Henry Merchant - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Henry Merchant

Henry Lewis Merchant
(Speed)

Born: February 17, 1918 in Birmingham, AL
Died: August 23, 1982 in Cincinnati, OH
(64 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 6'3"

Wt: 180

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Biographical
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Notes:

• Buried: Wesleyan Cemetery (Cincinnati, OH)

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1944	CIC	NAL	26	CF	20	83	69	13	17	2	2	0	8	2		11	0	0	1	2	0		.246	.358	.333	.691	115
1947	CIC	NAL	29	RF	27	109	94	18	23	1	0	1	8	0		11			1	3			.245	.330	.287	.617	66
1945	CIC	NAL	27	CF	20	75	63	6	15	1	0	0	7	2	0	9		1	0	3	0	0	.238	.333	.254	.587	74
1948	IC	NAL	30	RF	26	80	69	10	12	4	0	0	4	1		8	1		0	3			.174	.260	.232	.492	33
1946	CIC	NAL	28	LF	11	46	38	8	12	1	0	0	3	1		5			0	3			.316	.395	.342	.737	119
1941	CAG	NAL	23	RP	8	16	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0		0	.231	.375	.308	.683	110
1943	CC	NAL	25	LF	6	16	14	2	4	0	1	0	2	2		2			0	0			.286	.375	.429	.804	150
1940	CAG	NAL	22	CF	9	21	19	0	4	0	0	0	2	0		1	1	0	0	1		0	.211	.250	.211	.461	46
1942	CAG	NAL	24	RP	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0
9	2			CF	129	446	379	58	90	10	3	1	34	8	0	50	2	1	2	15	0	0	.237	.329	.288	.617	80
162 Game Average						560	476	73	113	13	4	1	43	10	0	63	6	3	3	19	0	0	.237	.329	.288	.617	80

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
3	Chicago American Giants			RP	19	37	32	1	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	1		0	.219	.306	.250	.556	74
6	Indianapolis Clowns			CF	110	409	347	57	83	9	3	1	32	8	0	46	1	1	2	14	0	0	.239	.332	.291	.623	80

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1940	CAG	NAL	21		.223	.309		4.8%	8.8%		4.8%	0.3%		1.00	25.38		0.0%	0.6%		.000	.074
1941	CAG	NAL	16		.347	.311		18.8%	7.4%			0.4%			19.29		0.0%	0.5%		.077	.081
1942	CAG	NAL			.000	.308			6.9%			0.4%			16.86			0.7%			.088
1943	CC	NAL	16		.383	.309		12.5%	7.2%			0.2%			33.06		0.0%	0.5%		.143	.075
1944	CIC	NAL	83		.336	.309		13.3%	7.0%		0.0%	0.3%			27.56		0.0%	0.4%		.087	.071
1945	CIC	NAL	75		.275	.320		12.0%	7.0%			0.3%			25.12		0.0%	0.6%		.016	.088
1946	CIC	NAL	46		.346	.326		10.9%	8.0%			0.4%			18.21		0.0%	0.5%		.026	.077
1947	CIC	NAL	109		.303	.353		10.1%	9.5%			0.1%			120.40		0.9%	0.9%		.043	.104
1948	IC	NAL	80		.238	.347		10.0%	8.8%		1.3%	0.3%		8.00	26.11		0.0%	1.0%		.058	.114
9	2		446		.298	.330		11.2%	8.1%		1.1%	0.3%		10.00	48.41		0.2%	0.7%		.050	.091

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
3	Chicago American Giants		37		.276	.310		10.8%	8.2%		4.8%	0.4%		1.00	22.75		0.0%	0.6%		.031	.077
6	Indianapolis Clowns		409		.300	.332		11.2%	8.1%		0.6%	0.2%		19.00	50.74		0.2%	0.7%		.052	.092

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