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Fred Merkle
Frederick Charles Merkle

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 190 lb.

Debut September 21, 1907
Final Game September 26, 1926
Born December 20, 1888 in Watertown, WI
Died March 2, 1956 in Daytona Beach, FL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1907 18 NYG NL  15   47    0   12   1  0   0    5   0      1      .255  .271  .277   69   13   1           0    
 1908 19 NYG NL  38   41    6   11   2  1   1    7   0      4      .268  .333  .439  141   18   2           0    
 1909 20 NYG NL  79  236   15   45   9  1   0   20   8     16      .191  .245  .237   48   56   4           1    
 1910 21 NYG NL 144  506   75  148  35 14   4   70  23     44  59  .292  .353  .441  131  223  19           3    
 1911 22 NYG NL 149  541   80  153  24 10  12   84  49     43  60  .283  .342  .431  113  233  14           6     MVP-7
 1912 23 NYG NL 129  479   82  148  22  6  11   84  37     42  70  .309  .374  .449  121  215   8           8     MVP-18
 1913 24 NYG NL 153  563   78  147  30 13   3   69  35     41  60  .261  .315  .377   96  212  10           3    
 1914 25 NYG NL 146  512   71  132  25  7   7   63  23     52  80  .258  .327  .375  111  192   7           1    
 1915 26 NYG NL 140  505   52  151  25  3   4   62  20 15  36  39  .299  .348  .384  127  194  14           2    
 1916 27 TOT NL 135  470   51  111  20  3   7   46  19     40  50  .236  .308  .336  101  158   8           9    
         NYG NL 112  401   45   95  19  3   7   44  17     33  46  .237  .308  .352  107  141   7           8    
         BRO NL  23   69    6   16   1  0   0    2   2      7   4  .232  .312  .246   70   17   1           1    
 1917 28 TOT NL 148  557   66  147  31  9   3   57  13     42  61  .264  .320  .368  104  205  13           4    
         BRO NL   2    8    1    1   1  0   0    0   0      0   1  .125  .125  .250   12    2   0           0    
         CHC NL 146  549   65  146  30  9   3   57  13     42  60  .266  .323  .370  105  203  13           4    
 1918 29 CHC NL 129  482   55  143  25  5   3   65  21     35  36  .297  .349  .388  123  187  20           4    
 1919 30 CHC NL 133  498   52  133  20  6   3   62  20     33  35  .267  .315  .349   99  174  12           2    
 1920 31 CHC NL  92  330   33   94  20  4   3   38   3  5  24  32  .285  .335  .397  108  131  12           1    
 1925 36 NYY AL   7   13    4    5   1  0   0    1   1  0   1   1  .385  .429  .462  128    6   2           0    
 1926 37 NYY AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons    1638 5782  720 1580 290 82  61  733 272 20 454 583  .273  .331  .383  109 2217 146   0   0  44   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        572   71  156  29  8   6   72  27  2  45  58  .273  .331  .383  109  219  14   0   0   4   0
 Career High    153  563   82  153  35 14  12   84  49 15  52  80  .309  .374  .449  131  233  20   0   0   9   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1907 18 NYG NL   49   36    4   2.9    77| .255  .255| .271  .322| .277  .325| .548  .647|  69  .480  -1.9  -0.2     
 1908 19 NYG NL   47   32    6   5.0    75| .268  .252| .333  .314| .439  .325| .772  .639| 141  .723   1.8   0.2     
 1909 20 NYG NL  257  195   14   1.9    78| .191  .254| .245  .322| .237  .328| .482  .650|  48  .281 -14.5  -1.7     
 1910 21 NYG NL  572  377   78   5.5    88| .292  .263| .353  .337| .441  .348| .794  .686| 131  .681  18.1   2.0     
 1911 22 NYG NL  604  402   78   5.2    98| .283  .272| .342  .350| .431  .374| .773  .724| 113  .619   6.9   0.7     
 1912 23 NYG NL  537  339   78   6.2   103| .309  .285| .374  .356| .449  .388| .823  .744| 121  .662  13.4   1.4     
 1913 24 NYG NL  617  426   66   4.2    92| .261  .271| .315  .335| .377  .369| .692  .704|  96  .533  -4.2  -0.5     
 1914 25 NYG NL  572  387   63   4.4    82| .258  .255| .327  .323| .375  .342| .702  .664| 111  .598   6.9   0.8     
 1915 26 NYG NL  557  383   65   4.6    76| .299  .249| .348  .311| .384  .333| .732  .644| 127  .645  16.4   1.9  57%
 1916 27 TOT NL  527  367   47   3.5    75| .236  .250| .308  .308| .336  .333| .644  .641| 101  .522   1.6   0.1     
         NYG NL  449  313   42   3.6    74| .237  .248| .308  .306| .352  .332| .660  .638| 107  .542   3.8   0.4     
         BRO NL   78   54    5   2.5    80| .232  .258| .312  .316| .246  .344| .558  .660|  70  .376  -2.1  -0.3     
 1917 28 TOT NL  616  423   65   4.2    84| .264  .265| .320  .324| .368  .350| .688  .674| 104  .598   3.0   0.3     
         BRO NL    8    7    0   0.0    81| .125  .260| .125  .318| .250  .343| .375  .661|  12  .000  -0.8  -0.1     
         CHC NL  608  416   65   4.2    84| .266  .265| .323  .324| .370  .350| .693  .674| 105  .605   3.8   0.4     
 1918 29 CHC NL  541  359   64   4.8    81| .297  .263| .349  .321| .388  .340| .737  .662| 123  .650  13.5   1.5     
 1919 30 CHC NL  545  377   54   3.9    83| .267  .265| .315  .320| .349  .349| .664  .668|  99  .539  -0.9  -0.1     
 1920 31 CHC NL  367  253   42   4.5    92| .285  .279| .335  .333| .397  .371| .732  .703| 108  .572   3.5   0.4  37%
 1925 36 NYY AL   16   10    3   8.0   114| .385  .297| .429  .367| .462  .416| .891  .783| 128  .695   0.6   0.1 100%
 1926 37 NYY AL    2    2    0   0.0   109| .000  .289| .000  .360| .000  .404| .000  .764|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 16 Seasons     6426 4368  727   4.5    86| .273  .264| .331  .329| .383  .353| .714  .681| 109  .596  63.6   6.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1907 18 NYG NL  1B   15    122    7    7    4  .949  .984  8.60 10.25            
 1908 19 NYG NL  1B   11     60    1    0    2 1.000  .985  5.55 10.67            
                 OF    5      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  0.60  2.00                2    0    3
                 2B    1      2    2    0    1 1.000  .952  4.00  5.00            
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.30            
 1909 20 NYG NL  1B   70    625   27   16   29  .976  .985  9.31 10.58            
                 2B    1      1    3    0    0 1.000  .930  4.00  4.70            
 1910 21 NYG NL  1B  144   1390   84   29   87  .981  .984 10.24  6.94            
 1911 22 NYG NL  1B  148   1375  117   22   73  .985  .985 10.08  6.76            
 1912 23 NYG NL  1B  129   1229   72   27   77  .980  .988 10.09  7.75            
 1913 24 NYG NL  1B  153   1463   76   22   86  .986  .986 10.06  6.54            
 1914 25 NYG NL  1B  146   1463   88   16   80  .990  .988 10.62  6.85            
 1915 26 NYG NL  1B  110   1123   53   13   62  .989  .990 10.69  9.09            
                 OF   30     68    5    2    1  .973  .959  2.43  2.01                0   27    5
 1916 27 TOT NL  1B  127   1309   62   21   64  .985  .987 10.80  9.07            
         NYG NL  1B  112   1183   58   20   61  .984  .987 11.08  8.93            
         BRO NL  1B   15    126    4    1    3  .992  .987  8.67 10.15            
                 OF    4      5    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.50  2.00                3    1    0
 1917 28 TOT NL  1B  142   1438   67   26   85  .983  .988 10.60  7.19            
         BRO NL  1B    2     23    1    0    1 1.000  .988 12.00 10.50            
         CHC NL  1B  140   1415   66   26   84  .983  .988 10.58  7.14            
                 OF    6     15    2    0    1 1.000  .960  2.83  2.08                5    1    0
 1918 29 CHC NL  1B  129   1388   82   15   69  .990  .987 11.40  7.75            
 1919 30 CHC NL  1B  132   1494   56   23   66  .985  .988 11.74  7.58            
                 2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.10            
 1920 31 CHC NL  1B   85    906   54   15   52  .985  .990 11.29 10.80            
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                1    0    0
 1925 36 NYY AL  1B    5     28    1    0    3 1.000  .986  5.80  9.86            
 1926 37 NYY AL  1B    1      6    0    0    0 1.000  .984  6.00 10.30            

