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Mark Fidrych League
10-16-2157
Bill Merena Relief Pitcher
Retired (2007, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
ERA 4.13 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
W-L 110-106 Status Deceased (2029) Option Years 0  
SV 100 Age at Death 59 Date of Birth 11-18-1970
K 1582 Drafted Round 1, Pick 7
(1990)		 Majors Svc Time 14 years
(141 games)
IP 2025.2
WHIP 1.40
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R F  Contact vs. L D- Endurance C-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R F  Power vs. L F  Velocity B+   Mentor Val A+
Speed C- Bunt F  Control B 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range D  WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health F  LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 75% 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
1993 WAS
1
 4
36
15
0
0
1
 0
92.0
 88 51 44 2 38
63
1.37
4.30
1994 TEX
6
 25
36
36
1
0
0
 0
212.2
 227 144 124 3 86
165
1.47
5.25
1995 TEX
7
 7
83
5
0
0
18
 7
161.2
 168 82 73 3 53
130
1.37
4.06
1996 TEX
8
 2
90
0
0
0
6
 9
165.0
 161 81 65 2 68
128
1.39
3.55
1997 TEX
11
 5
72
2
0
0
6
 1
147.0
 135 49 42 2 50
111
1.26
2.57
1998 TEX
5
 8
99
0
0
0
15
 6
147.2
 175 85 81 1 61
126
1.60
4.94
1999 TEX
9
 6
99
0
0
0
22
 3
179.0
 166 70 63 4 64
149
1.28
3.17
2000 TEX
10
 6
57
0
0
0
2
 3
93.0
 75 33 29 2 36
72
1.19
2.81
2001 TEX
8
 8
66
15
2
2
6
 5
148.2
 168 93 90 3 61
118
1.54
5.45
2002 TEX
10
 3
83
0
0
0
2
 2
106.1
 96 33 25 2 35
77
1.23
2.12
2003 TEX
8
 3
72
0
0
0
3
 5
81.0
 98 41 40 0 25
74
1.52
4.44
2004 TEX
5
 2
65
0
0
0
12
 1
73.0
 60 22 22 0 29
56
1.22
2.71
2005 TEX
10
 3
71
0
0
0
2
 3
85.1
 71 31 25 1 36
71
1.25
2.64
2006 TEX
7
 4
75
0
0
0
4
 4
95.2
 88 36 34 3 27
78
1.20
3.20
2007 TEX
5
 20
43
27
16
3
1
 1
237.2
 301 188 172 5 98
164
1.68
6.51
2157
0
 0
0
0
0
0
0
 0
0.0
 0 0 0 0 0
0
0.00
0.00
Total
110
 106
1047
100
19
5
100
 50
2025.2
 2077 1039 929 33 767
1582
1.40
4.13
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2007-11-01Bill Merena has retired from the Texas Strangers
2005-08-26Bill Merena of the Texas Strangers is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
2005-08-10Bill Merena of the Texas Strangers is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
2004-04-13Bill Merena of the Texas Strangers is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
2003-05-01Bill Merena of the Texas Strangers is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1997-04-29Bill Merena of the Texas Strangers is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1993-05-17Bill Merena of the Washington Strangers is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
1993-05-05The Washington Strangers have promoted Bill Merena to the major league team.
1993-04-19The Washington Strangers have promoted Ron Forsch to the major league team. The Washington Strangers have sent Bill Merena to the minors.
1993-04-10The Washington Wild Pack have promoted Bill Merena to the major league team. The Washington Wild Pack have sent Ron Forsch to the minors.
1993-04-08The Washington Wild Pack have demoted Bill Merena to the minor leagues.
1993-04-01The Washington Wild Pack have promoted Jack Curry to the major league team. The Washington Wild Pack have promoted Bill Merena to the major league team.
1989-09-26A trade has been completed between the Washington Wild Pack and the Detroit Rock City. The Detroit Rock City receive Draft Pick 1992 Round 1 WAS (Babe Owens) from the Washington Wild Pack in exchange for Draft Pick 1990 Round 1 ARI (Bill Merena).
1988-09-07A trade has been completed between the Arizona Scorpions and the Detroit Rock City. The Detroit Rock City receive Draft Pick 1990 Round 1 ARI (Bill Merena) from the Arizona Scorpions in exchange for Jack Tobin, Draft Pick 1989 Round 1 STL (Jack DeVoy), Draft Pick 1989 Round 2 STL (George McGilberry).