Lloyd Merriman
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Lloyd Archer Merriman (August 2, 1924 – January 20, 2004) was an American athlete who played professional baseball as an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1949 to 1955 for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs and college baseball and football at Stanford University.
Merriman was born in Clovis, California and postponed college to serve as a United States naval aviator during World War II.[1][2]
At Stanford he was a two sport star, playing both fullback for the football team and outfielder for the baseball team. He was good enough at football to be drafted by the Bears in the 5th Round of the
As a baseball player, Merriman threw and batted
He served in Korea from January to August 1953 at K-3 in
He returned to the Majors in 1954 and batted a career-high .268 in limited service before closing out his MLB career in 1955 playing for both Chicago clubs.
In retirement, he operated an insurance business and raised and trained horses in his native California. He died at 79 in Fresno, California.
Merriman was enshrined in the
References
- ^ a b Baseball in Wartime: Lloyd Merriman
- ^ VFW Magazine. "Mail Call", September 2013, pg. 50.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)