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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	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E	OPS	OBP	SLG	AVG
1956	BOS	4	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	.701	.429	.273	.273
1957	BOS	107	375	28	81	14	4	5	36	27	69	22	6	16	.588	.273	.315	.216
1958	BOS	54	184	22	39	8	2	0	9	17	29	10	5	6	.553	.276	.277	.212
1959	BOS	76	177	18	40	9	2	2	25	14	32	9	3	8	.615	.281	.333	.226
1960	BOS	66	141	9	31	3	3	0	10	10	28	5	1	9	.552	.268	.284	.220
1961	BOS	70	196	15	43	6	1	4	28	21	28	12	4	3	.613	.291	.321	.219
1962	BOS	57	165	24	38	7	1	3	22	21	23	11	6	1	.657	.317	.339	.230
1963	BOS	52	161	14	41	6	0	1	9	13	15	12	2	1	.621	.310	.311	.255
1964	BOS	44	145	22	35	4	7	1	16	14	20	8	3	1	.692	.306	.386	.241
1965	BOS	79	215	31	55	10	3	3	26	30	38	12	2	2	.719	.347	.372	.256
1966	BOS	47	119	18	28	5	3	0	13	12	30	7	1	1	.641	.313	.328	.235
1967	BOS	54	98	11	29	1	2	2	20	17	18	3	2	1	.805	.397	.408	.296
1968	BOS	66	41	3	12	1	0	0	5	5	3	0	1	0	.679	.362	.317	.293
1969	BOS	62	64	6	20	2	0	1	9	5	12	3	1	0	.757	.366	.391	.312
Total		838	2092	222	495	76	28	22	228	209	346	116	38	49	.637	.306	.331	.237

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.