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:

• College: Henderson Institute (Henderson, TX)
• 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	3.1	2.8	0.3	0.0	0.1
2	Roosevelt Davis	SP	3	1943	1945	IC	2.5	-0.3	0.0	2.9	0.0
3	Reinaldo Drake	CF	4	1945	1948	IC	2.0	1.0	1.1	0.0	-0.1
4	Willie Cornelius	SP	3	1940	1942	CAG	1.9	0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
5	Fred Wilson	RF	2	1943	1945	IC	1.8	0.6	0.4	0.9	-0.1
6	Angel García	SP	3	1945	1948	IC	1.7	0.0	0.0	1.6	0.0
7	Hoss Walker	SS	4	1944	1947	IC	1.5	-0.4	1.7	0.0	0.2
8	John Britton	3B	2	1942	1943	CAG/IC	1.5	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.0
9	Clarence Lamar	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	1.3	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.1
10	Alex Radcliff	3B	4	1941	1945	CAG/IC	1.2	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
11	Ed Young	1B	3	1940	1942	CAG	1.2	1.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1
12	Peanuts Davis	SP	2	1943	1946	IC	1.2	-0.2	0.1	1.3	0.0
13	Ted Strong	RF	1	1948	1948	IC	0.9	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
14	Johnny Williams	SP	5	1944	1948	IC	0.8	-0.2	0.1	0.9	0.0
15	Ray Neil	2B	3	1946	1948	IC	0.8	1.1	-0.5	0.0	0.3
16	Ted Bond	3B	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.8	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
17	Jim Cohen	SP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.8	-0.2	0.0	0.9	0.0
18	Gentry Jessup	RP	2	1941	1942	CAG	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.0
19	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
20	Leovigildo Xiqués	LF	3	1944	1947	IC	0.6	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.2
21	Luis Cabrera	SP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0
22	Juan Guilbe	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
23	Goose Tatum	1B	5	1943	1948	IC	0.5	1.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.4
24	Duke Cleveland	RF	2	1946	1947	IC	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.1
25	Willie Ferrell	RP	2	1941	1942	CAG	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
26	Ernie Smith	C	2	1940	1942	CAG	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
27	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
28	Willie McCrary	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
29	Leroy Sutton	RP	2	1942	1945	CAG/IC	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
30	Ralph Wyatt	SS	2	1941	1942	CAG	0.3	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2
31	Buster Haywood	C	6	1943	1948	IC	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2
32	John Lyles	SS	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
33	Walter Cannady	2B	2	1942	1944	IC/CAG	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
34	Wilson Redus	LF	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
35	Manuel Godínez	RP	3	1946	1948	IC	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
36	Fay Washington	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
37	Willie Cathey	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
38	Gene Smith	SS	1	1946	1946	IC	0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
39	Jack Marshall	2B	1	1944	1944	IC	0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
40	Bill Barnes	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
41	Dave Harper	RF	2	1943	1944	IC	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Lloyd Bruce	RP	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
43	José Velásquez	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
44	Vicente Villafañe	RF	1	1947	1947	IC	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
45	Thad Christopher	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.0
46	George Daniels	SP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
47	Antonio Ruiz	SP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
48	Albert Overton	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
49	Fermín Valdés	2B	1	1944	1944	IC	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
50	Pedro Regalado	SS	1	1945	1945	IC	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
51	Curtis Henderson	3B	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
52	Luis Pérez	3B	1	1948	1948	IC	0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
53	George Walker	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
54	Lefty Bowe	SP	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
55	Kelsey	-	1	1943	1943	IC	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
56	Collins Jones	SS	1	1943	1943	IC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Ulysses Evans	RP	2	1942	1943	CAG/IC	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
58	Walter Burch	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	Chuck Wilson	RF	1	1948	1948	IC	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
60	Sylvester Snead	2B	2	1943	1946	IC	0.1	0.9	-1.1	0.2	0.1
61	Leonard Lindsay	1B	3	1943	1947	IC	0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
62	Tomás Quiñones	RP	1	1947	1947	IC	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
63	Paul Stanley	RF	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Frank Duncan	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Les Witherspoon	LF	1	1948	1948	IC	0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
66	Jimmie Newberry	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
67	Joe Brown	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
68	John Henry McQueen	-	1	1944	1944	IC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Zell Miles	RP	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
70	Subby Byas	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	T. J. Brown	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Rafael Cabrera	CF	2	1944	1948	IC	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Leonard Pigg	C	2	1947	1948	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Taylor	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Bill Ortiz	-	1	1945	1945	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Percy Howard	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Harry Else	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
78	Johnnie Dawson	C	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	William Hudson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Lefty Calhoun	RP	1	1946	1946	IC	0.0	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0
82	Kine	C	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Cleo Benson	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Bad News Hall	-	1	1944	1944	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	Deison	RF	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Bob Smith	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Candy Jim Taylor	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Baird	-	1	1946	1946	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Jonas Gaines	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Armour	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Jabbo Andrews	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Nat Rogers	RF	1	1940	1940	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Burrows	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Jimmie Crutchfield	RF	2	1941	1942	CAG	0.0	0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
