Andy Merchant
James Anderson Merchant
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 30, 1950 in Mobile, AL
School: Auburn University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1975
Final Game: June 10, 1976
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1975 BOS AL 24 C 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.00 3.00 .967 6.00 5.00 0 0 1 1 50%
1976 BOS AL 25 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.90 0 1 0 0
2 Seasons C 2 1 10.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 .975 5.94 4.95 0 1 1 1 50%
2 Seasons TOT 2 1 10.0 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 3.60 2.00 .975 5.94 4.95 0 1 1 1 50%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1975 BOS AL 24 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BOS AL 25 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Seasons 3 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1975 BOS AL 24 46 11.00 11.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 BOS AL 25 5 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 51 9.90 9.90 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.61 4.11 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1975 BOS AL 24 0 0 17 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.38 1.39
1976 BOS AL 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2 Seasons 0 1 17 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1.38 1.39
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.28

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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