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Name Team Age
Benz Mercedes Retired (1982, Age 38) Died (2031, Age 87)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 14
(1962)		 2B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Cesar Cedeno League 0 16 years (76 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B  B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B- B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- B+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
F  C  C 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A  0 7/23/1944
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 4 10
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
B- (54.2 %) F  (0.0 %) 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
1967 CHA 110 352 42 90 19 4 7 52 37 72 16 11 3 .716 .324 .392 .256
1968 CHA 160 578 82 138 16 0 21 73 54 119 25 15 9 .682 .307 .375 .239
1969 CHA 155 513 67 133 18 5 23 88 38 94 24 9 3 .760 .312 .448 .259
1970 CHA 162 688 128 204 37 4 27 109 63 121 43 15 8 .836 .357 .480 .297
1971 PIT 162 632 103 184 31 6 32 125 58 110 23 23 2 .862 .351 .511 .291
1972 PIT 162 656 116 211 43 6 35 145 54 116 30 17 4 .937 .372 .566 .322
1973 PIT 162 667 119 211 29 11 35 137 61 130 35 15 5 .923 .373 .550 .316
1974 PIT 162 649 116 196 34 4 32 136 69 102 30 12 4 .885 .370 .515 .302
1975 PIT 162 635 112 188 32 8 31 96 76 108 34 5 3 .889 .371 .518 .296
1976 PIT 143 591 117 182 35 5 35 122 55 92 21 10 5 .929 .367 .562 .308
1977 PIT 162 640 127 212 31 9 38 148 74 116 34 17 3 .984 .398 .586 .331
1978 PIT 162 621 97 177 29 3 21 103 77 100 30 20 4 .810 .367 .443 .285
1979 PIT 161 615 103 192 29 7 31 109 68 100 25 14 11 .914 .381 .533 .312
1980 PIT 160 656 104 183 27 6 32 112 67 123 11 11 6 .829 .344 .485 .279
1981 PIT 160 651 101 187 22 7 24 122 60 124 16 5 2 .803 .350 .453 .287
1982 PIT 158 640 84 172 25 8 24 97 58 134 7 9 6 .775 .330 .445 .269
Total 2503 9784 1618 2860 457 93 448 1774 969 1761 404 208 78 .852 .356 .495 .292
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1982-11-01Benz Mercedes has retired from the Pittsburgh Punks
1976-07-09Benz Mercedes of the Pittsburgh PoWeRs is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1971-04-25The Pittsburgh PoWeRs have renamed Ben Mercedes to Benz Mercedes.
1971-04-25The Pittsburgh PoWeRs have renamed Everett Mercedes to Ben Mercedes.
1971-03-01A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh PeanuTs and the Chicago Lightning. The Chicago Lightning receive Ramon Ramirez, Dave Neitzke from the Pittsburgh PeanuTs in exchange for Everett Mercedes.
1967-05-31The Chicago Lightning have promoted Everett Mercedes to the major league team.
1966-04-11The Chicago Lightning have renamed Ever Mercedes to Everett Mercedes.
1966-04-09A trade has been completed between the Chicago Lightning and the Kansas City Athletics. The Kansas City Athletics receive Liam McCreery, Orth Sutherland, Rodrigo Cedeno, Draft Pick - 1967 Round 1 (CHA) from the Chicago Lightning in exchange for Ever Mercedes.
1965-05-25A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the New York Highlanders. The New York Highlanders receive David Melton from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Ever Mercedes.
1962-05-29The New York Highlanders have promoted Bob Elliott to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have sent Ever Mercedes to the minors.
1962-04-01The New York Highlanders have promoted Ever Mercedes to the major leagues.