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Name	Team	Age
Merl Williams	Retired (1969, Age 34)	Died (2023, Age 88)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 18 (1953)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Bob Gibson League	0	12 years (139 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	A-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A-	A-	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	B-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A+	0	6/23/1935
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
3	4	7
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (99.0 %)	A+ (98.6 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

POS

Team

G

GS

INN

TC

PO

A

E

DP

+/-

RF

FPCT

Total

0

0

0.0

0

0

0

0

0

0

NaN

NaN

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1969-11-01	Merl Williams has retired from the Boston Minutemen
1965-04-11	The Boston Minutemen have re-claimed Merl Williams from the waiver wire.
1965-04-01	The Boston Minutemen have promoted Virgil Miller to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have promoted Paul Jolley to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have promoted Skip Abbaticchio to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have designated Frank Demaree for assignment. The Boston Minutemen have designated Joe Garcia for assignment. The Boston Minutemen have designated Merl Williams for assignment.
1960-04-04	The Boston Minutemen have renamed Verle Williams to Merl Williams.
1959-05-02	The Boston Minutemen have promoted Verle Williams to the major league team.
1958-10-03	The Boston Minutemen have promoted "Mad" Mike Martz to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have sent Verle Williams to the minors.
1956-09-30	The Boston Minutemen have promoted Verle Williams to the major league team.
1956-04-09	The Boston Minutemen have promoted Harry Amalfitano to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have sent Verle Williams to the minors.
1956-03-25	The Boston Minutemen have promoted Tug Bedgood to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have promoted Verle Williams to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have promoted Dyar Davis to the major league team. The Boston Minutemen have promoted Tito Palagyi to the major league team.