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Name	Team	Age
Bruce Merritt	Retired (1953, Age 34)	Died (1991, Age 73)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 23 (1950)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Lou Whitaker League	0	3 years (26 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B+	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	B+	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	11/12/1918
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	3
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (LF)
D+ (24.8 %)	F  (3.2 %)	F  (1.5 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1950

Majors

20.10

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 20

1951

Majors

19.30

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 19

1952

Majors

24.74

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 5

1 / 4

1 / 24

1953

Minors

16.00

0 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 16

1953

Majors

1.77

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

Total

0

0

0

0 / 14

1 / 13

0 / 14

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 10

1 / 9

2 / 80

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1953-11-01	Bruce Merritt has retired from the Washington Whizzinators
1953-09-06	The Washington Whizzinators have promoted Bruce Merritt to the major league team.
1953-04-08	The Washington Whizzinators have acquired Bruce Merritt from the waiver wire.
1953-04-01	The Cleveland Kangaroos have waived Bruce Merritt.
1953-03-25	The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Phil Darr to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Ed Blattner to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have promoted Harry Dessau to the major league team. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Brook Jones for assignment. The Cleveland Kangaroos have designated Bruce Merritt for assignment.