Herm Merritt

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

Born: November 12, 1900 in Independence, KS us

Died: May 26, 1927 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Mount Washington Cemetery, Independence, MO

Debut: August 24, 1921 (Age 20-285d, 5,296th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1921 (Age 20-324d)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 3 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 SB

Full Name: Herman G. Merritt

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.2

.370

RBI

OBP

.396

SLG

.478

OPS

.874

OPS+

123

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	9-13 / in Starts: 4-6
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 50 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	36 (19-8-9) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 50 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	33 (16-10-6)

Most Driven In
B Veach	2
L Blue	1
H Heilmann	1

Most Driven In By
L Blue	1
R Oldham	0
L Woodall	0
B Jones	0

1921 Batting Game Log

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1921 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	123 (122)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	W,15-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.34	SS
2	2	124	Aug 25	DET		WSH	L,1-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7						SS
3	3	125	Aug 26	DET		NYY	L,2-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.26	SS
4	4	128 (2)	Aug 31 (1)	DET		CLE	L,1-10	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.26	SS
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	5	130 (1)	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,7-6	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
6	6	131	Sep 2	DET		CLE	L,1-12	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.28	SS
7	7	134 (2)	Sep 5 (1)	DET		CHW	L,5-6	2-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	6	.56	-0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.19	PR SS
8	8	135	Sep 5 (2)	DET		CHW	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	7	.59	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.17	SS
9	9	136	Sep 7	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	7	1.78	-0.134	.00	0.00%	-1.33	SS
10	10	137	Sep 8	DET	@	CLE	W,15-1	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1		0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	7	1.27	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.35	SS
11	11	138	Sep 9	DET	@	CHW	L,15-20	GS-7	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.263	.263	.368	.632	7	1.46	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.47	SS
12	12	139	Sep 10	DET	@	CHW	W,8-4	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	7	.32	0.021	.00	0.00%	1.27	SS
13	13	143 (3)	Sep 15	DET	@	BOS	W,5-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.400	.700	7						SS
14	14	144	Sep 16	DET	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	5	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0				0	0	.333	.360	.417	.777	7						SS
15	15	145	Sep 17	DET	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0				0	0	.370	.414	.481	.895	7						SS
16	16	146	Sep 18	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-8	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.424	.484	.908	7	1.38	0.031	.00	0.00%	0.35	SS
17	17	147	Sep 19	DET	@	NYY	W,10-6	8-8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.424	.484	.908	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
18	18	149 (1)	Sep 22	DET	@	NYY	L,5-12	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.412	.469	.881	9	.59	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.12	PH
19	19	150	Sep 23	DET	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.368	.417	.785	7	1.99	-0.207	.00	0.00%	-1.56	SS
20	20	151	Sep 24	DET	@	WSH	L,1-5	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.350	.395	.745	7	1.64	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-1.02	SS
21	21	153 (1)	Oct 1	DET		SLB	L,6-11	CG(11)	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.326	.356	.442	.797	7	1.63	-0.067	.00	0.00%	0.08	SS
22	22	154	Oct 2	DET		SLB	L,3-12	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.362	.388	.468	.856	7	.93	0.107	.00	0.00%	1.18	SS
							9-13		50	47	3	17	1	2	0	6	1	0	5	1	1		1		1	0	.362	.388	.468	.856		1.18	-0.446	.00	0.00%	-2.21

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