1B William Merriman #5
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
04/30/1962
1B WILLIAM MERRIMAN #5 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 3 3 3
Gap 2 2 2
Power 2 2 2
Eye 2 2 2
Avoid K's 3 3 3
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 2 1
Errors: - 2 3
Arm: 1 3 3
Turn DP: - 2 -
Framing: 1 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 3 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 1 Right Field: -
3rd Base: 1
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 1
Stealing Aggressiveness: 3
Stealing Ability: 1
Baserunning Inst.: 1
Sacrifice Bunt: 2
Bunt for Hit: 2
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
04/13/1962 @ CHC Win, 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/04/1962 @ LAS Win, 14-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
03/27/1962 @ TOR Loss, 5-10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:11/30/1932
Born in:St. Johns, MI
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$20,000
Signed Through:1962 Season
Major Service:None, None
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, 168 Days
Pro Service:11 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:2 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1951, 5th Pick in Round 4
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1948 Total - 15 20 93 41 10 0 2 27 39 10 1 0 5 5 3 .441 .500 .613 1.113 100 100 1.5
1949 Total - 16 22 96 44 8 0 4 27 44 11 1 2 7 7 3 .458 .509 .667 1.176 100 100 1.8
1950 Total - 17 22 94 42 11 2 2 27 40 10 1 2 6 9 4 .447 .495 .670 1.166 100 100 1.7
1951 Total - 18 23 104 47 7 2 6 34 39 8 1 2 9 0 0 .452 .487 .731 1.218 100 100 2.0
1951 Dubuque - C 18 31 89 20 3 0 5 14 13 18 0 0 31 1 0 .225 .355 .427 .782 85 82 0.0
1952 Dubuque - C 19 8 9 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .455 .444 .899 120 130 0.1
1953 Dubuque - C 20 15 17 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .176 .222 .176 .399 1 -18 -0.2
1953 Mobile - B 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 187 364 0.0
1954 Dubuque - C 21 21 18 6 0 0 0 4 1 5 0 1 2 0 0 .333 .458 .333 .792 111 103 0.1
1954 Mobile - B 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 42 114 0.0
1955 Mobile - B 22 36 79 18 2 0 2 8 8 8 1 0 10 0 0 .228 .307 .329 .636 71 70 -0.4
1955 Evansville - A 22 17 49 16 3 0 0 8 2 3 0 1 5 0 0 .327 .358 .388 .746 99 95 -0.1
1956 Evansville - A 23 46 97 26 4 0 0 15 14 14 2 0 9 0 0 .268 .372 .309 .681 85 91 -0.4
1956 Nashville - AA 23 53 201 59 8 0 3 22 27 13 0 1 27 0 0 .294 .335 .378 .713 79 77 -0.5
1957 Peoria - A 24 11 12 2 0 0 0 2 4 6 1 1 0 0 0 .167 .450 .167 .617 68 57 -0.0
1957 El Paso - AA 24 76 104 24 3 0 1 10 8 12 0 0 15 0 0 .231 .310 .288 .599 59 57 -0.4
1957 Sacramneto - AAA 24 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -119 -0.1
1958 El Paso - AA 25 81 105 25 4 0 5 17 12 6 2 0 12 0 0 .238 .292 .419 .711 98 98 0.1
1959 El Paso - AA 26 52 101 26 4 0 3 9 16 14 0 2 17 0 0 .257 .342 .386 .728 109 112 -0.0
1959 Sacramneto - AAA 26 16 28 7 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5 0 0 .250 .300 .250 .550 58 60 -0.2
1960 Peoria - A 27 26 49 11 3 0 1 6 5 8 2 0 11 0 0 .224 .356 .347 .703 88 98 0.2
1960 El Paso - AA 27 73 190 42 6 0 2 16 21 21 2 1 23 0 0 .221 .304 .284 .588 72 72 -1.1
1960 Sacramneto - AAA 27 8 15 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .267 .312 .267 .579 63 64 -0.1
1961 Peoria - A 28 23 47 11 1 0 1 5 3 12 0 0 5 0 0 .234 .390 .319 .709 91 106 0.0
1961 El Paso - AA 28 59 172 40 9 1 2 24 25 18 1 2 26 0 0 .233 .306 .331 .637 78 78 0.0
1961 Sacramneto - AAA 28 4 7 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 137 143 0.1
Total DIX 53 201 59 8 0 3 22 27 13 0 1 27 0 0 .294 .335 .378 .713 79 77
Total GWL 31 56 14 0 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 6 1 0 .250 .288 .250 .538 53 52
Total HL 123 254 66 11 0 2 36 28 43 5 2 30 0 0 .260 .375 .327 .702 88 94
Total SEL 40 80 18 2 0 2 9 8 10 1 0 11 0 0 .225 .319 .325 .644 72 75
Total LSA 341 672 157 26 1 13 76 82 71 5 5 93 0 0 .234 .309 .333 .643 81 81
Total UMVA 75 133 32 4 0 5 20 16 26 0 1 36 1 0 .241 .362 .383 .746 82 77
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1951 Dubuque - C 3B 26 25 2 34 7 39 3 .923 216.0 1.50 -0.8 .900
1952 Dubuque - C 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 10.0 0.00 -0.2 .000
