Merritt Ranew

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Full Name: Merritt Thomas Ranew	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/170	First Game: April 13, 1962
Birthdate: May 10, 1938	Final Game: September 30, 1969
Birthplace: Albany, Georgia	MLB Experience: 5 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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7 See Also
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Merritt Ranew (Merritt Thomas Ranew) was born on May 10, 1938 in Albany, Georgia. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1962 for the Houston Colt .45s. In 1962, his rookie year, he hit .234 with 4 home runs and 24 RBI. Ranew played for the Houston Colt .45s, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, California Angels and Seattle Pilots over the course of his 5 year career.

Most people believe that Merritt Ranew's best season was 1963, when he hit for a .338 average.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1962	HOU	N	71	218	26	51	4	24	.234	.287	.390	6	8	14	43	3	2	2	5	2
1963	CHI	N	78	154	18	52	3	15	.338	.380	.461	8	1	9	32	2	0	1	1	3
1964	MIL	N	9	17	1	2	0	0	.118	.118	.118	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1964	CHI	N	16	33	0	3	0	1	.091	.167	.091	0	0	2	6	1	0	0	0	1
1964	TOT	N	25	50	1	5	0	1	.100	.151	.100	0	0	2	9	1	0	0	0	1
1965	CAL	A	41	91	12	19	1	10	.209	.260	.286	4	0	7	22	0	2	0	0	3
1969	SEA	A	54	81	11	20	0	4	.247	.330	.272	2	0	10	14	0	1	0	3	4
Total	NL		174	422	45	108	7	40	.256	.305	.382	14	9	25	84	6	2	3	6	6
Total	AL		95	172	23	39	1	14	.227	.293	.279	6	0	17	36	0	3	0	3	7
Total			269	594	68	147	8	54	.247	.301	.352	20	9	42	120	6	5	3	9	13

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1962	HOU	N	C	58	51	473.2	357	35	8	1	0	14	43	12	1	.980
1963	CHI	N	1B	9	8	68.2	75	7	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1963	CHI	N	C	37	23	227.2	138	12	3	4	0	7	11	5	1	.980
1964	MIL	N	C	3	3	23	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.000
1964	CHI	N	C	9	7	69	42	8	0	0	0	1	8	3	0	1.000
1964	TOT	N	C	12	10	92	53	10	0	0	0	1	8	5	0	1.000
1965	CAL	A	C	24	19	167	78	7	1	1	0	3	4	5	0	.988
1969	SEA	A	OF	3	3	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	SEA	A	C	13	9	87.1	60	3	2	2	0	3	6	0	1	.969
1969	SEA	A	3B	1	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	SEA	A	LF	3	3	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	1	1	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	3	3	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	144	112	1047.2	686	67	14	8	0	28	72	27	3	.982
Total			1B	9	8	68.2	75	7	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	3	3	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Milwaukee Braves (1957).
Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Milwaukee Braves in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
Traded by Houston Colt .45s with Hal Haydel and Dick LeMay to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Dave Gerard and Danny Murphy (March 28, 1963).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Milwaukee Braves (June 8, 1964) completing trade in which Chicago Cubs traded $40000 and a player to be named later to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Len Gabrielson (June 3, 1964).
Sold by San Francisco Giants to California Angels (May 13, 1965).
Traded by Milwaukee Brewers to Washington Senators in exchange for Frank Coggins (November, 1969).

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