Mobile Site You Are Here > Home > Encyclopedia of Players > C Listing > Merl Combs Statistics and History

News: Features: Progressive Leaders »post

 

Photo of Merl Combs


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 (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Southern California
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
    About biographical information


View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Fan EloRater

Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:00AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

More Stats

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 IBB Pos Awards
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
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 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 33 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 29 29 2 0 2 6/4
5 Seasons 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 30 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1947 27 BOS AL 79 -3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 5
1949 29 BOS AL 34 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /56
1950 30 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1950 30 WSH AL 127 -4 1 0 0 0 2 4 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 6
1951 31 CLE AL 31 -3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0.0 -1 -0.1 0.1 $ 6
1952 32 CLE AL 155 -13 0 0 0 2 3 4 -4 -0.5 -6 -0.6 0.1 $ 6/4
5 Seasons 427 -23 1 0 0 3 6 12 -1 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $
BOS (3 yrs) 114 -3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $
CLE (2 yrs) 186 -16 0 0 0 3 4 5 -4 -0.5 -7 -0.7 0.2 $
WSH (1 yr) 127 -4 1 0 0 0 2 4 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 BOS AL 27 3B 17 17 17 59 17 42 0 6 1.000 3.47 .959 3.01
1949 BOS AL 29 3B 9 7 7 26 12 12 2 2 .923 2.67 .960 3.16
1949 BOS AL 29 SS 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .960 5.20
1950 WSH AL 30 SS 30 28 27 247.0 146 48 93 5 20 .966 5.14 4.70 .961 5.05 4.96
1951 CLE AL 31 SS 16 6 4 74.0 50 16 32 2 5 .960 5.84 3.00 .961 5.21 5.17
1952 CLE AL 32 SS 49 38 24 359.2 213 77 130 6 27 .972 5.18 4.22 .962 4.94 4.94
1952 CLE AL 32 2B 3 1 0 9.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00 2.00 .978 5.60 5.57
4 Seasons SS 96 72 55 680.2 410 142 255 13 52 .968 5.24 4.14 .962 5.01 4.99
2 Seasons 3B 26 24 24 85 29 54 2 8 .976 3.19 .959 3.06
1 Season 2B 3 1 0 9.0 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.00 2.00 .978 5.60 5.57
5 Seasons TOT 125 97 79 689.2 501 173 313 15 61 .970 5.25 3.89 .961 5.02 4.60
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Merl Combs    

Viewed 3,875 times through February 11, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Merrill Merl Russell Combs

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.