Merritt Ranew

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 170lb (180cm, 77kg)

Born: May 10, 1938 in Albany, GA us

Died: October 18, 2011 in Valdosta, GA

Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Albany, GA

High School: Lee County HS (Leesburg, GA)

Debut: April 13, 1962 (Age 23-338d, 11,943rd in major league history)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1969 (Age 31-143d)
vs. OAK 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: Merritt Thomas Ranew

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

594

147

.248

RBI

OBP

.301

SLG

.352

OPS

.653

OPS+

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

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1962 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 19	HOU	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
2	10 (1)	Apr 22	HOU		PHI	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH C
3	11	Apr 24	HOU		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	2	9	0	C
4	12	Apr 25	HOU		STL	T,5-5	CG	71	17.0	19	0	0	19	0	C
5	13	Apr 26	HOU		STL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	17 (3)	May 1	HOU	@	STL	L,4-6	GF	27	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
7	18	May 2	HOU	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
8	19	May 3	HOU	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	23 (3)	May 6 (2)	HOU	@	MLN	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
10	25 (1)	May 8	HOU		LAD	L,6-9	CG	48	10.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
11	26	May 9	HOU		LAD	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
12	27	May 10	HOU		LAD	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
13	28	May 11	HOU		SFG	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	29	May 12	HOU		SFG	L,0-11	CG	44	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
15	31 (1)	May 15	HOU	@	LAD	L,7-10	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	34 (2)	May 18	HOU	@	SFG	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
17	35	May 19	HOU	@	SFG	L,2-10	GS	34	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	36	May 20 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
19	40 (3)	May 23	HOU		CIN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	41	May 24	HOU		CIN	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
21	45 (3)	May 28	HOU	@	CIN	L,6-9	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
22	46	May 30	HOU	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	56	14.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
23	47	May 31	HOU	@	CHC	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	49 (1)	Jun 2	HOU	@	PIT	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	50	Jun 3 (1)	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-6	GF	9	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	51	Jun 3 (2)	HOU	@	PIT	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	52	Jun 5	HOU		MLN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
28	53	Jun 6	HOU		MLN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	54	Jun 7	HOU		MLN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
30	55	Jun 8	HOU		LAD	L,3-4	CG	50	13.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
31	56	Jun 9	HOU		LAD	W,13-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	57	Jun 10 (1)	HOU		LAD	L,3-9	CG	50	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
33	59 (1)	Jun 11	HOU		NYM	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
34	60	Jun 12	HOU		NYM	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
35	61	Jun 14	HOU		NYM	W,10-2	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	62	Jun 15	HOU	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	1	C
37	64 (1)	Jun 17	HOU	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	66 (1)	Jun 20	HOU	@	SFG	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
39	68 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,16-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	69	Jun 23	HOU	@	NYM	L,2-13	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
41	70	Jun 25	HOU	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	8	1	0	9	0	C
42	71	Jun 26 (1)	HOU	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
43	72	Jun 26 (2)	HOU	@	PHI	L,4-6	GF	9	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
44	74 (1)	Jun 30	HOU		CIN	W,7-3	CG	30	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	75	Jul 1	HOU		CIN	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	76	Jul 2	HOU		PIT	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	78 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	HOU		PIT	L,0-7	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
48	80 (1)	Jul 6	HOU	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
49	81	Jul 7	HOU	@	CIN	L,1-10	CG	45	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	83 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	HOU	@	CIN	L,11-12	CG	62	12.1	11	1	0	12	0	C
51	84	Jul 11	HOU	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
52	88 (3)	Jul 15 (1)	HOU		CHC	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	149 (60)	Sep 16	HOU	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	151 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	HOU	@	NYM	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	152	Sep 20 (1)	HOU	@	NYM	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
56	155 (2)	Sep 22	HOU		SFG	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
57	157 (1)	Sep 25	HOU	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
58	160 (2)	Sep 29 (1)	HOU	@	SFG	L,5-11	CG	41	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
							58gm		473.2	357	35	8	400	1