finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1969 left 18 october 2011 valdosta , georgia albany , georgia 1962 september 30 .247 8 54 catcher seattle pilots batting average home runs runs batted in april 13 10 may 1938 merritt_ranew . jpg merritt ranew
 houston colt .45 s merritt ranew right
merritt ranew

merritt thomas ranew -lrb- may 10 , 1938 -- october 18 , 2011 -rrb- was an american professional baseball catcher .
ranew was born in albany , georgia .
he was selected in the 1961 mlb expansion draft by the houston colt .45 s from the milwaukee braves .
ranew played for the colt .45 s -lrb- 1962 -rrb- , chicago cubs -lrb- 1963 -- 1964 -rrb- , milwaukee braves -lrb- 1964 -rrb- , california angels -lrb- 1965 -rrb- , and the seattle pilots -lrb- 1969 -rrb- .
he stood and weighed .
he died in valdosta , georgia .
in the minor leagues in 1966 , ranew was clubbed on the head with a bat by santiago rosario and seriously injured .
