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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 %)
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (SS)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1957	STL-KC	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	KC	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	KC	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	KC	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	KC	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	DET	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	DET	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	DET	155	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	DET	143	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	DET	103	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
1967	DET	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
1968	DET	68	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	38
1969	DET	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31
1970	DET	47	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9
1971	DET	63	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	DET	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

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.