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)

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Sam Hairston	3B	5	1944	1948	IC	3.0	2.6	0.2	0.0	0.1
2	Roosevelt Davis	SP	3	1943	1945	IC	2.7	-0.4	0.0	3.0	0.0
3	Reinaldo Drake	CF	4	1945	1948	IC	2.0	1.0	1.1	0.0	-0.1
4	Ed Young	1B	3	1940	1942	CAG	1.8	1.6	0.4	0.0	-0.1
5	Angel García	SP	3	1945	1948	IC	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.7	0.0
6	John Britton	3B	2	1942	1943	CAG/IC	1.7	0.7	1.0	0.0	0.0
7	Alex Radcliff	3B	4	1941	1945	CAG/IC	1.7	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
8	Fred Wilson	RF	2	1943	1945	IC	1.6	0.5	0.3	0.9	-0.1
9	Willie Cornelius	SP	3	1940	1942	CAG	1.5	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.0
10	Hoss Walker	SS	4	1944	1947	IC	1.5	-0.3	1.6	0.0	0.2
11	Jimmie Crutchfield	RF	2	1941	1942	CAG	1.4	1.0	0.6	0.0	-0.2
12	Peanuts Davis	SP	2	1943	1946	IC	1.2	-0.2	0.1	1.3	0.0
13	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1	1942	1942	CAG	1.0	1.6	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
14	Johnny Williams	SP	5	1944	1948	IC	1.0	-0.2	0.1	1.1	0.0
15	Clarence Lamar	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.1
16	Ted Strong	RF	1	1948	1948	IC	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
17	Ray Neil	2B	3	1946	1948	IC	0.8	1.1	-0.5	0.0	0.3
18	Ted Bond	3B	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
19	Jim Cohen	SP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
20	Walter Cannady	2B	2	1942	1944	CAG/IC	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
21	Leroy Sutton	SP	2	1942	1945	CAG/IC	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
22	Luis Cabrera	SP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
23	Goose Tatum	1B	5	1943	1948	IC	0.5	1.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.4
24	Juan Guilbe	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
25	Charlie Shields	RP	2	1941	1942	CAG	0.5	0.3	-0.1	0.3	0.0
26	Duke Cleveland	RF	2	1946	1947	IC	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.1
27	Willie Ferrell	RP	2	1941	1942	CAG	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
28	Dave Harper	RF	2	1943	1944	IC	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
29	Antonio Ruiz	SP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
30	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
31	Leovigildo Xiqués	LF	3	1944	1947	IC	0.4	0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
32	Willie McCrary	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
33	Curtis Henderson	3B	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
34	Fermín Valdés	2B	1	1944	1944	IC	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
35	John Lyles	SS	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
36	Buster Haywood	C	6	1943	1948	IC	0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2
37	Albert Overton	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
38	Fay Washington	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
39	Manuel Godínez	RP	3	1946	1948	IC	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
40	Wilson Redus	LF	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
41	Willie Cathey	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
42	Bill Barnes	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
43	Gene Smith	SS	1	1946	1946	IC	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
44	Ernie Smith	C	2	1940	1942	CAG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
45	Jimmie Newberry	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
46	Lloyd Bruce	RP	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
47	José Velásquez	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
48	Vicente Villafañe	RF	1	1947	1947	IC	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
49	Leonard Lindsay	1B	3	1943	1947	IC	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
50	Smith	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
51	Thad Christopher	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
52	Clyde Spearman	RF	2	1941	1942	CAG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.1
53	Oscar Boone	C	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Rafael Cabrera	CF	2	1944	1948	IC	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
55	Ulysses Evans	RP	2	1942	1943	CAG/IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
56	Pedro Regalado	SS	1	1945	1945	IC	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Luis Pérez	3B	1	1948	1948	IC	0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
58	Lefty Bowe	SP	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
59	Collins Jones	SS	1	1943	1943	IC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Jack Marshall	2B	1	1944	1944	IC	0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
61	Kelsey	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Billy Horne	2B	2	1940	1941	CAG	0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.2
63	Gentry Jessup	RP	2	1941	1942	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
64	Ollie West	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
65	Walter Burch	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Chuck Wilson	RF	1	1948	1948	IC	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
68	Paul Stanley	RF	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Tomás Quiñones	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
70	Frank Duncan	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Les Witherspoon	LF	1	1948	1948	IC	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Joe Brown	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
73	John Henry McQueen	-	1	1944	1944	IC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	John Williams	-	1	1945	1945	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Zell Miles	RP	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
76	Leandy Young	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	T. J. Brown	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Leonard Pigg	C	2	1947	1948	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Specs Ellis	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Samuel Burris	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Harry Else	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
82	Johnnie Dawson	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Subby Byas	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Lefty Calhoun	RP	1	1946	1946	IC	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
85	Kine	C	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Ted Radcliffe	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Deison	RF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Raymond Taylor	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Candy Jim Taylor	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Baird	-	1	1946	1946	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	William Hudson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Jonas Gaines	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Armour	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Cleo Benson	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Nat Rogers	RF	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Perry Hall	-	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Willie Wells	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
