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Mel
Queen		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 197
 
Born: March 26, 1942 in Usa, NY, JOHNSON CITY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1967 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1968 26 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 5
1969 27 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6
1970 28 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6
1971 29 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 5
1972 30 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 5 6 6 5 5 5 4 5 4
1973 31 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 4
1974 32 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4
1975 33 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4
1976 34 CLE AL $ 300,003 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1966 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1967 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1968 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1969 27 OAK AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1970 28 OAK AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1971 29 OAK AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1972 30 OAK AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1973 31 OAK AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1974 32 OAK AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1975 33 OAK AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
1976 34 CLE AL $ 300,003   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 6 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1966 24 OAK AL 3 2 .600 7 7 1 0 0 48.7 49 20 5 13 37 3.70 .262 .313 .385 .698 3.6
    AAA   8 4 .667 17 17 2 1 0 123.0 84 25 8 40 128 1.83 .193 .261 .275 .536  
1967 25 OAK AL 5 7 .417 55 6 1 0 23 73.3 84 45 10 29 50 5.52 .286 .354 .415 .769 1.8
1968 26 OAK AL 4 4 .500 34 2 0 0 2 50.7 50 18 6 12 45 3.20 .260 .306 .406 .712 3.8
1969 27 OAK AL 6 7 .462 29 25 0 0 0 159.3 158 73 16 63 107 4.12 .259 .332 .377 .709 5.4
1970 28 OAK AL 4 8 .333 22 16 0 0 0 113.7 113 57 20 43 81 4.51 .254 .320 .458 .779 3.3
    AAA   2 3 .400 6 6 1 0 0 36.7 30 17 9 21 43 4.17 .222 .327 .481 .808  
1971 29 AAA   4 5 .444 36 0 0 0 3 34.0 31 22 6 20 31 5.82 .248 .352 .432 .784  
1972 30 AAA   5 5 .500 54 0 0 0 2 73.3 70 34 7 38 66 4.17 .255 .345 .400 .745  
1973 31 AAA   4 14 .222 36 19 1 0 3 134.0 154 85 23 68 104 5.71 .290 .371 .476 .847  
1974 32 OAK AL 2 3 .400 38 1 0 0 3 69.0 91 57 14 38 33 7.43 .318 .404 .524 .929 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 2 9.3 8 5 2 3 6 4.82 .242 .306 .515 .821  
1975 33 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 26 1 0 0 1 69.7 76 32 7 32 32 4.13 .283 .359 .428 .787 4.1
1976 34 AAA   6 10 .375 52 18 1 0 2 129.0 160 96 32 62 83 6.70 .304 .377 .528 .904  
7 Years Sim 25 31 .446 211 58 2 0 29 584.3 621 302 78 230 385 4.65 .272 .342 .425 .767 22.0
7 Years AAA 29 41 .414 212 60 5 1 12 539.3 537 284 87 252 461 4.74 .260 .341 .435 .776  
Season Average 3 4 .429 30 8 0 0 4 83.5 88 43 11 32 55 4.65 .272 .342 .425 .767  
Career Highs 6 8 1.000 55 25 1 0 23 159.3 158 73 20 63 107 7.43 .318 .404 .524 .929  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   316 151 34 108 236   .263 .323 .395 .718
vs LH   305 151 44 122 149   .282 .355 .459 .815
Home 12 15 .444 111 30 2 0 12 305.3 312 151 33 126 189 4.45 .265 .336 .391 .727
Away 13 16 .448 100 28 0 0 17 279.0 309 151 45 104 196 4.87 .280 .342 .462 .804
Mar/Apr 2 3 .400 25 6 0 0 4 66.0 69 31 15 18 39 4.23 .264 .312 .494 .806
May 4 4 .500 36 12 0 0 9 96.3 89 35 11 40 70 3.27 .243 .318 .377 .695
June 6 7 .462 34 12 0 0 5 105.3 100 58 14 44 70 4.96 .253 .327 .414 .741
July 3 3 .500 28 5 0 0 5 67.7 70 29 4 32 41 3.86 .269 .349 .346 .695
August 4 7 .364 37 7 1 0 3 88.0 105 62 13 39 53 6.34 .293 .363 .466 .829
Sep/Oct 6 7 .462 51 16 1 0 3 161.0 188 87 21 57 112 4.86 .293 .351 .441 .791
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1966 24 OAK AL 7 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2 0.0
1967 25 OAK AL 55 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1 0.0
1968 26 OAK AL 34 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
3 Years Sim 96 34 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .059 .059 .059 .118 -2.1 0.0
162 Game Average 57 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 .059 .059 .059 .118 -3.5  
Career Highs 55 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.5
vs LH   16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5
Home 51 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.9
Away 45 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.2
RISP   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
June 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Sep/Oct 22 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .087 .087 .087 .174 -1.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1966 24 OAK AL P 7 7 48.7 1 12 1 2 .929 2.40    
1967 25 OAK AL P 55 6 73.3 10 8 1 1 .947 2.21    
1968 26 OAK AL P 34 2 50.7 4 8 0 2 1.000 2.13    
1969 27 OAK AL P 29 25 159.3 9 27 0 3 1.000 2.03    
1970 28 OAK AL P 22 16 113.7 4 13 1 2 .944 1.35    
1974 32 OAK AL P 38 1 69.0 5 13 0 1 1.000 2.35    
1975 33 OAK AL P 26 1 69.7 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.03    
Career Totals   211 58 584.3 36 86 3 12 .976 1.88    
Career Highs   55 25 159.3 10 27 1 3 1.000 2.40    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1967 25 OAK AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 8 8 1 2 2 19.67 .400 .455 .600 1.055
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 8 8 1 2 2 19.67 .400 .455 .600 1.055
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1967 25 OAK AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1967-2-23
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 27th overall pick, by Oakland in 1966
Injured on 5/9/1966 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 9/8/1966, off Cecil Butler (BSN)
Earned first career win on 9/12/1966
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/8/1976 to a 3-year deal worth $300,003 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/13/1976 (Going to NYG: 3B Ron Clark. Going to CLE: SS Bill Melton, P Mel Queen)
 
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