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Lennie
Merullo		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 193
 
Born: May 5, 1917 in Usa, MA, BOSTON
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1941 24 MON NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 3 3 9 8 8
1942 25 MON NL     4 4 5 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 3 3 9 8 9
1943 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 8 8
1944 27 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1945 28 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 3 4 9 8 8
1946 29 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 4 9 8 8
1947 30 MON NL $ 792,857   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1948 31 MON NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8
1950 33 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 4 3 3 8 8 8
1951 34 PIT NL     5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1952 35 NYG NL $ 300,003   5 5 6 1 1 1 6 5 6 3 3 3 8 8 8
1953 36 NYG NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 6 5 5
1954 37 PIT NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 792,857   6 6 6 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 9 8 9
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
1941 24 AA   56 214 19 45 13 1 1 19 2 0 15 12 .210 .262 .294 .556 16.1  
    A   80 327 52 99 27 4 6 44 9 3 36 21 .303 .372 .465 .837 54.3  
1942 25 AA   137 552 65 147 22 4 9 56 6 5 63 26 .266 .341 .370 .711 71.0  
1943 26 MON NL 7 15 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   107 429 45 132 21 1 8 65 9 4 42 30 .308 .369 .417 .787 64.8  
1944 27 MON NL 71 157 17 49 12 1 0 14 1 0 10 10 .312 .351 .401 .752 19.8 3.5
1945 28 MON NL 139 422 38 94 17 2 2 40 0 0 25 36 .223 .263 .287 .549 29.1 0.0
1946 29 MON NL 145 471 54 122 23 2 7 48 0 0 37 32 .259 .311 .361 .672 52.0 9.0
1947 30 MON NL 114 326 25 72 11 3 4 22 1 0 16 25 .221 .259 .310 .569 21.9 0.0
1948 31 MON NL 15 39 4 10 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 6 .256 .302 .333 .636 3.7 0.2
    AAA   111 429 60 127 29 2 9 50 2 3 40 39 .296 .356 .436 .792 63.4  
1950 33 PIT NL 5 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.1
    AAA   106 433 65 124 28 2 3 42 5 2 47 33 .286 .356 .381 .737 58.6  
1951 34 PIT NL 12 10 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .200 .273 .300 .573 0.8 0.1
1952 35 NYG NL 100 281 31 80 15 2 3 33 1 2 11 28 .285 .312 .384 .696 29.6 3.1
1953 36 NYG NL 77 181 15 38 6 0 1 13 0 0 15 25 .210 .270 .260 .530 11.4 0.0
1954 37 AAA   35 80 10 19 2 2 1 8 0 0 8 17 .238 .307 .350 .657 8.8  
    A   31 119 14 30 3 1 3 12 0 0 16 16 .252 .341 .370 .710 15.9  
10 Years Sim 685 1908 189 470 88 10 17 181 3 2 119 168 .246 .289 .330 .619 168.6 16.1
4 Years AAA 359 1371 180 402 80 7 21 165 16 9 137 119 .293 .360 .408 .767 195.7  
2 Years AA 193 766 84 192 35 5 10 75 8 5 78 38 .251 .321 .349 .669 87.1  
2 Years A 111 446 66 129 30 5 9 56 9 3 52 37 .289 .363 .439 .803 70.2  
8 Years Minors 663 2583 330 723 145 17 40 296 33 17 267 194 .280 .349 .396 .744 352.9  
162 Game Average 451 44 111 20 2 4 42 0 0 28 39 .246 .289 .330 .619 39.9  
Career Highs 145 471 54 122 23 3 7 48 1 2 37 36 .333 .351 .401 .752 52.0  
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   995 92 220 41 5 5 86 2 0 57 91 .221 .262 .287 .549 71.8
vs LH   913 97 250 47 5 12 95 1 2 62 77 .274 .319 .376 .695 106.3
Home 320 914 87 224 48 3 6 85 2 1 60 86 .245 .290 .324 .614 84.0
Away 365 994 102 246 40 7 11 96 1 1 59 82 .247 .289 .335 .624 94.0
RISP   454 0 103 19 2 2 143 0 0 32 42 .227 .271 .291 .562 35.8
Pinch Hitting   46 5 15 3 0 0 9 0 0 1 9 .326 .340 .391 .732 5.5
Close/Late   190 18 54 9 3 3 18 0 0 12 18 .284 .327 .411 .737 24.4
Mar/Apr 136 417 36 97 19 1 4 43 0 0 25 32 .233 .274 .312 .585 34.8
May 124 349 33 90 16 1 4 36 2 1 20 34 .258 .295 .344 .639 34.8
