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Lou Merloni 2B

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Career Summary
Years PA AVG OBP SLG DRC+ WARP
15 1223 .271 .332 .384 82 1.2
Birth Date4-6-1971
Height5' 10"
Weight200 lbs
Age53 years, 0 months, 12 days
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

YEAR TEAM AGE G PA H 2B 3B HR BB SO HBP SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ DRAA BRR FRAA BWARP
1998 BOS 27 39 106 27 6 0 1 7 20 2 1 0 .281 .343 .375 86 -1.6 0.4 0.3 0.2
1999 BOS 28 43 140 32 7 0 1 8 16 2 0 0 .254 .307 .333 68 -5.5 0.1 -0.7 -0.1
2000 BOS 29 40 139 41 11 2 0 4 22 1 1 0 .320 .341 .438 63 -6.3 -1.3 0.2 -0.2
2001 BOS 30 52 159 39 10 0 3 6 31 3 2 1 .267 .306 .397 76 -4.2 -0.9 0.4 0.2
2002 BOS 31 84 222 48 12 2 4 20 35 5 1 2 .247 .332 .392 96 -0.1 -1.3 1.2 0.6
2003 BOS 32 15 34 7 1 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 .233 .324 .267 89 -0.4 -0.1 0.3 0.1
2003 SDN 32 65 179 41 7 2 1 22 33 1 2 3 .272 .362 .364 93 -1.0 1.7 0.9 0.7
2004 CLE 33 71 214 55 12 1 4 14 41 3 1 2 .289 .343 .426 85 -3.8 -1.1 -1.0 -0.2
2005 ANA 34 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .143 .000 82 -0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0
2006 CLE 35 9 23 4 1 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 .211 .286 .263 73 -0.7 0.0 -1.1 -0.1
Career423122329467714882131798.271.332.38482-23.6-2.50.81.2

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G PA oppAVG oppOBP oppSLG BABIP BPF BRAA repLVL POS_ADJ DRC+ DRC+ SD FRAA BRR DRAA BWARP
1993 FTL A+ FSL 44 174 .000 .000 .000 .281 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1994 SAR A+ FSL 113 479 .000 .000 .000 .323 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1995 TRN AA EAS 93 381 .000 .000 .000 .313 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 TRN AA EAS 28 110 .000 .000 .000 .253 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1996 PAW AAA INT 38 132 .000 .000 .000 .286 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 TRN AA EAS 0 297 .000 .000 .000 .357 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 PAW AAA INT 0 184 .000 .000 .000 .314 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1998 BOS MLB AL 39 106 .271 .345 .434 .347 100 -1.3 2.9 -0.1 86 13 0.3 0.4 -1.6 0.2
1998 PAW AAA INT 0 112 .000 .000 .000 .388 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1999 BOS MLB AL 43 140 .281 .353 .443 .282 96 -6.6 3.9 1 68 12 -0.7 0.1 -5.5 -0.1
1999 PAW AAA INT 0 268 .000 .000 .000 .310 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2000 BOS MLB AL 40 139 .277 .347 .442 .380 85 -0.2 4.4 0.6 63 10 0.2 -1.3 -6.3 -0.2
2000 PAW AAA INT 0 42 .000 .000 .000 .429 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 BOS MLB AL 52 159 .272 .337 .438 .316 96 -2.4 4.7 2 76 12 0.4 -0.9 -4.2 0.2
2001 PAW AAA INT 52 218 .000 .000 .000 .299 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2002 BOS MLB AL 84 222 .265 .333 .417 .282 98 -0.3 6.4 -0.1 96 13 1.2 -1.3 -0.1 0.6
2002 PAW AAA INT 8 28 .000 .000 .000 .227 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2003 BOS MLB AL 15 34 .253 .315 .407 .318 98 -1.4 0.9 0.1 89 10 0.3 -0.1 -0.4 0.1
2003 SDN MLB NL 65 179 .262 .333 .416 .333 94 2.7 4.7 1.1 93 10 0.9 1.7 -1.0 0.7
2003 LEL A+ CLF 5 21 .000 .000 .000 .444 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2004 CLE MLB AL 71 214 .272 .339 .439 .345 104 -0.6 6.4 -2.7 85 15 -1.0 -1.1 -3.8 -0.2
2004 MHV A- NYP 2 8 .000 .000 .000 .250 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2005 ANA MLB AL 5 7 .230 .329 .347 .000 105 -0.8 0.2 0 82 7 0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.0
2005 SLC AAA PCL 6 28 .298 .370 .491 .400 108 0.9 0.9 -0.1 93 0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0
2006 CLE MLB AL 9 23 .263 .319 .431 .286 107 -2 0.7 0.1 73 15 -1.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1
2006 BUF AAA INT 91 374 .257 .325 .394 .314 101 3.6 10.2 -3 118 0 11.0 -1.8 7.3 2.3
2007 SAC AAA PCL 110 446 .283 .351 .442 .282 99 -9.9 14.4 1.4 81 0 -2.1 -2.3 -8.5 0.3