1953 Dubuque - C 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1953 Dubuque - C 3B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 1.042
1953 Dubuque - C SS 2 0 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 6.0 6.00 +0.2 1.006
1954 Dubuque - C 2B 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 2.0 13.50 +0.2 .936
1954 Mobile - B 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1954 Dubuque - C 3B 6 1 1 4 1 5 0 1.000 19.0 2.37 +0.2 1.012
1955 Evansville - A 2B 9 7 22 12 6 35 1 .971 55.1 5.53 -1.6 .757
1955 Mobile - B 2B 14 14 34 33 8 73 6 .918 121.0 4.98 -4.1 .807
1955 Evansville - A 3B 7 7 4 15 0 22 3 .864 51.1 3.33 -1.0 .916
1955 Mobile - B 3B 3 2 1 7 1 8 0 1.000 18.0 4.00 +0.0 .907
1956 Nashville - AA 2B 3 3 6 7 1 16 3 .812 25.0 4.68 -1.7 .734
1956 Evansville - A 2B 22 14 46 35 11 85 4 .953 133.0 5.48 -4.0 .757
1956 Nashville - AA 3B 47 46 35 83 12 124 6 .952 383.0 2.77 -3.2 .930
1956 Evansville - A 3B 7 5 5 11 0 17 1 .941 54.0 2.67 -1.4 .814
1957 El Paso - AA 2B 20 9 34 20 6 55 1 .982 96.0 5.06 -3.1 .821
1957 Peoria - A 2B 2 2 8 6 0 14 0 1.000 20.0 6.30 +0.3 .983
1957 Sacramneto - AAA 3B 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.1 1.065
1957 El Paso - AA 3B 5 4 6 9 1 15 0 1.000 33.1 4.05 +0.7 1.134
1958 El Paso - AA 2B 7 3 9 5 2 14 0 1.000 36.1 3.47 -0.3 .964
1958 El Paso - AA 3B 10 5 7 17 2 27 3 .889 65.0 3.32 -1.2 .863
1959 Sacramneto - AAA 1B 3 1 9 2 1 11 0 1.000 13.0 7.62 +0.1 1.033
1959 El Paso - AA 1B 9 8 54 2 4 56 0 1.000 67.0 7.52 +0.0 .932
1959 Sacramneto - AAA 2B 5 2 6 13 1 22 3 .864 21.0 8.14 -1.8 .807
1959 El Paso - AA 2B 21 17 46 42 7 91 3 .967 140.0 5.66 -3.7 .877
1959 Sacramneto - AAA 3B 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 19.1 0.93 -0.0 1.068
1959 El Paso - AA 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 El Paso - AA 1B 6 5 36 3 2 39 0 1.000 44.0 7.98 +0.3 1.144
1960 Peoria - A 1B 10 9 60 4 5 65 1 .985 74.0 7.78 +0.3 1.030
1960 Sacramneto - AAA 2B 3 2 8 6 0 14 0 1.000 19.0 6.63 -0.9 .788
1960 El Paso - AA 2B 14 10 34 22 6 58 2 .966 104.1 4.83 -4.5 .807
1960 Peoria - A 2B 1 1 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 8.0 5.62 +0.1 .992
1960 Sacramneto - AAA 3B 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1.000 10.0 0.90 +0.0 1.074
1960 El Paso - AA 3B 33 26 27 54 6 88 7 .920 267.0 2.73 -4.0 .903
1960 Peoria - A 3B 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 12.2 1.42 +0.1 1.037
1961 Sacramneto - AAA 1B 1 1 8 1 0 9 0 1.000 9.0 9.00 +0.2 1.034
1961 Peoria - A 1B 12 12 83 7 9 91 1 .989 101.0 8.02 +0.6 1.042
1961 Sacramneto - AAA 2B 3 1 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 11.1 3.18 -0.1 1.010
1961 El Paso - AA 2B 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 10.0 1.80 +0.2 1.023
1961 Peoria - A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1961 El Paso - AA 3B 46 38 29 66 9 102 7 .931 357.2 2.39 -2.3 .909
1961 Peoria - A 3B 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 5.1 1.69 +0.0 1.034
TOTAL 1B 41 36 250 19 21 271 2 .993 308.0 7.86 +1.5 1.029
TOTAL 2B 127 86 263 205 48 491 23 .953 803.1 5.24 -24.9 .818
TOTAL 3B 210 163 119 307 40 456 30 .934 1538.1 2.49 -12.9 .917
TOTAL SS 2 0 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 6.0 6.00 +0.2 1.006
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/19/1951 Drafted in the 1951 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick) by the Montreal Saints, out of high school Coldwater (Coldwater; Coldwater, MI).
07/05/1951 Signed a minor league contract with the Montreal Saints organization with a signing bonus of $2,100.
09/07/1953 Injured (back tightness),day-to-day for one week.
04/17/1954 Injured (stomach virus),day-to-day for 3 days.
09/19/1955 Wins the 1955 Championship with the Evansville Hawks!
08/06/1956 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for one week.
10/13/1956 Was traded by the Montreal Saints to the San Francisco Sailors, along with SS Tony Skinner and SP Jim Dunlap, in exchange for LF Jim Johnston and $45,000.
01/01/1958 Designated for assignment and placed on waivers by the San Francisco Sailors.
04/20/1959 Successfully completed training to learn a new position at the San Francisco Sailors development complex.
04/10/1962 Unsuccessfully completed training to learn a new position at the San Francisco Sailors development complex.
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