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Barry Zito League
8-10-2100
Lou Merritt Third Base
Retired (1962, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .254 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .675 Status Deceased (2005) Option Years 0  
H 403 Age at Death 79 Date of Birth 06-02-1926
HR 21 Drafted Round 2, Pick 22
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(137 games)
RBI 153
SB 8 Salary $0.50M Final Contract Year 1962
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity C    Mentor vR C-
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 1
2B A- (81.4%) CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 1
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 75% 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
1950 ATL
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 0 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1951 ATL
2
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1952 ATL
28
104
8
23
0
2
1
10
5
 23 1 2
0
 0 2
.547
.259
.288
.067
.221
1953 ATL
31
101
14
28
6
0
0
10
13
 20 0 0
0
 0 2
.696
.360
.337
.059
.277
1954 ATL
13
26
3
6
1
0
0
5
2
 4 0 0
0
 0 1
.555
.286
.269
.038
.231
1955 WAS
16
58
7
16
0
0
2
7
6
 8 0 0
0
 0 2
.723
.344
.379
.103
.276
1958 DET
71
228
35
58
9
3
4
19
25
 37 1 0
4
 3 7
.704
.331
.373
.118
.254
1959 DET
57
160
22
46
9
0
6
22
13
 24 1 1
4
 5 5
.799
.343
.456
.169
.288
1960 SEA
147
510
56
122
25
4
2
36
56
 90 1 1
0
 0 20
.631
.315
.316
.076
.239
1961 SEA
114
394
37
104
19
0
6
44
47
 73 1 0
0
 0 17
.702
.344
.358
.094
.264
Total
479
1586
182
403
69
9
21
153
167
 280 5 4
8
 8 56
.675
.326
.349
.095
.254
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1962-11-01Lou Merritt has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1961-03-31The Seattle Grunge have promoted Hal Difani to the major league team. The Seattle Grunge have promoted Mike Laboy to the major league team. The Seattle Grunge have promoted Herbie Chapman to the major league team. The Seattle Grunge have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team. The Seattle Grunge have promoted Lee Brill to the major league team.
1961-03-30Lou Merritt has signed with the Seattle Grunge for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1960-04-01The Seattle Grunge have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team. The Seattle Grunge have promoted Hanson Boris to the major league team. The Seattle Grunge have promoted Harry Durbin to the major league team. The Seattle Grunge have promoted Billy Caraballo to the major league team.
1960-04-01The Seattle Grunge have acquired Lou Merritt from the waiver wire.
1959-03-29The Detroit Blazers have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted Doyle Kahoe to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted George Schlafly to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted Gus Cabell to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted Gair Crawford to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted Rodney Stanley to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted Pete Hebner to the major league team.
1959-03-29Lou Merritt has signed with the Detroit Blazers for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1958-04-01The Detroit Blazers have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team.
1958-04-01The Detroit Blazers have acquired Lou Merritt from the waiver wire.
1955-07-05The Washington Insiders have designated Lou Merritt for assignment.
1955-03-29The Washington Insiders have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team. The Washington Insiders have promoted Dale Moore to the major league team. The Washington Insiders have promoted Spike Lehew to the major league team.
1955-03-29Lou Merritt has signed with the Washington Insiders for $0.5M per year for 1 year.
1952-05-24The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team.
1952-05-21The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Lou Merritt to the minors.
1952-04-06The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Charlie Chrisley to the minors.
1952-04-01The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Billy Dempsey to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Lou Merritt to the minors.
1952-03-28The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Mark Ramsdell to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Mike Maloney to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Kyle Volz to the major league team.
1951-05-29The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Mark Gerhardt to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Lou Merritt to the minors.
1951-03-30The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team.
1950-05-23The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Lou Merritt to the minors.
1950-05-11The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Mike Davis to the minors.
1950-03-28The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Bert Waner to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Tony Bischoff to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Don Hanna to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Tom Stemmeyer to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Terry Connaughton to the minors. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Newt Widmar to the minors. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Brad Mack to the minors. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have sent Lou Merritt to the minors.
1950-03-27The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Brad Mack to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Terry Connaughton to the major league team. The Atlanta Hamiltonians have promoted Lou Merritt to the major league team.