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Israel
Merchant		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 170
 
Born: May 17, 1985 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 19 MD FF     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4
2005 20 MD FF     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
2006 21 MD FF     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
2007 22 MD FF     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
2008 23 MD FF     0 0 1 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     0 0 1 0 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 24 MD FF   7 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7
2010 25 MD FF $ 300,000 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 7 7
2011 26 MD FF $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
2012 27 MD FF $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
2013 28 MD FF $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
2014 29 MD FF $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
2015 30 MD FF   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
2016 31 MD FF $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2017 32 MD FF $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2018 33 MD FF   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 19 MD FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 20 MD FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 21 MD FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 22 MD FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 23 MD FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 24 MD FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2010 25 MD FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2011 26 MD FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2012 27 MD FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2013 28 MD FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2014 29 MD FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2015 30 MD FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2016 31 MD FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2017 32 MD FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
2018 33 MD FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 19 A   9 5 .643 21 21 0 0 0 133.3 166 58 9 36 125 3.92 .302 .345 .387 .732  
2005 20 A   11 8 .579 22 22 2 0 0 141.0 173 69 13 30 133 4.40 .296 .331 .406 .736  
2006 21 A   6 7 .462 21 21 1 1 0 139.0 165 63 11 44 139 4.08 .293 .344 .394 .737  
2007 22 A   9 11 .450 24 24 1 1 0 164.0 158 72 12 55 207 3.95 .248 .308 .352 .659  
2008 23 A   6 4 .600 13 13 0 0 0 79.0 74 31 4 26 93 3.53 .245 .305 .318 .623  
2009 24 A   20 4 .833 30 30 5 2 0 230.7 201 68 10 79 116 2.65 .233 .298 .321 .618  
2010 25 AAA   1 2 .333 4 4 1 0 0 26.0 31 15 3 11 14 5.19 .304 .372 .471 .842  
    AA   5 7 .417 18 18 3 1 0 139.7 110 47 9 34 66 3.03 .212 .260 .304 .565  
    A   3 2 .600 6 6 3 1 0 47.0 40 15 1 13 16 2.87 .231 .285 .329 .614  
2011 26 MD FF 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.6
    AAA   5 4 .556 23 9 1 0 0 87.3 80 36 12 38 46 3.71 .239 .316 .391 .707  
2012 27 AAA   10 6 .625 24 24 2 0 0 172.0 128 48 9 72 88 2.51 .208 .291 .302 .594  
2013 28 MD FF 1 3 .250 12 5 0 0 0 33.3 32 22 3 23 15 5.94 .246 .357 .369 .726 0.0
    AAA   8 6 .571 18 18 0 0 0 114.7 107 40 10 44 78 3.14 .248 .317 .368 .685  
2014 29 MD FF 1 2 .333 24 3 0 0 1 48.0 36 21 8 20 19 3.94 .202 .296 .371 .666 1.2
2015 30 AAA   2 0 1.000 77 0 0 0 6 81.7 58 25 9 51 52 2.76 .197 .315 .329 .644  
2016 31 MD FF 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2
    AAA   4 1 .800 52 0 0 0 0 49.3 29 5 1 20 31 0.91 .170 .257 .228 .485  
2017 32 AAA   1 3 .250 77 0 0 0 4 68.3 45 20 6 40 47 2.63 .191 .308 .288 .596  
2018 33 AAA   2 3 .400 46 0 0 0 0 82.3 77 47 12 36 52 5.14 .248 .326 .431 .757  
4 Years Sim 3 5 .375 39 8 0 0 1 84.7 69 43 11 44 36 4.57 .216 .317 .361 .678 1.9
8 Years AAA 33 25 .569 321 55 4 0 10 681.6 555 236 62 312 408 3.12 .222 .309 .345 .654  
1 Years AA 5 7 .417 18 18 3 1 0 139.7 110 47 9 34 66 3.03 .212 .260 .304 .565  
7 Years A 64 41 .610 137 137 12 5 0 934.0 977 376 60 283 829 3.62 .266 .319 .361 .680  
16 Years Minors 102 73 .583 476 210 19 6 10 1755.3 1642 659 131 629 1303 3.38 .246 .310 .351 .661  
Season Average 0 1 .000 9 2 0 0 0 21.2 17 10 2 11 9 4.57 .216 .317 .361 .678  
Career Highs 1 3 1.000 24 5 0 0 1 48.0 36 22 8 23 19 5.94 .246 .357 .371 .726  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   47 30 8 26 26   .236 .324 .412 .737
vs LH   22 13 3 18 10   .183 .290 .275 .565
Home 1 2 .333 16 3 0 0 1 33.3 32 23 5 16 13 6.21 .246 .329 .408 .736
Away 2 3 .400 23 5 0 0 0 51.3 37 20 6 28 23 3.51 .196 .300 .328 .628
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 5 2 0 0 0 14.0 7 6 3 7 6 3.86 .143 .250 .327 .577
May 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 10.0 9 2 1 5 1 1.80 .237 .326 .342 .668
June 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 3 1 1 0 27.00 .400 .500 1.000 1.500
July 0 3 .000 6 5 0 0 0 27.7 25 18 3 17 13 5.86 .236 .341 .377 .719
August 0 1 .000 4 1 0 0 1 11.7 10 4 1 4 5 3.09 .222 .286 .333 .619
Sep/Oct 3 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 0 20.3 16 10 2 10 11 4.43 .211 .302 .342 .644
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2011 26 MD FF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
2013 28 MD FF 12 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.4 0.0
2014 29 MD FF 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
3 Years Sim 37 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .067 .133 -0.7 0.0
162 Game Average 65 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 .067 .067 .067 .133 -3.2  
Career Highs 24 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 0.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Away 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
RISP   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
August 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Sep/Oct 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2011 26 MD FF P 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2013 28 MD FF P 12 5 33.3 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.70    
2014 29 MD FF P 24 3 48.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.88    
2016 31 MD FF P 2 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   39 8 84.7 4 16 0 0 1.000 2.13    
Career Highs   24 5 48.0 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.70    
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 47th overall pick, by Maryland in 2004
Injured on 6/4/2004 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 7/27/2004 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/8/2006 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 5/22/2008 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 9 weeks
Injured on 7/22/2011 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Earned first career win on 9/8/2011
Injured on 4/11/2012 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 5 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/27/2013, off Albert Olmos (Vir)
 
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