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Name	Team	Age
Merv Banta	Retired (1988, Age 37)	Died (2025, Age 74)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 3 (1974)	2B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Cesar Cedeno League	0	15 years (72 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B+	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A	A
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	6/24/1951
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
4	6	7
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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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

1974

Majors

63.93

4 / 8

5 / 6

6 / 8

8 / 12

5 / 13

6 / 9

5 / 7

39 / 63

1975

Majors

60.45

5 / 6

3 / 7

5 / 9

2 / 9

5 / 12

8 / 8

5 / 9

33 / 60

1976

Majors

56.07

1 / 4

1 / 5

0 / 4

4 / 11

1 / 12

7 / 13

2 / 7

16 / 56

1977

Majors

53.34

1 / 5

1 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 12

2 / 5

6 / 12

3 / 5

13 / 53

1978

Majors

63.75

162

139

0

2 / 12

1 / 5

1 / 12

4 / 11

0 / 6

1 / 7

2 / 10

11 / 63

1979

Majors

65.09

162

139

0

1 / 7

1 / 11

2 / 11

1 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 7

3 / 19

8 / 65

1980

Majors

64.47

162

139

0

1 / 2

2 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 15

0 / 9

0 / 11

4 / 15

7 / 64

1981

Majors

57.82

140

122

22

1 / 7

0 / 11

1 / 9

0 / 9

2 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 6

5 / 57

1982

Majors

64.47

162

139

0

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 64

1983

Majors

57.40

144

124

18

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 13

1 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 8

1 / 57

1984

Majors

66.28

162

139

0

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 9

1 / 11

0 / 10

1 / 66

1985

Majors

44.49

107

93

55

0 / 4

-4 / 7

-1 / 7

-4 / 4

-4 / 6

0 / 9

-1 / 7

-14 / 44

1986

Majors

63.33

151

127

11

-2 / 5

-7 / 6

-2 / 9

-1 / 12

-8 / 12

0 / 14

0 / 5

-20 / 63

1987

Majors

59.34

142

119

20

-2 / 9

-1 / 11

-1 / 3

-6 / 12

-9 / 9

-2 / 7

0 / 8

-21 / 59

1988

Majors

63.33

151

127

11

-1 / 6

0 / 7

-2 / 10

-5 / 11

-10 / 9

0 / 9

-2 / 11

-20 / 63

Total

1645

1407

137

11 / 101

2 / 116

9 / 115

3 / 156

-15 / 129

28 / 143

21 / 137

59 / 897

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1988-11-01	Merv Banta has retired from the New York Highlanders
1988-07-07	Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1987-08-03	Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1986-04-16	Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1985-09-10	Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1985-05-07	Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1983-06-20	Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1981-04-19	Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1977-05-02	Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1974-04-01	The New York Highlanders have promoted Walt Clark to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have promoted Merv Banta to the major league team. The New York Highlanders have designated Walt Alou for assignment.