Henry Merchant

1940–1948 · Bats L · Throws L · 6'3", 180 lb · b. 1918 Birmingham, AL

Career 129 G · 90 H · 1 HR · 34 RBI · .237 AVG · 3–2 · 3.67 ERA · 9 SO · 41.2 IP

Seasons leading his league

0 best in baseball 2 league only

6 Top-5 finishes

2 Title seasons

2 Categories led

1944 Best season

Spanning 1944–1946, peaking at 1 titles in 1944.

Team records #2 Indianapolis Clowns career SV #2 Indianapolis Clowns career R #2 Indianapolis Clowns career SB #2 Indianapolis Clowns 1946 SV #4 Indianapolis Clowns 1947 HR #5 Indianapolis Clowns career RBI #5 Indianapolis Clowns career H #5 Indianapolis Clowns 1947 R #7 Indianapolis Clowns career HR #8 Indianapolis Clowns career W

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

2,194th League titles 2
3,509th Top-5 finishes 6

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

No top-500 all-time placing His career totals do not reach the top 500 in any tracked category — unsurprising for most careers, and no reflection on the season titles alongside.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Outfield Assists	1	1st	—	1944 NAL 4
Saves	1	1st	—	1946 NAL 1

Title Seasons

2 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1946	1	SV 1
1944	1	OF A 4

Batting

9 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1940	CAG	NAL	9	19	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	.211	.250	.211	.461
1941	CAG	NAL	8	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.231	.375	.308	.683
1942	CAG	NAL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—
1943	CC	NAL	6	14	2	4	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	.286	.375	.429	.804
1944	CIC	NAL	20	69	13	17	2	2	0	8	11	0	2	.246	.358	.333	.691
1945	CIC	NAL	20	63	6	15	1	0	0	7	9	0	2	.238	.333	.254	.587
1946	CIC	NAL	11	38	8	12	1	0	0	3	5	0	1	.316	.395	.342	.737
1947	CIC	NAL	27	94	18	23	1	0	1	8	11	0	0	.245	.330	.287	.617
1948	IC	NAL	26	69	10	12	4	0	0	4	8	1	1	.174	.260	.232	.492
Career	—	—	129	379	58	90	10	3	1	34	50	2	8	.237	.329	.288	.617

Pitching

led the league 7 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
1940	CAG	NAL	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
1941	CAG	NAL	1	0	5.79	4	0	0	9.1	10	6	0	6	3	1.71
1942	CAG	NAL	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	3	2	0	0	1	1.50
1944	CIC	NAL	1	1	1.00	2	2	0	18.0	16	2	0	2	4	1.00
1945	CIC	NAL	0	1	6.75	1	1	0	5.1	9	4	1	0	1	1.69
1946	CIC	NAL	1	0	1.80	2	1	1	5.0	4	1	0	3	0	1.40
1947	CIC	NAL	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	4	2	0	1	0	5.00
Career	—	—	3	2	3.67	13	4	1	41.2	46	17	1	12	9	1.39

Fielding

4 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1940	CAG	NAL	OF	7	7	50.0	14	0	3	0	17	.824	2.00
			P	1	0	1.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.00
1941	CAG	NAL	OF	4	3	25.0	6	0	0	0	6	1.000	1.50
			P	4	0	9.1	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	0.50
1942	CAG	NAL	P	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1943	CC	NAL	OF	6	5	36.0	9	0	1	0	10	.900	1.50
1944	CIC	NAL	OF	17	16	139.0	31	4	5	0	40	.875	2.06
			P	2	2	18.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
1945	CIC	NAL	OF	18	17	142.1	33	0	1	0	34	.971	1.83
			P	1	1	5.1	0	2	0	0	2	1.000	2.00
1946	CIC	NAL	OF	7	6	58.1	8	0	1	0	9	.889	1.14
			1B	3	2	19.1	17	2	1	1	20	.950	6.33
			P	2	1	5.0	0	1	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
1947	CIC	NAL	OF	25	23	188.1	44	3	2	0	49	.959	1.88
			1B	2	1	15.0	22	1	1	1	24	.958	11.50
			3B	2	1	8.0	2	5	0	1	7	1.000	3.50
			P	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1948	IC	NAL	OF	17	14	129.2	38	3	3	0	44	.932	2.41
			1B	4	4	24.0	29	1	0	1	30	1.000	7.50
Career	—	—	OF	101	91	768.2	183	10	16	0	209	.923	1.91
	—	—	P	13	4	41.2	1	6	0	0	7	1.000	0.54
	—	—	1B	9	7	58.1	68	4	2	3	74	.973	8.00
	—	—	3B	2	1	8.0	2	5	0	1	7	1.000	3.50