Merritt Ranew | |||
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Full Name: Merritt Thomas Ranew Bats: Left Throws: Right Height: 5-11 Weight: 170 lbs. Born: May 10, 1938 in Albany, Georgia College: None Major League Debut: April 13, 1962 Final MLB Game: September 30, 1969 Died: |
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CAREER BATTING STATISTICS |
BATTING | |||||||||||||||
YEAR | TEAM | LG | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | OBP | SLG |
1962 1963 1964 1964 1965 1969 |
Hou ChC ChC Mil Cal Sea |
NL NL NL NL AL AL |
.234 .338 .091 .118 .209 .247 |
71 78 16 9 41 54 |
218 154 33 17 91 81 |
26 18 0 1 12 11 |
51 52 3 2 19 20 |
6 8 0 0 4 2 |
8 1 0 0 0 0 |
4 3 0 0 1 0 |
24 15 1 0 10 4 |
14 9 2 0 7 10 |
43 32 6 3 22 14 |
.287 .380 .167 .118 .260 .330 |
.390 .461 .091 .118 .286 .272 |
Totals | AVG .247 |
G 269 |
AB 594 |
R 68 |
H 147 |
2B 20 |
3B 9 |
HR 8 |
RBI 54 |
BB 42 |
K 120 |
OBP .301 |
SLG .352 |
BATTING | BASERUNNING | MISC | |||||||||||
YEAR | TEAM | LG | HBP | GDP | TB | IBB | SH | SF | SB | CS | SB% | AB/HR | AB/K |
1962 1963 1964 1964 1965 1969 |
Hou ChC ChC Mil Cal Sea |
NL NL NL NL AL AL |
3 2 1 0 0 0 |
2 3 1 0 3 4 |
85 71 3 2 26 22 |
5 1 0 0 0 3 |
2 0 0 0 2 1 |
2 1 0 0 2 0 |
2 1 0 0 0 0 |
2 0 0 1 0 0 |
.500 1.000 -.--- .000 -.--- -.--- |
54.5 51.3 --.- --.- 91.0 --.- |
5.1 4.8 5.5 5.7 4.1 5.8 |
Totals | HBP 6 |
GDP 13 |
TB 209 |
IBB 9 |
SH 5 |
SF 5 |
SB 3 |
CS 3 |
SB% .500 |
AB/HR 74.3 |
AB/K 5.0 |
CAREER FIELDING STATISTICS |
YEAR | TEAM | LG | POS | G | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT |
1962 1963 1963 1964 1964 1965 1969 1969 1969 |
Hou ChC ChC ChC Mil Cal Sea Sea Sea |
NL NL NL NL NL AL AL AL AL |
C 1B C C C C 3B OF C |
58 9 37 9 3 24 1 3 13 |
400 82 153 50 13 86 1 2 65 |
357 75 138 42 11 78 0 2 60 |
35 7 12 8 2 7 1 0 3 |
8 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 |
1 10 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 |
0.980 1.000 0.980 1.000 1.000 0.988 1.000 1.000 0.969 |
Totals | G 157 |
Ch 852 |
PO 763 |
A 75 |
E 14 |
DP 18 |
FPCT 0.984 |
One of the Cubs' early-1960s hopes, Ranew had his best year in 1963, when he
batted .338, led the National League with 17 pinch hits, and participated in a triple play. He was a
member of the expansion team, Seattle Pilots, in his last year of Major League baseball.