Merl Combs

Merrill Russell Combs

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: December 11, 1919 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1947
Teams (by GP): Indians/Senators/RedSox 1947-1952

Final Game: September 28, 1952
Died: July 7, 1981 in Riverside, CA
Buried: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	Pos	Awards
1941	21	BOS-min	B	92	316	316		91	5	4	2						.288	.288	.348	.636		110						GBO · PIED
1942		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	26	BOS-min	A	72	216	216		47	7	2	0						.218	.218	.269	.486		58						SCR · EL
1947	27	BOS-STL-min	AAA	125	496	414	49	96	11	4	4	21	4		71	43	.232	.346	.307	.652		127	9	1	10			LOU,CLB,TTO · AA,IL
1947	27	BOS	AL	17	79	68	8	15	1	0	1	6	0	0	9	9	.221	.329	.279	.609	65	19	3	2	0		5

1948	28	OLD	AAA	175	677	580	91	157	24	4	10	69	11		83	51	.271	.364	.378	.741		219		2	12			OLD · PCL
1949	29	BOS	AL	14	34	24	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	.208	.424	.250	.674	75	6	0	0	1		/56
1950	30	CLE-min	AAA	50	200	173	22	49	8	1	3	23	0		20	21	.283	.358	.393	.751		68		0	7			SDG · PCL
1950	30	TOT	AL	38	128	102	19	25	1	0	0	6	0	0	23	16	.245	.384	.255	.639	70	26	3	0	3		6
1950	30	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0
1950	30	WSH	AL	37	127	102	19	25	1	0	0	6	0	0	22	16	.245	.379	.255	.634	68	26	3	0	3		6
1951	31	CLE	AL	19	31	28	2	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.179	.233	.250	.483	34	7	0	0	1		6
1952	32	CLE	AL	52	155	139	11	23	1	1	1	10	0	1	14	15	.165	.242	.209	.450	30	29	2	0	2		6/4
1953	33	SLE	Opn	156	643	563	64	149	19	3	8	58	0		63	42	.265	.340	.352	.691		198	12	1	16			SLE · PCL
1954	34	SLE,SAC	Opn	135	470	404	45	99	16	4	4	43	2		56	34	.245	.343	.334	.677		135	11	4	6	0		SLE,SAC · PCL
5 Yrs				140	427	361	45	73	6	1	2	25	0	1	57	43	.202	.314	.241	.555	53	87	8	2	7
162 Game Avg.				162	494	418	52	84	7	1	2	29	0	1	66	50	.202	.314	.241	.555	53	101	9	2	8

BOS (3 yrs)				32	114	92	13	20	2	0	1	7	0	0	19	9	.217	.363	.272	.635	70	25	3	2	1
CLE (2 yrs)				71	186	167	13	28	3	1	1	12	0	1	16	18	.168	.240	.216	.456	31	36	2	0	3
WSH (1 yr)				37	127	102	19	25	1	0	0	6	0	0	22	16	.245	.379	.255	.634	68	26	3	0	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	27	BOS	AL	17	79	-3	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.489	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	5

1949	29	BOS	AL	14	34	-0	-1	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/56
1950	30	BOS	AL	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.471	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1950	30	WSH	AL	37	127	-3	-0	1	0	2	-1	-0.1	3	3	0.3	.498	.500	0.3	0.2	3	$	6
1951	31	CLE	AL	19	31	-3	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	6
1952	32	CLE	AL	52	155	-12	-1	1	2	3	-7	-0.8	4	-3	-0.3	.485	.495	-0.6	0.5	-5	$	6/4
5 Seasons				140	427	-21	-2	2	3	5	-12	-1.3	11	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.5	0.9	-4	$

