Bio
- Debut
- 1942
Bio
- Debut
- 1942
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 146
- W
- 27
- L
- 40
- ERA
- 5.09
- IP
- 556.2
- K
- 328
- BB
- 329
- WHIP
- 1.61
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | NYY | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.2 | 0 | 3 | 1.59 |
| 1944 | NYY | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3.31 | 81.2 | 30 | 34 | 1.25 |
| 1946 | NYY | 14 | 1 | 1 | 6.53 | 30.1 | 26 | 21 | 2.01 |
| 1947 |  NYY/PIT | 19 | 3 | 7 | 4.46 | 80.2 | 36 | 55 | 1.66 |
| 1948 | PIT | 25 | 4 | 4 | 6.65 | 66.1 | 34 | 40 | 1.84 |
| 1950 | PIT | 33 | 5 | 14 | 5.98 | 120.1 | 76 | 73 | 1.73 |
| 1951 | PIT | 39 | 7 | 9 | 4.44 | 168.1 | 123 | 99 | 1.47 |
| 1952 | PIT | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29.70 | 3.1 | 3 | 4 | 3.60 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 15
- SHO
- 3
- K/9
- 5.3
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | NYY | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1946 | NYY | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1947 | NYY/PIT | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1948 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1950 | PIT | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | PIT | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Mel Queen's career stats?
Mel Queen played 8 seasons for the Yankees and the Pirates. He had 27 wins and 328 strikeouts with a 5.09 ERA over 556.2 innings. His best season was 1951: 7 wins, a 4.44 ERA and 123 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1942 to 1952
Championships
- 1947 World Series with the New York Yankees
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