Mel Queen

Portrait of Mel Queen, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Melvin Queen." Printed on back: "Mel Queen. Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates. Born: Maxwell, Pa., March 4, 1918. Height: 6 ft. Weight: 200. Bats: right. Throws: right. Took part in 39 games in 1951. Won 7, lost 9. Pitched 168 innings. Walked 99 batters while striking out 123. Involved in two 3-hit games. The first, in partnership with Bill Werle against the Reds, was a 10-inning tie game. The second was against the Cubs. Sent to minors, May 1, 1952. No. 171 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."