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Frank Thomas League
4-15-2075
Joe Mercer Relief Pitcher
Retired (1959, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 3.92 Total Rating 54   Bats/Throws L/L
W-L 104-80 Status Deceased (1998) Option Years 0  
SV 4 Age at Death 76 Date of Birth 06-20-1922
K 909 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 10 years
(3 games)
IP 1553.2
WHIP 1.35
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R 12 Contact vs. L 1 Endurance 50   Ldrship 14
Power vs. R 39 Power vs. L 26 Velocity 47   Mentor Val 34
Speed 24 Bunt 54 Control 62
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range 49 WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm 91 WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health 56 LCS Appearances 3
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA Awards
1950 MIL
14
 8
36
36
5
1
0
 0
244.0
 275 129 122 3 85
150
1.48
4.50
1951 MIL-PHI
12
 14
29
29
3
1
0
 0
169.2
 189 88 82 0 59
101
1.46
4.35
1952 PHI
9
 13
33
33
4
2
0
 0
200.2
 204 92 88 2 66
121
1.35
3.95
1953 PHI
9
 15
32
32
4
3
0
 0
202.1
 219 106 104 0 65
101
1.40
4.63
1954 PHI
15
 10
32
32
1
0
0
 0
198.1
 189 77 74 0 73
124
1.32
3.36
1955 PHI
17
 8
32
32
4
1
0
 0
207.2
 186 76 76 1 64
108
1.20
3.29
1956 PHI
16
 7
32
32
5
0
0
 0
212.2
 191 94 86 5 77
134
1.26
3.64
1957 PHI
8
 0
25
4
1
0
3
 0
60.1
 48 18 18 0 17
35
1.08
2.69
1958 PHI
3
 3
21
2
1
0
0
 1
37.0
 41 19 17 1 12
22
1.43
4.14
1959 PHI
1
 2
16
0
0
0
1
 0
21.0
 23 12 10 0 8
13
1.48
4.29
2075
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
104
 80
288
232
28
8
4
 1
1553.2
 1565 711 677 12 526
909
1.35
3.92
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1959-11-01Joe Mercer has retired from the Philadelphia Hormones
1954-07-20Joe Mercer of the Philadelphia Hormones is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1951-04-15A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Hormones and the Milwaukee BrewCrew. The Milwaukee BrewCrew receive Russ Broberg, Gary Cottier, Draft Pick - 1952 Round 1 (PHI) from the Philadelphia Hormones in exchange for Joe Mercer.