Mel Queen
1942–1952 · bats R / throws R · New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates
146G
.104AVG
.114OBP
.122SLG
More career statistics
17H
0HR
4RBI
0SB
27–40W–L
556.2IP
328K
5.09ERA
77GS
1SV
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Strikeouts | 36 | 38 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,540 | 2,544 |
| Pitching · p er | 315 | 314 |
| Pitching · p k | 328 | 330 |
| Pitching · p w | 329 | 331 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 146 | 180 | 164 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .104 | .114 | .122 | .236 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 556.7 | 146 | 77 | 15 | 27 | 40 | 1 | 567 | 354 | 315 | 68 | 329 | 328 | 0 | 0 | 5.09 | 1.610 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1944-08-31 to 1944-09-04
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1950-08-15 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 34 | 11 innings pitched | 1944-09-25 | 1 in 308 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1950-08-13 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  New York Yankees | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | – |
| 1944 | New York Yankees | 10 | 31 | 6 | – | 2 | – | .194 | 81 | 30 |
| 1946 | New York Yankees | 14 | 7 | 1 | – | – | – | .143 | 30 | 26 |
| 1947 | New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 27 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .074 | 80 | 38 |
| 1948 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 25 | 17 | 1 | – | – | – | .059 | 66 | 34 |
| 1950 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 33 | 35 | 2 | – | – | – | .057 | 120 | 76 |
| 1951 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 47 | 5 | – | 1 | – | .106 | 168 | 123 |
| 1952 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 |