#8 Merritt Ranew, Catcher, 34 yrs, Houston Astros - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#8 Merritt Ranew, Catcher, 34 yrs, Houston Astros
Friday, 3/2/1973

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Merritt Ranew

5/10/1938
34
USA,GA,ALBANY
5"10
190

Catcher
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R

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1 / 6 (Insignificant)
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Normal
Prone
1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 100,000
1973
10 Year(s), 93 Days (1813 total Days)
0 Day(s)
11 Year(s)

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	5	3	1	4	3
Versus LHP	4	3	1	3	3
Versus RHP	5	4	1	4	3
Talent	5	4	1	4	4

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2
1
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3
1
Normal

Fielding Ratings
C : 3 (Range), .984 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 2 (Range), .997 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 2
Infield Arm : 2
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

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Batting Stats 1973

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Projected	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
vs. RHP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Close/Late	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Scoring Position	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Pinch Hitting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

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Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1962	19	63	14	4	0	0	8	4	4	1	1	12	0	0	.222	.275	.286	.561	HOU
1963	130	427	116	24	3	6	48	56	26	7	4	83	0	3	.272	.321	.384	.705	HOU
1964	137	356	108	15	5	1	29	44	27	4	0	57	2	1	.303	.359	.382	.741	HOU
1965	120	280	77	22	2	3	41	32	25	1	1	47	0	1	.275	.336	.400	.736	HOU
1966	145	502	143	28	5	3	72	42	45	3	0	80	0	0	.285	.347	.378	.726	HOU
1967	125	483	137	18	1	5	57	78	49	6	0	69	6	0	.284	.357	.356	.713	HOU
1968	144	543	143	34	2	3	57	62	42	3	2	80	5	2	.263	.319	.350	.669	HOU
1969	144	502	124	20	0	2	40	46	35	6	3	77	1	0	.247	.302	.299	.601	HOU
1970	141	507	155	19	2	4	50	55	36	3	3	88	0	1	.306	.353	.375	.728	HOU,NL
1971	140	483	134	21	6	4	55	61	40	4	2	72	1	2	.277	.336	.371	.707	HOU,NL
1972	140	491	137	11	2	2	41	54	38	2	3	107	0	1	.279	.331	.322	.653	HOU,NL
Total	1385	4637	1288	216	28	33	498	534	367	40	19	772	15	11	.278	.335	.358	.693

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1962, AAA	75	287	89	15	1	7	47	41	18	51	1	3	.310	.340	.443	.782

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1967	2	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	.444	.444	.444	.889
1968	6	24	7	2	0	0	5	2	0	3	0	0	.292	.292	.375	.667
1970	5	15	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	.333	.375	.333	.708
1971	6	20	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.150	.150	.150	.300
Total	19	68	19	2	0	0	5	4	1	10	0	1	.279	.290	.309	.599

Fielding Stats 1973

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RANGE

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Player History

Drafted in 5th round, 84th overall pick, by Houston in 1962...
Had first career hit on 6/2/1962, off Dave Giusti (PHN)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1963, off Pedro Ramos (PHN)...
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game...
Won World Series Championship with Houston in 1970...
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game...
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
1970 - .306 - 6th

Doubles
1968 - 34 - 7th

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