user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: How many years was the 2nd place team Merchants, Tampico, IL?
Columns: ['Year', '1st Place Team', '2nd Place Team', '3rd Place Team', '4th Place Team', 'Host Location']
Types: ['real', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [1951.0, 'Hoak Packers, Fresno, CA', 'Nitehawks, Long Beach, CA', 'Robitaille Motors, Montreal, QC', 'Wells Motors, Greeley, CO', 'Greeley, CO']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("Year") FROM "Table" WHERE "2nd Place Team" = 'Merchants, Tampico, IL';