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Simmons Davis League
7-27-2020
John Merritt Left Field
Retired (1987, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .279 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .760 Status Retired (1987) Option Years 0  
H 706 Age 67 (OS 68) Date of Birth 10-03-1952
HR 51 Drafted Round 2, Pick 38
(1971)
Majors Svc Time 9 years
(38 games)
RBI 336
SB 107
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R Power vs. L B- Velocity   Mentor vR A-
Speed B+ Bunt A+ Control D-   Mentor vL
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF (88.5%)   Health LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF (85.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1977 LF NYN-HOU 10 3 41.0 8 6 1 1 0 -1 1.54 .875
RF NYN-HOU 8 4 34.1 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.88 1.000
CF NYN-HOU 6 1 17.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3.71 1.000
1978 LF HOU 55 45 384.0 84 79 5 0 0 -3 1.97 1.000
RF HOU 29 14 138.0 36 35 1 0 0 -1 2.35 1.000
CF HOU 26 1 63.1 13 13 0 0 0 0 1.85 1.000
C HOU 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1979 LF HOU 57 37 341.2 83 81 2 0 0 +1 2.19 1.000
CF HOU 2 0 4.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
1B HOU 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
2B HOU 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 0.00 .000
RF HOU 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1980 LF HOU 76 45 446.0 126 122 0 4 0 -1 2.46 .968
CF HOU 4 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1B HOU 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
3B HOU 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
RF HOU 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
2B HOU 1 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1981 LF HOU 83 80 695.1 141 135 4 2 0 -1 1.80 .986
CF HOU 38 37 325.0 92 87 2 3 0 -1 2.46 .967
RF HOU 5 5 42.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.36 1.000
1B HOU 1 0 2.2 2 2 0 0 1 0 6.77 1.000
1982 CF ATL 124 119 1029.0 243 232 9 2 3 0 2.11 .992
2B ATL 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
RF ATL 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1983 CF CHN 25 3 66.1 18 18 0 0 0 0 2.44 1.000
RF CHN 5 5 44.0 12 12 0 0 0 0 2.45 1.000
SS CHN 2 2 17.0 11 4 7 0 1 -1 5.82 1.000
2B CHN 2 0 3.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.00 1.000
1984 CF CHN 49 35 341.1 103 98 2 3 1 -3 2.64 .971
RF CHN 3 3 28.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.32 1.000
SS CHN 1 1 11.2 8 1 5 2 2 0 4.63 .750
1B CHN 1 1 8.2 8 7 0 1 1 0 7.27 .875
1985 CF CHN 25 25 223.2 80 79 1 0 0 -1 3.22 1.000
LF CHN 5 5 44.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 1.43 1.000
RF CHN 3 3 27.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1.33 1.000
1986 LF CHN 130 130 1128.2 260 253 6 1 0 +2 2.07 .996
Pos Total LF 416 345 3080.2 709 683 18 8 0 -3 2.05 .989
CF 299 221 2076.2 558 536 14 8 4 -5 2.38 .986
RF 56 34 319.1 75 74 1 0 0 -1 2.11 1.000
SS 3 3 28.2 19 5 12 2 3 -1 5.34 .895
1B 4 1 15.1 11 10 0 1 2 0 5.87 .909
2B 5 0 8.0 5 1 3 1 0 -1 4.50 .800
C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Total 785 604 5532.2 1377 1309 48 20 9 0 0 0 NaN% -11 2.21 .985
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1987-11-01John Merritt has retired from the Chicago Throwdown
1987-04-27The Chicago Throwdown have acquired John Merritt from the waiver wire.
1987-04-08The Chicago Throwdown have waived John Merritt.
1987-04-01The Chicago Throwdown have designated John Merritt for assignment.
1985-04-19John Merritt of the Chicago Throwdown is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1985-04-13The Chicago Throwdown have removed John Merritt from the trade block.
1984-11-01The Chicago Throwdown have placed John Merritt on the trade block.
1984-08-17John Merritt of the Chicago Throwdown is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1984-05-14John Merritt of the Chicago Throwdown is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1983-04-05The Chicago Throwdown have acquired John Merritt from the waiver wire.
1983-03-01The Atlanta Warriors have promoted Roy Kuhn to the major league team. The Atlanta Warriors have designated John Merritt for assignment.
1982-05-08The Atlanta Warriors have placed John Merritt on the trade block.
1977-08-03The Houston Murder City Devils have acquired John Merritt from the waiver wire.
1977-07-30The New York Whiner Babies have designated John Merritt for assignment.
1977-03-01The New York Whiner Babies have promoted Bill Johnson to the major league team. The New York Whiner Babies have promoted Rod Ingram to the major league team. The New York Whiner Babies have promoted John Merritt to the major league team.