Merl Combs
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Age: 61
Bats/Throws: L/R
6'0" / 172
12/11/1919 - 7/8/1981
(61 years, 6 months, 27 days)
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Partial SeasonsMLB Regular Season
| Season | Team | Level | Age | G G - Games Played | PA PA - Plate Appearances | HR HR - Home Runs | R R - Runs | RBI RBI - Runs Batted In | SB SB - Stolen Bases | divider | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA) | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA) | ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) | OBP OBP - On Base Percentage | SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage | wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights) | xwOBA xwOBA - Expected weighted on-base average | wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA | divider | BsR Base Running - Base running runs above average, includes SB or CS | divider | Off Offense - Batting and Base Running combined (above average) | Def Defense - Fielding and Positional Adjustment combined (above average) | WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement |
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| 1947 | BOS | MLB | 27 | 17 | 79 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 11.4% | 11.4% | .059 | .241 | .221 | .329 | .279 | .303 | 72 | -0.1 | -2.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | |||||
| 1949 | BOS | MLB | 29 | 14 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26.5% | 0.0% | .042 | .208 | .208 | .424 | .250 | .357 | 94 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.9 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1950 | 2 Tms | MLB | 30 | 38 | 128 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 18.0% | 12.5% | .010 | .291 | .245 | .384 | .255 | .325 | 79 | -0.1 | -3.8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | |||||
| 1950 | BOS | MLB | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | .740 | 319 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1950 | WAS | MLB | 30 | 37 | 127 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 17.3% | 12.6% | .010 | .291 | .245 | .379 | .255 | .322 | 77 | 0.0 | -4.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | |||||
| 1951 | CLE | MLB | 31 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.5% | 9.7% | .071 | .200 | .179 | .233 | .250 | .229 | 33 | 0.0 | -2.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1952 | CLE | MLB | 32 | 52 | 155 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 9.0% | 9.7% | .043 | .179 | .165 | .242 | .209 | .222 | 31 | -0.3 | -12.8 | 5.1 | -0.3 | |||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 140 | 427 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 0 | 13.3% | 10.1% | .039 | .225 | .202 | .314 | .241 | .279 | 58 | -0.4 | -22.1 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Season | Team | Level | Age | G G - Games Played | PA PA - Plate Appearances | HR HR - Home Runs | R R - Runs | RBI RBI - Runs Batted In | SB SB - Stolen Bases | divider | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA) | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA) | ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) | OBP OBP - On Base Percentage | SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage | wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights) | xwOBA xwOBA - Expected weighted on-base average | wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA | divider | BsR Base Running - Base running runs above average, includes SB or CS | divider | Off Offense - Batting and Base Running combined (above average) | Def Defense - Fielding and Positional Adjustment combined (above average) | WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | BOS | MLB | 27 | 17 | 79 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 11.4% | 11.4% | .059 | .241 | .221 | .329 | .279 | .303 | 72 | -0.1 | -2.7 | 1.0 | 0.1 | |||||
| 1949 | BOS | MLB | 29 | 14 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26.5% | 0.0% | .042 | .208 | .208 | .424 | .250 | .357 | 94 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.9 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1950 | 2 Tms | MLB | 30 | 38 | 128 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 18.0% | 12.5% | .010 | .291 | .245 | .384 | .255 | .325 | 79 | -0.1 | -3.8 | 1.9 | 0.3 | |||||
