Whit Merrifield

Whitley David Merrifield (born January 24, 1989) is an American professional baseball second baseman and right fielder for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).\n', ' Merrifield graduated from Davie County High School in Mocksville, North Carolina and played college baseball at the University of South Carolina from 2008 to 2010. In the second game of the championship series at the 2010 College World Series, Merrifield hit a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning to give South Carolina the championship. In his three years at South Carolina, he played in 195 games and hit .329/.389/.489 with 27 home runs.\n', ' Merrifield was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the ninth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft. He signed with the Royals and made his professional debut that season with the Burlington Bees. In 47 games he hit .253/.317/.409 with five home runs and 26 RBIs. In 2011 Merrifield played for the Wilmington Blue Rocks where he batted .262 with five home runs and 36 RBIS, and 2012 with both Wilmington and the Northwest Arkansas Naturals where he compiled a combined .258 batting average with nine home runs and 44 RBIs in 125 games between both teams. He spent 2013 with Northwest Arkansas where he batted .270/.319/.391 with three home runs and 43 RBIs in 94 games. Merrifield returned to Northwest Arkansas to start 2014 and was promoted to the Omaha Storm Chasers during the season. In 120 games between the two clubs, he slashed .319/.371/.470 with eight home runs and 49 RBIs. In 2015, Merrifield played for Omaha where he posted a .265 batting average with five home runs and 38 RBIs in 135 games. He returned to Omaha to start the 2016 season.\n', '