BOS (3 yrs)				32	114	-3	-1	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CLE (2 yrs)				71	186	-14	-1	1	3	3	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.488	.497	-0.7	0.7	-6	$
WSH (1 yr)				37	127	-3	-0	1	0	2	-1	-0.1	3	3	0.3	.498	.500	0.3	0.2	3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1947	27	BOS	AL	79	56	6	2.9	102	.241	.221	.271	.329	.352	.279	.389	.609	.741	65	.334	-3.1	-0.3	.536	.191	.059	.0

1949	29	BOS	AL	34	20	3	4.0	113	.208	.208	.280	.424	.374	.250	.407	.674	.781	75	.437	-0.2	-0.0	.789	.417	.042
1950	30	TOT	AL	128	83	10	3.2	109	.291	.245	.272	.384	.359	.255	.408	.639	.766	70	.310	-3.1	-0.3	.613	.235	.010
1950	30	BOS	AL	1	0	0						1.000	.379						.000	0.3	0.0
1950	30	WSH	AL	127	83	10	3.2	109	.291	.245	.272	.379	.358	.255	.408	.634	.766	68	.310	-3.4	-0.3	.600	.225	.010
1951	31	CLE	AL	31	24	2	2.2	97	.200	.179	.260	.233	.340	.250	.382	.483	.722	34	.217	-2.5	-0.2	.391	.143	.071
1952	32	CLE	AL	155	121	7	1.6	90	.179	.165	.252	.242	.330	.209	.368	.450	.698	30	.143	-13.0	-1.4	.353	.137	.043	.0
5 Yrs				427	304	28	2.5	100	.225	.202	.264	.314	.347	.241	.387	.555	.734	53	.252	-21.9	-2.3	.488	.194	.039	.0
162 Game Avg.				494	352	32	2.5	100	.225	.202	.264	.314	.347	.241	.387	.555	.734	53	.252	-21.9	-2.3	.488	.194	.039

BOS (3 yrs)				114	76	9	3.2	105	.232	.217	.273	.363	.358	.272	.394	.635	.752	70	.362	-3.0	-0.3	.613	.261	.054	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				186	145	9	1.7	92	.182	.168	.253	.240	.332	.216	.370	.456	.702	31	.156	-15.6	-1.6	.359	.138	.048	.0
WSH (1 yr)				127	83	10	3.2	109	.291	.245	.272	.379	.358	.255	.408	.634	.766	68	.309	-3.4	-0.3	.600	.225	.010

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	27	BOS	AL	79	1.3%	11.4%	11.4%	2.5%	13%	1.00	7.6	68.0	11.3		73%

1949	29	BOS	AL	34	0.0%	0.0%	26.5%	2.9%	20%	0.00			24.0	0.82	71%
1950	30	TOT	AL	128	0.0%	12.5%	18.0%	0.8%	4%	0.70	6.4		17.0	1.14	67%
1950	30	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
1950	30	WSH	AL	127	0.0%	12.6%	17.3%	0.8%	4%	0.73	6.4		17.0	1.14	68%
1951	31	CLE	AL	31	0.0%	9.7%	6.5%	6.5%	40%	1.50	9.3		14.0	0.77	81%
1952	32	CLE	AL	155	0.7%	9.7%	9.0%	1.9%	13%	1.07	9.3	139.0	13.9	1.18	79%
5 Yrs				427	0.5%	10.1%	13.4%	2.1%	12%	0.75	8.4	180.5	14.4	1.08	74%
MLB Averages					1.8%	9.8%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	0.99	9.0	48.5	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	27	BOS	AL	-3.1	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	29	BOS	AL	-0.2	-0.0	30	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.70	-0.0	-0.1	0.5	0.0	0.86	-0.0	0.25	2
1950	30	TOT	AL	-3.1	-0.3	123	-0.5	1.6	-2.1	1.06	-0.3	-0.2	-6.0	-0.6	1.02	-2.7	0.77	5
1950	30	BOS	AL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.68	0.0	-0.0	0.4	0.0	1.10	0.4	0.68	0
1950	30	WSH	AL	-3.4	-0.3	122	-0.6	1.6	-2.1	1.06	-0.3	-0.2	-6.4	-0.6	1.02	-3.0	0.77	5
1951	31	CLE	AL	-2.6	-0.3	31	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.82	-0.3	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.97	-3.1	0.44	2
1952	32	CLE	AL	-13.2	-1.4	157	-1.1	1.6	-2.7	.93	-1.3	0.1	-14.8	-1.6	0.98	-15.4	0.51	1
5 Yrs				-22.2	-2.3	341	-2.0	3.8	-5.8	.94	-1.8	-0.3	-23.4	-2.5	0.98	-21.2	0.58	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	29	BOS	AL	0	36%	21	0		0	0	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1950	30	TOT	AL	4	40%	61	0		1	0	1	41%	13	9	4	2	1	1	7	2	4
1950	30	BOS	AL	0	0%	1	0		0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1950	30	WSH	AL	4	40%	60	0		1	0	0	45%	12	8	4	2	1	1	6	2	4
1951	31	CLE	AL	0	29%	9	0		0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1952	32	CLE	AL	1	28%	31	1	0%	1	1	1	70%	5	3	2	2	0	2	3	0	3
5 Yrs				5	33%	122	1	0%	2	1	4	49%	20	14	6	4	1	3	13	3	9

