{{Short description|American baseball player (1902–1997)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Art Merewether |image=Art Merewether.jpg |position=Pinch hitter |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1902|7|7}} |birth_place=East Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1997|2|2|1902|7|7}} |death_place=Bayside, New York, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=July 10 |debutyear=1922 |debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 10 |finalyear=1922 |finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Games played |stat1value=1 |stat2label=At bats |stat2value=1 |stat3label=Hits |stat3value=0 |teams= *Pittsburgh Pirates ({{baseball year|1922}}) }} '''Arthur Francis Merewether''' (July 7, 1902 – February 2, 1997), nicknamed "'''Merry'''", was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
A native of East Providence, Rhode Island, Merewether graduated from East Providence High School in 1918. He played college baseball at Brown University, where he was a second baseman and graduated in 1922. He was signed out of college by the Pittsburgh Pirates and after spending time in Pittsburgh's minor league system, he appeared in one game as a pinch hitter for the big league club in 1922.<ref name="statistics">[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/merewar01.shtml "Art Merewether Statistics and History"]. baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 11, 2011.</ref>
Following his stint with the Pirates, Merewether enrolled in a graduate program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, he once again played collegiate baseball, was the captain of the club, and received his master's degree in chemistry in 1925.<ref>{{cite web|author=George Tuetken |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/21c30ec5 |title=Art Merewether |publisher=sabr.org |access-date=September 25, 2019}}</ref> In the summer of 1925, Merewether played second base for the Osterville town team in what is now the Cape Cod Baseball League, helping lead the team to the league title.<ref>{{cite news | title = Base Ball | pages = 8 | newspaper = Hyannis Patriot | location = Hyannis, Massachusetts | date = July 23, 1925 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=HYP%2F1925%2F07%2F23&id=Ar00803&sk=64E4C4E5&viewMode=image}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Osterville | pages = 4 | newspaper = Hyannis Patriot | location = Hyannis, Massachusetts | date = September 10, 1925 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=HYP%2F1925%2F09%2F10&id=Ar00409&sk=0DBEB720&viewMode=image}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Davis | first =Hartley R. | title = Cape Cod League Yesteryears | pages = 4 | newspaper = Barnstable Patriot | location = Barnstable, Massachusetts | date = August 25, 1960 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Yarmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=BAR%2F1960%2F08%2F25&id=Ar00401&sk=45E24237&viewMode=image}}</ref> He died in Bayside, New York in 1997 at age 94.
==Army Air Forces service== Merewether served on active duty as a 2nd lieutenant for two months in 1930.<ref name=register47>"Merewether, Arthur F.", ''Official Army Register, Volume I'', The Adjutant General's Office, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., January 1, 1947, page 1526.</ref> He again joined in February 1942 and retired in August 1946 as a colonel.<ref name=register47/>
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==External links== {{Baseballstats|br=m/merewar01|brm=merewe001art}}
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