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1907 18 NYG NL  1B   15    122    7    7    4  .949  .984  8.60 10.25            
 1908 19 NYG NL  1B   11     60    1    0    2 1.000  .985  5.55 10.67            
 1909 20 NYG NL  1B   70    625   27   16   29  .976  .985  9.31 10.58            
 1910 21 NYG NL  1B  144   1390   84   29   87  .981  .984 10.24  6.94            
 1911 22 NYG NL  1B  148   1375  117   22   73  .985  .985 10.08  6.76            
 1912 23 NYG NL  1B  129   1229   72   27   77  .980  .988 10.09  7.75            
 1913 24 NYG NL  1B  153   1463   76   22   86  .986  .986 10.06  6.54            
 1914 25 NYG NL  1B  146   1463   88   16   80  .990  .988 10.62  6.85            
 1915 26 NYG NL  1B  110   1123   53   13   62  .989  .990 10.69  9.09            
 1916 27 TOT NL  1B  127   1309   62   21   64  .985  .987 10.80  9.07            
         NYG NL  1B  112   1183   58   20   61  .984  .987 11.08  8.93            
         BRO NL  1B   15    126    4    1    3  .992  .987  8.67 10.15            
 1917 28 TOT NL  1B  142   1438   67   26   85  .983  .988 10.60  7.19            
         BRO NL  1B    2     23    1    0    1 1.000  .988 12.00 10.50            
         CHC NL  1B  140   1415   66   26   84  .983  .988 10.58  7.14            
 1918 29 CHC NL  1B  129   1388   82   15   69  .990  .987 11.40  7.75            
 1919 30 CHC NL  1B  132   1494   56   23   66  .985  .988 11.74  7.58            
 1920 31 CHC NL  1B   85    906   54   15   52  .985  .990 11.29 10.80            
 1925 36 NYY AL  1B    5     28    1    0    3 1.000  .986  5.80  9.86            
 1926 37 NYY AL  1B    1      6    0    0    0 1.000  .984  6.00 10.30            

