C Larry Merritt #23
Age: 30 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
05/15/1972
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
22 72 15 1 0 1 6 4 15 .208 .247 .264 0 -0.1
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: 45 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
05/14/1972 MON Loss, 1-9 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
05/13/1972 MON Win, 4-2 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
05/12/1972 MON Win, 1-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/11/1972 @ HOU Win, 8-2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
05/09/1972 @ HOU Win, 6-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/08/1972 @ DET Loss, 2-8 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
05/06/1972 @ DET Loss, 2-8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
05/05/1972 @ DET Loss, 2-3 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0
05/03/1972 @ MON Win, 2-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
05/02/1972 @ MON Loss, 0-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 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, 12 Days
Service This Yr:41 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: -
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 22 72 15 1 0 1 6 8 4 15 .208 .247 .264 .511 .230 .056 47
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 22 77 0 1 0 4 0 1 19 2 0 0 0.0 4.0 1.72 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   19 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .158 .200 .158 .358
Versus Right   53 12 1 0 1 6 6 3 13 1 0 0 .226 .263 .302 .565
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   20 3 1 0 0 2 3 1 4 0 0 0 .150 .190 .200 .390
April   38 8 0 0 1 4 5 3 9 1 0 0 .211 .262 .289 .551
May   34 7 1 0 0 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 .206 .229 .235 .464
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   1172 262 29 7 17 103 89 81 237 8 5 10 .224 .278 .304 .581
Home   37 7 1 0 1 5 5 2 8 1 0 0 .189 .225 .297 .522
Road   35 8 0 0 0 1 3 2 7 0 0 0 .229 .270 .229 .499
Grass   72 15 1 0 1 6 8 4 15 1 0 0 .208 .247 .264 .511
Day   43 9 1 0 0 4 6 3 8 1 0 0 .209 .255 .233 .488
Night   29 6 0 0 1 2 2 1 7 0 0 0 .207 .233 .310 .544
As Starter   72 15 1 0 1 6 8 4 15 1 0 0 .208 .247 .264 .511
Close/Late   12 3 0 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 .250 .308 .500 .808
Inning 1-3   24 4 1 0 0 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 .167 .231 .208 .439
Inning 4-6   29 7 0 0 0 3 3 1 4 1 0 0 .241 .258 .241 .499
Inning 7-9   19 4 0 0 1 1 3 1 5 0 0 0 .211 .250 .368 .618
0 Outs   16 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 .312 .333 .312 .646
1 Outs   24 2 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 .083 .120 .083 .203
2 Outs   32 8 1 0 1 5 2 2 8 0 0 0 .250 .294 .375 .669
Scoring Position   14 5 1 0 0 5 1 1 7 1 0 0 .357 .375 .429 .804
Bases Empty   39 7 0 0 1 1 5 2 6 0 0 0 .179 .220 .256 .476
Runner on 1st   19 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 .158 .200 .158 .358
Runner on 2nd   3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Runner on 3rd   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   5 4 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 .800 .800 1.000 1.800
Runner on 1st & 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 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
Two Strikes   27 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 15 0 0 0 .148 .233 .148 .381
First Pitch   11 3 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .333 .364 .697
Count 0-1   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-2   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 1-0   9 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .556 .778
Count 1-1   9 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Count 1-2   14 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 .214 .214 .214 .429
Count 2-0   2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571
Count 2-2   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 3-1   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Full Count   7 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 0 0 .143 .400 .143 .543
Behind in Count   21 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Ahead in Count   20 5 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .250 .238 .400 .638
Batting 5th   29 6 1 0 0 2 3 1 6 0 0 0 .207 .233 .241 .475
Batting 6th   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 7th   15 4 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 .267 .294 .467 .761
Batting 8th   26 5 0 0 0 1 3 2 8 0 0 0 .192 .250 .192 .442
Low Leverage   31 4 0 0 1 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 .129 .182 .226 .408
Medium Leverage   33 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 .212 .212 .212 .424
High Leverage   8 4 1 0 0 5 2 2 3 1 0 0 .500 .545 .625 1.170
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 22 72 15 1 0 1 6 8 4 0 1 15 0 0 .208 .247 .264 .511 51 47 -0.1
Total MLB 437 1172 262 29 7 17 103 89 81 10 8 237 0 0 .224 .278 .304 .581 72 67 1.5
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 22 22 117 11 1 128 0 1.000 178.2 6.45 -0.8 .796 1 19 4 21.1
TOTAL C 377 332 2069 211 16 2286 6 .997 2941.2 6.98 -2.0 .974 32 229 79 34.5
TOTAL 1B 45 0 87 5 8 93 1 .989 85.1 9.70 +0.2 1.133
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).
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