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Name	Team	Age
Frank Merson	Retired (1987, Age 35)	Died (2037, Age 85)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 22 (1977)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Tim Raines League	0	1 years (63 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C-	C+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	B-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	C+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	1/17/1952
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)
C  (39.5 %)	D+ (26.5 %)	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

1977

Majors

34.83

162

30

0

3 / 5

0 / 0

2 / 4

3 / 7

2 / 7

1 / 3

4 / 8

15 / 34

1978

Minors

11.00

0 / 2

2 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 11

1978

Majors

2.46

18

2

0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1979

Minors

14.00

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 3

1 / 1

2 / 2

0 / 3

3 / 14

1979

Majors

13.00

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 13

1980

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

1980

Majors

4.12

31

2

0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 4

1981

Minors

23.00

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 2

1 / 4

1 / 5

1 / 4

3 / 23

1982

Minors

5.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 5

1982

Majors

16.00

0 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 16

1983

Majors

16.00

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 16

1984

Majors

18.00

0 / 3

1 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

3 / 18

1985

Majors

18.00

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 18

1986

Minors

2.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

1986

Majors

5.27

14

13

0

-3 / 1

-3 / 2

-4 / 1

-5 / 0

-8 / 1

-2 / 0

-4 / 0

-29 / 5

1987

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1987

Majors

13.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 13

Total

225

47

0

0 / 33

2 / 27

-1 / 26

-2 / 24

-3 / 28

2 / 27

1 / 31

-1 / 196

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1987-11-01	Frank Merson has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1987-04-08	The Baltimore Privateers have waived Frank Merson.
1986-09-14	The Baltimore Privateers have designated Frank Merson for assignment.
1986-08-29	The Baltimore Privateers have promoted Frank Merson to the major league team.
1986-08-29	The Baltimore Privateers have acquired Frank Merson from the waiver wire.
1982-05-20	The Milwaukee Braves have waived Frank Merson.
1980-09-16	The Milwaukee Braves have sent Frank Merson to the minors.
1980-08-12	The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Frank Merson to the major league team.
1980-08-12	The Milwaukee Braves have acquired Frank Merson from the waiver wire.
1979-07-23	The Cincinnati Red Stockings have waived Frank Merson.
1978-08-10	The Cincinnati Red Stockings have sent Frank Merson to the minors.
1978-07-20	The Cincinnati Red Stockings have promoted Frank Merson to the major league team.
1978-07-20	The Cincinnati Red Stockings have acquired Frank Merson from the waiver wire.
1978-04-01	The Detroit Tigers have waived Frank Merson.
1978-03-03	The Detroit Tigers have sent Frank Merson to the minors.
1977-04-01	The Detroit Tigers have promoted Fred Smith to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have promoted Frank Merson to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated Doug Griffin for assignment. The Detroit Tigers have sent Andy Golvin to the minors.