John Howard Merritt (October 12, 1894 – November 3, 1955) was an

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

. He played one game for the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

in 1913.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Merritt, John 1894 births 1955 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders New York Giants (NL) players Baseball players from Mississippi Sportspeople from Tupelo, Mississippi Knoxville Reds players Clarksdale Swamp Angels players Fort Worth Panthers players Memphis Chickasaws players San Antonio Bronchos players Chattanooga Lookouts players Houston Buffaloes players St. Paul Saints (AA) players Atlanta Crackers players Mobile Bears players