C Larry Merritt #23
Age: 30 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
07/17/1972
C LARRY MERRITT #23 - AGE: 30 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
54 167 33 3 0 3 11 12 40 .198 .254 .269 0 -0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 40 40 40
Gap 35 35 35 35
Power 45 45 40 45
Eye 40 40 40 40
Avoid K's 40 45 40 40
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 40 25
Errors: - 35 25
Arm: 40 45 40
Turn DP: - 35 -
Framing: 50 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 40 Left Field: -
1st Base: 45 Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Aggressiveness: 30
Stealing Ability: 20
Baserunning Inst.: 20
Sacrifice Bunt: 35
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
07/16/1972 @ DET Loss, 3-4 4 2 3 2 1 0 0 0
07/15/1972 @ ATL Win, 2-1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/14/1972 @ ATL Loss, 2-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
07/13/1972 @ ATL Loss, 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
07/09/1972 @ BOS Loss, 0-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08/1972 @ BOS Win, 8-1 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
07/06/1972 MON Win, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
07/05/1972 MON Loss, 3-8 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
07/04/1972 MON Loss, 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
07/02/1972 DAL Win, 10-5 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Plain vanilla.
High: Financial Ambition
Birthday:04/15/1942
Born in:Topeka, KS
Nationality:American
Height:6' 1"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$75,000
Signed Through:1972 Season
Major Service:6 Years, 47 Days
Service This Yr:104 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:7 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension:$75,200 total for 1 year
Drafted:1964, 6th Pick in Round 4
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1972 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 54 167 33 3 0 3 11 15 12 40 .198 .254 .269 .524 .244 .072 55
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 51 181 1 1 0 8 0 1 45 6 0 1 0.0 9.9 1.86 -0.0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   54 11 1 0 1 2 6 5 11 0 0 0 .204 .271 .278 .549
Versus Right   113 22 2 0 2 9 9 7 29 1 0 1 .195 .246 .265 .511
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   14 5 0 0 1 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 .357 .357 .571 .929
April   38 8 0 0 1 4 5 3 9 1 0 0 .211 .262 .289 .551
May   59 10 1 0 0 4 3 2 11 0 0 0 .169 .197 .186 .383
June   35 7 1 0 0 0 2 5 9 0 0 1 .200 .317 .229 .546
July   35 8 1 0 2 3 5 2 11 0 0 0 .229 .270 .429 .699
Spring Training   41 12 0 0 0 1 4 3 11 0 0 1 .293 .356 .293 .648
Last Year   171 33 2 1 2 9 9 14 35 2 0 2 .193 .259 .251 .511
2 Years Ago   269 75 6 0 6 31 26 18 54 0 0 4 .279 .333 .368 .701
Career   1267 280 31 7 19 108 96 89 262 8 5 11 .221 .276 .301 .578
Home   87 16 2 0 1 7 8 9 22 1 0 0 .184 .258 .241 .499
Road   80 17 1 0 2 4 7 3 18 0 0 1 .212 .250 .300 .550
Grass   167 33 3 0 3 11 15 12 40 1 0 1 .198 .254 .269 .524
Day   107 21 3 0 2 8 13 8 20 1 0 0 .196 .250 .280 .530
Night   60 12 0 0 1 3 2 4 20 0 0 1 .200 .262 .250 .512
As Starter   164 32 3 0 3 10 15 12 39 1 0 1 .195 .253 .268 .521
As Reliever / Substitution   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Pinch Hitting   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Close/Late   34 10 1 0 2 3 5 4 6 0 0 0 .294 .368 .500 .868
Inning 1-3   54 9 1 0 1 5 3 3 17 0 0 0 .167 .211 .241 .451
Inning 4-6   66 13 1 0 0 3 7 4 14 1 0 1 .197 .250 .212 .462
Inning 7-9   45 11 1 0 2 3 5 5 8 0 0 0 .244 .320 .400 .720
Extra Innings   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   48 14 1 0 2 5 9 4 12 1 0 0 .292 .340 .438 .777
1 Outs   52 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 12 0 0 0 .096 .145 .096 .242
2 Outs   67 14 2 0 1 6 3 5 16 0 0 1 .209 .274 .284 .558
Scoring Position   33 7 1 0 0 7 1 3 9 1 0 0 .212 .270 .242 .513
Bases Empty   94 19 2 0 2 2 11 7 20 0 0 1 .202 .265 .287 .552
Runner on 1st   40 7 0 0 1 2 3 2 11 0 0 0 .175 .214 .250 .464
Runner on 2nd   8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Runner on 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Runner on 1st & 2nd   13 4 1 0 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 .308 .357 .385 .742
Runner on 1st & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Bases Loaded   3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Two Strikes   70 10 0 0 0 1 6 7 40 0 0 0 .143 .221 .143 .364
First Pitch   26 6 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 .231 .259 .308 .567
Count 0-1   10 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .300 .500
Count 0-2   11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 .091 .091 .091 .182
Count 1-0   24 5 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .208 .208 .458 .667
Count 1-1   14 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .267 .214 .481
Count 1-2   28 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429
Count 2-0   5 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 .400 .333 .400 .733
