run; T. Kluszewski Scores
29	29	2	1	1950-05-05	Eddie Stanky	NYG	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	3	2	1950-05-05	Tookie Gilbert	NYG	@	PIT	behind 1-5	t 8	0	12-	3	6	3	15%	26%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Thomson Scores; H. Thompson Scores
31	31	4	1	1950-05-26	Roy Smalley	CHC	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 4	1	123	4	8	6
32	32	5	1	1950-06-01	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	123	4	6	7	28%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Torgeson Scores; T. Holmes Scores; W. Cooper Scores
33	33	6	2	1950-06-01	Bob Elliott	BSN	@	PIT	ahead 4-0	t 3	0	-2-	2	4	5	5%	93%		Home Run; T. Holmes Scores
34	34	7	1	1950-06-03	Sid Gordon	BSN	@	PIT	ahead 8-6	t 9	0	1--	2	6	7	5%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF-CF); W. Cooper Scores
35	35	8	1	1950-06-06	Wes Westrum	NYG	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	7	2	10%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	9	2	1950-06-06	Bobby Thomson	NYG	@	PIT	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--	2	5	8	12%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF); H. Thompson Scores
37	37	10	1	1950-06-16	Earl Torgeson	BSN		PIT	tied 4-4	b 8	0	---	1	3	3	26%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF Line)
38	38	11	1	1950-06-23	Billy Cox	BRO		PIT	ahead 4-2	b 4	1	---	1	1	5	8%	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
39	39	12	1	1950-07-09	Eddie Kazak	STL	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 4	2	---	1	6	5	11%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	13	1	1950-07-23	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 7-6	t 8	0	1-3	3	6	3	10%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Robinson Scores; C. Furillo Scores
41	41	14	1	1950-07-26	Sam Jethroe	BSN		PIT	behind 1-6	b 7	1	1-3	3	2	8
42	42	15	1	1950-08-19	Roy Smalley	CHC		PIT	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	7	6	11%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	16	2	1950-08-19	Mickey Owen	CHC		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	8	2	10%	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	17	1	1950-08-23	Gene Hermanski	BRO	@	PIT	tied 5-5	t 17	0	---	1	2	7	33%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
45	45	18	1	1950-09-15	Max Surkont	BSN		PIT	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	-23	3	9	1
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1951-04-23	Bill Serena	CHC		PIT	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	6	5	15%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
47	47	2	1	1951-05-03	Eddie Stanky	NYG		PIT	behind 1-3	b 7	1	---	1	1	4	13%	31%		Home Run
48	48	3	2	1951-05-03	Spider Jorgensen	NYG		PIT	behind 2-3	b 9	1	---	1	9	PH	47%	58%		Home Run
49	49	4	1	1951-05-20 (2)	Andy Seminick	PHI	@	PIT	ahead 5-1	t 5	2	---	1	7	2	4%	93%		Home Run
50	50	5	1	1951-05-23	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	4	3	19%	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); P. Reese Scores; J. Robinson Scores
51	51	6	1	1951-06-17 (2)	Wes Westrum	NYG	@	PIT	behind 0-2	t 4	1	1--	2	6	2
52	52	7	2	1951-06-17 (2)	Monte Irvin	NYG	@	PIT	tied 2-2	t 6	2	1--	2	7	7
53	53	8	1	1951-06-21	Willie Jones	PHI	@	PIT	ahead 9-4	t 9	0	---	1	3	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
54	54	9	1	1951-06-24 (2)	Gil Hodges	BRO	@	PIT	ahead 3-2	t 6	0	---	1	5	3	12%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	10	1	1951-07-12	Del Wilber	PHI		PIT	ahead 9-1	b 7	2	---	1	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	11	1	1951-07-16	Wes Westrum	NYG		PIT	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	7%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
57	57	12	2	1951-07-16	Eddie Stanky	NYG		PIT	ahead 3-0	b 2	1	---	1	1	4	6%	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	13	3	1951-07-16	Al Dark	NYG		PIT	ahead 4-2	b 4	2	1--	2	2	6	13%	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Jansen Scores
59	59	14	1	1951-07-18	Jackie Robinson	BRO		PIT	behind 9-11	b 6	1	12-	3	4	4	40%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Furillo Scores; D. Snider Scores
60	60	15	1	1951-07-29 (2)	Sam Jethroe	BSN	@	PIT	tied 4-4	t 7	2	---	1	2	8	22%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	16	1	1951-08-22	Earl Torgeson	BSN		PIT	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	1	3	3	19%	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	17	1	1951-08-27 (1)	Carl Furillo	BRO		PIT	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	9	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
63	63	18	2	1951-08-27 (1)	Jackie Robinson	BRO		PIT	ahead 1-0	b 1	2	---	1	4	4	9%	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	19	1	1951-09-03 (1)	Hal Jeffcoat	CHC		PIT	behind 0-3	b 3	2	---	1	2	8	9%	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	20	1	1951-09-15	Duke Snider	BRO	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	8	10%	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	21	2	1951-09-15	Jackie Robinson	BRO	@	PIT	behind 2-4	t 5	2	---	1	4	4	11%	31%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
67	67	1	1	1952-04-19	Grady Hatton	CIN	@	PIT	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
68	68	2	2	1952-04-19	Bobby Adams	CIN	@	PIT	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	---	1	2	5	9%	69%		Home Run

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