Jack Merson

John Warren Merson

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 17, 1922 in Elkridge, MD
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1951
Teams (by GP): Pirates/RedSox 1951-1953

Final Game: April 24, 1953
Died: April 28, 2000 in Elkridge, MD
Buried: Meadowridge Memorial Park, Elkridge, MD
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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
1940	18	MIN-min	D	12	37	37		5	0	0	0						.135	.135	.135	.270		5						NPO · APPY
1947	25	PIT-min	C	105	412	412		160	32	6	11						.388	.388	.575	.964		237						UTN · MATL
1948	26	PIT-min	B	141	548	548		176	34	16	4						.321	.321	.464	.785		254						YOR · ISLG
1949	27	PIT-min	AA	111	384	384		95	15	3	3						.247	.247	.326	.573		125						NOR · SOUA
1950	28	PIT-min	AA	153	573	573		166	33	4	8						.290	.290	.403	.693		231						NOR · SOUA
1951	29	PIT-min	AAA	147	630	600	86	177	36	4	10	94	1		25	64	.295	.323	.418	.742		251	22	0	5			INA · AA
1951	29	PIT	NL	13	52	50	6	18	2	2	1	14	0	0	1	7	.360	.373	.540	.913	140	27	0	0	1		4
1952	30	PIT	NL	111	424	398	41	98	20	2	5	38	1	1	22	38	.246	.287	.344	.632	73	137	11	1	3		45
1953	31	SDG	Opn	104	371	327	28	75	15	0	4	44	1		32	22	.229	.300	.312	.612		102	10	1	11			SDG · PCL
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/4
1954	32	SDG	Opn	82	236	207	16	47	4	1	2	20	0		19	23	.227	.288	.285	.573		59	6	0	7	3		SDG · PCL
1955	33	SDG	Opn	96	333	298	41	84	14	0	6	31	2		27	22	.282	.339	.389	.729		116	9	0	6	2		SDG · PCL
1956	34	CLE-min	Opn	116	350	332	24	84	14	3	2	29	0		10	41	.253	.273	.331	.604		110	5	1	2	5		SDG · PCL
3 Yrs				125	480	452	47	116	22	4	6	52	1	1	23	45	.257	.294	.363	.657	79	164	11	1	4
162 Game Avg.				162	622	586	61	150	29	5	8	67	1	1	30	58	.257	.294	.363	.657	79	213	14	1	5

PIT (2 yrs)				124	476	448	47	116	22	4	6	52	1	1	23	45	.259	.297	.366	.663	81	164	11	1	4
BOS (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				124	476	448	47	116	22	4	6	52	1	1	23	45	.259	.297	.366	.663	81	164	11	1	4
AL (1 yr)				1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

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
1951	29	PIT	NL	13	52	2	0	0	1	1	4	0.4	2	6	0.6	.533	.503	0.5	0.2	5	$	4
1952	30	PIT	NL	111	424	-14	1	0	-2	3	-12	-1.4	14	2	0.0	.488	.492	0.3	0.1	4	$	45
1953	31	BOS	AL	1	4	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.289	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/4
3 Seasons				125	480	-13	1	0	-2	4	-10	-1.2	16	6	0.4	.491	.498	0.7	0.2	8	$

PIT (2 yrs)				124	476	-12	1	0	-1	4	-8	-0.9	16	8	0.6	.493	.497	0.8	0.3	9	$
BOS (1 yr)				1	4	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.289	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1951	29	PIT	NL	52	33	10	8.2	105	.405	.360	.270	.373	.344	.540	.409	.913	.753	140	.746	2.4	0.2	.875	.200	.180	.0
1952	30	PIT	NL	424	315	39	3.3	99	.262	.246	.264	.287	.337	.344	.393	.632	.730	73	.398	-15.6	-1.6	.513	.153	.098	1.7
1953	31	BOS	AL	4	4	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.274	.000	.351	.000	.404	.000	.755	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				480	352	49	3.7	100	.274	.257	.265	.294	.338	.363	.394	.657	.732	79	.447	-14.4	-1.5	.540	.157	.106	1.7
162 Game Avg.				622	456	64	3.7	100	.274	.257	.265	.294	.338	.363	.394	.657	.732	79	.447	-14.4	-1.5	.540	.157	.106	2