98	Bill Bradford	2B	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Percy Howard	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Koney Williams	SS	1	1948	1948	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Bailey	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Alex Colthirst	SS	1	1948	1948	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Luis Pillot	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
104	Joe Sparks	2B	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
105	Harold Millon	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Glover	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
107	Henderson	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Archie Ware	1B	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Richard King	1B	3	1943	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Jim West	1B	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Sam Thompson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Francis Jackson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
113	Eddie Locke	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
114	Clyde Nelson	3B	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
115	Ladd White	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
116	Jimmie Bennett	RP	2	1945	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
117	Leroy Cromartie	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
118	Sylvester Carlisle	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Felix Terry	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Sam Jackson	1B	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	P. Burgess	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	John Bissant	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
123	Sam Segraves	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Sylvester Snead	2B	2	1943	1946	IC	-0.1	1.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.1
125	Weedy Edwards	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
126	Bad News Hall	3B	2	1943	1944	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
127	Harry Jeffries	C	2	1943	1944	IC	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
128	Ted Alexander	RP	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
129	Sherwood Brewer	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Robert Abernathy	LF	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	-0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.1
131	Henry Smith	SS	4	1942	1945	CAG/IC	-0.2	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.4
132	Greene Farmer	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
133	George Daniels	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
134	Bonnie Serrell	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	Dave Hoskins	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
136	John Huber	RP	2	1942	1947	CAG/IC	-0.2	-0.2	-0.5	0.5	0.0
137	Jim Colzie	RP	2	1946	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
138	Carrenza Howard	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
139	Philly Holmes	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
140	James Brown	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
141	Andy Porter	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
142	Jimmy Ford	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
143	Alphonso Gerard	RF	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
144	Sam Thompson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
145	Ollie Smith	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
146	Art Pennington	LF	3	1941	1944	CAG/IC	-0.3	0.4	-0.5	0.0	-0.2
147	Cornelius Cook	-	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
148	Barney Higdon	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
149	Hank Jones	-	1	1940	1940	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
150	Leroy Morney	SS	2	1940	1943	CAG/IC	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.1
151	Amos Watson	RP	2	1945	1946	IC	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
152	Willie Simms	CF	1	1940	1940	CAG	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
153	Army Rhodes	1B	2	1940	1942	CAG	-0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.1
154	Bruce Wright	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
155	Brennan King	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
156	Newt Allen	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
157	Benny Felder	SS	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
158	Willie Hudson	LF	3	1940	1942	CAG	-0.3	0.4	-0.2	-0.5	-0.1
159	Verdell Mathis	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
160	Donald Reeves	RF	2	1940	1941	CAG	-0.4	0.7	-0.9	0.0	-0.1
161	Walter Gibbons	-	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
162	Lamb Barbee	RF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
163	Bill Blair	-	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
164	Lázaro Medina	RP	2	1944	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
165	Tice James	SS	2	1941	1946	CAG/IC	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
166	Raúl Navarro	LF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
167	Sam Odom	-	1	1946	1946	IC	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
168	Lester Lockett	2B	3	1942	1946	CAG/IC	-0.5	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
169	Pepper Bassett	C	3	1941	1944	CAG/IC	-0.5	0.0	0.1	-0.7	0.1
170	Wadel Miller	RF	2	1940	1942	CAG	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	0.0
171	Charlie Harris	2B	2	1942	1943	CAG/IC	-0.5	-0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.0
172	Hosea Allen	-	2	1942	1947	CAG/IC	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
173	Jabbo Andrews	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
174	Willie Burns	-	2	1942	1944	CAG/IC	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
175	Ralph Wyatt	SS	2	1941	1942	CAG	-0.6	0.1	-0.9	0.0	0.2
176	George Britt	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.6	0.1	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
177	Coco Ferrer	SS	3	1946	1948	IC	-0.8	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.2
178	Andrés Mesa	LF	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.9	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
179	Armando Vázquez	1B	3	1944	1947	IC	-0.9	0.7	-1.0	-0.3	-0.2
180	Johnny Ray	RF	3	1943	1945	IC	-0.9	-0.5	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
181	Ted Gipson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.9	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	0.0
182	Preacher Henry	RP	4	1943	1948	IC	-1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.0
183	Tommy Johnson	-	2	1940	1942	CAG	-1.2	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0

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