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Name	Team	Age
Greg Merkle	Retired (1992, Age 33)	Died (2023, Age 65)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 20 (1978)	RF	R/L
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	3 years (148 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C+	C
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B+	A-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	B-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
A-	D-	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	C	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	12/20/1958
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.0 %)	C- (28.3 %)	D  (17.5 %)

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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

1978

Minors

19.00

4 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 0

2 / 2

2 / 3

3 / 3

5 / 5

17 / 19

1979

Minors

23.00

3 / 3

2 / 2

0 / 1

4 / 5

0 / 4

5 / 5

3 / 3

17 / 23

1980

Minors

31.00

3 / 5

3 / 3

5 / 9

1 / 4

0 / 2

3 / 3

5 / 5

20 / 31

1981

Minors

26.00

2 / 2

3 / 5

3 / 6

1 / 3

0 / 3

5 / 5

1 / 2

15 / 26

1982

Minors

26.00

2 / 2

3 / 7

4 / 4

2 / 3

0 / 5

2 / 2

3 / 3

16 / 26

1983

Minors

24.00

1 / 1

1 / 5

1 / 1

1 / 5

3 / 6

2 / 3

2 / 3

11 / 24

1984

Minors

27.00

4 / 7

2 / 3

0 / 5

1 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 0

3 / 5

10 / 27

1985

Minors

22.00

0 / 2

1 / 4

1 / 3

2 / 3

2 / 4

2 / 3

2 / 3

10 / 22

1986

Majors

37.85

111

61

0

0 / 7

1 / 6

0 / 6

1 / 2

1 / 6

1 / 5

2 / 5

6 / 37

1987

Majors

61.78

162

117

0

1 / 9

4 / 13

1 / 10

1 / 9

1 / 6

1 / 7

0 / 7

9 / 61

1988

Majors

57.37

162

111

0

2 / 10

0 / 3

0 / 12

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 2

1 / 13

3 / 57

1989

Majors

57.31

162

97

0

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 11

1 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 7

1 / 9

3 / 57

1990

Minors

13.00

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 13

1990

Majors

5.55

30

5

0

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 5

1991

Majors

18.00

0 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 18

1992

Minors

31.00

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 6

1 / 31

1992

Majors

0.74

7

0

0

-4 / 0

-7 / 0

-5 / 0

-5 / 0

-5 / 0

-3 / 0

-3 / 0

-32 / 0

Total

634

391

0

19 / 73

15 / 69

10 / 76

13 / 70

4 / 67

22 / 50

25 / 72

108 / 477

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1992-11-01	Greg Merkle has retired from the Detroit Tortfeasors
1992-04-09	The Detroit Tortfeasors have promoted Harry Wentzel to the major league team. The Detroit Tortfeasors have designated Greg Merkle for assignment.
1992-04-01	The Detroit Tortfeasors have promoted Pinky Milchin to the major league team. The Detroit Tortfeasors have promoted Greg Merkle to the major league team.
1992-04-01	The Detroit Tortfeasors have acquired Greg Merkle from the waiver wire.
1991-04-01	The Cincinnati Reds have waived Greg Merkle.
1990-09-11	The Cincinnati Reds have acquired Greg Merkle from the waiver wire.
1990-09-07	The Pittsburgh Maulers have waived Greg Merkle.
1990-08-12	The Pittsburgh Maulers have acquired Greg Merkle from the waiver wire.
1990-06-04	The St. Louis Boozers have waived Greg Merkle.
1990-05-05	The St. Louis Boozers have promoted Jim Windhorn to the major league team. The St. Louis Boozers have designated Greg Merkle for assignment.
1986-05-29	The St. Louis Boozers have promoted Greg Merkle to the major league team.
1986-05-29	The St. Louis Boozers have acquired Greg Merkle from the waiver wire.
1986-04-05	The Pittsburgh Maulers have waived Greg Merkle.
1985-04-09	The Pittsburgh Maulers have acquired Greg Merkle from the waiver wire.
1985-04-02	The Kansas City Eggmen have waived Greg Merkle.