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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   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1974 NYA 139 552 58 138 24 7 11 57 41 107 18 10 23 .685 .306 .379 .250
1975 NYA 139 557 58 129 23 2 15 64 46 130 27 18 15 .651 .290 .361 .232
1976 NYA 140 552 86 149 17 6 16 72 51 105 22 11 11 .743 .333 .409 .270
1977 NYA 131 520 80 146 22 3 18 79 59 89 23 13 7 .794 .355 .438 .281
1978 NYA 139 543 75 150 30 8 19 72 55 99 24 12 1 .810 .344 .466 .276
1979 NYA 139 553 88 144 26 7 22 87 44 96 21 5 7 .767 .314 .452 .260
1980 NYA 139 553 112 180 29 3 31 108 54 95 25 7 7 .943 .386 .557 .325
1981 NYA 122 484 84 134 26 8 16 79 50 89 22 10 4 .807 .345 .463 .277
1982 NYA 139 576 99 170 25 8 24 66 53 105 20 18 3 .848 .357 .491 .295
1983 NYA 124 517 82 135 21 4 15 50 56 87 11 5 2 .737 .333 .404 .261
1984 NYA 139 563 106 165 28 12 21 57 63 90 18 4 4 .864 .367 .497 .293
1985 NYA 93 383 58 111 11 5 16 43 36 61 12 4 4 .820 .350 .470 .290
1986 NYA 127 549 80 152 24 5 28 75 43 85 11 4 7 .823 .331 .492 .277
1987 NYA 119 476 62 122 18 3 11 48 40 82 2 3 16 .690 .314 .376 .256
1988 NYA 127 526 62 125 19 3 10 38 34 105 0 0 9 .626 .284 .342 .238
Total 1956 7904 1190 2150 343 84 273 995 725 1425 256 124 120 .774 .334 .440 .272
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Merv Banta has retired from the New York Highlanders
1988-07-07Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1987-08-03Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1986-04-16Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1985-09-10Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1985-05-07Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1983-06-20Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1981-04-19Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1977-05-02Merv Banta of the New York Highlanders is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
1974-04-01The 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.