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Name Team Age
Buttons Mercer Retired (1971, Age 38) Died (2012, Age 79)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 15
(1955)		 SS B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League 0 14 years (112 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A  A-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  A  B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C  D+ C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D+ B+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 5/22/1933
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 2 7
Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (98.2 %) A+ (96.3 %) B+ (74.2 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT
1955 SS CLE 48 48 422.66 272 96 171 5 40 +3 5.69 .982
1956 SS CLE 149 149 1330.0 759 262 483 14 108 +24 5.04 .982
1957 SS CLE 132 132 1158.66 668 221 436 11 117 -2 5.10 .984
1958 SS CLE 149 149 1329.33 766 270 483 13 121 +15 5.10 .983
1959 SS CLE 149 149 1336.66 808 275 516 17 144 +17 5.33 .979
1960 SS CLE 149 149 1329.66 746 249 479 18 121 +21 4.93 .976
1961 SS CLE 149 149 1329.66 717 236 468 13 94 +7 4.77 .982
1962 SS CLE 149 149 1342.66 724 228 475 21 98 +15 4.71 .971
1963 SS CLE 149 149 1325.66 737 249 474 14 99 +9 4.91 .981
1964 SS CLE 134 130 1185.0 688 218 457 13 129 +14 5.13 .981
1965 2B CLE 8 6 54.0 29 10 19 0 3 -1 4.83 1.000
3B CLE 6 5 47.0 12 4 8 0 0 0 2.30 1.000
SS CLE 112 94 882.0 520 149 360 11 74 +10 5.19 .979
1966 2B CLE 17 15 140.0 93 36 56 1 13 0 5.91 .989
3B CLE 20 2 48.0 16 3 13 0 0 +2 3.00 1.000
SS CLE 103 102 909.66 510 153 351 6 68 +13 4.99 .988
1967 2B CLE 97 97 864.0 572 217 354 1 85 +29 5.95 .998
3B CLE 21 14 143.33 49 7 42 0 0 0 3.08 1.000
SS CLE 26 23 214.0 128 43 84 1 26 +4 5.34 .992
1968 2B CLE 140 140 1254.33 796 290 504 2 114 +38 5.70 .997
SS CLE 9 9 81.0 47 13 33 1 9 +1 5.11 .979
1969 1B CLE 15 15 134.0 153 144 7 2 13 -1 10.14 .987
2B CLE 10 0 15.0 11 3 8 0 2 +2 6.60 1.000
3B CLE 3 3 26.0 9 0 9 0 1 +1 3.12 1.000
SS CLE 12 12 106.66 64 21 43 0 13 +3 5.40 1.000
1970 1B CLE 29 29 262.66 301 293 8 0 23 -2 10.31 1.000
2B CLE 8 8 70.0 43 18 24 1 5 -2 5.40 .977
3B CLE 1 1 9.0 4 3 1 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
SS CLE 15 15 132.33 79 22 55 2 9 +4 5.24 .975
Pos Total 1B 44 44 396.66 454 437 15 2 36 -3 10.26 .996
2B 280 266 2397.33 1544 574 965 5 222 +66 5.78 .997
3B 51 25 273.33 90 17 73 0 1 +3 2.96 1.000
SS 1634 1608 14415.6 8233 2705 5368 160 1270 +158 5.04 .981
Total 2009 1943 17482.92 10321 3733 6421 167 1529 +224 5.23 .984
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1971-11-01Buttons Mercer has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1971-04-25The Cleveland Chihuahuas have waived Buttons Mercer.
1971-04-01The Cleveland Chihuahuas have promoted Jason Kolseth to the major league team. The Cleveland Chihuahuas have promoted George Sullivan to the major league team. The Cleveland Chihuahuas have designated Jay Farr for assignment. The Cleveland Chihuahuas have designated Buttons Mercer for assignment.
1970-07-16Buttons Mercer of the Cleveland Crackers is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
1970-05-13Buttons Mercer of the Cleveland Crackers is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1969-04-17Buttons Mercer of the Cleveland Roman Rulers is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1957-07-06Buttons Mercer of the Cleveland Roman Rulers is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1955-08-05The Cleveland Roman Rulers have promoted Buttons Mercer to the major league team. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have promoted Tony Clarke to the major league team. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have promoted Domingo Knepper to the major league team. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have sent Silver Barnhart to the minors. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have designated Wally Chouinard for assignment. The Cleveland Roman Rulers have designated Alex Byrd for assignment.