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Sam Mertes
Samuel Blair Mertes (Sandow)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 225 lb.

Debut June 30, 1896
Final Game September 15, 1906
Born August 6, 1872 in San Francisco, CA
Died March 12, 1945 in Villa Grande, CA

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1896 23 PHI NL  37  143   20   34   4  4   0   14  19      8  10  .238  .288  .322   61   46   4           2    
 1898 25 CHC NL  83  269   45   80   4  8   1   47  27     34      .297  .388  .383  121  103   7           6    
 1899 26 CHC NL 117  426   83  127  13 16   9   81  45     33      .298  .349  .467  125  199  15           0    
 1900 27 CHC NL 127  481   72  142  25  4   7   60  38     42      .295  .356  .407  113  196  22           3    
 1901 28 CHW AL 137  545   94  151  16 17   5   98  46     52      .277  .347  .396  108  216  20           6    
 1902 29 CHW AL 129  497   60  140  23  7   1   79  46     37      .282  .334  .362   96  180   8           2    
 1903 30 NYG NL 138  517  100  145  32 14   7  104  45     61      .280  .360  .437  123  226  11           3    
 1904 31 NYG NL 148  532   83  147  28 11   4   78  47     54      .276  .346  .393  124  209  22           3    
 1905 32 NYG NL 150  551   81  154  27 17   5  108  52     56      .279  .351  .417  127  230  15           5    
 1906 33 TOT NL 124  444   57  107  16 10   1   52  31     45      .241  .315  .329  101  146  15           3    
         NYG NL  71  253   37   60   9  6   1   33  21     29      .237  .323  .332  102   84   6           3    
         STL NL  53  191   20   47   7  4   0   19  10     16      .246  .304  .325   99   62   9           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons         4405      1227    108      721      0      10  .279  .346  .398  113      139   0   0  33   0
               1190       695      188     40      396    422                            1751
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        600   95  167  26 15   5   98  54  0  57   1  .279  .346  .398  113  238  19   0   0   4   0
 Career High    150  551  100  154  32 17   9  108  52  0  61  10  .298  .388  .467  127  230  22   0   0   6   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1896 23 PHI NL  157  113   13   3.0   107| .238  .296| .288  .361| .322  .395| .610  .756|  61  .294  -8.7  -0.8     
 1898 25 CHC NL  316  196   39   5.2    91| .297  .278| .388  .342| .383  .356| .771  .699| 121  .622   8.3   0.9     
 1899 26 CHC NL  474  314   69   5.7    97| .298  .286| .349  .348| .467  .372| .816  .721| 125  .624  11.6   1.2     
 1900 27 CHC NL  548  361   69   5.0    95| .295  .282| .356  .343| .407  .372| .763  .714| 113  .571   9.4   0.9     
 1901 28 CHW AL  623  414   73   4.6    95| .277  .281| .347  .337| .396  .377| .743  .713| 108  .530   5.8   0.6     
 1902 29 CHW AL  544  365   60   4.3    94| .282  .279| .334  .336| .362  .376| .696  .712|  96  .510  -2.3  -0.2     
 1903 30 NYG NL  592  383   81   5.6    95| .280  .282| .360  .346| .437  .368| .797  .714| 123  .652  15.4   1.6     
 1904 31 NYG NL  611  407   72   4.6    80| .276  .262| .346  .321| .393  .339| .739  .660| 124  .654  15.9   1.8     
 1905 32 NYG NL  627  412   80   5.2    85| .279  .267| .351  .329| .417  .348| .768  .678| 127  .668  17.9   2.0     
 1906 33 TOT NL  507  352   46   3.5    75| .241  .252| .315  .319| .329  .321| .644  .640| 101  .543   0.4   0.0     
         NYG NL  291  199   27   3.6    77| .237  .255| .323  .322| .332  .325| .655  .647| 102  .560   1.0   0.1     
         STL NL  216  153   19   3.3    73| .246  .248| .304  .314| .325  .316| .629  .630|  99  .518  -0.5  -0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     4999 3317  602   4.8    90| .279  .275| .346  .336| .398  .360| .744  .696| 113  .590  73.6   8.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1902 29 CHW AL   1   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    8.0    6    2    1   0    0    0   0   0     0       0  1.13  3.39  302 0.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL%1.000   1   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    8.0    6    2    1   0    0    0   0   0     0       0  1.13  3.39  302 0.750
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    68   0  68   0   0   0  68  0  544.0  408  136   68   0    0    0   0   0     0   0   0  1.13  3.39  302 0.750