Count 2-1   13 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .538 .846
Count 2-2   17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 .200 .500 .200 .700
Full Count   14 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 5 0 0 0 .214 .476 .214 .690
Behind in Count   49 9 1 0 0 1 4 0 22 0 0 0 .184 .184 .204 .388
Ahead in Count   47 12 0 0 3 7 5 4 0 1 0 0 .255 .308 .447 .755
Batting 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 5th   32 7 1 0 0 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 .219 .242 .250 .492
Batting 6th   17 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 .118 .211 .118 .328
Batting 7th   72 14 1 0 3 6 6 4 15 1 0 1 .194 .244 .333 .577
Batting 8th   45 9 1 0 0 1 6 5 11 0 0 0 .200 .280 .222 .502
Low Leverage   78 11 2 0 1 1 7 4 16 0 0 1 .141 .193 .205 .398
Medium Leverage   62 16 0 0 2 4 6 5 16 0 0 0 .258 .313 .355 .668
High Leverage   27 6 1 0 0 6 2 3 8 1 0 0 .222 .290 .259 .550
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
1965 Seattle - MLB 23 10 21 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 8 0 0 .190 .217 .190 .408 22 17 -0.3
1966 Baltimore - MLB 24 95 275 59 11 1 4 27 19 18 2 2 52 0 0 .215 .266 .305 .571 69 62 -0.1
1967 Baltimore - MLB 25 68 134 26 3 2 0 8 10 14 0 0 26 0 0 .194 .270 .246 .517 61 54 -0.3
1968 Baltimore - MLB 26 74 199 43 5 3 4 20 14 11 2 2 40 0 0 .216 .262 .332 .593 84 82 1.0
1969 Baltimore - MLB 27 9 31 7 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 .226 .250 .258 .508 48 46 -0.0
1970 Baltimore - MLB 28 97 269 75 6 0 6 31 26 18 4 0 54 0 0 .279 .333 .368 .701 99 98 1.5
1971 Baltimore - MLB 29 62 171 33 2 1 2 9 9 14 2 2 35 0 0 .193 .259 .251 .511 50 38 -0.2
1972 Baltimore - MLB 30 54 167 33 3 0 3 11 15 12 1 1 40 0 1 .198 .254 .269 .524 53 55 -0.0
Total MLB 469 1267 280 31 7 19 108 96 89 11 8 262 0 1 .221 .276 .301 .578 71 67 1.6
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
1964 Total - 22 42 190 52 6 0 3 29 34 16 3 3 18 11 5 .274 .335 .353 .688 100 100 0.3
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1965 Seattle - MLB C 10 7 54 4 2 58 0 1.000 66.0 7.91 -0.7 .653 3 5 2 40.0
1966 Baltimore - MLB C 92 84 564 56 5 624 4 .994 742.1 7.52 -2.2 .804 10 71 29 40.8
1966 Baltimore - MLB 1B 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.0 18.00 +0.0 1.044
1966 Baltimore - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.2 0.00 -1.3 .000
1967 Baltimore - MLB C 48 34 222 36 1 259 1 .996 317.2 7.31 -0.2 .980 2 27 9 33.3
1967 Baltimore - MLB 1B 17 0 43 4 4 48 1 .979 44.2 9.47 -0.5 .897
1967 Baltimore - MLB 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1968 Baltimore - MLB C 66 58 375 30 1 406 1 .998 518.0 7.04 +0.9 1.448 5 30 9 30.0
1968 Baltimore - MLB SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.2 3.38 +0.1 1.071
1969 Baltimore - MLB C 9 9 56 7 1 63 0 1.000 77.1 7.33 +0.3 .958 1 8 4 50.0
1970 Baltimore - MLB C 76 69 448 33 3 481 0 1.000 607.1 7.13 +0.1 1.054 6 37 10 27.0
1970 Baltimore - MLB 1B 18 0 25 1 4 26 0 1.000 25.2 9.12 +0.2 1.544
1971 Baltimore - MLB C 54 49 233 34 2 267 0 1.000 434.1 5.53 +0.6 1.033 4 32 12 37.5
1971 Baltimore - MLB 1B 9 0 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 14.0 10.93 +0.5 2.049
1972 Baltimore - MLB C 51 51 268 26 1 294 0 1.000 430.0 6.15 -1.4 .785 1 44 11 25.0
1972 Baltimore - MLB 1B 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 2.0 13.50 +0.0 1.032
TOTAL C 406 361 2220 226 16 2452 6 .998 3193.0 6.89 -2.6 .959 32 254 86 33.9
TOTAL 1B 46 0 89 6 8 96 1 .990 87.1 9.79 +0.2 1.125
TOTAL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.2 0.00 -1.3 .000
TOTAL SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 2.2 3.38 +0.1 1.071
PLAYER HISTORY
12/16/1964 Drafted in the 1964 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 6, 78th overall pick) by the Seattle Emeralds, out of college Stanford
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 30 (35); Eye: 40 (45).
08/10/1965 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $27,600 with the Seattle Emeralds organization.
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 30 (35); Eye: 40 (45).
02/21/1966 Released by the Seattle Emeralds.
03/10/1966 Signed a 1-year contract worth a total of $32,000 with the Baltimore Lords organization.
08/17/1966 Injured (sore elbow),day-to-day for 3 weeks.
08/30/1966 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2 weeks.
11/04/1966 Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $104,000 with the Baltimore Lords organization.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 40 (45).
09/27/1967 Injured (bruised finger),day-to-day for 2 days.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 35 (35); Eye: 40 (45).
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (50).
11/15/1969 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $47,000.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $65,000.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $75,000.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (45).
07/14/1972 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $75,200 with the Baltimore Lords organization.
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