#43 Matt Merullo , Catcher, 40 yrs, Walla Walla White Tigers

#43 Matt Merullo , Catcher, 40 yrs, Walla Walla White Tigers
Wednesday, 7/16/2009

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Matt Merullo

1/1/1969
40
Winchester, MA
6"0
205

Catcher
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3 / 6 (Well Known)
3 / 6 (Well Known)
Very inconsistent
Suffers
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2.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 2,083,200
2009
8 Year(s), 163 Days (1539 total Days)
120 Day(s)
8 Year(s), 163 Days (1539 total Days)
10 Year(s)
Not eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	53	32	46	6	73
Versus LHP	69	38	52	7	76
Versus RHP	46	29	44	6	72
Talent	54	34	54	14	74

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3
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1
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Fielding Ratings
C : 3 (Range), 1.000 (Fielding Pct.)
1B : 3 (Range), .983 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 6
Infield Arm : 2
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
7/4	SS	L 1-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
7/5	SS	W 4-3	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	#8	PoG
7/8	@NB	L 1-4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
7/9	@NB	W 11-0	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
7/10	FS	W 5-1	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	#8
7/11	FS	L 3-10	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
7/12	FS	L 5-6	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	#8
7/13	FS	L 3-9	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#6
7/15	@AV	L 3-6	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#7
7/16	@AV	L 9-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#9

Batting Stats 2009

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	81	286	88	8	1	7	41	31	13	28	.308	.336	.416	.752	.644	.108
Projected	138	488	150	14	2	12	70	53	22	48	.308	.336	.416	.752	.644	.108

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	78	305	0	0	0	8	4	2	119	16	2	2	50.0	39.4	5.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	90	25	3	0	2	9	9	4	10	0	0	0	.278	.309	.378	.686
vs. RHP	196	63	5	1	5	32	22	9	18	2	4	0	.321	.348	.434	.781
Close/Late	32	15	3	0	1	11	3	1	3	0	1	0	.469	.471	.656	1.127
Scoring Position	76	25	3	1	3	35	0	2	8	2	1	0	.329	.333	.513	.846
Pinch Hitting	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	43	143	43	4	1	3	23	20	10	14	.301	.342	.406	.748
Road	38	143	45	4	0	4	18	11	3	14	.315	.320	.427	.747
This Week	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800
Last Week	6	21	9	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	.429	.478	.429	.907
March/April	26	88	25	2	0	2	17	10	4	10	.284	.302	.375	.677
May	22	88	23	2	1	3	11	9	1	11	.261	.270	.409	.679
June	21	74	25	4	0	2	10	9	4	6	.338	.367	.473	.840
July	12	36	15	0	0	0	3	3	4	1	.417	.463	.417	.880

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1999	161	690	169	23	1	21	80	52	3	0	0	81	0	0	.245	.248	.372	.621	CO
2001	156	638	195	36	3	19	79	82	9	0	0	66	1	0	.306	.315	.461	.776	CO,ML,ML,ML
2002	153	591	174	25	4	23	91	86	14	0	0	49	0	0	.294	.311	.467	.778	CO,ML
2003	149	574	154	16	2	17	69	62	23	0	0	60	0	0	.268	.296	.392	.688	CO
2004	119	431	120	31	0	9	63	45	14	0	6	35	2	0	.278	.297	.413	.710	CO
2005	135	454	117	17	1	9	55	33	21	0	7	58	2	0	.258	.286	.359	.645	CO
2006	102	287	87	18	0	6	44	46	11	0	2	38	0	0	.303	.327	.429	.755	CO SJ
2007	139	427	103	6	1	10	52	28	21	0	1	58	1	1	.241	.276	.330	.606	CO
2008	85	256	76	9	2	3	38	25	3	0	2	38	0	0	.297	.303	.383	.685	CO WW
2009	81	286	88	8	1	7	41	31	13	0	2	28	2	2	.308	.336	.416	.752	WW
Total	1280	4634	1283	189	15	124	612	490	132	0	20	511	8	3	.277	.296	.404	.700

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2008, AAA	3	5	3	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2009

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Catcher	79	78	460	44	2	505	1	.998	694.2	6.54	1	88	28	31.8
First Base	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50

Player History

Was selected to the 2001 Allstar game... Was selected to the 2002 Allstar game... Injured on 6/26/2004 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks... 2/1/2005: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,949,
500 through salary arbitration...
2/1/2006: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,949,500 through salary arbitration...
Traded from Chicago to Sandfly on 3/3/2006 (Going to CO: P Fernando Valenzuela, 3B Kurt Stillwell . Going to SJ: C Matt Merullo )...
Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 3/26/2007 to a 3-year deal worth $2,083,200 per year...
Was claimed off waivers by Walla Walla on 5/20/2008.

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