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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 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1957 STL-KC 7 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 .708 .333 .375 .250
1958 KC 100 261 12 44 7 1 1 24 14 71 2 0 6 .430 .215 .215 .169
1959 KC 155 578 51 115 12 1 6 50 48 130 9 8 11 .514 .260 .254 .199
1960 KC 155 573 48 122 17 5 6 49 37 115 11 3 7 .552 .261 .291 .213
1961 KC 155 560 55 119 15 6 9 51 40 126 10 6 12 .581 .272 .309 .212
1962 DET 156 567 45 138 31 2 9 66 41 114 8 2 10 .648 .295 .353 .243
1963 DET 155 585 46 137 21 6 15 72 49 124 10 2 3 .660 .292 .368 .234
1964 DET 155 599 60 135 21 2 15 60 43 121 10 3 8 .620 .278 .342 .225
1965 DET 143 518 59 133 17 3 11 63 56 92 17 5 6 .694 .329 .365 .257
1966 DET 120 308 30 65 11 1 4 24 21 69 2 1 5 .553 .261 .292 .211
1967 DET 66 129 17 30 3 2 4 15 6 23 3 2 0 .645 .265 .380 .233
1968 DET 110 153 15 36 6 0 1 10 13 28 7 1 3 .588 .293 .294 .235
1969 DET 129 298 35 82 13 3 4 47 32 47 8 8 3 .726 .347 .379 .275
1970 DET 59 99 12 28 6 1 1 19 11 24 2 2 1 .748 .354 .394 .283
1971 DET 65 131 20 43 7 1 3 18 15 25 5 0 2 .864 .399 .466 .328
1972 DET 69 200 13 46 8 1 1 16 9 42 5 4 2 .558 .263 .295 .230
Total 1799 5567 518 1275 196 35 90 584 436 1154 109 48 80 .611 .286 .325 .229
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Clay Whittaker has retired from the Detroit Ocelots
1966-04-01The Detroit Demolition have renamed Tank Merritt to Clay Whittaker.
1958-06-05The 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.
1958-05-17The 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.
1958-05-13The 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.
1957-10-23The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have sent Tank Merritt to the minors. The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have designated Ernie Rodgers for assignment.
1957-09-29The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have promoted Tank Merritt to the major league team.
1957-06-29The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have demoted Tank Merritt to the minor leagues.
1957-06-20The Kansas City IVAN JELLICOS have promoted Tank Merritt to the major league team.
1957-06-11A 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.
1957-04-10The St. Louis Twainsman have renamed Mike Mahomes to Tank Merritt.