Fred Merkle

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: December 20, 1888 in Watertown, WI us

Died: March 2, 1956 in Daytona Beach, FL

Buried: Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, FL

High School: Toledo HS (Toledo, OH)

Debut: September 21, 1907 (Age 18-275d, 2,986th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1926 (Age 37-280d)
vs. SLB 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle

Nicknames: Bonehead

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.8

5782

1580

.273

720

RBI

740

272

OBP

.331

SLG

.383

OPS

.714

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1911 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	NYG		PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
2	2	Apr 13	NYG		PHI	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	9	4	1	14	0
3	3	Apr 15	NYG		BRO	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
4	4	Apr 17	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
5	5	Apr 18	NYG		BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
6	6	Apr 19	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
8	8	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
9	9	Apr 25	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
10	10	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
11	11	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
12	12	Apr 28	NYG		BSN	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	8	2	1	11	0
13	13	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
15	15	May 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
16	16	May 4	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
17	17	May 5	NYG	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	8	0	0	8	3
18	18	May 6	NYG	@	BSN	W,15-9	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
19	19	May 8	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
20	20	May 9	NYG		CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
21	21	May 10	NYG		CHC	W,11-1	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
22	22	May 11	NYG		CHC	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	11	3	1	15	0
23	24 (1)	May 13	NYG		STL	W,19-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	2
24	25	May 15	NYG		STL	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	1
25	26	May 16	NYG		STL	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	27	May 17	NYG		STL	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
27	28	May 18	NYG		PIT	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	8	3	1	12	1
28	29	May 19	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
29	30	May 20	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
30	31	May 22	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	16	3	0	19	0
31	32	May 23	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
32	33	May 24	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
33	34	May 25	NYG		CIN	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
34	35	May 26	NYG		PHI	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	1	8	1
35	36	May 27	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
36	37	May 29	NYG		PHI	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
37	38	May 30 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
38	39	May 30 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	40	Jun 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
40	41	Jun 3	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
41	42	Jun 4	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	10	1	0	11	1
42	43	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
43	44	Jun 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	8	2	0	10	0
44	45	Jun 7	NYG	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
45	46	Jun 8	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	14	0	0	14	0
46	47	Jun 9	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
47	48	Jun 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
48	49	Jun 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
49	50	Jun 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	14	0	0	14	0
50	51	Jun 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
51	52	Jun 15	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
52	53	Jun 16	NYG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
53	54	Jun 17	NYG	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
54	55	Jun 18	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
55	56	Jun 20	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
56	57	Jun 21	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	16	1	0	17	1
57	58	Jun 22	NYG	@	BSN	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
58	59	Jun 23	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	8.2	11	1	0	12	2
59	60	Jun 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	1
60	61	Jun 27 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	62	Jun 27 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
62	64 (1)	Jun 29	NYG		BSN	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
63	65	Jun 30	NYG		BSN	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	66	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
65	67	Jul 3	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	8	2	2	12	0
66	68	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,7-11	CG	0	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
67	69	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
68	70	Jul 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	10	2	0	12	0
69	71	Jul 5 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
70	72	Jul 6	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
71	73	Jul 7	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
72	74	Jul 8	NYG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
73	75	Jul 10	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	12	3	0	15	0
74	76	Jul 11	NYG		PIT	L,4-13	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	77	Jul 12	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
76	78	Jul 13	NYG		PIT	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	79	Jul 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
78	80	Jul 18	NYG		CIN	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
79	81	Jul 19	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
80	82	Jul 20	NYG		STL	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
81	83	Jul 21	NYG		STL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
82	84	Jul 22	NYG		STL	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
83	85	Jul 24	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
84	86	Jul 25	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
85	87	Jul 26	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
86	88	Jul 27	NYG	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
87	89	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
88	90	Jul 29	NYG	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
89	91	Jul 30	NYG	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
90	92	Jul 31	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	93	Aug 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	4
92	94	Aug 4	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	1
93	95	Aug 5	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	96	Aug 7	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
95	97	Aug 8	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	11	2	0	13	1
96	98	Aug 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,16-5	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
97	99	Aug 11	NYG		PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	2
98	100	Aug 12	NYG		PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	1	13	0
99	101	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	12	0	0	12	0
100	102	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	6.0	4	1	1	6	0
101	103	Aug 16	NYG		CIN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
102	104	Aug 17 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
103	105	Aug 17 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,15-2	GS	0		5	0	1	6	1
104	106	Aug 19 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
105	107	Aug 19 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
106	108	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
107	109	Aug 22	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
108	110	Aug 23	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
109	111	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	1
110	112	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
111	113	Aug 25	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
112	114	Aug 26	NYG		PIT	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
113	115	Aug 28	NYG		STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
114	116	Aug 29	NYG		STL	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	117	Sep 1 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	17	1	0	18	1
116	118	Sep 1 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
117	119	Sep 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
118	120	Sep 4 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
119	121	Sep 4 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,7-8	CG	0	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
120	122	Sep 7	NYG		BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
121	123	Sep 8	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
122	124	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	T,4-4	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
123	125	Sep 12 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	8	2	0	10	2
124	126	Sep 12 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
125	127	Sep 13	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
126	128	Sep 14	NYG	@	BSN	W,13-9	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
127	129	Sep 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
128	130	Sep 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	3	15	0
129	131	Sep 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
130	132	Sep 20 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
131	133	Sep 20 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
132	134	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
133	135	Sep 21 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	13	2	0	15	1
134	136	Sep 22	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
135	137	Sep 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
136	138	Sep 24	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
137	139	Sep 25	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-0	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
138	140	Sep 27	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-8	GS	0		3	0	0	3	0
139	141	Sep 28	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
140	142	Sep 30	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
141	143	Oct 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
142	144	Oct 2	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
143	145	Oct 3	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-3	GS	0		8	0	0	8	1
144	146	Oct 4	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
145	147	Oct 5	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	GS	0		10	1	0	11	0
146	152 (4)	Oct 10	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	12	6	0	18	1
147	153	Oct 12 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	14	2	0	16	0
148	154	Oct 12 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	GS	0		3	0	1	4	0
							148gm		1285.0	1375	117	22	1514	73