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Name	Team	Age
Clay Whittaker	Retired (1972, Age 37)	Died (2019, Age 84)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 25 (1957)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League	0	14 years (121 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
53	66	36
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
42	55	64
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
48	61	35
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	5	7
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
6	18	40
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
75	0	8/9/1935
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (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

7 / 7

1 / 2

5 / 5

4 / 7

5 / 7

3 / 5

7 / 7

32 / 0

1958

Minors

0.00

1 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 3

5 / 0

1958

Majors

0.00

5 / 5

1 / 1

6 / 6

2 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 3

8 / 8

25 / 0

1959

Majors

0.00

6 / 6

6 / 7

7 / 10

12 / 13

8 / 9

5 / 11

6 / 6

50 / 0

1960

Majors

61.00

5 / 11

4 / 5

5 / 10

3 / 11

3 / 5

5 / 7

5 / 12

30 / 61

1961

Majors

60.00

7 / 8

4 / 7

6 / 13

3 / 4

6 / 13

4 / 6

8 / 9

38 / 60

1962

Majors

57.13

3 / 6

5 / 10

5 / 9

1 / 6

1 / 9

3 / 10

2 / 7

20 / 57

1963

Majors

62.91

4 / 13

1 / 7

1 / 5

0 / 6

4 / 19

0 / 6

1 / 6

11 / 62

1964

Majors

64.69

1 / 7

1 / 17

0 / 7

1 / 4

1 / 7

0 / 15

0 / 7

4 / 64

1965

Majors

58.09

1 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 5

0 / 7

1 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 6

2 / 58

1966

Majors

33.00

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 5

1 / 6

0 / 4

1 / 5

2 / 33

1967

Majors

13.60

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

1 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 13

1968

Majors

16.70

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 16

1969

Majors

33.70

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 9

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 33

1970

Majors

11.30

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 11

1971

Majors

14.80

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 14

1972

Majors

20.90

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 20

Total

0

0

0

40 / 97

24 / 86

35 / 95

27 / 75

32 / 105

22 / 87

41 / 92

221 / 637

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1972-11-01	Clay Whittaker has retired from the Detroit Ocelots
1966-04-01	The Detroit Demolition have renamed Tank Merritt to Clay Whittaker.
1958-06-05	The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have promoted Tank Merritt to the major league team. The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have sent Justin Carmichael to the minors.
1958-05-17	The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have promoted Brad Scott to the major league team. The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have sent Tank Merritt to the minors.
1958-05-13	The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have promoted Tank Merritt to the major league team. The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have sent Glenn Wells to the minors.
1957-10-23	The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have sent Tank Merritt to the minors. The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have designated Ernie Rodgers for assignment.
1957-09-29	The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have promoted Tank Merritt to the major league team.
1957-06-29	The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have demoted Tank Merritt to the minor leagues.
1957-06-20	The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have promoted Tank Merritt to the major league team.
1957-06-11	A trade has been completed between the Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS and the St. Louis Twainsman. The St. Louis Twainsman receive Martin Plunk from the Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS in exchange for Tank Merritt.
1957-04-10	The St. Louis Twainsman have renamed Mike Mahomes to Tank Merritt.