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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 Contact vs. L D- Endurance C-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R Power vs. L Velocity B+   Mentor Val A+
Speed C- Bunt Control
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range WS Rings 1
1B --- LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 6
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 3
* League requires 75% rating to start at catcher.

Year H/A W L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HBP BB SO WHIP ERA
1993 Away 1 2 20 8 0 0 1 0 50.1 47 26 22 1 18 37 1.29 3.93
1993 Home 0 2 16 7 0 0 0 0 41.2 41 25 22 1 20 26 1.46 4.75
1994 Away 4 11 18 18 1 0 0 0 108.0 115 71 63 1 43 77 1.46 5.25
1994 Home 2 14 18 18 0 0 0 0 104.2 112 73 61 2 43 88 1.48 5.25
1995 Away 3 3 40 2 0 0 8 4 79.1 85 43 41 2 29 67 1.44 4.65
1995 Home 4 4 43 3 0 0 10 3 82.1 83 39 32 1 24 63 1.30 3.50
1996 Away 1 2 44 0 0 0 5 7 69.0 83 50 41 1 33 51 1.68 5.35
1996 Home 7 0 46 0 0 0 1 2 96.0 78 31 24 1 35 77 1.18 2.25
1997 Away 4 3 38 0 0 0 4 0 70.1 73 18 15 1 20 47 1.32 1.92
1997 Home 7 2 34 2 0 0 2 1 76.2 62 31 27 1 30 64 1.20 3.17
1998 Away 3 2 51 0 0 0 6 4 78.2 100 49 45 1 27 63 1.61 5.15
1998 Home 2 6 48 0 0 0 9 2 69.0 75 36 36 0 34 63 1.58 4.70
1999 Away 4 5 49 0 0 0 8 3 81.0 91 41 37 2 35 67 1.56 4.11
1999 Home 5 1 50 0 0 0 14 0 98.0 75 29 26 2 29 82 1.06 2.39
2000 Away 4 5 28 0 0 0 0 2 42.2 43 19 16 1 25 33 1.59 3.38
2000 Home 6 1 29 0 0 0 2 1 50.1 32 14 13 1 11 39 0.85 2.32
2001 Away 6 1 34 7 1 1 1 3 75.0 81 41 41 2 32 65 1.51 4.92
2001 Home 2 7 32 8 1 1 5 2 73.2 87 52 49 1 29 53 1.57 5.99
2002 Away 4 3 38 0 0 0 1 2 42.0 42 15 14 1 13 29 1.31 3.00
2002 Home 6 0 45 0 0 0 1 0 64.1 54 18 11 1 22 48 1.18 1.54
2003 Away 4 3 43 0 0 0 1 4 43.0 59 28 28 0 19 39 1.81 5.86
2003 Home 4 0 29 0 0 0 2 1 38.0 39 13 12 0 6 35 1.18 2.84
2004 Away 4 1 36 0 0 0 7 1 39.2 24 10 10 0 19 28 1.08 2.27
2004 Home 1 1 29 0 0 0 5 0 33.1 36 12 12 0 10 28 1.38 3.24
2005 Away 3 2 33 0 0 0 1 2 40.0 37 20 16 1 20 31 1.43 3.60
2005 Home 7 1 38 0 0 0 1 1 45.1 34 11 9 0 16 40 1.10 1.79
2006 Away 3 1 40 0 0 0 2 1 45.0 40 13 13 1 11 35 1.13 2.60
2006 Home 4 3 35 0 0 0 2 3 50.2 48 23 21 2 16 43 1.26 3.73
2007 Away 0 12 24 13 7 0 1 0 113.1 158 99 91 1 44 79 1.78 7.23
2007 Home 5 8 19 14 9 3 0 1 124.1 143 89 81 4 54 85 1.58 5.86
2157 Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
2157 Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Total Away 48 56 536 48 9 1 46 33 977.1 1078 543 493 16 388 748 1.50 4.54
Total Home 62 50 511 52 10 4 54 17 1048.1 999 496 436 17 379 834 1.31 3.74
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).