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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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1955 CLE
48
174
14
39
3
3
1
16
12
 40 0 1
1
 0 5
.566
.273
.293
.069
.224
1956 CLE
149
542
58
132
20
6
2
45
63
 90 0 1
6
 0 14
.635
.322
.314
.070
.244
1957 CLE
132
465
46
131
19
3
5
51
46
 69 4 3
3
 2 11
.717
.349
.368
.086
.282
1958 CLE
149
536
64
135
23
4
3
49
67
 63 4 2
8
 1 13
.665
.338
.326
.075
.252
1959 CLE
149
552
72
150
27
7
9
67
69
 72 0 1
6
 1 17
.747
.352
.395
.123
.272
1960 CLE
149
553
79
153
22
8
3
46
73
 75 3 2
7
 0 18
.725
.363
.362
.085
.277
1961 CLE
149
538
83
153
15
7
5
60
77
 70 1 2
6
 1 13
.740
.374
.366
.082
.284
1962 CLE
149
567
70
167
33
8
13
98
61
 80 5 3
2
 1 21
.816
.366
.450
.155
.295
1963 CLE
149
563
106
189
28
9
11
93
70
 53 5 4
6
 0 14
.887
.411
.476
.140
.336
1964 CLE
139
501
72
132
19
5
8
74
69
 59 1 1
4
 0 13
.722
.353
.369
.106
.263
1965 CLE
138
436
67
120
24
5
11
64
44
 49 2 3
0
 0 11
.771
.342
.429
.154
.275
1966 CLE
141
501
84
154
16
5
7
59
60
 64 1 0
2
 2 7
.784
.383
.401
.094
.307
1967 CLE
147
549
105
148
20
7
7
53
91
 83 2 3
8
 1 2
.743
.374
.370
.100
.270
1968 CLE
149
631
116
181
27
12
11
71
89
 75 3 0
10
 9 3
.798
.378
.420
.133
.287
1969 CLE
64
138
23
35
5
2
0
14
15
 21 1 3
2
 2 2
.644
.325
.319
.065
.254
1970 CLE
54
236
34
58
6
3
1
19
28
 34 1 0
4
 2 3
.638
.328
.309
.064
.246
Total
2055
7482
1093
2077
307
94
97
879
934
 997 33 29
75
 22 167
.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.