Bill Merritt

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Full Name: William Henry Merritt	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 7"/160	First Game: August 8, 1891
Birthdate: July 30, 1870	Final Game: October 15, 1899
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts	MLB Experience: 8 years
Died: November 17, 1937
Deathplace: Lowell, Massachusetts
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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Bill Merritt (William Henry Merritt) was born on July 30, 1870 in Lowell, Massachusetts. He made his Major League debut on August 8, 1891 for the Chicago Colts. In 1892, his rookie year, he hit .196 with 1 home run and 13 RBI. Merritt played for the Chicago Colts, Louisville Colonels, Boston Beaneaters, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 8 year career.

Most people believe that Bill Merritt's best season was 1894, when he hit for a .294 average.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1891	CHI	N	11	42	4	9	0	4	.214	.250	.238	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1892	LOU	N	46	168	22	33	1	13	.196	.246	.262	4	2	11	15	0	0	3	0	0
1893	BOS	N	39	141	30	49	3	26	.348	.403	.496	6	3	13	13	0	0	3	0	0
1894	PIT	N	36	109	18	30	1	18	.275	.363	.349	1	2	15	7	0	0	2	0	0
1894	CIN	N	29	113	17	37	1	21	.327	.387	.425	6	1	9	3	2	0	4	0	0
1894	BOS	N	10	26	3	6	0	6	.231	.412	.269	1	0	8	0	0	2	0	0	0
1894	TOT	N	75	248	38	73	2	45	.294	.379	.375	8	3	32	10	2	2	6	0	0
1895	PIT	N	67	239	32	68	0	27	.285	.340	.314	5	1	18	16	2	4	2	0	0
1895	CIN	N	22	79	9	14	0	12	.177	.235	.203	2	0	6	5	0	3	2	0	0
1895	TOT	N	89	318	41	82	0	39	.258	.314	.286	7	1	24	21	2	7	4	0	0
1896	PIT	N	77	282	26	82	1	42	.291	.336	.344	8	2	18	10	1	10	3	0	0
1897	PIT	N	62	209	21	55	1	26	.263	.297	.316	6	1	9	0	1	6	2	0	0
1899	BOS	N	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total			400	1410	182	383	8	195	.272	.327	.334	40	12	109	71	7	25	21	0	0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1891	CHI	N	C	11	0	0	31	11	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	.955
1891	CHI	N	1B	1	0	0	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.909
1892	LOU	N	C	46	0	0	175	58	15	6	0	24	0	0	0	.940
1893	BOS	N	C	37	0	0	129	25	9	6	0	14	0	0	0	.945
1893	BOS	N	OF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1894	PIT	N	1B	4	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1894	PIT	N	OF	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1894	PIT	N	C	28	0	0	85	35	6	5	0	9	0	0	0	.952
1894	CIN	N	C	24	0	0	55	26	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	.953
1894	CIN	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1894	CIN	N	3B	3	0	0	2	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1894	CIN	N	1B	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1894	BOS	N	C	8	0	0	30	7	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.881
1894	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1894	TOT	N	OF	4	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1894	TOT	N	1B	5	0	0	25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1894	TOT	N	C	60	0	0	170	68	15	6	0	13	0	0	0	.941
1895	PIT	N	C	63	0	0	245	58	21	7	0	20	0	0	0	.935
1895	PIT	N	1B	2	0	0	27	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1895	CIN	N	C	20	0	0	65	19	4	3	0	6	0	0	0	.955
1895	CIN	N	2B	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1895	TOT	N	C	83	0	0	310	77	25	10	0	26	0	0	0	.939
1896	PIT	N	3B	5	0	0	3	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1896	PIT	N	SS	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
1896	PIT	N	2B	3	0	0	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1896	PIT	N	C	62	0	0	242	75	20	5	0	14	0	0	0	.941
1896	PIT	N	1B	3	0	0	33	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1897	PIT	N	C	53	0	0	202	43	14	6	0	8	0	0	0	.946
1897	PIT	N	1B	7	0	0	68	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1899	BOS	N	C	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	8	0	0	5	19	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	.828
Total			SS	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833
Total			1B	18	0	0	163	7	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	.977
Total			C	353	0	0	1261	359	100	40	0	105	0	0	0	.942
Total			2B	4	0	0	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.947
Total			OF	6	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Sold by Louisville Colonels to Boston Beaneaters (1893).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (August 23, 1894).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (August 24, 1894).
Sold by Cincinnati Reds to Pittsburgh Pirates (June 23, 1895).

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