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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 %)
Alt Pos (C)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (2B)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (SS)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1977	NYN-HOU	0	0	0	0	0	10	6	8	16
1978	HOU	1	0	0	0	0	55	26	29	10
1979	HOU	0	1	1	0	0	57	2	1	25
1980	HOU	0	1	1	1	0	76	4	1	34
1981	HOU	0	1	0	0	0	83	38	5	5
1982	ATL	0	0	1	0	0	0	124	1	10
1983	CHN	0	0	2	0	2	0	25	5	46
1984	CHN	0	1	0	0	1	0	49	3	21
1985	CHN	0	0	0	0	0	5	25	3	10
1986	CHN	0	0	0	0	0	130	0	0	0

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.