* 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  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1896 23 PHI NL OF 35 85 3 9 0 .907 .933 2.51 2.12 1 33 1 SS 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 .909 3.00 5.50 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1898 25 CHC NL OF 60 97 13 15 6 .880 .937 1.83 2.03 4 5 53 SS 14 19 23 7 4 .857 .913 3.00 5.56 2B 4 11 17 5 6 .848 .943 7.00 5.53 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 10.05 1899 26 CHC NL OF 108 197 20 18 4 .923 .944 2.01 2.11 16 47 46 1B 3 24 4 2 4 .933 .976 9.33 10.20 SS 1 2 3 1 1 .833 .909 5.00 5.50 1900 27 CHC NL OF 88 180 13 16 4 .923 .940 2.19 2.13 10 78 0 1B 33 340 17 10 16 .973 .979 10.82 10.24 SS 7 12 19 2 2 .939 .923 4.43 5.76 1901 28 CHW AL 2B 132 337 396 47 54 .940 .935 5.55 5.65 OF 5 20 0 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 2.00 5 0 0 1902 29 CHW AL OF 120 223 26 21 5 .922 .944 2.08 2.04 111 0 9 SS 5 17 15 0 2 1.000 .928 6.40 5.68 C 2 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 4.70 0 1B 1 10 1 0 1 1.000 .982 11.00 10.70 3B 1 4 1 1 0 .833 .909 5.00 3.50 2B 1 1 6 2 1 .778 .946 7.00 5.30 P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 8.0 1903 30 NYG NL OF 137 265 24 8 5 .973 .942 2.11 1.91 137 0 0 1B 1 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 9.00 10.30 C 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.80 0 1904 31 NYG NL OF 147 244 17 12 1 .956 .947 1.78 1.86 130 17 0 SS 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 .923 6.00 5.30 1905 32 NYG NL OF 150 230 10 10 3 .960 .955 1.60 1.93 149 2 0 1906 33 TOT NL OF 124 196 14 14 0 .938 .959 1.69 1.86 124 0 1 NYG NL OF 71 119 10 4 0 .970 .959 1.82 1.86 71 0 1 STL NL OF 53 77 4 10 0 .890 .959 1.53 1.86 53 0 0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1898 25 CHC NL 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 10.05 1899 26 CHC NL 1B 3 24 4 2 4 .933 .976 9.33 10.20 1900 27 CHC NL 1B 33 340 17 10 16 .973 .979 10.82 10.24 1902 29 CHW AL 1B 1 10 1 0 1 1.000 .982 11.00 10.70 1903 30 NYG NL 1B 1 9 0 1 0 .900 .978 9.00 10.30 1896 23 PHI NL 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40 1898 25 CHC NL 2B 4 11 17 5 6 .848 .943 7.00 5.53 1901 28 CHW AL 2B 132 337 396 47 54 .940 .935 5.55 5.65 1902 29 CHW AL 2B 1 1 6 2 1 .778 .946 7.00 5.30 1902 29 CHW AL 3B 1 4 1 1 0 .833 .909 5.00 3.50 1902 29 CHW AL C 2 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 1.50 4.70 0 1903 30 NYG NL C 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 5.80 0 1896 23 PHI NL OF 35 85 3 9 0 .907 .933 2.51 2.12 1 33 1 1898 25 CHC NL OF 60 97 13 15 6 .880 .937 1.83 2.03 4 5 53 1899 26 CHC NL OF 108 197 20 18 4 .923 .944 2.01 2.11 16 47 46 1900 27 CHC NL OF 88 180 13 16 4 .923 .940 2.19 2.13 10 78 0 1901 28 CHW AL OF 5 20 0 0 0 1.000 .930 4.00 2.00 5 0 0 1902 29 CHW AL OF 120 223 26 21 5 .922 .944 2.08 2.04 111 0 9 1903 30 NYG NL OF 137 265 24 8 5 .973 .942 2.11 1.91 137 0 0 1904 31 NYG NL OF 147 244 17 12 1 .956 .947 1.78 1.86 130 17 0 1905 32 NYG NL OF 150 230 10 10 3 .960 .955 1.60 1.93 149 2 0 1906 33 TOT NL OF 124 196 14 14 0 .938 .959 1.69 1.86 124 0 1 NYG NL OF 71 119 10 4 0 .970 .959 1.82 1.86 71 0 1 STL NL OF 53 77 4 10 0 .890 .959 1.53 1.86 53 0 0 1902 29 CHW AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 8.0 1896 23 PHI NL SS 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 .909 3.00 5.50 1898 25 CHC NL SS 14 19 23 7 4 .857 .913 3.00 5.56 1899 26 CHC NL SS 1 2 3 1 1 .833 .909 5.00 5.50 1900 27 CHC NL SS 7 12 19 2 2 .939 .923 4.43 5.76 1902 29 CHW AL SS 5 17 15 0 2 1.000 .928 6.40 5.68 1904 31 NYG NL SS 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 .923 6.00 5.30
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 974 1737 140 123 28 .939 .946 1.93 1.97 687 182 110 2B 138 349 419 54 61 .934 .935 5.57 5.64 1B 40 384 22 13 21 .969 .979 10.15 10.24 SS 29 55 64 10 10 .922 .920 4.10 5.61 C 3 3 1 1 0 .800 .976 1.33 5.07 0 3B 1 4 1 1 0 .833 .909 5.00 3.50 P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 1186 2532 647 202 120 .940 .946 2.68 2.78
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1905   WS    NYG PHA     W   5  17   2   3  1  0  0   2   2   5  .176  .263  .235   0  2   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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.