 1908 19 NYG NL  2B    1      2    2    0    1 1.000  .952  4.00  5.00            
 1909 20 NYG NL  2B    1      1    3    0    0 1.000  .930  4.00  4.70            
 1919 30 CHC NL  2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  5.10            

 1908 19 NYG NL  3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.30            

 1908 19 NYG NL  OF    5      3    0    0    0 1.000  .968  0.60  2.00                2    0    3
 1915 26 NYG NL  OF   30     68    5    2    1  .973  .959  2.43  2.01                0   27    5
 1916 27 BRO NL  OF    4      5    1    0    0 1.000  .968  1.50  2.00                3    1    0
 1917 28 CHC NL  OF    6     15    2    0    1 1.000  .960  2.83  2.08                5    1    0
 1920 31 CHC NL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.20                1    0    0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Position Total  1B 1547  15419  847  252  839  .985  .987 10.51  7.86            
                 OF   46     91    8    2    2  .980  .960  2.15  2.02               11   29    8
                 2B    3      3    5    0    1 1.000  .941  2.67  4.93            
                 3B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  3.30            
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
 Overall Total      1597  15513  860  254  842  .985  .987 10.25  7.68
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1911   WS    NYG PHA     L   6  20   1   3  1  0  0   1   2   6  .150  .250  .200   0  1   0   1   1 
 1912   WS    NYG BOS     L   8  33   5   9  2  1  0   3   0   7  .273  .273  .394   1  1   1   0   0 
 1913   WS    NYG PHA     L   4  13   3   3  0  0  1   3   1   2  .231  .286  .462   0  0   0   0   0 
 1916   WS    BRO BOS     L   3   4   0   1  0  0  0   1   2   0  .250  .500  .250   0  0   0   0   0 
 1918   WS    CHC BOS     L   6  18   1   5  0  0  0   1   4   3  .278  .409  .278   0  1   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 World Series        0-5  27  88  10  21  3  1  1   9   9  18  .239  .313  .330   1  3   1   1   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1911-NL-7-0.30
1912-NL-18-0.06
Car-520-0.36 shares

Batting Average
1915 NL-.299-6
1918 NL-.297-9

Slugging %
1910 NL-.441-4
1912 NL-.449-9

OPS
1910 NL-.793-9

Games
1913 NL-153-5
1918 NL-129-2

At Bats
1913 NL-563-10
1918 NL-482-7

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1913 NL-617-10
1918 NL-541-8

Hits
1918 NL-143-4

Total Bases
1910 NL-223-10
1911 NL-233-10
1918 NL-187-5

Doubles
1910 NL-35-4
1913 NL-30-7
1917 NL-31-2
1918 NL-25-4

Triples
1910 NL-14-8
1913 NL-13-6

Home Runs
1911 NL-12-5
1912 NL-11-3
1914 NL-7-9
1916 NL-7-8

RBI
1910 NL-70-10
1911 NL-84-10
1912 NL-84-9
1918 NL-65-4
1919 NL-62-6

Strikeouts
1910 NL-59-10
1912 NL-70-6
1914 NL-80-1
1917 NL-61-8

Stolen Bases
1911 NL-49-4
1912 NL-37-5
1913 NL-35-9
1918 NL-21-10

Singles
1918 NL-110-8

Adjusted OPS+
1910 NL-131-9
1915 NL-127-10

Runs Created
1918 NL-64-4

Batting Wins
1910 NL-2.0-10

Extra-Base Hits
1910 NL-53-4
1911 NL-46-10
1913 NL-46-8
1917 NL-43-5
1918 NL-33-6

Times on Base
1918 NL-182-8

Offensive Win%
1910 NL-.681-10

Hit By Pitch
1912 NL-8-5
1916 NL-9-3

Sac. Hits
1918 NL-20-10

Power/Speed Number
1911 NL-19.3-3
1912 NL-17.0-2
1914 NL-10.7-7
1916 NL-10.2-8

At Bats per Home Run
1911 NL-45.1-5
1912 NL-43.5-4
1914 NL-73.1-10
1916 NL-67.1-8

Outs
1913 NL-426-10
1918 NL-359-10

Oldest Player
1926 AL-37-9

Youngest Player
1907 NL-18-1
1908 NL-19-1

  

Gray Ink: Batting - 75 (312) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 8.1 (1905) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.5 (1635) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

August 25, 1916: Traded by the New York Giants to the Brooklyn Robins for Lew McCarty.

August 16, 1917: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Robins for $3,500.

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