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Jack Merson

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: January 17, 1922 in Elkridge, MD us

Died: April 28, 2000 in Elkridge, MD

Buried: Meadowridge Memorial Park, Elkridge, MD

High School: Elkridge HS (Elkridge, MD)

Debut: September 14, 1951 (Age 29-240d, 10,845th in major league history)
vs. BRO 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 24, 1953 (Age 31-097d)
vs. PHA 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1952 season

Full Name: John Warren Merson

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.6

452

116

.257

RBI

OBP

.294

SLG

.363

OPS

.657

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
2	2	Apr 16	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
3	3	Apr 17	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
4	4	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
5	5	Apr 19	PIT		CIN	L,3-9	CG	45	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
6	6	Apr 20 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	2B
7	7	Apr 20 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-12	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
8	8	Apr 21	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	2B
9	9	Apr 22	PIT		CHC	L,2-13	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
10	10	Apr 25	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	2B
11	11	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	3	4	2	9	1
12	13 (1)	Apr 27 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	1	1	0	2	1	3B
13	14	Apr 29	PIT		BSN	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	15	Apr 30	PIT		BSN	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	16	May 1	PIT		NYG	L,5-13	CG	48	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
16	17	May 2	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	43	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	18	May 3	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	GS	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
18	19	May 4	PIT		BRO	L,0-6	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
19	20	May 5	PIT		BRO	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	1	6	1	2B
20	21	May 6	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
21	22	May 7	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
22	23	May 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
23	24	May 11 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
24	25	May 11 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
25	26	May 13	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	GS	30	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
26	27	May 14	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.2	1	2	0	3	0	2B
27	28	May 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
28	29	May 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
29	30	May 17	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-12	CG	43	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	2B
30	31	May 19	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
31	32	May 21	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
32	33	May 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
33	34	May 23	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	0	4	0	4	0
34	35	May 24	PIT		CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	2B
35	36	May 25	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
36	37	May 26	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
37	38	May 27	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	CG	63	14.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
38	39	May 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
39	40	May 29	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
40	41	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	42	May 30 (2)	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
42	43	May 31	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	44	Jun 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
44	45	Jun 1 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 2B
45	46	Jun 3	PIT		BRO	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	2B
46	47	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
47	48	Jun 5	PIT		BRO	L,0-2	CG	45	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
48	49	Jun 6	PIT		NYG	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
49	50	Jun 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
50	51	Jun 8	PIT		NYG	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
51	52	Jun 9	PIT		BSN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	6	4	0	10	1	2B
52	53	Jun 10	PIT		BSN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	1	8	1	2B
53	54	Jun 11	PIT		BSN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	4	0	5	3	2B
54	55	Jun 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	6	6	0	12	4	2B
55	56	Jun 14	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
56	57	Jun 15 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
57	58	Jun 15 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	2B
58	59	Jun 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
59	60	Jun 17	PIT	@	NYG	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	5	0	7	1	2B
60	61	Jun 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B
61	66 (4)	Jun 24	PIT	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
62	67	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
63	68	Jun 27	PIT		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
64	69	Jun 28	PIT		STL	L,3-4	GF	0	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
65	71 (1)	Jun 30	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	72	Jul 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
67	73	Jul 2 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-8	GS	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1	3B 2B
68	76 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
69	77	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
70	78	Jul 5	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
71	79	Jul 6 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	1	0	0	1	0	3B
72	80	Jul 6 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
73	81	Jul 10	PIT		NYG	W,6-4	GS	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	82	Jul 11	PIT		NYG	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
75	83	Jul 12	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
76	84	Jul 13 (1)	PIT		BSN	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
77	86 (1)	Jul 15	PIT		PHI	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
78	87	Jul 16	PIT		PHI	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
79	92 (4)	Jul 20	PIT		BRO	L,5-8	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	93	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-14	CG	42	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
81	94	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
82	95	Jul 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	2B
83	96	Jul 25	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
84	97	Jul 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
85	98	Jul 27 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
86	99	Jul 27 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	T,3-3	GS	23	6.0	4	2	0	6	1	2B
87	100	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2	2B
88	101	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	39	9.2	3	3	0	6	2	2B
89	102	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	CG	51	10.2	9	5	0	14	5	2B
90	103	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	104	Aug 1	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
92	105	Aug 2	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	23	5.2	1	1	0	2	1
93	106	Aug 3 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
94	107	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-8	CG	29	6.0	2	3	0	5	2	2B
95	108	Aug 5	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	0	12.0	6	5	0	11	1
96	109	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-7	CG	0	10.0	0	4	0	4	1
97	110	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
98	111	Aug 8	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	10.0	0	1	1	2	0
99	112	Aug 9	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
100	113	Aug 10 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
101	114	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	GS	0	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
102	115	Aug 11	PIT		CIN	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
103	116	Aug 14	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	10.0	3	1	0	4	0
104	117	Aug 15	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
105	118	Aug 16	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
106	119	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
107	120	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
							108gm		908.2	220	266	12	498	62