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Merl Combs

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Merl Combs
Combs in 1974 as a coach for the Texas Rangers
Shortstop
Born: (1919-12-11)December 11, 1919
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died: July 7, 1981(1981-07-07) (aged 61)
Riverside, California, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 12, 1947, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 28, 1952, for the Cleveland Indians
MLB statistics
Batting average.202
Home runs2
Runs batted in25
Teams

Merrill Russell "Merl" Combs (December 11, 1919 – July 7, 1981) was an American professional baseball player, scout and coach. Combs' active career spanned ten seasons (1941; 1946–1954). He was a backup shortstop in Major League Baseball who played between 1947 and 1952 for the Boston Red Sox (1947; 1949–50), Washington Senators (1950) and Cleveland Indians (1951–52). Combs batted left-handed and threw right-handed; he stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 172 pounds (78 kg). He was born in Los Angeles, and attended the University of Southern California.

In a five-season MLB career, Combs was a .202 hitter (73-for-361) with two home runs and 25 RBI in 140 games played, including 45 runs, six doubles and one triple. Thereafter, he was a longtime scout for multiple Major League organizations, and spent one season, 1975, as a coach on the staff of the Texas Rangers.

Combs died of lung cancer in Riverside, California, at the age of 61.[1]

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