| 1950 | BOS | MLB | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | 0.0% | .000 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | .740 | 319 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1950 | WAS | MLB | 30 | 37 | 127 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 17.3% | 12.6% | .010 | .291 | .245 | .379 | .255 | .322 | 77 | 0.0 | -4.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | |||||
| 1951 | CLE | MLB | 31 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6.5% | 9.7% | .071 | .200 | .179 | .233 | .250 | .229 | 33 | 0.0 | -2.6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| 1952 | CLE | MLB | 32 | 52 | 155 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 9.0% | 9.7% | .043 | .179 | .165 | .242 | .209 | .222 | 31 | -0.3 | -12.8 | 5.1 | -0.3 | |||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 140 | 427 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 0 | 13.3% | 10.1% | .039 | .225 | .202 | .314 | .241 | .279 | 58 | -0.4 | -22.1 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
Partial SeasonsMLB Regular Season
| Season | Team | Level | G G - Games Played | AB AB - At Bats | PA PA - Plate Appearances | H H - Hits | 1B 1B - Singles | 2B 2B - Doubles | 3B 3B - Triples | HR HR - Home Runs | R R - Runs | RBI RBI - Runs Batted In | BB BB - Walks | IBB IBB - Intentional Walks | SO SO - Strike Outs | HBP HBP - Hit by Pitch | SF SF - Sacrifice Fly | SH SH - Sacrifice Hit | GDP GDP - Ground into Double Play | SB SB - Stolen Bases | CS CS - Caught Stealing | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) |
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| 1947 | BOS | MLB | 17 | 68 | 79 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .221 | ||
| 1949 | BOS | MLB | 14 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | ||
| 1950 | 2 Tms | MLB | 38 | 102 | 128 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .245 | ||
| 1950 | BOS | MLB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1950 | WAS | MLB | 37 | 102 | 127 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .245 | ||
| 1951 | CLE | MLB | 19 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | ||
| 1952 | CLE | MLB | 52 | 139 | 155 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .165 | ||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 140 | 361 | 427 | 73 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 57 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .202 |
| Season | Team | Level | G G - Games Played | AB AB - At Bats | PA PA - Plate Appearances | H H - Hits | 1B 1B - Singles | 2B 2B - Doubles | 3B 3B - Triples | HR HR - Home Runs | R R - Runs | RBI RBI - Runs Batted In | BB BB - Walks | IBB IBB - Intentional Walks | SO SO - Strike Outs | HBP HBP - Hit by Pitch | SF SF - Sacrifice Fly | SH SH - Sacrifice Hit | GDP GDP - Ground into Double Play | SB SB - Stolen Bases | CS CS - Caught Stealing | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | BOS | MLB | 17 | 68 | 79 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .221 | ||
| 1949 | BOS | MLB | 14 | 24 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .208 | ||
| 1950 | 2 Tms | MLB | 38 | 102 | 128 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .245 | ||
| 1950 | BOS | MLB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| 1950 | WAS | MLB | 37 | 102 | 127 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .245 | ||
| 1951 | CLE | MLB | 19 | 28 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .179 | ||
| 1952 | CLE | MLB | 52 | 139 | 155 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .165 | ||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 140 | 361 | 427 | 73 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 57 | 43 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .202 |
Partial SeasonsMLB Regular SeasonAverages
| Season | Team | Level | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA) | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA) | BB/K BB/K - Walk to Strikeout Ratio (BB/SO) | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) | OBP OBP - On Base Percentage | SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage | OPS OPS - On Base + Slugging Percentage | divider | ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG) | Spd Spd - Speed Score (4 Component Version) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | divider | UBR UBR - Ultimate Base Running in runs above average, does not include SB or CS | wGDP wGDP - Ground into Double Play Runs above average | XBR XBR - Statcast baserunning above average | wSB wSB - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing runs above average | divider | wRC wRC - Runs Created based wOBA | wRAA wRAA - Runs Above Average based on wOBA | wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights) | wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA |
