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Ted Williams League
10-19-2439
Buttons Mercer Shortstop
Retired (1971, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .278 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .742 Status Deceased (2012) Option Years 0  
H 2077 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 05-22-1933
HR 97 Drafted Round 1, Pick 15
(1955)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(112 games)
RBI 879
SB 75
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R C  Power vs. L D+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed B+ Bunt C+ Control D+   Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range A- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (98.2%) LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health B  LCS Appearances 7
3B B+ (74.2%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year Vs G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG
1955 LHP 18 51 12 1 0 1 5 1 10 .564 .250 .314 .078 .235
1955 RHP 44 123 27 2 3 0 11 11 30 .566 .281 .285 .065 .220
1956 LHP 61 163 38 4 2 1 13 22 26 .625 .324 .301 .067 .233
1956 RHP 133 379 94 16 4 1 32 41 64 .640 .321 .319 .071 .248
1957 LHP 45 116 36 9 0 1 9 16 15 .809 .396 .414 .103 .310
1957 RHP 125 349 95 10 3 4 42 30 54 .686 .333 .352 .080 .272
1958 LHP 52 138 33 5 1 1 8 26 13 .675 .364 .312 .072 .239
1958 RHP 137 398 102 18 3 2 41 41 50 .660 .329 .332 .075 .256
1959 LHP 66 149 45 4 2 4 19 20 20 .821 .385 .436 .134 .302
1959 RHP 132 403 105 23 5 5 48 49 52 .720 .340 .380 .119 .261
1960 LHP 74 186 55 6 3 1 17 26 26 .760 .383 .376 .081 .296
1960 RHP 139 367 98 16 5 2 29 47 49 .707 .353 .354 .087 .267
1961 LHP 69 144 44 4 1 2 16 21 20 .780 .392 .389 .083 .306
1961 RHP 139 394 109 11 6 3 44 56 50 .725 .367 .358 .081 .277
1962 LHP 77 178 46 14 0 3 28 20 25 .729 .342 .388 .129 .258
1962 RHP 139 389 121 19 8 10 70 41 55 .856 .378 .478 .167 .311
1963 LHP 89 233 78 8 5 6 32 30 31 .904 .415 .489 .155 .335
1963 RHP 131 330 111 20 4 5 61 40 22 .875 .408 .467 .130 .336
1964 LHP 82 189 49 5 2 1 25 26 27 .673 .350 .323 .063 .259
1964 RHP 115 312 83 14 3 7 49 43 32 .752 .355 .397 .131 .266
1965 LHP 64 127 36 6 4 3 18 12 12 .810 .345 .465 .181 .283
1965 RHP 110 309 84 18 1 8 46 32 37 .755 .341 .414 .142 .272
1966 LHP 69 171 52 3 0 2 19 23 21 .746 .390 .357 .053 .304
1966 RHP 114 330 102 13 5 5 40 37 43 .803 .379 .424 .115 .309
1967 LHP 74 175 50 9 3 2 20 32 26 .803 .397 .406 .120 .286
1967 RHP 119 374 98 11 4 5 33 59 57 .715 .362 .353 .091 .262
1968 LHP 94 227 66 11 3 5 29 32 18 .812 .381 .432 .141 .291
1968 RHP 128 404 115 16 9 6 42 57 57 .789 .376 .413 .129 .285
1969 LHP 21 58 17 3 1 0 7 6 7 .743 .364 .379 .086 .293
1969 RHP 47 80 18 2 1 0 7 9 14 .572 .297 .275 .050 .225
1970 LHP 26 74 17 2 1 0 8 13 14 .629 .345 .284 .054 .230
1970 RHP 46 162 41 4 2 1 11 15 20 .641 .320 .321 .068 .253
Total LHP 981 2379 674 94 28 33 273 326 311 .760 .372 .388 .105 .283
Total RHP 1798 5103 1403 213 66 64 606 608 686 .733 .353 .380 .105 .275
Total 2055 7482 2077 307 94 97 879 934 997 .742 .359 .383 .105 .278
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Buttons Mercer has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1971-04-25The Cleveland Chihuahuas have waived Buttons Mercer.
1971-04-01The Cleveland Chihuahuas have promoted Jason Kolseth to the major league team. The Cleveland Chihuahuas have promoted George Sullivan to the major league team. The Cleveland Chihuahuas have designated Jay Farr for assignment. The Cleveland Chihuahuas have designated Buttons Mercer for assignment.
1970-07-16Buttons Mercer of the Cleveland Crackers is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1970-05-13Buttons Mercer of the Cleveland Crackers is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1969-04-17Buttons Mercer of the Cleveland Roman Rulers is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1957-07-06Buttons Mercer of the Cleveland Roman Rulers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1955-08-05The Cleveland Roman Rulers have promoted Buttons Mercer to the major league team. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have promoted Tony Clarke to the major league team. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have promoted Domingo Knepper to the major league team. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have sent Silver Barnhart to the minors. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have designated Wally Chouinard for assignment. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have designated Alex Byrd for assignment.