June 120 334 41 88 19 3 3 29 0 0 18 25 .263 .299 .365 .665 35.1
July 92 237 21 64 11 2 1 29 0 0 12 18 .270 .307 .346 .653 23.9
August 107 279 26 61 9 2 2 16 0 0 23 28 .219 .278 .287 .565 22.3
Sep/Oct 105 292 32 70 14 1 3 28 1 1 21 31 .240 .290 .325 .615 27.1
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
1943 26 MON NL 2B 5 4 36.0 14 17 1 3 .969 7.75   0.1
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1944 27 MON NL 3B 36 26 223.0 15 67 2 8 .976 3.31   1.1
    2B 22 16 141.0 43 56 1 10 .990 6.32   0.6
    SS 8 0 13.0 3 4 0 1 1.000 4.85   0.0
    1B 4 0 6.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1945 28 MON NL SS 123 121 987.3 164 446 29 80 .955 5.56   5.0
    2B 8 6 51.0 14 20 0 5 1.000 6.00   0.2
    3B 4 2 15.0 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
    RF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1946 29 MON NL SS 127 126 1049.0 182 454 33 90 .951 5.46   2.3
    2B 9 9 77.0 18 30 0 5 1.000 5.61   0.2
    3B 10 0 16.7 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.24   0.1
    1B 2 1 10.0 7 1 0 2 1.000 7.20   0.0
1947 30 MON NL SS 65 58 503.0 72 220 15 34 .951 5.22   1.4
    3B 43 24 239.0 18 62 2 8 .976 3.01   0.6
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.0
1948 31 MON NL 3B 13 13 99.0 9 29 1 4 .974 3.45   0.3
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1950 33 PIT NL LF 1 0 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 10.15   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1951 34 PIT NL 1B 7 1 15.7 20 0 0 2 1.000 11.49   0.0
    3B 3 1 11.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1952 35 NYG NL 3B 27 22 196.7 10 55 0 7 1.000 2.97   0.8
    1B 24 22 193.0 232 22 1 31 .996 11.84   0.2
    SS 30 16 168.3 23 68 0 9 1.000 4.87   0.6
    2B 12 8 67.7 15 33 0 13 1.000 6.38   0.4
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1953 36 NYG NL 3B 46 28 284.0 17 55 3 8 .960 2.28   0.8
    2B 14 8 86.3 15 36 1 11 .981 5.32   0.3
    SS 14 4 50.3 11 16 3 3 .900 4.83   0.2
  SS 369 325 2773.0 455 1209 80 218 .954 5.40   9.6
  3B 184 116 1086.3 73 280 8 36 .978 2.92   4.0
  2B 72 51 463.0 119 196 3 47 .991 6.12   1.7
  1B 39 24 229.3 267 26 1 37 .997 11.50   0.3
  LF 4 1 16.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.08   0.0
  RF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   670 518 4578.3 919 1711 92 338 .966 5.17   15.7
Career Highs   148 136 1152.7 281 490 33 98 1.000 7.81    
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  1. Tom Paciorek (967)
  2. Bill Robinson (962)
  3. Darrell Johnson (962)
  4. Mike Anderson (960)
  5. Larry Biittner (958)
  6. Lou Johnson (957)
  7. Richie Scheinblum (955)
  8. Rick Joseph (954)
  9. George Vico (948)
  10. Johnny McCarthy (947)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 67th overall pick, by Montreal in 1941
Had first career hit on 9/28/1943, off Ken Heintzelman (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/1945, off Bob Harris (SEM)
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $792,857 through salary arbitration
4/2/1947: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
Released by Montreal on 10/14/1948
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/12/1950 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
2/1/1951: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/2/1951: Signed a minor league contract extension with Pittsburgh
Released by Pittsburgh on 7/31/1951
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/18/1952 to a 1-year deal worth $300,003 per year
3/3/1952: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
4/2/1953: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Pittsburgh on 7/31/1954 (Going to PIT: 1B Lennie Merullo. Going to NYG: P Jack Banta)
 
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