Slugging %
1899 NL-.467-8

Games
1901 AL-137-9
1903 NL-138-7

At Bats
1903 NL-517-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1901 AL-623-6
1903 NL-592-10

Runs
1903 NL-100-6
1904 NL-83-10

Total Bases
1903 NL-226-7
1904 NL-209-6
1905 NL-230-7

Doubles
1903 NL-32-1
1904 NL-28-2
1905 NL-27-6

Triples
1899 NL-16-6
1901 AL-17-3
1903 NL-14-7
1905 NL-17-2
1906 NL-10-7

Home Runs
1899 NL-9-3
1900 NL-7-6
1903 NL-7-2
1905 NL-5-7

RBI
1901 AL-98-4
1903 NL-104-1
1904 NL-78-2
1905 NL-108-2

Bases on Balls
1903 NL-61-8
1904 NL-54-10

Stolen Bases
1899 NL-45-7
1900 NL-38-5
1901 AL-46-2
1902 AL-46-2
1903 NL-45-5
1904 NL-47-2
1905 NL-52-4
Car-396-69

Runs Created
1903 NL-81-9
1904 NL-72-6
1905 NL-80-8

Extra-Base Hits
1903 NL-53-2
1904 NL-43-4
1905 NL-49-5

Times on Base
1904 NL-204-10

Sac. Hits
1900 NL-22-2
1901 AL-20-3
1904 NL-22-5

Power/Speed Number
1899 NL-15.0-2
1900 NL-11.8-3
1901 AL-9.0-10
1903 NL-12.1-2
1904 NL-7.4-8
1905 NL-9.1-7

At Bats per Home Run
1899 NL-47.3-2
1900 NL-68.7-6
1903 NL-73.9-6

Outs
1901 AL-414-5
1903 NL-383-9

         

Black Ink: Batting - 6 (332) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 73 (325) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 18.0 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 17.0 (857) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

July, 1898: Traded by the Columbus (Western) with a player to be named to the Chicago Orphans for Danny Friend and Buttons Briggs.

Before 1901 Season: Jumped from the Chicago Orphans to the Chicago White Sox.

Before 1903 Season: Jumped from the Chicago White Sox to the New York Giants.

July 13, 1906: Traded by the New York Giants with Doc Marshall to the St. Louis Cardinals for Spike Shannon.


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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