#67 Merlin "Knight" Shinichi, Third Base, 25 yrs, Marlboro Stallions

#67 Merlin "Knight" Shinichi, Third Base, 25 yrs, Marlboro Stallions
Thursday, 10/13/1994

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Merlin Shinichi
Knight
12/27/1968
25
USA
6"2
205

Third Base
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R

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Normal
3.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 3,785,714
1994 (Arbitration eligible)
4 Year(s), 81 Days (769 total Days)
172 Day(s)
4 Year(s), 81 Days (769 total Days)
4 Year(s)
Arbitration eligible
3 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	8	7	8	8	7
Versus LHP	6	6	8	7	7
Versus RHP	9	7	8	9	8
Talent	8	6	10	9	8

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3
4
4
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2
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Fielding Ratings
3B : 4 (Range), .956 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 10
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
9/19	@CB	L 9-11	4	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	#5
9/21	USR	W 7-5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	#4
9/23	UP	W 11-2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/24	UP	L 0-4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5
9/25	UP	W 4-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	#5
9/26	GDY	L 1-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
9/27	GDY	W 15-5	4	2	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	#5
9/28	GDY	L 3-10	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#4
9/30	@HSO	W 4-0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#5
10/2	@HSO	W 13-3	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	#5

Batting Stats 1994

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	140	509	149	29	2	26	112	95	77	82	.293	.384	.511	.895	.909	.218
Projected	138	503	147	29	2	26	111	94	76	81	.293	.384	.511	.895	.909	.218

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	136	593	2	4	0	14	0	5	260	57	0	0	.0	103.1	7.4

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	115	25	4	0	5	20	19	18	23	1	0	0	.217	.321	.383	.704
vs. RHP	394	124	25	2	21	92	76	59	59	4	0	2	.315	.403	.548	.951
Close/Late	25	6	0	0	1	7	6	7	5	0	0	0	.240	.406	.360	.766
Scoring Position	136	44	6	1	13	87	0	24	19	5	0	1	.324	.416	.669	1.085
Pinch Hitting	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	72	259	83	19	0	14	59	57	34	43	.320	.398	.556	.954
Road	68	250	66	10	2	12	53	38	43	39	.264	.371	.464	.835
March/April	25	95	30	8	0	2	16	19	7	13	.316	.359	.463	.822
May	14	52	10	3	0	1	8	7	7	13	.192	.283	.308	.591
June	25	87	24	3	0	5	16	16	16	18	.276	.381	.483	.864
July	28	106	29	7	0	5	28	20	13	16	.274	.361	.481	.842
August	24	80	30	5	0	8	21	13	21	8	.375	.505	.738	1.242
Sept/Oct	24	89	26	3	2	5	23	20	13	14	.292	.382	.539	.922

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1990	64	227	72	13	0	7	37	29	28	2	1	41	0	1	.317	.395	.467	.862	UNI MAR
1991	158	569	198	22	2	28	111	99	76	3	4	92	0	1	.348	.425	.541	.966	MAR,EL
1992	155	541	173	24	3	24	96	107	89	4	2	74	0	0	.320	.418	.508	.927	MAR
1993	161	579	182	30	3	28	109	110	95	6	4	67	0	3	.314	.414	.522	.935	MAR
1994	140	509	149	29	2	26	112	95	77	2	5	82	0	0	.293	.384	.511	.895	MAR
Total	678	2425	774	118	10	113	465	440	365	17	16	356	0	5	.319	.409	.516	.925

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1990, AAA	43	154	42	2	0	6	19	21	30	32	0	2	.273	.389	.403	.792

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1991	4	15	6	1	0	1	2	3	3	4	0	0	.400	.500	.667	1.167
1992	7	29	14	3	0	0	4	4	2	5	0	0	.483	.516	.586	1.102
1993	12	43	14	2	0	1	10	11	12	4	0	0	.326	.473	.442	.915
Total	23	87	34	6	0	2	16	18	17	13	0	0	.391	.490	.529	1.019

Fielding Stats 1994

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Second Base	25	25	48	65	23	115	2	.983	218.2	4.73
Third Base	107	105	51	198	20	264	15	.943	879.0	2.70

Player History

Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Unilever in 1990...
Traded from Unilever to Marlboro on 7/11/1990 (Going to UNI: LF Moises Alou. Going to MAR: C Ralph Wu, 3B Merlin Shinichi)...
Had first career hit on 7/19/1990, off Ron Davis (HER)...
Hit first career homerun on 7/21/1990, off Rob Dibble (MGM)...
Hit 3 homeruns against Unilever, driving in 7 runs on 7/31/1991...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/1/1991, hitting .500 with 6 HR, 15 RBI...
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game...
Won Platinum Glove at Third Base in 1991...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/5/1992, hitting .542 with 3 HR, 11 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/12/1992, hitting .667 with 3 HR, 6 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Sony on 6/28/1993...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/4/1993, hitting .600 with 3 HR, 11 RBI...
2/3/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 5/5/1994 with a Tender Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 1991 - .348 - 2nd	OBP 1991 - .425 - 3rd 1992 - .418 - 8th 1993 - .414 - 5th	OPS 1991 - .966 - 9th	Hits 1991 - 198 - 5th	BB 1992 - 89 - 7th 1993 - 95 - 5th

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