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Merritt Ranew
Merritt Thomas Ranew

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 180 lb.

Debut April 13, 1962
  vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1969
Born May 10, 1938 in Albany, GA

Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1962 24 HOU NL  71  218   26   51   6  8   4   24   2  2  14  43  .234  .287  .390   86   85   2   2   5   3   2
 1963 25 CHC NL  78  154   18   52   8  1   3   15   1  0   9  32  .338  .380  .461  136   71   0   1   1   2   3
 1964 26 TOT NL  25   50    1    5   0  0   0    1   0  1   2   9  .100  .151  .100  -28    5   0   0   0   1   1
         CHC NL  16   33    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   6  .091  .167  .091  -26    3   0   0   0   1   1
         MLN NL   9   17    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   3  .118  .118  .118  -34    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1965 27 CAL AL  41   91   12   19   4  0   1   10   0  0   7  22  .209  .260  .286   57   26   2   2   0   0   3
 1969 31 SEP AL  54   81   11   20   2  0   0    4   0  0  10  14  .247  .330  .272   73   22   1   0   3   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      269  594   68  147  20  9   8   54   3  3  42 120  .247  .301  .352   83  209   5   5   9   6  13
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        358   41   89  12  5   5   33   2  2  25  72  .247  .301  .352   83  126   3   3   5   4   8
 Career High     78  218   26   52   8  8   4   24   2  2  14  43                          85   2   2   5   3   4
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1962 24 HOU NL  239  175   24   3.7    97| .234  .261| .287  .328| .390  .397| .677  .724|  86  .402  -5.2  -0.5  50%
 1963 25 CHC NL  166  106   27   6.8    94| .338  .261| .380  .323| .461  .390| .841  .713| 136  .736   7.3   0.8 100%
 1964 26 TOT NL   53   47    1   0.6    96| .100  .267| .151  .325| .100  .396| .251  .721| -28  .026  -8.7  -0.9   0%
         CHC NL   36   31    1   0.9    97| .091  .268| .167  .326| .091  .398| .258  .724| -26  .056  -5.7  -0.6   0%
         MLN NL   17   16    0   0.0    94| .118  .264| .118  .322| .118  .393| .236  .715| -34  .000  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1965 27 CAL AL  102   79    7   2.4    89| .209  .247| .260  .317| .286  .379| .546  .696|  57  .278  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1969 31 SEP AL   92   66    7   2.9    92| .247  .251| .330  .327| .272  .378| .602  .705|  73  .329  -2.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       652  473   66   3.8    94| .247  .258| .301  .325| .352  .390| .653  .714|  83  .445 -14.2  -1.4  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1962 24 HOU NL C 58 357 35 8 1 .980 .987 6.76 5.50 7.45 6.72 51 473.7 14 24 43 12 1963 25 CHC NL C 37 138 12 3 4 .980 .986 4.05 6.02 5.93 7.07 23 227.7 7 5 11 5 1B 9 75 7 0 10 1.000 .989 9.11 8.36 10.74 9.81 8 68.7 1964 26 TOT NL C 12 53 10 0 0 1.000 .987 5.25 5.91 6.16 6.81 10 92.0 1 6 8 5 CHC NL C 9 42 8 0 0 1.000 .988 5.56 5.91 6.52 6.81 7 69.0 1 4 8 3 MLN NL C 3 11 2 0 0 1.000 .985 4.33 5.90 5.09 6.81 3 23.0 0 2 0 2 1965 27 CAL AL C 24 78 7 1 1 .988 .988 3.54 5.67 4.58 6.96 19 167.0 3 4 4 5 1969 31 SEP AL C 13 60 3 2 2 .969 .987 4.85 5.59 6.49 6.65 9 87.3 3 3 6 0 LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.60 0.78 2.00 3 23.0 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 1.12 3.15 1 8.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1963 25 CHC NL 1B 9 75 7 0 10 1.000 .989 9.11 8.36 10.74 9.81 8 68.7 1969 31 SEP AL 3B 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 1.12 3.15 1 8.0 1962 24 HOU NL C 58 357 35 8 1 .980 .987 6.76 5.50 7.45 6.72 51 473.7 14 24 43 12 1963 25 CHC NL C 37 138 12 3 4 .980 .986 4.05 6.02 5.93 7.07 23 227.7 7 5 11 5 1964 26 TOT NL C 12 53 10 0 0 1.000 .987 5.25 5.91 6.16 6.81 10 92.0 1 6 8 5 CHC NL C 9 42 8 0 0 1.000 .988 5.56 5.91 6.52 6.81 7 69.0 1 4 8 3 MLN NL C 3 11 2 0 0 1.000 .985 4.33 5.90 5.09 6.81 3 23.0 0 2 0 2 1965 27 CAL AL C 24 78 7 1 1 .988 .988 3.54 5.67 4.58 6.96 19 167.0 3 4 4 5 1969 31 SEP AL C 13 60 3 2 2 .969 .987 4.85 5.59 6.49 6.65 9 87.3 3 3 6 0 1969 31 SEP AL LF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.60 0.78 2.00 3 23.0 1969 31 SEP AL OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.83 0.78 2.11 3 23.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 144 686 67 14 8 .982 .987 5.23 5.70 6.47 6.84 112 1047.7 28 42 72 27 1B* 9 75 7 0 10 1.000 .989 9.11 8.36 10.74 9.81 8 68.7 LF* 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.67 1.60 0.78 2.00 3 23.0 3B* 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 2.70 1.12 3.15 1 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 157 763 75 14 18 .984 .987 5.34 5.76 6.58 6.90 124 1147
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Transactions 

Before 1957 Season: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1961 expansion draft.

March 28, 1963: Traded by the Houston Colt .45's with Hal Haydel and Dick LeMay to the Chicago Cubs for Dave Gerard and Danny Murphy.

June 8, 1964: Sent by the Chicago Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves to complete an earlier deal made on June 3, 1964. The Chicago Cubs sent a player to be named later and $40,000 to the Milwaukee Braves for Len Gabrielson. The Chicago Cubs sent Merritt Ranew (June 8, 1964) to the Milwaukee Braves to complete the trade.

Before 1965 Season: Sent from the Milwaukee Braves to the San Francisco Giants in an unknown transaction.

May 13, 1965: Purchased by the California Angels from the San Francisco Giants.

Before 1968 Season: Sent from the California Angels to the New York Yankees in an unknown transaction.

Before 1969 Season: Sent from the New York Yankees to the Seattle Pilots in an unknown transaction.

November, 1969: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Washington Senators for Frank Coggins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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