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Name	Team	Age
John Merritt	Retired (1987, Age 35)	67
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 38 (1971)	LF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Simmons Davis League	0	9 years (38 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	A-	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B-	A+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	A-	A
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D	0	10/3/1952
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)
A  (88.5 %)	A  (85.8 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1971

Minors

36.00

2 / 2

6 / 6

11 / 11

3 / 3

0 / 2

4 / 4

8 / 8

34 / 36

1972

Minors

27.00

5 / 5

5 / 5

5 / 5

2 / 4

5 / 6

1 / 1

1 / 1

24 / 27

1973

Minors

60.00

13 / 13

8 / 8

3 / 5

4 / 5

5 / 11

8 / 8

10 / 10

51 / 60

1973

Pos (RF)

6.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 6

1974

Minors

48.00

7 / 7

5 / 6

4 / 8

6 / 7

0 / 4

6 / 7

7 / 9

35 / 48

1975

Minors

61.00

4 / 7

5 / 9

2 / 10

2 / 8

2 / 7

6 / 10

8 / 10

29 / 61

1976

Minors

53.00

3 / 5

7 / 11

3 / 5

7 / 9

2 / 7

6 / 9

6 / 7

34 / 53

1977

Majors

24.59

159

8

0

1 / 3

2 / 3

4 / 5

1 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 4

1 / 5

10 / 24

1978

Majors

52.43

162

60

0

1 / 6

2 / 7

4 / 8

3 / 8

0 / 3

7 / 11

5 / 9

22 / 52

1979

Majors

41.16

162

37

0

3 / 8

3 / 9

2 / 6

1 / 5

2 / 5

0 / 3

1 / 5

12 / 41

1980

Majors

47.19

162

45

0

1 / 5

1 / 5

2 / 7

3 / 15

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 4

7 / 47

1981

Majors

66.72

162

122

0

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 14

1 / 4

0 / 10

1 / 12

1 / 14

3 / 66

1982

Majors

65.67

162

119

0

1 / 9

1 / 13

0 / 13

0 / 11

1 / 9

1 / 7

1 / 3

5 / 65

1983

Majors

29.02

158

10

0

1 / 8

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 7

0 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 7

2 / 29

1984

Majors

30.60

92

40

42

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 6

1 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 30

1985

Majors

25.92

115

33

19

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 2

1 / 25

1986

Majors

67.86

162

130

0

-3 / 12

-1 / 11

-4 / 5

-7 / 8

-5 / 13

-2 / 6

-4 / 12

-26 / 67

1987

Minors

19.00

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 3

1 / 19

Total

1496

604

61

39 / 108

44 / 112

36 / 114

29 / 107

12 / 96

39 / 102

46 / 111

247 / 756

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1987-11-01	John Merritt has retired from the Chicago Throwdown
1987-04-27	The Chicago Throwdown have acquired John Merritt from the waiver wire.
1987-04-08	The Chicago Throwdown have waived John Merritt.
1987-04-01	The Chicago Throwdown have designated John Merritt for assignment.
1985-04-19	John Merritt of the Chicago Throwdown is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1985-04-13	The Chicago Throwdown have removed John Merritt from the trade block.
1984-11-01	The Chicago Throwdown have placed John Merritt on the trade block.
1984-08-17	John Merritt of the Chicago Throwdown is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1984-05-14	John Merritt of the Chicago Throwdown is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1983-04-05	The Chicago Throwdown have acquired John Merritt from the waiver wire.
1983-03-01	The Atlanta Warriors have promoted Roy Kuhn to the major league team. The Atlanta Warriors have designated John Merritt for assignment.
1982-05-08	The Atlanta Warriors have placed John Merritt on the trade block.
1977-08-03	The Houston Murder City Devils have acquired John Merritt from the waiver wire.
1977-07-30	The New York Whiner Babies have designated John Merritt for assignment.
1977-03-01	The New York Whiner Babies have promoted Bill Johnson to the major league team. The New York Whiner Babies have promoted Rod Ingram to the major league team. The New York Whiner Babies have promoted John Merritt to the major league team.