2B Claude Merrill #23
Age: 66 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
11/01/1974
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2B CLAUDE MERRILL #23 - AGE: 66 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
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
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/20/1908
Born in:Elfers, FL
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:3 Years, 8 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:4 Years, 46 Days
Pro Service:13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1926, 4th Pick in Round 19
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
1935 Detroit - FABL 26 71 241 54 4 1 15 48 45 44 1 2 21 4 1 .224 .344 .436 .779 103 102 1.0
1936 Detroit - FABL 27 110 411 104 5 0 26 74 65 50 2 1 41 7 6 .253 .336 .455 .791 105 107 1.7
1937 Detroit - FABL 28 117 356 74 5 3 15 46 58 40 2 2 42 9 3 .208 .290 .365 .655 73 79 0.3
1938 Detroit - FABL 29 10 11 4 0 0 2 4 4 2 0 0 3 1 0 .364 .462 .909 1.371 265 250 0.3
1939 Detroit - FABL 30 24 26 4 0 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 .154 .154 .385 .538 42 32 -0.1
Total FABL 332 1045 240 14 4 60 177 175 136 5 5 110 21 10 .230 .320 .423 .743 94 96 3.2
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
1924 Birmingham HS - HS 15 41 169 36 8 0 0 9 25 18 0 0 31 21 2 .213 .289 .260 .549 51 63 0.1
1925 Birmingham HS - HS 16 40 167 42 3 0 3 12 18 19 2 0 19 11 10 .251 .335 .323 .658 79 85 0.3
1926 Birmingham HS - HS 17 40 160 41 8 2 4 10 33 9 2 1 23 20 3 .256 .302 .406 .709 98 101 1.2
1927 Chattanooga - A 18 19 13 0 0 0 0 3 4 6 0 0 2 2 0 .000 .316 .000 .316 -17 33 -0.1
1928 Chattanooga - A 19 47 152 47 4 3 0 26 19 10 0 3 19 4 2 .309 .345 .375 .720 87 87 0.2
1929 Biloxi - R 20 121 462 122 13 5 12 50 83 64 2 3 29 40 23 .264 .354 .392 .746 99 108 2.2
1929 Chattanooga - A 20 20 79 19 3 0 1 6 12 6 0 1 6 4 5 .241 .291 .316 .607 58 61 -0.3
1930 Biloxi - R 21 72 267 95 7 2 27 71 76 39 7 6 44 16 13 .356 .442 .700 1.142 159 158 3.5
1930 Chattanooga - A 21 74 286 67 9 0 7 33 44 41 2 1 32 8 5 .234 .333 .339 .672 78 85 0.3
1931 Chattanooga - A 22 133 472 122 13 1 13 54 89 74 1 2 49 33 11 .258 .359 .373 .732 103 108 2.5
1932 Chattanooga - A 23 132 472 131 7 3 9 59 96 83 5 6 49 63 17 .278 .387 .362 .749 90 97 1.8
1932 Wichita - A 23 14 49 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 0 13 1 0 .102 .154 .102 .256 -25 -21 -0.5
1933 Wichita - A 24 127 504 126 8 3 13 48 83 43 6 1 33 17 16 .250 .316 .355 .671 84 92 1.0
1934 Wichita - A 25 59 235 69 6 0 20 41 56 34 3 3 27 21 8 .294 .385 .574 .960 150 151 3.0
1934 Akron - AA 25 98 378 102 14 1 14 64 58 41 3 4 14 6 4 .270 .343 .423 .766 107 111 2.5
1935 Akron - AA 26 18 68 24 3 0 6 15 12 10 2 1 10 2 2 .353 .444 .662 1.106 172 170 0.9
1935 Newark - AAA 26 46 173 68 2 0 24 68 51 34 2 4 9 12 2 .393 .488 .821 1.309 222 203 3.4
1936 Newark - AAA 27 31 101 26 4 1 5 17 21 27 2 0 10 1 2 .257 .423 .465 .888 131 136 0.9
1938 Terre Haute - A 29 32 108 24 2 1 5 13 19 23 3 1 7 1 0 .222 .370 .398 .769 115 115 0.7
1938 Akron - AA 29 21 37 11 1 0 1 8 6 12 0 0 1 0 1 .297 .469 .405 .875 151 158 0.5
1938 Newark - AAA 29 33 62 12 0 0 4 10 10 12 0 1 5 1 0 .194 .320 .387 .707 86 92 0.2
1939 Terre Haute - A 30 17 19 6 0 0 2 4 4 6 1 0 2 0 0 .316 .500 .632 1.132 181 168 0.3
1941 Lincoln - A 32 17 11 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 .182 .308 .182 .490 38 54 -0.0
1941 Mobile - R 32 49 38 10 0 0 0 2 5 7 0 0 3 0 0 .263 .378 .263 .641 86 91 0.1
Total EA 137 483 137 18 1 21 87 76 63 5 5 25 8 7 .284 .369 .455 .824 121 124
Total HL 266 926 232 16 4 40 106 168 111 13 5 84 40 24 .251 .337 .406 .743 102 106
Total UL 110 336 106 6 1 33 95 82 73 4 5 24 14 4 .315 .438 .634 1.072 170 162
Total HS 121 496 119 19 2 7 31 76 46 4 1 73 52 15 .240 .309 .329 .638 75 83
Total SEL 425 1474 386 36 7 30 181 264 220 8 13 157 114 40 .262 .358 .357 .715 89 95
Total GSL 242 767 227 20 7 39 123 164 110 9 9 76 56 36 .296 .387 .493 .879 119 125
