Jack Merson

Infobox MLB retired
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name=Jack Merson


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position=Second Baseman
birthdate=birth date|1922|1|17
birthplace=Elk Ridge, Maryland
deathdate=death date|2000|4|28
deathplace=Elk Ridge, Maryland
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=September 14
debutyear=by|1951
debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate=April 24
finalyear=by|1953
finalteam=Boston Red Sox
stat1label=Batting Average
stat1value=.257
stat2label=Home Runs
stat2value=6
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=52
teams=
*Pittsburgh Pirates (1951-1952)
*Boston Red Sox (1953)
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John Warren Merson (January 17, by|1922 - April 28, by|2000) was a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. He was originally signed by the Washington Senators in 1940, but was released in 1941 without playing a single game for them. In 1947, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Merson as a free agent, and he made his debut with Pittsburgh in 1951. He played 111 of 154 games in 1952, batting .246 with five home runs and thirty-eight runs batted in. After the 1952 season, the Boston Red Sox took Merson in the Rule 5 draft. Merson appeared in one game for Boston in 1953 before retiring.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mersoja01.shtml Jack Merson] - Baseball-Reference.com