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Mark Fidrych League
10-15-2157
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 G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1993 WAS
36
22
1
4
1
0
0
0
1
 6 0 0
0
 1 0
.445
.217
.227
.045
.182
1994 TEX
36
72
2
7
0
0
0
2
3
 16 0 0
1
 2 0
.231
.133
.097
.000
.097
1995 TEX
83
37
1
2
0
0
0
1
3
 11 0 0
0
 1 1
.179
.125
.054
.000
.054
1996 TEX
90
42
3
5
1
0
0
1
3
 14 0 0
0
 0 1
.321
.178
.143
.024
.119
1997 TEX
72
37
3
10
0
0
0
3
1
 8 0 0
1
 0 0
.560
.289
.270
.000
.270
1998 TEX
99
33
3
5
0
0
0
0
3
 10 0 0
1
 0 1
.374
.222
.152
.000
.152
1999 TEX
99
40
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
 14 0 0
1
 0 0
.123
.073
.050
.000
.050
2000 TEX
57
22
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
 5 0 0
0
 0 0
.182
.091
.091
.000
.091
2001 TEX
66
37
4
2
0
0
1
2
1
 5 2 1
0
 0 1
.257
.122
.135
.081
.054
2002 TEX
83
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.286
.143
.143
.000
.143
2003 TEX
72
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
 1 1 1
0
 1 0
.333
.333
.000
.000
.000
2004 TEX
65
8
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
 2 0 0
0
 0 0
.250
.125
.125
.000
.125
2005 TEX
71
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
 1 0 0
1
 0 0
.500
.250
.250
.000
.250
2006 TEX
75
5
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.286
.286
.000
.000
.000
2007 TEX
43
78
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
 28 0 0
0
 1 0
.205
.103
.103
.000
.103
Total
1047
447
22
50
2
0
1
12
19
 123 3 2
5
 6 4
.276
.153
.123
.011
.112
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).