Henry Merchant
1940–1952 · bats L / throws L · ASE, Chicago American Giants, CI2, Cincinnati Clowns, Indianapolis Clowns, Kansas City Monarchs
150G
.273AVG
.352OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
85H
1HR
25RBI
4SB
5–3W–L
83.1IP
3K
0.11ERA
11GS
Recorded totals from Retrosheet, including regular-season tiebreakers. These are sums of available game records, not a claim to a complete official MLB career. Historical Negro League coverage can include games outside MLB’s recognized 1920–1948 window. Sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 355 | 311 | 52 | 85 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 38 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 | .273 | .352 | .367 | .719 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83.3 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 0.780 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1944-04-17 to 1944-05-12
10longest on-base streak
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | CGChicago American Giants | 13 | 12 | 2 | – | 2 | – | .167 | 16 | – |
| 1941 | CGChicago American Giants | 10 | 15 | 3 | – | – | – | .200 | 9 | – |
| 1942 | CGChicago American Giants | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1943 | CI2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | .500 | – | – |
| 1944 | CCCincinnati Clowns | 25 | 64 | 14 | – | 7 | 1 | .219 | 34 | 2 |
| 1945 | Cincinnati Clowns, Kansas City Monarchs | 13 | 38 | 12 | – | – | 1 | .316 | 5 | 1 |
| 1946 | ICIndianapolis Clowns | 15 | 24 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .417 | 9 | – |
| 1947 | ICIndianapolis Clowns | 23 | 55 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .345 | 10 | – |
| 1948 | ICIndianapolis Clowns | 24 | 54 | 12 | – | 4 | – | .222 | – | – |
| 1949 | ICIndianapolis Clowns | 21 | 41 | 9 | – | 1 | – | .220 | – | – |