Researching Merl Combs
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 586 people with the Combs surname? In that year Combs was ranked number 2993 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 132 people with the Combs surname in the UK? Combs is now ranked number 3918 for popularity in the UK. |
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Merl Combs
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 and 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 tall and weighed . 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,, as a coach on the staff of the Texas Rangers.
Combs died of lung cancer in Riverside, California, at the age of 61.
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