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INFIELDER
DAVID MERSHON

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BORN: MAY 24, 2003 OPENING DAY AGE: 21
BIRTHPLACE: TAYLORS, SC RESIDES: TAYLORS, SC
ACQUIRED: 18TH ROUND OF 2024 FIRST-YEAR PLAYER DRAFT
SIGNED THRU: 2025; UNDER CLUB CONTROL; 0/3 OPTIONS USED

NON-ROSTER INVITEE MERSHON

MERSHON’S LIFETIME PLAYING RECORD
Year Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HBP BB IBB SO SB CS GDP SLG OBP E
2024— Rocket City .254 29 114 13 29 5 0 0 8 1 2 1 12 0 31 5 1 2 .298 .326 7
MINOR TOTALS .254 29 114 13 29 5 0 0 8 1 2 1 12 0 31 5 1 2 .298 .326 7
2024 SEASON
◆ Played sophomore season at Mississippi State University and batted .347 (77/222) with 20 extra-base hits and
27 stolen bases in 58 games...Named first-team All-SEC and was a finalist for The Brooks Wallace Award, given
to the top shortstop in the nation.
◆ Totaled 27 steals, which ranked tied for second in the SEC and fourth in school history in a single season.
◆ Selected by Angels in 18th round of First-Year Player Draft and was assigned to Double-A Rocket City.
◆ Batted .254 (29/114) with 13 runs scored, five doubles, eight RBI, and five stolen bases in 29 games with Trash Pandas.
◆ Played for Mesa Solar Sox in Arizona Fall League and batted .263 (10/38) with a .858 OPS in 14 games.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
◆ Made professional debut Aug. 8, 2024 for Double-A Rocket City against Birmingham.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
◆ July 16, 2024...Selected by Angels in 18th round of First-Year Player Draft (signed July 19, 2024).
PERSONAL/MISC
◆ David Charles Heenen Mershon...Instagram: @mershyyyyyy
◆ Attended Mississippi State from 2023-2024...Batted .329 (100/304) with 76 runs scored, 14 doubles, two triples,
six home runs, 46 RBI, and a .894 OPS in 88 games played in collegiate career.
◆ Graduated from Eastside High School (Taylors, SC) and helped his team to state titles in 2019 and 2022...Named
All-State in 2019, 2021 and 2022…Lost his sophomore season due to the pandemic...Hit over .400 every year in
high school, .415 batting average as a freshman, .430 batting average as a junior and .500 as a senior.
◆ Son of Brian and Tracey Mershon; His father Brian played baseball at Illinois and spent the 1987 season in the
Cincinnati Reds organization...Has four brothers, Nicholas, Joseph, Peter, William and two sisters, Lindsey and
Catherine.
◆ Played in the Little League World Series in 2015 with Northwood Little League out of Taylors, S.C.
◆ Signed by Angels scout Joel Murrie.

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