LF Bill Merkel #49
Age: 48 | Bats: S | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
01/20/1975
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LF BILL MERKEL #49 - AGE: 48 - BATS: S - 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:05/01/1926
Born in:Chester, SC
Nationality:American
Height:6' 4"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Unknown
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:RETIRED
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:1 Year, 138 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1944, 9th Pick in Round 10
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
1944 Pensacola - R 18 43 127 37 2 1 0 10 10 11 0 0 16 7 5 .291 .348 .323 .671 96 96 0.6
1944 Everett - A 18 17 61 14 1 0 0 5 7 2 0 0 13 3 2 .230 .254 .246 .500 44 40 -0.2
1945 Pensacola - R 19 30 119 26 2 1 0 9 10 5 1 0 13 9 1 .218 .256 .252 .508 54 54 0.2
1945 Everett - A 19 65 225 42 4 1 1 13 25 13 5 1 54 9 5 .187 .246 .227 .473 40 33 -1.0
1946 Pensacola - R 20 26 27 8 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 6 3 0 .296 .296 .333 .630 85 67 0.2
1947 Pensacola - R 21 39 32 11 4 0 1 6 11 4 1 0 3 5 1 .344 .432 .562 .995 166 147 0.4
1948 Pensacola - R 22 52 114 38 7 2 3 22 20 8 1 0 16 5 5 .333 .382 .509 .891 114 111 0.4
1948 Everett - A 22 57 191 68 9 8 2 24 29 12 3 0 22 6 2 .356 .403 .518 .921 138 135 1.6
1948 Trenton - A 22 6 25 10 1 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 3 1 2 .400 .423 .520 .943 165 174 0.2
1949 Pensacola - R 23 23 22 5 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 0 5 2 0 .227 .370 .227 .598 44 64 -0.0
1949 Everett - A 23 12 21 7 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 .333 .364 .429 .792 108 102 0.1
1949 Trenton - A 23 86 343 81 11 6 0 24 37 16 2 2 45 13 5 .236 .273 .303 .576 54 43 -0.6
1950 Tulsa - A 24 109 429 101 15 8 2 37 42 25 3 3 58 13 11 .235 .280 .322 .602 67 58 -1.4
1951 Tulsa - A 25 134 471 124 10 10 5 38 52 14 2 5 79 4 3 .263 .285 .359 .643 85 75 0.5
Total HL 243 900 225 25 18 7 75 94 39 5 8 137 17 14 .250 .283 .341 .624 76 67
Total MAL 92 368 91 12 7 0 27 40 17 2 2 48 14 7 .247 .283 .318 .601 61 52
Total COW 151 498 131 14 10 3 46 63 28 8 1 92 19 9 .263 .312 .349 .662 81 76
Total GSL 213 441 125 16 4 4 52 56 31 5 0 59 31 12 .283 .338 .365 .703 92 90
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1944 Everett - A SS 1 1 4 2 3 8 2 .750 8.0 6.75 -1.3 .291
1944 Everett - A LF 13 13 38 0 0 38 0 1.000 110.0 3.11 -0.2 .960
1944 Pensacola - R LF 33 33 75 1 0 76 0 1.000 280.2 2.44 +3.0 1.070
1944 Everett - A CF 1 1 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 9.0 6.00 +0.2 1.040
1944 Pensacola - R CF 10 0 11 0 0 11 0 1.000 24.2 4.01 -0.1 .953
1944 Everett - A RF 2 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 16.0 2.25 +0.3 1.042
1945 Pensacola - R SS 21 21 24 60 12 91 7 .923 171.0 4.42 -1.4 .982
1945 Everett - A LF 60 60 113 4 1 118 1 .992 495.1 2.13 +1.7 1.047
1945 Pensacola - R LF 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 16.0 3.38 +0.8 1.219
1945 Pensacola - R CF 9 9 38 1 0 39 0 1.000 75.0 4.68 +0.2 .991
1945 Everett - A RF 5 5 15 0 0 16 1 .938 49.0 2.76 +0.2 .960
1946 Pensacola - R SS 8 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 15.2 2.30 +0.3 1.126
1946 Pensacola - R LF 7 0 6 0 0 7 1 .857 13.2 3.95 +0.7 1.214
1946 Pensacola - R CF 12 3 14 0 0 15 1 .933 46.0 2.74 -0.1 1.018
1947 Pensacola - R SS 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.0 1.086
1947 Pensacola - R LF 32 0 26 0 0 27 1 .963 79.0 2.96 -0.6 1.017
1947 Pensacola - R CF 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 15.0 0.60 -0.2 1.021
1947 Pensacola - R RF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 +0.1 1.050
1948 Trenton - A SS 3 3 5 7 2 12 0 1.000 25.1 4.26 -1.3 .800
1948 Everett - A SS 47 38 60 107 21 171 4 .977 353.1 4.25 -4.8 .949
1948 Pensacola - R SS 10 2 6 14 3 22 2 .909 28.0 6.43 -0.3 .941
1948 Everett - A LF 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 6.1 4.26 +0.3 .987
