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Name	Team	Age
Mert Lyden	Retired (1985, Age 33)	52
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 46 (1974)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Sam Crawford League	0	3 years (47 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	A	D+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	A	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C	C-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B-	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	12/14/1951
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (1.7 %)	F  (1.1 %)	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

Minors

21.00

2 / 3

1 / 3

3 / 4

2 / 3

0 / 1

2 / 4

3 / 3

13 / 21

1975

Minors

35.00

1 / 2

5 / 9

4 / 7

1 / 6

0 / 1

3 / 5

1 / 5

15 / 35

1975

Majors

0.55

3

0

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1976

Minors

26.00

1 / 2

4 / 5

3 / 5

0 / 0

0 / 4

4 / 6

2 / 4

14 / 26

1977

Majors

37.97

162

38

0

1 / 4

5 / 6

2 / 2

3 / 5

2 / 5

5 / 9

4 / 6

22 / 37

1978

Majors

23.43

162

6

0

1 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 7

1 / 4

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

4 / 23

1979

Majors

25.11

162

11

0

0 / 3

1 / 6

1 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 7

0 / 1

1 / 3

4 / 25

1980

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

1980

Majors

13.00

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

2 / 13

1981

Majors

18.00

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 18

1982

Majors

20.00

1 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 1

2 / 20

1983

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1983

Majors

4.34

44

1

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 4

1984

Majors

18.00

0 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 18

1985

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

Total

533

56

0

8 / 33

18 / 41

14 / 36

8 / 30

4 / 35

14 / 39

11 / 31

77 / 245

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1985-11-01	Mert Lyden has retired from the Texas Rangers
1985-09-10	The Texas Rangers have acquired Mert Lyden from the waiver wire.
1983-10-23	The Chicago BootLeggers have waived Mert Lyden.
1983-10-01	The Chicago BootLeggers have designated Mert Lyden for assignment. The Chicago BootLeggers have sent Hank Clarke to the minors.
1983-09-28	The Chicago BootLeggers have promoted Mert Lyden to the major league team.
1983-09-14	The Chicago BootLeggers have designated Mert Lyden for assignment.
1983-07-30	The Chicago BootLeggers have promoted Mert Lyden to the major league team.
1983-07-30	The Chicago BootLeggers have acquired Mert Lyden from the waiver wire.
1980-04-08	The Cincinnati Reds have waived Mert Lyden.
1980-04-01	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Dave Spencer to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Joe Campbell to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Mert Lyden for assignment. The Cincinnati Reds have designated Fred Preston for assignment.
1977-04-01	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Fred Hasty to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Mert Lyden to the major league team.
1975-10-03	The Cincinnati Reds have sent Mert Lyden to the minors. The Cincinnati Reds have sent John Pettit to the minors.
1975-09-29	The Cincinnati Reds have promoted John Pettit to the major league team. The Cincinnati Reds have promoted Mert Lyden to the major league team.