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Merito Acosta
Baldomero Pedro (Fernandez) Acosta

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 7", Weight 140 lb.

Debut June 15, 1913
Final Game September 2, 1918
Born May 19, 1896 in Bauta, Cuba
Died November 17, 1963 in Miami, FL

Brother of Jose Acosta

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 17 WSH AL  12   20    3    6   0  1   0    1   2      4   2  .300  .417  .400  137    8   0           0    
 1914 18 WSH AL  39   74   10   19   2  2   0    4   3  4  11  18  .257  .353  .338  104   25   0           0    
 1915 19 WSH AL  72  163   20   34   4  1   0   18   8  4  28  15  .209  .338  .245   73   40   9           4    
 1916 20 WSH AL   5    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0      2   0  .125  .300  .125   29    1   0           0    
 1918 22 TOT AL  52  171   23   51   3  3   0   14   4     18  11  .298  .365  .351  115   60  10           0    
         WSH AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         PHA AL  49  169   23   51   3  3   0   14   4     18  10  .302  .369  .355  117   60  10           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      180  436   56  111   9  7   0   37  17  8  63  46  .255  .354  .307   97  134  19   0   0   4   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        392   50  100   8  6   0   33  15  7  57  41  .255  .354  .307   97  121  17   0   0   4   0
 Career High     72  171   23   51   4  3   0   18   8  4  28  18  .298  .365  .351  115   60  10   0   0   4   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 17 WSH AL   24   14    3   5.7    89| .300  .267| .417  .339| .400  .350| .817  .689| 137  .697   1.1   0.1     
 1914 18 WSH AL   85   59    8   3.6    85| .257  .261| .353  .335| .338  .342| .691  .677| 104  .548   0.6   0.1  42%
 1915 19 WSH AL  204  142   13   2.5    85| .209  .257| .338  .336| .245  .338| .583  .674|  73  .352  -3.8  -0.4  66%
 1916 20 WSH AL   10    7    0   0.0    82| .125  .256| .300  .330| .125  .334| .425  .663|  29  .000  -0.6  -0.1     
 1918 22 TOT AL  199  130   22   4.6    83| .298  .262| .365  .333| .351  .333| .716  .666| 115  .623   3.1   0.3     
         WSH AL    2    2    0   0.0    81| .000  .260| .000  .330| .000  .330| .000  .661|-100  .000  -0.5  -0.1     
         PHA AL  197  128   22   4.7    83| .302  .262| .369  .333| .355  .334| .724  .666| 117  .630   3.6   0.4     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       522  352   46   3.5    84| .255  .260| .354  .335| .307  .337| .661  .672|  97  .511   0.4   0.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 17 WSH AL OF 9 5 0 2 0 .714 .962 0.56 1.96 5 1 1 1914 18 WSH AL OF 25 24 6 5 1 .857 .955 1.20 1.92 15 4 5 1915 19 WSH AL OF 53 75 4 3 2 .963 .958 1.49 1.98 22 2 29 1916 20 WSH AL OF 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 .965 2.75 2.02 4 0 0 1918 22 PHA AL OF 45 77 7 5 2 .944 .962 1.87 2.17 5 20 21
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1913 17 WSH AL OF 9 5 0 2 0 .714 .962 0.56 1.96 5 1 1 1914 18 WSH AL OF 25 24 6 5 1 .857 .955 1.20 1.92 15 4 5 1915 19 WSH AL OF 53 75 4 3 2 .963 .958 1.49 1.98 22 2 29 1916 20 WSH AL OF 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 .965 2.75 2.02 4 0 0 1918 22 PHA AL OF 45 77 7 5 2 .944 .962 1.87 2.17 5 20 21
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 136 191 18 15 5 .933 .960 1.54 2.03 51 27 56 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 136 191 18 15 5 .933 .960 1.54 2.03
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1913 AL-17-1
1914 AL-18-2
1915 AL-19-4
1916 AL-20-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2747) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Transactions 

May 25, 1918: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Washington Senators.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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