95	Willie Wells	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
96	Bill Bradford	2B	1	1941	1941	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Koney Williams	SS	1	1948	1948	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	P. Burgess	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Bailey	-	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Alex Colthirst	SS	1	1948	1948	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Luis Pillot	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
102	Harold Millon	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Henderson	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Glover	LF	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Joe Sparks	2B	1	1940	1940	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
106	Archie Ware	1B	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Jim West	1B	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Sam Segraves	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
109	Richard King	-	3	1943	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Jimmy Ford	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Ladd White	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
112	Leroy Cromartie	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
113	Perry Hall	RF	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
114	Oscar Boone	C	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0
115	Felix Terry	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Sylvester Carlisle	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
117	Willie Burns	RP	2	1942	1944	IC/CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	Jimmie Bennett	RP	2	1945	1948	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
119	Francis Jackson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
120	Clyde Nelson	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
121	Sam Thompson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	Lester Lockett	2B	2	1942	1946	CAG/IC	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
123	Ted Alexander	RP	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
124	Robert Abernathy	LF	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	-0.4	0.3	0.0	-0.1
125	Weedy Edwards	RP	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
126	Greene Farmer	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Dave Hoskins	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
128	Sherwood Brewer	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
129	Bonnie Serrell	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
130	Philly Holmes	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
131	Jim Colzie	RP	2	1946	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
132	Harry Jeffries	C	2	1943	1944	IC	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
133	Carrenza Howard	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
134	John Huber	RP	2	1942	1947	IC/CAG	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	James Brown	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
136	Andy Porter	RP	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
137	Donald Reeves	RF	2	1940	1941	CAG	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	0.0	-0.1
138	Eddie Locke	RP	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
139	Army Rhodes	1B	2	1940	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
140	Alphonso Gerard	RF	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
141	Earl Little	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
142	Hosea Allen	-	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
143	Clyde Spearman	RF	2	1941	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
144	Ollie Smith	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
145	George Britt	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
146	Cornelius Cook	-	1	1944	1944	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
147	Tice James	SS	2	1941	1946	IC/CAG	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.1
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	Willie Simms	CF	1	1940	1940	CAG	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.0
151	Amos Watson	RP	2	1945	1946	IC	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
152	Bruce Wright	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
153	Brennan King	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
154	Benny Felder	SS	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
155	Newt Allen	SS	1	1947	1947	IC	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
156	John Bissant	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
157	Billy Horne	2B	2	1940	1941	CAG	-0.3	-0.7	0.2	0.0	0.2
158	Verdell Mathis	-	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
159	Leroy Morney	SS	2	1940	1943	IC/CAG	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.1
160	Lamb Barbee	RF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	0.0	0.0
161	Pepper Bassett	C	3	1941	1944	CAG/IC	-0.4	0.0	0.3	-0.8	0.1
162	Walter Gibbons	-	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
163	Charlie Shields	RP	2	1941	1942	CAG	-0.4	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
164	Bill Blair	-	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
165	Raúl Navarro	LF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
166	Sam Odom	-	1	1946	1946	IC	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
167	Charlie Harris	2B	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0
168	Henry Smith	SS	4	1942	1945	CAG/IC	-0.5	-0.4	-0.6	0.2	0.3
169	Lázaro Medina	RP	2	1944	1945	IC	-0.5	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
170	W. Miller	RF	2	1940	1942	CAG	-0.5	-0.2	0.1	-0.5	0.0
171	Ollie West	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
172	Specs Ellis	-	1	1943	1943	IC	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
173	Art Pennington	LF	3	1941	1944	CAG/IC	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
174	Willie Hudson	LF	3	1940	1942	CAG	-0.6	0.4	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1
175	Armando Vázquez	1B	3	1944	1947	IC	-0.7	0.6	-0.8	-0.3	-0.2
176	Ted Gipson	LF	1	1941	1941	CAG	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
177	Johnny Ray	RF	3	1943	1945	IC	-0.8	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
178	Coco Ferrer	SS	3	1946	1948	IC	-0.8	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.2
179	Andrés Mesa	LF	1	1948	1948	IC	-0.9	-0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
180	Tommy Johnson	RP	2	1940	1942	CAG	-0.9	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	0.0
181	Preacher Henry	RP	4	1943	1948	IC	-1.0	-0.2	0.0	-0.8	0.0

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