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Lou Whitaker League
4-1-2080
Merritt Ovitz Right Field
Retired (2011, Age 34)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .231 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/L
OPS .647 Status Deceased (2041) Option Years 0  
H 367 Age at Death 64 Date of Birth 10-07-1977
HR 43 Drafted Round 2, Pick 19
(1995)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(131 games)
RBI 204
SB 29
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L C- Endurance B-   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B+ Velocity D    Mentor vR A-
Speed B+ Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B A- (78.4%) LF A+ (98.8%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A- (77.8%)   Health D- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1995 Minors 18 20.00 1 / 1 5 / 5 3 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 4 0 / 0 4 / 4 19 / 20
1995 Pos (RF) 18 20.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 13 / 20
1996 Minors 19 16.00 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 3 / 3 1 / 1 4 / 4 1 / 1 16 / 16
1997 Minors 20 20.00 2 / 2 3 / 4 3 / 3 7 / 7 1 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 1 19 / 20
1998 Minors 21 40.00 4 / 4 2 / 2 5 / 5 8 / 8 5 / 5 7 / 7 7 / 9 38 / 40
1999 Minors 22 44.00 3 / 4 4 / 7 4 / 6 5 / 5 3 / 5 8 / 11 4 / 6 31 / 44
2000 Minors 23 25.00 0 / 4 0 / 2 2 / 4 4 / 5 1 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 3 12 / 25
2001 Minors 24 23.00 2 / 4 0 / 1 4 / 6 0 / 1 3 / 5 2 / 3 1 / 3 12 / 23
2002 Minors 25 21.00 0 / 0 4 / 5 1 / 4 3 / 5 1 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 4 11 / 21
2002 Majors 25 13.63 50 25 0 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 2 2 / 3 1 / 2 7 / 13
2003 Majors 26 51.09 150 101 11 1 / 8 3 / 4 1 / 5 1 / 6 3 / 9 5 / 9 2 / 10 16 / 51
2004 Majors 27 57.76 162 96 0 4 / 17 3 / 8 2 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 8 2 / 7 2 / 9 15 / 57
2005 Majors 28 26.88 162 34 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 5 2 / 5 1 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 3 4 / 26
2006 Majors 29 15.49 162 0 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 6 0 / 0 0 / 15
2007 Majors 30 29.12 162 34 0 1 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 5 3 / 29
2008 Majors 31 20.11 162 12 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 20
2009 Majors 32 24.58 162 23 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 7 1 / 4 2 / 24
2010 Majors 33 36.03 162 53 0 2 / 6 1 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 1 1 / 5 0 / 7 4 / 36
2011 Minors 34 9.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 9
2011 Majors 34 22.90 93 36 0 -2 / 3 -3 / 3 -4 / 5 -7 / 3 -6 / 1 -4 / 4 -2 / 3 -28 / 22
Total 1427 414 11 23 / 73 24 / 60 25 / 75 32 / 74 18 / 62 35 / 89 26 / 78 196 / 531
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2011-11-01Merritt Ovitz has retired from the Detroit Sharks
2011-09-27The Detroit Sharks have promoted Merritt Ovitz to the major league team.
2011-07-10The Detroit Sharks have promoted Tom Kirby to the major league team. The Detroit Sharks have designated Merritt Ovitz for assignment.
2003-09-18Merritt Ovitz of the Detroit Sharks is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
2002-08-07The Detroit Sharks have promoted Merritt Ovitz to the major league team.