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1925 Birmingham HS - HS 2B 40 40 97 97 19 199 5 .975 359.0 4.86 +2.5 1.055
1926 Birmingham HS - HS 2B 40 40 90 112 23 206 4 .981 348.2 5.21 +2.3 1.044
1927 Chattanooga - A 1B 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 0.0 .000
1927 Chattanooga - A 2B 6 0 1 6 0 7 0 1.000 11.0 5.73 -0.2 .955
1927 Chattanooga - A SS 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.087
1928 Chattanooga - A 1B 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 2.0 13.50 0.0 .000
1928 Chattanooga - A 2B 44 39 102 97 32 206 7 .966 338.0 5.30 -5.7 .899
1929 Chattanooga - A 1B 19 19 168 11 14 179 0 1.000 154.1 10.44 -3.1 .834
1929 Chattanooga - A 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.1 0.00 0.0 .000
1929 Biloxi - R 2B 63 62 149 150 25 308 9 .971 488.2 5.51 +2.1 1.018
1929 Biloxi - R 3B 88 58 39 130 13 177 8 .955 541.2 2.81 -1.5 .965
1930 Chattanooga - A 1B 28 28 243 16 20 261 2 .992 230.2 10.11 -2.2 .874
1930 Biloxi - R 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1930 Chattanooga - A 2B 37 27 85 87 27 180 8 .956 247.1 6.26 -0.3 1.004
1930 Biloxi - R 2B 72 72 157 162 33 321 2 .994 607.0 4.73 +7.7 1.075
1930 Chattanooga - A 3B 20 19 9 48 4 60 3 .950 166.0 3.09 -0.0 .995
1930 Biloxi - R 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1931 Chattanooga - A 3B 132 132 66 273 22 345 6 .983 1101.1 2.77 -6.5 .958
1932 Wichita - A 2B 12 12 28 29 5 57 0 1.000 104.0 4.93 -0.0 1.088
1932 Wichita - A 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1932 Chattanooga - A 3B 132 132 70 288 39 368 10 .973 1137.2 2.83 -5.9 .975
1933 Wichita - A 2B 97 97 286 286 75 588 16 .973 826.2 6.23 -4.3 .986
1933 Wichita - A 3B 28 26 21 53 5 76 2 .974 237.1 2.81 -1.1 .949
1934 Akron - AA 2B 97 96 285 320 83 614 9 .985 855.2 6.36 +4.9 1.035
1934 Wichita - A 2B 57 57 165 185 31 357 7 .980 497.2 6.33 +4.0 1.044
1934 Wichita - A 3B 8 1 4 4 1 8 0 1.000 21.2 3.32 -0.0 1.067
1935 Detroit - MLB 1B 26 24 173 27 17 200 0 1.000 197.2 9.11 +1.3 1.052
1935 Newark - AAA 1B 11 11 116 13 6 129 0 1.000 100.1 11.57 +2.2 1.125
1935 Detroit - MLB 2B 41 41 112 127 34 248 9 .964 354.2 6.06 -7.5 .938
1935 Newark - AAA 2B 19 18 52 58 11 114 4 .965 160.2 6.16 -1.7 .966
1935 Akron - AA 2B 18 18 50 66 12 119 3 .975 155.2 6.71 +0.7 1.027
1935 Detroit - MLB 3B 2 1 1 1 0 3 1 .667 12.0 1.50 -1.3 .532
1935 Newark - AAA 3B 11 11 8 18 3 29 3 .897 97.2 2.40 -1.1 .908
1935 Newark - AAA LF 5 5 5 0 0 9 4 .556 43.0 1.05 -0.9 .851
1936 Detroit - MLB 1B 40 34 288 27 35 317 2 .994 287.0 9.88 +3.0 1.088
1936 Newark - AAA 1B 3 2 19 0 1 20 1 .950 17.0 10.06 -0.9 .396
1936 Detroit - MLB 2B 49 43 138 99 32 244 7 .971 389.0 5.48 -5.3 .889
1936 Newark - AAA 2B 1 0 2 3 1 5 0 1.000 7.1 6.14 +0.1 1.104
1936 Detroit - MLB 3B 27 27 23 53 1 81 5 .938 233.0 2.94 -5.4 .824
1936 Newark - AAA 3B 27 27 13 40 0 56 3 .946 232.2 2.05 -5.1 .851
1937 Detroit - MLB 1B 23 19 160 14 17 175 1 .994 167.0 9.38 +2.1 1.113
1937 Detroit - MLB 2B 76 63 170 157 41 338 11 .967 552.1 5.33 -9.1 .913
1937 Detroit - MLB 3B 12 10 7 20 2 28 1 .964 85.1 2.85 -0.3 .999
1938 Detroit - MLB 1B 1 1 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 9.0 7.00 +0.1 1.022
1938 Newark - AAA 1B 7 5 48 4 6 52 0 1.000 48.0 9.75 +0.1 1.020
1938 Akron - AA 1B 4 0 7 0 0 8 1 .875 8.1 7.56 -0.6 .688
1938 Terre Haute - A 1B 31 30 260 26 13 286 0 1.000 267.0 9.64 +1.8 1.076
1938 Newark - AAA 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1938 Akron - AA 2B 2 0 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 5.0 7.20 -0.1 1.048
1938 Detroit - MLB 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1938 Newark - AAA 3B 10 5 2 13 3 15 0 1.000 59.0 2.29 +0.1 1.051
1938 Akron - AA 3B 9 7 3 11 1 15 1 .933 63.0 2.00 -1.7 .834
1939 Detroit - MLB 1B 4 0 8 0 1 8 0 1.000 7.0 10.29 +0.1 1.062
1939 Terre Haute - A 1B 4 0 11 0 1 11 0 1.000 8.0 12.38 +0.1 1.064
1939 Detroit - MLB 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1939 Terre Haute - A 2B 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.1 3.86 +0.2 1.050
