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Merl Combs	Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 182   Born: December 11, 1919 in Usa, CA, LOS ANGELES

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1947	27	SDP	NL		0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1948	28	SDP	NL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1949	29	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1950	30	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1951	31	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1952	32	DET	AL	$ 350,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1953	33	DET	AL	$ 350,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1954	34	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1955	35	DET	AL	$ 700,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1956	36	DET	AL	$ 300,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
1957	37	DET	AL		0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings					0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 700,000	0			1		1		1		1		1		1		3		3		3

Ratings - Batting     Help
								Contact			Power			Gap			Eye			Ks
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary				vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA	vL	vR	OA
1947	27	SDP	NL					4	4	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	7	9	9	7	8	8
1948	28	SDP	NL	$ 300,000				4	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	3	7	9	9	8	9	8
1949	29	DET	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	4	1	1	1	3	3	3	7	9	9	8	9	8
1950	30	DET	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	1	1	1	3	3	3	7	9	9	8	9	8
1951	31	DET	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	5	1	1	1	3	3	3	7	9	9	8	9	8
1952	32	DET	AL	$ 350,000				5	5	4	1	1	1	3	3	3	7	9	9	8	9	8
1953	33	DET	AL	$ 350,000				5	5	4	1	1	1	2	3	3	7	9	9	8	8	8
1954	34	DET	AL	$ 300,000				5	5	4	1	1	1	2	2	2	7	9	8	6	7	7
1955	35	DET	AL	$ 700,000				5	5	4	1	1	1	2	2	2	6	8	8	6	7	7
1956	36	DET	AL	$ 300,000				4	4	4	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	6	6	5	6	6
1957	37	DET	AL					2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3
OOTP6 Min Ratings								2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 700,000				5	5	5	1	1	1	3	3	3	7	9	9	8	9	8

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
1951	31	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1 Years Sim				1	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0

Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs LH										0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	.000
Home	1	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000
July	1	0	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	.000	.000	.000	.000

Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS
1947	27	A		137	431	66	102	13	1	2	28	1	7	170	37	.237	.453	.285	.738	80.4
1948	28	SDP	NL	42	122	18	26	1	1	1	8	0	0	32	11	.213	.377	.262	.639	15.1	1.9
		A		81	255	39	64	8	0	2	16	4	6	89	19	.251	.445	.306	.751	46.4
1949	29	DET	AL	63	195	32	59	5	0	3	35	0	0	35	13	.303	.411	.374	.786	31.2	4.9
1950	30	DET	AL	53	152	17	39	4	0	0	21	0	0	30	13	.257	.379	.283	.662	18.9	2.2
1951	31	DET	AL	39	78	8	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	14	8	.154	.280	.154	.433	3.8	0.0
1952	32	DET	AL	17	45	5	11	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	6	.244	.292	.311	.603	4.1	0.2
1953	33	DET	AL	123	376	41	77	9	0	2	36	0	0	60	39	.205	.314	.245	.558	32.4	0.6
1954	34	DET	AL	123	333	38	77	8	1	4	47	0	0	49	31	.231	.331	.297	.628	35.5	3.1
1955	35	DET	AL	32	81	15	17	1	0	0	3	0	0	10	14	.210	.297	.222	.519	5.5	0.0
1956	36	DET	AL	60	177	16	36	1	0	0	9	0	0	13	34	.203	.262	.209	.471	10.1	0.0
1957	37	DET	AL	17	22	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.227	.320	.227	.547	2.0	0.1
		AAA		54	198	14	43	10	1	0	15	1	0	20	46	.217	.289	.278	.567	16.3
10 Years Sim				569	1581	193	359	32	2	10	171	0	0	249	173	.227	.333	.269	.602	158.5	13.0
1 Years AAA				54	198	14	43	10	1	0	15	1	0	20	46	.217	.291	.278	.569	16.3
2 Years A				218	686	105	166	21	1	4	44	5	13	259	56	.242	.450	.293	.743	126.8
3 Years Minors				272	884	119	209	31	2	4	59	6	13	279	102	.236	.420	.290	.710	143.1
162 Game Average					450	54	102	9	0	2	48	0	0	70	49	.227	.333	.269	.602	45.1
Career Highs				123	376	41	77	9	1	4	47	0	0	60	39	.303	.411	.374	.786	35.5

Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR
vs RH		1375	169	326	25	2	9	152	0	0	214	137	.237	.340	.278	.618	150.1
vs LH		206	24	33	7	0	1	19	0	0	35	36	.160	.284	.209	.493	14.3
Home	282	791	90	178	19	0	4	84	0	0	112	92	.225	.321	.264	.585	76.2
Away	287	790	103	181	13	2	6	87	0	0	137	81	.229	.344	.273	.618	88.2
RISP		374	0	93	12	0	5	161	0	0	76	32	.249	.371	.321	.692	52.7
Pinch Hitting		34	3	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.353	.405	.353	.758	4.9
Close/Late		126	11	36	3	0	1	8	0	0	16	16	.286	.371	.333	.704	16.4
Mar/Apr	96	281	34	69	5	0	2	25	0	0	32	30	.246	.323	.285	.607	28.0
May	100	294	40	65	8	0	3	41	0	0	41	35	.221	.318	.279	.597	29.0
June	77	208	24	50	7	0	0	29	0	0	38	17	.240	.356	.274	.630	24.3
July	88	216	30	48	4	1	2	26	0	0	48	28	.222	.366	.278	.644	27.5
August	90	244	28	55	6	1	1	17	0	0	42	23	.225	.339	.270	.610	26.4
Sep/Oct	118	338	37	72	2	0	2	33	0	0	48	40	.213	.312	.237	.549	29.1

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF					DWS
1948	28	SDP	NL	SS	42	41	337.3	52	144	5	31	.975	5.23					1.5
				2B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00					0.0
1949	29	DET	AL	SS	57	57	482.0	78	230	11	45	.966	5.75					3.0
				3B	3	0	7.0	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.57					0.0
1950	30	DET	AL	2B	27	25	200.0	43	83	9	20	.933	5.67					0.5
				SS	23	21	180.0	33	87	3	17	.976	6.00					1.4
				3B	2	1	11.3	0	3	0	0	1.000	2.38					0.0
1951	31	DET	AL	SS	14	13	110.0	10	43	1	11	.981	4.34					0.5
				3B	8	7	56.0	2	11	0	0	1.000	2.09					0.2
				2B	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00					0.0
				P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
1952	32	DET	AL	SS	13	11	97.0	13	37	1	6	.980	4.64					0.6
				3B	2	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	1.000	6.00					0.1
1953	33	DET	AL	SS	118	118	981.0	136	388	12	79	.978	4.81					6.2
				2B	5	4	34.7	9	13	2	4	.917	5.71					0.2
1954	34	DET	AL	SS	118	104	887.3	140	392	20	72	.964	5.40					4.1
				3B	4	0	12.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	3.75					0.1
1955	35	DET	AL	SS	24	22	184.7	33	85	3	18	.975	5.75					1.3
1956	36	DET	AL	SS	58	58	463.3	79	209	7	42	.976	5.59					1.3
1957	37	DET	AL	SS	8	5	41.7	2	20	3	3	.880	4.75					0.1
				SS	475	450	3764.3	576	1635	66	324	.971	5.29					19.9
				2B	34	30	244.7	53	97	11	24	.932	5.52					0.7
				3B	19	8	89.3	4	21	0	0	1.000	2.52					0.4
				P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Career Totals					529	488	4099.3	633	1753	77	348	.969	5.24					21.0
Career Highs					123	122	1015.7	145	401	20	83	.986	5.75

Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1950	30	DET	AL	7	19	4	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	.368	.500	.368	.868
1954	34	DET	AL	5	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.176	.176	.176	.353
Career Post-Season Batting				12	36	4	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	.278	.366	.278	.644

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History

Drafted in 3rd round, 46th overall pick, by San Diego in 1947

Had first career hit on 7/11/1948, off Tommy Hughes (OAK)

Hit first career homerun on 7/11/1948, off Tommy Hughes (OAK)

Traded from San Diego to Detroit on 3/3/1949 (Going to SDP: P Allie Reynolds, P Preacher Roe, 3B Hank Majeski, 1B Mickey Vernon. Going to DET: 3B Ellis Clary, P Walt Masterson, SS Merl Combs)

Earned first career win on 7/4/1951

Won World Series with Detroit in 1951

2/1/1952: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration

2/1/1953: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration

3/3/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit

Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/10/1955 to a 1-year deal worth $700,000 per year

Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 3/2/1956 to a minor league contract

3/3/1956: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit

Released by Detroit on 10/3/1957

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