#5 Merrill Cass, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, Springfield Isotopes

#5 Merrill Cass, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, Springfield Isotopes
Saturday, 7/21/1975

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Merrill Cass

6/3/1948
27
USA
6"3
190

Starting Pitcher
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R

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1.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 300,000
1975 (Automatic)
2 Year(s), 119 Days (463 total Days)
112 Day(s)
4 Year(s)

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Movement	Control	Velocity
Overall	7	7	6	88-91 Mph
Versus LHB	7	6	6
Versus RHB	7	7	6
Talent	8	8	6

Pitching Ratings
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7
38
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	4	1	2	3
Versus LHP	1	4	1	2	3
Versus RHP	1	4	1	2	3
Talent	2	4	2	4	2

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1
3
5
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 6 (Range), .937 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
6/4	@BAD	W 8-7	*	7	8	7	7	3	4	W
6/9	NYC	L 1-16	*	3	5	6	5	2	2	L
6/13	DUR	W 5-3	*	8	4	3	3	3	2	W
6/18	@TRV	L 2-4	*	6.1	3	4	4	5	4	L
6/23	TOL	W 5-4	*	8	5	3	3	2	5
6/27	@NYC	L 7-11	*	2.1	8	7	6	1	1	L
7/2	TMP	L 1-9	*	7.1	12	6	5	2	4	L
7/12	TOL	L 5-12	*	4	8	6	6	1	1	L
7/16	TMP	W 9-8	*	7	5	4	3	2	7
7/20	@MUD	W 12-8	*	6	7	7	2	3	0	W

Pitching Stats 1975

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	23	23	4	14	0	7.25	135.1	170	121	109	57	65	0	.0	0	7	30.4

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	0	0	.0	0	0	15.6	11.3	4.3	3.8	19	9	47.4	0	0	.0	6.77

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	226	80	13	3	21	55	61	21	27	0	0	0	.354	.407	.717	1.124
vs. RHB	324	90	15	1	9	53	60	36	38	0	0	7	.278	.353	.414	.766

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	11	11	1	7	0	6.35	66.2	77	52	47	25	34
Road	12	12	3	7	0	8.13	68.2	93	69	62	32	31
This Week	2	2	1	0	0	3.46	13.0	12	11	5	5	7
Last Week	1	1	0	1	0	13.50	4.0	8	6	6	1	1

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	6	6	0	4	0	9.09	33.2	46	36	34	18	12
May	7	7	1	5	0	6.54	42.2	59	32	31	15	23
June	6	6	2	3	0	7.27	34.2	33	30	28	16	18
July	4	4	1	2	0	5.92	24.1	32	23	16	8	12

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
1972	39	10	5	6	0	3.87	104.2	84	45	45	0	36	43	0	0	1.15	SPR
1973	56	17	9	9	1	4.23	159.2	144	94	75	0	59	65	1	0	1.27	SPR
1974	64	1	8	3	1	5.76	79.2	91	54	51	8	45	41	0	0	1.71	SPR
1975	23	23	4	14	0	7.25	135.1	170	121	109	30	57	65	0	0	1.68	SPR
Total	182	51	26	32	2	5.26	479.1	489	314	280	38	197	214	1	0	1.43

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1968, A	15	15	9	3	0	2.48	120.0	102	33	33	22	89	2	1
1968, AA	15	15	4	9	0	4.79	107.0	108	60	57	20	75	3	0
1969, A	12	12	3	6	0	3.36	88.1	84	34	33	10	60	2	0
1969, AA	10	10	1	8	0	5.59	66.0	71	42	41	8	55	1	0
1970, AA	26	26	10	13	0	4.09	196.0	173	91	89	38	141	5	2
1971, AAA	24	24	10	10	0	2.98	184.0	134	69	61	35	194	5	1

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1973	7	0	0	0	0	1.29	7.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0
1974	4	0	1	0	0	11.25	8.0	15	10	10	3	4	0	0
Total	11	0	1	0	0	6.60	15.0	21	11	11	5	5	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1972	39	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	9	0	0	.043	.154	.043	.197	SPR
1973	56	37	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	15	1	0	.027	.077	.027	.104	SPR
1974	64	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	SPR
1975	23	49	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	17	0	0	.041	.040	.082	.122	SPR
Total	182	115	4	0	1	0	4	4	5	42	1	0	.035	.074	.052	.127

Fielding Stats 1975

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.909

135.1

1.46

Player History

Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by Springfield in 1967... Injured on 6/22/1967 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week... Injured on 4/1/1969 with a Strained Bicep Tendon, out for 4 weeks...
Injured on 9/4/1969 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week...
Injured on 8/14/1971 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks...
Earned first career win on 4/23/1972...
Had first career hit on 6/18/1972, off Dallas Scheidel (DUR)...
Won Spalding Cup with Springfield in 1973...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

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