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1949	29	BOS	AL	34	93%	5			2	0	0	0	0.25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	3	2	67%	15	1	7%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
1950	30	TOT	AL	128	58%	25			5	1	0	0	0.77	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	35	3	9%	18	7	39%	100	7	7%	8	3	38%	5	4	80%	0
1950	30	BOS	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0	0.68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	30	WSH	AL	127	58%	25			5	1	0	0	0.77	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	34	3	9%	18	7	39%	99	7	7%	8	3	38%	5	4	80%	0
1951	31	CLE	AL	31	61%	5			2	0	0	0	0.44	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	11	0	0%	5	2	40%	20	2	10%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1952	32	CLE	AL	155	74%	23			1	0	0	0	0.51	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	50%	39	2	5%	13	4	31%	111	9	8%	6	3	50%	3	2	67%	0
5 Yrs				348	69%	73			10	1	0	0	0.58	2	0	11	0	1	0	1	0	9	7	78%	92	8	9%	39	15	38%	246	19	8%	18	8	44%	10	8	80%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			124%			16%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1947	27	17	79	68	8	15	1	0	1	6	0	9	9	.221	.329	.279	.609	65	19	3	2	0
1948	28	17	79	68	8	15	1	0	1	6	0	9	9	.221	.329	.279	.609	65	19	3	2	0
1949	29	31	113	92	13	20	2	0	1	7	0	18	9	.217	.357	.272	.629	69	25	3	2	1
1950	30	69	241	194	32	45	3	0	1	13	0	41	25	.232	.371	.263	.634	69	51	6	2	4
1951	31	88	272	222	34	50	5	0	1	15	0	43	28	.225	.356	.261	.617	65	58	6	2	5
1952	32	140	427	361	45	73	6	1	2	25	1	57	43	.202	.314	.241	.555	53	87	8	2	7

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	27	18	83	71	8	16	1	0	1	6	0	10	9	.225	.337	.282	.619	6	17

1949	29	15	32	24	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	.167	.355	.208	.563	2	14
1950	30	40	131	105	18	25	1	0	0	6	0	23	17	.238	.375	.248	.623	9	38
1951	31	20	33	30	3	6	2	0	0	3	0	2	3	.200	.250	.267	.517	2	19
1952	32	54	165	147	13	26	1	1	1	12	0	16	16	.177	.258	.218	.475	8	52
5 Yrs		147	444	377	46	77	6	1	2	28	0	58	45	.204	.314	.241	.555	27	140
162 Game Avg.		162	489	415	51	85	7	1	2	31	0	64	50	.204	.314	.241	.555	30	140

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