Lloyd Archer Merriman (August 2, 1924 – January 20, 2004) was an American athlete who played professional baseball as an outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1949 to 1955 for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs and college baseball and football at Stanford University.

Merriman was born in Clovis, California and postponed college to serve as a United States naval aviator during World War II.

As a baseball player, Merriman threw and batted left-handed, stood 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).

He served in Korea from January to August 1953 at K-3 in Pohang with the 1st Marine Air Wing and flew 87 combat missions in a Grumman F9F Panther jet fighter.

[1] He returned to the Majors in 1954 and batted a career-high .268 in limited service before closing out his MLB career in 1955 playing for both Chicago clubs.