Merl Combs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Merl Combs

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1919

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: 07-Jul-1981

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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 in Riverside, California, at the age of 61.