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| 1947 | BOS | MLB | 11.4% | 11.4% | 1.00 | .221 | .329 | .279 | .609 | .059 | .241 | -0.1 | 7 | -2.1 | .303 | 72 | ||||||||
| 1947 | 9.5% | 9.6% | 1.01 | .262 | .337 | .376 | .713 | .114 | 4.7 | .277 | .337 | |||||||||||||
| 1949 | BOS | MLB | 26.5% | 0.0% | 9.00 | .208 | .424 | .250 | .674 | .042 | .208 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.4 | .357 | 94 | ||||||||
| 1949 | 10.4% | 9.3% | 1.12 | .263 | .344 | .384 | .728 | .121 | 4.3 | .278 | .344 | |||||||||||||
| 1950 | 2 Tms | MLB | 18.0% | 12.5% | 1.44 | .245 | .384 | .255 | .639 | .010 | .291 | -0.1 | 14 | -2.2 | .325 | 79 | ||||||||
| 1950 | BOS | MLB | 100.0% | 0.0% | 1.00 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.3 | .740 | 319 | ||||||||
| 1950 | WAS | MLB | 17.3% | 12.6% | 1.38 | .245 | .379 | .255 | .634 | .010 | .291 | 0.0 | 13 | -2.5 | .322 | 77 | ||||||||
| 1950 | 10.3% | 9.9% | 1.04 | .266 | .346 | .402 | .748 | .136 | 4.5 | .280 | .346 | |||||||||||||
| 1951 | CLE | MLB | 6.5% | 9.7% | 0.67 | .179 | .233 | .250 | .483 | .071 | .200 | 0.0 | 1 | -2.6 | .229 | 33 | ||||||||
| 1951 | 9.6% | 9.7% | 0.99 | .261 | .336 | .386 | .722 | .125 | 4.4 | .275 | .336 | |||||||||||||
| 1952 | CLE | MLB | 9.0% | 9.7% | 0.93 | .165 | .242 | .209 | .450 | .043 | .179 | -0.3 | 5 | -12.1 | .222 | 31 | ||||||||
| 1952 | 9.3% | 10.9% | 0.85 | .253 | .327 | .370 | .696 | .117 | 4.1 | .271 | .327 | |||||||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 13.3% | 10.1% | 1.33 | .202 | .314 | .241 | .555 | .039 | .225 | -0.4 | 31 | -18.6 | .279 | 58 |
| Season | Team | Level | BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/PA) | K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/PA) | BB/K BB/K - Walk to Strikeout Ratio (BB/SO) | divider | AVG AVG - Batting Average (H/AB) | OBP OBP - On Base Percentage | SLG SLG - Slugging Percentage | OPS OPS - On Base + Slugging Percentage | divider | ISO ISO - Isolated Power (SLG-AVG) | Spd Spd - Speed Score (4 Component Version) | BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play | divider | UBR UBR - Ultimate Base Running in runs above average, does not include SB or CS | wGDP wGDP - Ground into Double Play Runs above average | XBR XBR - Statcast baserunning above average | wSB wSB - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing runs above average | divider | wRC wRC - Runs Created based wOBA | wRAA wRAA - Runs Above Average based on wOBA | wOBA wOBA - Weighted On Base Average (Linear Weights) | wRC+ wRC+ - Runs per PA scaled where 100 is average; both league and park adjusted; based on wOBA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | BOS | MLB | 11.4% | 11.4% | 1.00 | .221 | .329 | .279 | .609 | .059 | .241 | -0.1 | 7 | -2.1 | .303 | 72 | ||||||||
| 1947 | 9.5% | 9.6% | 1.01 | .262 | .337 | .376 | .713 | .114 | 4.7 | .277 | .337 | |||||||||||||
| 1949 | BOS | MLB | 26.5% | 0.0% | 9.00 | .208 | .424 | .250 | .674 | .042 | .208 | 0.0 | 4 | 0.4 | .357 | 94 | ||||||||
| 1949 | 10.4% | 9.3% | 1.12 | .263 | .344 | .384 | .728 | .121 | 4.3 | .278 | .344 | |||||||||||||
| 1950 | 2 Tms | MLB | 18.0% | 12.5% | 1.44 | .245 | .384 | .255 | .639 | .010 | .291 | -0.1 | 14 | -2.2 | .325 | 79 | ||||||||
| 1950 | BOS | MLB | 100.0% | 0.0% | 1.00 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | 1.000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.3 | .740 | 319 | ||||||||
| 1950 | WAS | MLB | 17.3% | 12.6% | 1.38 | .245 | .379 | .255 | .634 | .010 | .291 | 0.0 | 13 | -2.5 | .322 | 77 | ||||||||
| 1950 | 10.3% | 9.9% | 1.04 | .266 | .346 | .402 | .748 | .136 | 4.5 | .280 | .346 | |||||||||||||
| 1951 | CLE | MLB | 6.5% | 9.7% | 0.67 | .179 | .233 | .250 | .483 | .071 | .200 | 0.0 | 1 | -2.6 | .229 | 33 | ||||||||
| 1951 | 9.6% | 9.7% | 0.99 | .261 | .336 | .386 | .722 | .125 | 4.4 | .275 | .336 | |||||||||||||
| 1952 | CLE | MLB | 9.0% | 9.7% | 0.93 | .165 | .242 | .209 | .450 | .043 | .179 | -0.3 | 5 | -12.1 | .222 | 31 | ||||||||
| 1952 | 9.3% | 10.9% | 0.85 | .253 | .327 | .370 | .696 | .117 | 4.1 | .271 | .327 | |||||||||||||
| Total | - - - | MLB | 13.3% | 10.1% | 1.33 | .202 | .314 | .241 | .555 | .039 | .225 | -0.4 | 31 | -18.6 | .279 | 58 |
