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Rickey Henderson League
4-1-2072
Talon Merritt Second Base
Retired (1968, Age 40)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .265 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .712 Status Deceased (2003) Option Years 0  
H 1730 Age at Death 75 Date of Birth 04-08-1928
HR 129 Drafted Round 19, Pick 291
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 17 years
(46 games)
RBI 740
SB 240
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance D+   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R C- Power vs. L C  Velocity C+   Mentor vR B 
Speed B- Bunt B  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B+ WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health C  LCS Appearances 2
3B D  (18.8%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1951 CHA
70
226
35
61
9
0
12
29
22
 42 4 1
6
 1 3
.813
.344
.469
.199
.270
1952 CHA
94
330
49
99
13
2
10
50
32
 63 6 1
14
 5 9
.814
.371
.442
.142
.300
1953 CHA
139
452
48
122
14
5
11
46
34
 69 3 0
15
 6 6
.721
.325
.396
.126
.270
1954 CHA
149
540
79
156
22
11
13
57
43
 85 4 2
20
 10 11
.787
.345
.443
.154
.289
1955 CHA
146
415
62
125
24
6
13
48
47
 63 1 1
19
 3 4
.855
.373
.482
.181
.301
1956 CHA-CLE
111
349
56
95
12
4
7
40
53
 53 1 4
22
 3 2
.756
.366
.390
.117
.272
1957 CLE
134
446
64
137
27
3
9
64
36
 67 3 4
30
 10 1
.802
.360
.442
.135
.307
1958 CLE
109
281
45
79
13
1
6
32
40
 56 3 2
14
 6 6
.773
.374
.399
.117
.281
1959 CLE
127
258
41
65
9
1
4
27
31
 40 1 3
23
 2 3
.672
.331
.341
.089
.252
1960 CLE
99
231
32
58
6
4
6
32
26
 31 0 3
17
 0 5
.713
.323
.390
.139
.251
1961 CLE
80
107
20
32
4
0
3
11
12
 18 0 1
10
 2 0
.787
.367
.421
.121
.299
1962 CLE
84
201
23
51
9
2
2
29
18
 36 0 3
9
 3 1
.659
.311
.348
.095
.254
1963 CLE-NYA
117
174
14
49
8
2
3
17
11
 37 0 0
3
 1 0
.727
.324
.402
.121
.282
1963 CLE
3
6
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
 2 0 0
0
 1 0
.500
.167
.333
.167
.167
1963 NYA
114
168
14
48
7
2
3
17
11
 35 0 0
3
 0 0
.734
.330
.405
.119
.286
1964 NYA
124
463
43
114
11
7
5
54
51
 73 1 1
16
 3 0
.654
.322
.333
.086
.246
1965 NYA
139
539
58
134
11
6
8
53
46
 77 3 2
9
 3 10
.646
.310
.336
.087
.249
1966 NYA
108
423
32
109
13
2
4
36
38
 77 1 3
6
 4 6
.645
.318
.326
.069
.258
1967 NYA
139
544
66
135
22
5
8
62
42
 93 1 5
7
 0 6
.652
.301
.351
.103
.248
1968 NYA
139
544
32
109
14
2
5
53
43
 99 0 1
0
 3 7
.520
.259
.261
.061
.200
Total
2108
6523
799
1730
241
63
129
740
625
 1079 32 37
240
 65 80
.712
.331
.381
.116
.265
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Talon Merritt has retired from the New York Mobstaz
1963-04-22The New York Mobstaz have acquired Talon Merritt from the waiver wire.
1963-04-17The Cleveland Clouds have designated Talon Merritt for assignment.
1957-03-01The Cleveland Clouds have renamed Jim Merritt to Talon Merritt.
1956-07-08A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Clouds and the Chicago Black Sox. The Chicago Black Sox receive Brady Lemon, Wyn Shannon, Draft Pick - 1957 Round 4 (CLE) from the Cleveland Clouds in exchange for Jim Merritt.
1952-08-25The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Jim Merritt to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Henry Jones for assignment.
1952-07-02The Chicago Black Sox have demoted Jim Merritt to the minor leagues.
1952-04-11The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Jim Merritt to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Nathan Algren for assignment.
1951-10-12The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Johnny Maroni to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have sent Jim Merritt to the minors. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Mike Teddy for assignment. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Steve Francis for assignment. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Orel Meeks for assignment. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Henry Kusnyer for assignment.
1951-05-20The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Steve Francis to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have promoted Jim Merritt to the major league team. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Doug Widmer for assignment. The Chicago Black Sox have designated Andrew Fly for assignment.
1950-09-20A trade has been completed between the Chicago Black Sox and the New York Deadbeats. The New York Deadbeats receive Tom Cruz, Draft Pick - 1951 Round 2 (CHA) from the Chicago Black Sox in exchange for Jim Merritt, Draft Pick - 1951 Round 3 (NYA).
1950-04-01The New York Deadbeats have promoted Chubby Williams to the major league team. The New York Deadbeats have sent Jim Merritt to the minors.
1950-04-01The New York Deadbeats have promoted Jim Merritt to the major league team. The New York Deadbeats have promoted John Sadowski to the major league team. The New York Deadbeats have designated Fred Batiste for assignment. The New York Deadbeats have sent Ben Bailey to the minors.