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Name	Team	Age
Rich Merriman	Retired (1973, Age 34)	Died (2006, Age 67)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 48 (1957)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League	0	0 years (47 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	C	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D-	C	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	F	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	8/2/1939
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.8 %)	F  (0.0 %)	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

1957

Minors

0.00

5 / 5

3 / 3

6 / 7

2 / 2

2 / 6

4 / 4

2 / 4

24 / 0

1958

Minors

0.00

7 / 7

0 / 0

3 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 1

3 / 3

2 / 2

17 / 0

1959

Minors

0.00

2 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

7 / 7

0 / 0

10 / 0

1960

Minors

0.00

2 / 3

2 / 2

3 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 0

9 / 0

1961

Minors

5.00

3 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 1

5 / 5

1961

Majors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1962

Minors

12.00

4 / 5

1 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 2

1 / 1

9 / 12

1963

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1964

Minors

15.00

1 / 4

0 / 0

3 / 3

2 / 4

0 / 0

1 / 2

1 / 2

8 / 15

1965

Minors

10.00

2 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 3

1 / 1

5 / 10

1968

Minors

12.00

0 / 1

2 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 3

0 / 1

5 / 12

1969

Minors

6.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 6

1970

Minors

5.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 5

1971

Minors

11.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 11

1972

Minors

25.00

0 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 7

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 5

1 / 25

1973

Majors

12.00

2 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 12

Total

0

0

0

28 / 44

9 / 15

20 / 33

10 / 23

3 / 16

21 / 34

8 / 23

99 / 188

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1973-11-01	Rich Merriman has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1973-04-01	The Chicago Black Sox have waived Rich Merriman.
1968-04-18	The Chicago Black Sox have acquired Rich Merriman from the waiver wire.
1964-03-05	The Pittsburgh Ponies have acquired Rich Merriman from the waiver wire.
1963-05-13	The St. Louis Horsemen have acquired Johnnie McCraw from the waiver wire. The St. Louis Horsemen have waived Rich Merriman.
1961-09-26	The St. Louis Horsemen have acquired Rich Merriman from the waiver wire.
1961-09-21	The Milwaukee Cream Cities have waived Rich Merriman.
1961-06-22	The Milwaukee Cream Cities have sent Rich Merriman down to the minors.
1961-05-30	The Milwaukee Cream Cities have promoted Rich Merriman to the major league team.
1959-05-02	The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Glen Cunningham to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rich Merriman to the minors.
1959-04-01	The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rich Merriman to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Glen Cunningham to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have designated Wade Nomo for assignment. The Milwaukee Braves have designated Bobby Clark for assignment.
1957-07-24	A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Bombers and the Milwaukee Braves. The Milwaukee Braves receive Wade Nomo, Tom McGuire, Fred Rice, Rich Merriman from the Cleveland Bombers in exchange for Rawly Quintana.