1948 Pensacola - R LF 24 15 21 1 1 23 1 .957 146.2 1.35 -0.6 .961
1948 Trenton - A CF 3 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 24.0 1.88 -1.9 .714
1948 Everett - A CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 10.0 0.90 -0.0 1.006
1948 Pensacola - R CF 11 2 8 1 0 11 2 .818 37.2 2.15 -0.1 1.025
1948 Everett - A RF 3 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 11.0 3.27 +0.1 1.002
1948 Pensacola - R RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4.2 0.00 -0.2 .000
1949 Everett - A SS 2 1 1 3 1 4 0 1.000 15.0 2.40 +0.1 1.053
1949 Trenton - A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1949 Everett - A LF 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 8.2 4.15 +1.4 1.958
1949 Pensacola - R LF 6 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 12.0 1.50 +0.1 1.001
1949 Trenton - A CF 85 83 242 8 3 260 10 .962 734.2 3.06 +3.5 .996
1949 Everett - A CF 8 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 25.0 2.16 -1.6 .753
1949 Pensacola - R CF 14 0 1 2 0 4 1 .750 26.1 1.03 -1.1 .510
1949 Everett - A RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1949 Pensacola - R RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.0 9.00 +0.0 1.025
1950 Tulsa - A LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1950 Tulsa - A CF 109 108 361 17 8 383 5 .987 951.0 3.58 -7.0 .972
1951 Tulsa - A SS 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 3.0 3.00 -0.1 1.030
1951 Tulsa - A LF 3 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 25.0 1.44 -0.1 .968
1951 Tulsa - A CF 128 124 386 14 1 406 6 .985 1067.0 3.37 -1.5 .993
1951 Tulsa - A RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL SS 95 66 102 198 42 315 15 .952 620.1 4.35 -8.8 .947
TOTAL LF 189 124 298 6 2 308 4 .987 1193.1 2.29 +6.5 1.042
TOTAL CF 401 335 1080 43 12 1148 25 .978 3045.1 3.32 -9.7 .983
TOTAL RF 16 9 26 0 0 27 1 .963 90.2 2.58 +0.5 .988
PLAYER HISTORY
01/01/1943 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1944 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
06/27/1944 Drafted in the 1944 first-year player draft (Round 10, Pick 9, 153rd overall pick) by the Washington Eagles, out of high school Pomaria (Pomaria; Pomaria, SC).
01/01/1945 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
07/13/1945 Injured (oblique strain),out for 2-3 weeks.
01/01/1946 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1947 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
09/08/1947 Wins the 1947 Championship with the Pensacola Pelicans!
01/01/1948 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1949 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
01/01/1950 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: - (-); Power: - (-); Eye: - (-).
05/22/1950 Released by the Washington Eagles.
05/23/1950 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Tulsa Roughnecks organization.
08/04/1951 Goes 6-7 against the Wichita Rustlers, with 2 2B, 1 RBI and 4 R.
04/20/1952 Released by the Tulsa Roughnecks.
05/19/1952 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Omaha Cowboys organization.
05/20/1952 Released by the Omaha Cowboys.
05/21/1952 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Topeka Jayhawks organization.
05/22/1952 Released by the Topeka Jayhawks.
06/21/1952 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Omaha Cowboys organization.
06/22/1952 Released by the Omaha Cowboys.
10/26/1952 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Des Moines Bears organization.
10/27/1952 Released by the Des Moines Bears.
11/15/1952 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Lincoln Legislators organization.
11/16/1952 Released by the Lincoln Legislators.
04/09/1953 Signed a 1-year minor league contract with the Omaha Cowboys organization.
04/20/1953 Released by the Omaha Cowboys.
10/10/1953 Retired from professional baseball.
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