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Merl Combs
Merrill Russell Combs

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 172 lb.
School University of Southern California

Debut September 12, 1947
Final Game September 28, 1952
Born December 11, 1919 in Los Angeles, CA
Died July 8, 1981 in Riverside, CA

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1947 27 BOS AL  17   68    8   15   1  0   1    6   0  0   9   9  .221  .329  .279   65   19   0           2   3
 1949 29 BOS AL  14   24    5    5   1  0   0    1   0  0   9   0  .208  .424  .250   76    6   1           0   0
 1950 30 TOT AL  38  102   19   25   1  0   0    6   0  0  23  16  .245  .384  .255   70   26   3           0   3
         BOS AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   0       1.000               0   0           0   0
         WSH AL  37  102   19   25   1  0   0    6   0  0  22  16  .245  .379  .255   68   26   3           0   3
 1951 31 CLE AL  19   28    2    5   2  0   0    2   0  0   2   3  .179  .233  .250   33    7   1           0   0
 1952 32 CLE AL  52  139   11   23   1  1   1   10   0  1  14  15  .165  .242  .209   29   29   2           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      140  361   45   73   6  1   2   25   0  1  57  43  .202  .314  .241   53   87   7   0   0   2   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        418   52   84   7  1   2   29   0  1  66  50  .202  .314  .241   53  101   8   0   0   2   9
 Career High     52  139   19   25   2  1   1   10   0  1  23  16                          29   3   0   0   2   3
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1947 27 BOS AL   79   56    6   2.9   102| .221  .270| .329  .352| .279  .389| .608  .741|  65  .334  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1949 29 BOS AL   34   20    3   4.0   112| .208  .279| .424  .372| .250  .405| .674  .778|  76  .437  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1950 30 TOT AL  128   83   10   3.2   109| .245  .272| .384  .359| .255  .408| .639  .766|  70  .308  -3.1  -0.3   0%
         BOS AL    1    0    0            |           |1.000  .379|           |           |             0.3   0.0   0%
         WSH AL  127   83   10   3.2   109| .245  .272| .379  .358| .255  .408| .634  .766|  68  .308  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1951 31 CLE AL   31   24    2   2.2    98| .179  .261| .233  .342| .250  .383| .483  .725|  33  .217  -2.6  -0.3   0%
 1952 32 CLE AL  155  121    7   1.6    91| .165  .253| .242  .332| .209  .369| .451  .701|  29  .143 -13.2  -1.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       427  304   28   2.5   101| .202  .264| .314  .347| .241  .387| .555  .735|  53  .252 -22.1  -2.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1947 27 BOS AL 3B 17 17 42 0 6 1.000 .959 3.47 2.91 1949 29 BOS AL 3B 9 12 12 2 2 .923 .960 2.67 2.96 SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 1950 30 WSH AL SS 30 48 93 5 20 .966 .961 4.70 4.74 1951 31 CLE AL SS 16 16 32 2 5 .960 .962 3.00 4.72 1952 32 CLE AL SS 49 77 130 6 27 .972 .962 4.22 4.29 2B 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 5.13
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1952 32 CLE AL 2B 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 5.13 1947 27 BOS AL 3B 17 17 42 0 6 1.000 .959 3.47 2.91 1949 29 BOS AL 3B 9 12 12 2 2 .923 .960 2.67 2.96 1949 29 BOS AL SS 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.80 1950 30 WSH AL SS 30 48 93 5 20 .966 .961 4.70 4.74 1951 31 CLE AL SS 16 16 32 2 5 .960 .962 3.00 4.72 1952 32 CLE AL SS 49 77 130 6 27 .972 .962 4.22 4.29
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 96 142 255 13 52 .968 .962 4.14 4.51 3B 26 29 54 2 8 .976 .960 3.19 2.93 2B 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 .984 2.00 5.13 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 125 173 313 15 61 .970 .962 3.89 4.19
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1941 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.

May 8, 1950: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Tommy O'Brien to the Washington Senators for Clyde Vollmer.

Before 1951 Season: Sent from the Washington Senators to the St. Louis Browns in an unknown transaction.

April 1, 1951: Traded by the St. Louis Browns with Snuffy Stirnweiss to the Cleveland Indians for Fred Marsh and $35,000.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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