Statistics For All Levels

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Year Team lvl LG PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG ISO SF SH
1993 FTL A+ FSL 174 156 14 38 1 1 2 47 21 13 26 1 1 .244 .306 .301 .058 0 0
1994 SAR A+ FSL 479 419 59 120 16 2 1 143 63 36 57 5 2 .286 .348 .341 .055 7 7
1995 TRN AA EAS 381 318 42 88 16 1 1 109 30 39 50 7 7 .277 .364 .343 .066 11 11
1996 PAW AAA INT 132 115 19 29 6 0 1 38 12 10 20 0 1 .252 .318 .330 .078 4 4
1996 TRN AA EAS 110 95 11 22 6 1 3 39 16 9 18 0 2 .232 .327 .411 .179 1 1
1997 PAW AAA INT 184 165 24 49 10 0 5 74 24 15 20 0 2 .297 .370 .448 .152 0 0
1997 TRN AA EAS 297 255 49 79 17 4 5 119 37 30 43 3 2 .310 .407 .467 .157 0 0
1998 PAW AAA INT 112 88 17 34 3 1 8 63 22 16 13 2 2 .386 .518 .716 .330 0 0
1998 BOS MLB AL 106 96 10 27 6 0 1 36 15 7 20 1 0 .281 .343 .375 .094 0 1
1999 PAW AAA INT 268 229 45 64 14 1 7 101 36 30 38 1 1 .279 .384 .441 .162 0 0
1999 BOS MLB AL 140 126 18 32 7 0 1 42 13 8 16 0 0 .254 .307 .333 .079 1 3
2000 BOS MLB AL 139 128 10 41 11 2 0 56 18 4 22 1 0 .320 .341 .438 .117 2 4
2000 PAW AAA INT 42 39 6 16 2 0 1 21 5 3 3 0 1 .410 .452 .538 .128 0 0
2001 PAW AAA INT 218 195 30 51 12 0 4 75 20 15 37 2 0 .262 .326 .385 .123 3 3
2001 BOS MLB AL 159 146 21 39 10 0 3 58 13 6 31 2 1 .267 .306 .397 .130 2 2
2002 PAW AAA INT 28 25 1 5 2 0 0 7 2 1 3 0 0 .200 .259 .280 .080 0 0
2002 BOS MLB AL 222 194 28 48 12 2 4 76 18 20 35 1 2 .247 .332 .392 .144 1 2
2003 SDN MLB NL 179 151 20 41 7 2 1 55 17 22 33 2 3 .272 .362 .364 .093 3 2
2003 LEL A+ CLF 21 19 3 9 3 0 1 15 7 1 0 0 0 .474 .500 .789 .316 0 0
2003 BOS MLB AL 34 30 4 7 1 0 0 8 1 4 8 0 0 .233 .324 .267 .033 0 0
2004 CLE MLB AL 214 190 25 55 12 1 4 81 28 14 41 1 2 .289 .343 .426 .137 3 4
2004 MHV A- NYP 8 8 1 2 0 0 1 5 4 0 3 0 0 .250 .250 .625 .375 0 0
2005 SLC AAA PCL 28 25 6 8 3 0 0 11 6 2 5 0 0 .320 .393 .440 .120 0 0
2005 ANA MLB AL 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .000 .143 .000 .000 1 0
2006 BUF AAA INT 374 330 33 94 22 0 7 137 38 29 49 0 2 .285 .359 .415 .130 3 3
2006 CLE MLB AL 23 19 1 4 1 0 0 5 1 2 5 1 0 .211 .286 .263 .053 0 2
2007 SAC AAA PCL 446 393 47 100 21 2 3 134 39 40 51 1 4 .254 .324 .341 .087 5 5

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr% CSAA

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2005-05-02 2005-10-17 60-DL 168 137 Right Ankle Surgery Torn Ligaments 2005-05-12
2004-08-09 2004-09-01 15-DL 23 21 Right Elbow Inflammation -
2003-06-08 2003-07-04 15-DL 26 23 Right Knee Contusion -
2001-06-06 2001-06-21 15-DL 15 13 Left Elbow Contusion -
2000-09-02 2000-09-06 DTD 4 4 - Head Concussion Player Brawl -
1998-06-29 1998-09-12 60-DL 75 66 Left Knee Inflammation Patellar Tendinitis - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 ANA $500,000
2004 CLE $560,000
2003 SDN, BOS $560,000
2002 BOS $290,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$1,910,000
4 yrTotal$1,910,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 81 d

Details
  • Fa-CLE 1/07 (minor-league contract)
  • recalled 9/06 optioned to Triple-A 6/06 contract purchased 5/06 sent to minor-league camp 3/06 signed as a free agent from LAA 12/05 (minor-league contract)
  • contract purchased 4/05 signed as a free agent from CLE 1/05, 1 year/$0.5M (05) (minor-league contract) contract purchased 4/04 signed as a free agent from BOS 1/04 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.56M (04)
  • non-tendered 12/03
  • acquired in trade from SD 8/03 claimed off waivers from BOS 3/03
  • 1 year/$0.56M (03) 1/03 (avoided arbitration, $0.625M-$0.45M) optioned to Triple-A 4/02 1 year/$0.29M (02) 3/02
  • recalled 9/01 optioned to Triple-A 7/01 recalled 6/01

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG DRC+ VORP FRAA WARP
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