PIT (2 yrs)				476	348	49	3.8	99	.277	.259	.265	.297	.338	.366	.394	.663	.732	81	.452	-13.2	-1.4	.547	.158	.107	1.7
BOS (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.274	.000	.351	.000	.404	.000	.755	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

NL (2 yrs)				476	348	49	3.8	99	.277	.259	.265	.297	.338	.366	.394	.663	.732	81	.452	-13.2	-1.4	.547	.158	.107	1.7
AL (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.274	.000	.351	.000	.404	.000	.755	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	29	PIT	NL	52	1.9%	13.5%	1.9%	9.6%	28%	7.00	7.1	50.0	3.6	1.75	81%
1952	30	PIT	NL	424	1.2%	9.0%	5.2%	6.4%	28%	1.73	10.5	79.6	10.5	1.42	84%
1953	31	BOS	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.33	100%
3 Yrs				480	1.3%	9.4%	4.8%	6.7%	28%	1.96	10.0	75.3	8.7	1.40	84%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.5%	9.3%	6.4%	28%	1.12	8.5	45.1	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	29	PIT	NL	2.4	0.2	27	0.7	1.0	-0.3	1.06	0.5	0.2	9.7	0.9	0.99	6.1		0
1952	30	PIT	NL	-15.6	-1.6	314	-0.9	4.9	-5.8	1.02	-0.6	-0.3	-9.2	-1.0	0.99	-6.3	1.28	4
1953	31	BOS	AL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.63	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.62	-1.1		0
3 Yrs				-14.4	-1.5	345	-0.3	5.9	-6.2	1.02	-0.2	-0.0	-0.3	-0.1	0.98	-1.3	1.28	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	29	PIT	NL	0	28%	19	0	0		0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1952	30	PIT	NL	6	31%	120	1	1	50%	1	1	2	44%	16	12	4	7	5	2	11	2	9
1953	31	BOS	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				6	31%	139	1	1	50%	1	1	2	43%	18	14	4	7	5	2	12	2	10

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
1951	29	PIT	NL	52	26%	18			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		6	0	0%	1	0	0%	21	10	48%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
1952	30	PIT	NL	424	19%	98			4	0	0	0	1.28	5	0	8	3	2	4	1	0	2	3	150%	62	11	18%	27	4	15%	207	24	12%	17	6	35%	9	2	22%	0
1953	31	BOS	AL	4	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				480	20%	116			4	0	0	0	1.28	6	0	8	3	2	5	1	0	2	4	200%	68	11	16%	28	4	14%	228	34	15%	18	7	39%	11	4	36%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1951	29	13	52	50	6	18	2	2	1	14	0	0	1	7	.360	.373	.540	.913	140	27	0	0	1
1952	30	124	476	448	47	116	22	4	6	52	1	1	23	45	.259	.297	.366	.663	81	164	11	1	4
1953	31	125	480	452	47	116	22	4	6	52	1	1	23	45	.257	.294	.363	.657	79	164	11	1	4

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
1951	29	14	54	52	6	19	2	2	1	14	0	1	7	.365	.377	.538	.916	10	13
1952	30	116	447	419	45	105	21	2	5	42	1	24	40	.251	.293	.346	.639	43	111
1953	31	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
3 Yrs		131	505	475	51	124	23	4	6	56	1	25	47	.261	.299	.364	.664	53	125
162 Game Avg.		162	625	587	63	153	28	5	7	69	1	31	58	.261	.299	.364	.664	66	125

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