How Mel Queen's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Mel Queen posted a career ERA of 5.09, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 1942, posting .000, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.54 that year. The highest point came in 1952 at 29.7, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.62 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.98 in 1950 to 4.44 in 1951 and 29.7 in 1952. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 29.7 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Mel Queen Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Mel Queen
| Mel Queen
ERA | Mel Queen
Component ERA | Mel Queen
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 5.09 | 5.15 | 5.24 |
| Season Avg. | 5.09 | 5.15 | 5.24 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.09 | 5.15 | 5.24 |
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Mel Queen ERA Per Season
Mel Queen's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mel Queen ERA by Team
Mel Queen's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mel Queen ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mel Queen's career ERA shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Mel Queen ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mel Queen's seasonal ERA alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Mel Queen ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mel Queen's MLB career with ERA alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