1939 Detroit - MLB 3B 6 1 3 6 2 9 0 1.000 17.0 4.76 +0.3 1.055
1939 Terre Haute - A 3B 6 3 0 8 0 8 0 1.000 31.0 2.32 +0.2 1.045
1941 Mobile - R 1B 26 0 39 6 2 46 1 .978 45.2 8.87 +0.1 1.065
1941 Lincoln - A 1B 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.0 9.00 +0.0 1.048
1941 Mobile - R 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1941 Lincoln - A 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1941 Mobile - R 3B 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 14.1 1.26 -0.5 .748
1941 Lincoln - A 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 235 173 1554 145 133 1707 8 .995 1558.0 9.81 +4.2 1.026
TOTAL 2B 775 725 1970 2045 485 4116 101 .975 6314.0 5.72 -9.6 .999
TOTAL 3B 533 460 269 968 96 1280 43 .966 4063.2 2.74 -29.8 .951
TOTAL SS 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 1.087
TOTAL LF 5 5 5 0 0 9 4 .556 43.0 1.05 -0.9 .851
PLAYER HISTORY
12/05/1923 Joined the Birmingham HS Bulldogs.
01/01/1924 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1925 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1926 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
12/05/1926 Released by the Birmingham HS Bulldogs.
12/05/1926 Drafted in the 1926 first-year player draft by the Detroit Dynamos (Round 19, Pick 4, 292nd overall pick).
01/01/1927 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1928 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
09/04/1928 Wins the 1928 Championship with the Chattanooga Dynamos!
01/01/1929 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
09/16/1929 Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for one week.
09/21/1929 Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for 6 days.
01/01/1930 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
09/19/1930 Wins the 1930 GSL GSL Great Glove Award at 2B.
01/01/1931 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
07/14/1931 Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for 2 days.
08/22/1931 Injured (Sore ankle), day-to-day for one week.
09/19/1931 Injured (Groin soreness), day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/1932 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1933 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
09/02/1933 Injured (Back spasms), day-to-day for 2 weeks.
10/09/1933 Named the #83 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1934 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/18/1934 Named the #28 prospect in the FABL
06/09/1934 Injured (Flu-like symptoms), day-to-day for 4 days.
07/10/1934 Named the #25 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1935 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/24/1935 Injured (Back stiffness), day-to-day for one week.
05/13/1935 Wins the EA EA Player of the Week Award.
05/20/1935 Wins the UL UL Player of the Week Award.
06/03/1935 Wins the FABL FA Player of the Week Award.
09/01/1935 Wins the UL UL Batter of the Month Award.
09/02/1935 Wins the UL UL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1936 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1937 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
04/11/1937 Injured (mild calf strain),day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1938 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1939 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
09/26/1939 Wins the 1939 Championship with the Terre Haute Brewers!
10/02/1939 Released by the Detroit organization.
01/01/1940 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
10/02/1940 Signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cougars organization.
01/01/1941 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
09/15/1941 Wins the 1941 Championship with the Mobile Commodores!
09/16/1941 Retired from professional baseball.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year HR Rank
1936 26 4
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