Sam Mertes

Positions: Leftfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: August 6, 1872 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: March 11, 1945 in Villa Grande, CA

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA

Debut: June 30, 1896 (Age 23-329d, 1,948th in major league history)

Last Game: September 15, 1906 (Age 34-040d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1896 season

Full Name: Samuel Blair Mertes

Nicknames: Sandow

Pronunciation: \MUR-teez\

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1905 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

4405

1227

.279

695

RBI

721

396

OBP

.346

SLG

.398

OPS

.744

OPS+

113

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

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1901 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 24	CHW		CLE	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 25	CHW		CLE	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 27	CHW		CLE	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 28	CHW		CLE	W,13-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	5	Apr 29	CHW		DET	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 30	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	CHW		DET	W,19-9	CG	0	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
8	8	May 2	CHW		DET	L,5-7	CG	0	8.2	2	5	2	9	0
9	9	May 3	CHW	@	MLA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
10	10	May 4	CHW	@	MLA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
11	11	May 5	CHW	@	MLA	L,7-21	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
12	12	May 6	CHW	@	MLA	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
13	13	May 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
14	14	May 9	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-2	CG	0	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	15	May 10	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
16	16	May 11	CHW	@	DET	L,4-9	CG	0	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
17	17	May 12	CHW	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
18	18	May 13	CHW	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	0	8.1	1	2	1	4	0
19	19	May 14	CHW	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	20	May 16	CHW		MLA	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
21	21	May 17	CHW		MLA	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
22	22	May 18	CHW		MLA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
23	23	May 19	CHW		MLA	W,14-3	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
24	24	May 22	CHW		PHA	L,5-9	CG	0	10.0	6	1	0	7	0
25	25	May 23	CHW		PHA	W,11-9	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
26	26	May 25	CHW		PHA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
27	27	May 26	CHW		BLA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
28	28	May 27	CHW		BLA	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
29	29	May 28	CHW		BLA	L,5-14	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
30	30	May 29	CHW		BLA	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
31	31	May 30 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
32	32	May 30 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
33	33	May 31	CHW		BOS	W,10-5	CG	0	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	34	Jun 1	CHW		BOS	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	2	3	2	7	0
35	35	Jun 2	CHW		WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	5	3	1	9	1
36	36	Jun 3	CHW		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	10.0	6	3	0	9	1
37	37	Jun 4	CHW		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	5	3	1	9	1
38	38	Jun 7	CHW	@	WSH	W,15-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
39	39	Jun 8	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	7	3	0	10	0
40	40	Jun 10	CHW	@	WSH	W,13-10	CG	0	10.0	3	5	0	8	1
41	41	Jun 11	CHW	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
42	42	Jun 12	CHW	@	BLA	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
43	43	Jun 13	CHW	@	BLA	W,12-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
44	44	Jun 14	CHW	@	BLA	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
45	45	Jun 17 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	0	8.0	7	2	0	9	0
46	46	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
48	48	Jun 19	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
49	49	Jun 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	5	5	1	11	3
50	50	Jun 21	CHW	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
51	51	Jun 22	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
52	52	Jun 24	CHW	@	PHA	W,7-5	CG	0	14.0	3	3	0	6	0
53	53	Jun 25	CHW	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 27	CHW		CLE	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 28	CHW		CLE	W,7-6	CG	0	10.0	2	8	0	10	1
56	56	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
57	57	Jun 30	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	5	2	1	8	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	58	Jul 2	CHW		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	6.0	4	4	0	8	0
59	59	Jul 3	CHW	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
60	60	Jul 4 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
61	61	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
62	62	Jul 5	CHW	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
63	63	Jul 6	CHW	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	10.1	5	0	1	6	0
64	64	Jul 7	CHW	@	DET	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
65	65	Jul 9	CHW	@	MLA	W,17-9	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
66	66	Jul 10	CHW	@	MLA	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	1	5	0	6	0
67	67	Jul 11	CHW	@	MLA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
68	68	Jul 12	CHW		MLA	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
69	69	Jul 13	CHW		MLA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	70	Jul 14	CHW		MLA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	3	7	1	11	0
71	71	Jul 17	CHW		BLA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
72	72	Jul 18	CHW		BLA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
73	73	Jul 19	CHW		BLA	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
74	74	Jul 20	CHW		PHA	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
75	75	Jul 21	CHW		PHA	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	5	3	2	10	1
76	76	Jul 22	CHW		PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	12.0	3	0	2	5	1
77	77	Jul 23	CHW		PHA	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
78	78	Jul 24	CHW		WSH	W,17-3	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
79	79	Jul 25	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
80	80	Jul 26	CHW		WSH	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
81	81	Jul 27	CHW		BOS	W,8-7	CG	0	13.0	4	3	0	7	1
82	82	Jul 29	CHW		BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
83	83	Jul 31	CHW		DET	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	84	Aug 1	CHW		DET	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	85	Aug 2	CHW		DET	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	86	Aug 3	CHW		DET	L,6-8	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
87	87	Aug 4	CHW		CLE	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
88	88	Aug 5	CHW		CLE	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	2	9	0
89	89	Aug 7	CHW	@	DET	L,3-9	GS	0		1	1	1	3	0
90	90	Aug 8	CHW	@	DET	W,18-8	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
91	91	Aug 9	CHW	@	DET	L,1-12	CG	0	8.0	0	3	2	5	1
92	92	Aug 10	CHW	@	CLE	L,7-11	CG	0	8.0	3	7	1	11	0
93	93	Aug 11	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
94	94	Aug 12	CHW	@	CLE	W,17-2	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
95	95	Aug 13 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
96	96	Aug 13 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
97	97	Aug 16	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	1	4	2	7	1
98	98	Aug 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
99	99	Aug 19	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	100	Aug 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
101	101	Aug 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
102	102	Aug 22	CHW	@	BLA	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
103	103	Aug 23	CHW	@	BLA	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
104	104	Aug 24	CHW	@	BLA	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	4	5	0	9	0
105	105	Aug 26	CHW	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
106	106	Aug 27	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
107	107	Aug 28	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
108	108	Aug 30	CHW		BLA	T,5-5	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
109	109	Aug 31 (1)	CHW		BLA	W,12-2	GS	0		4	2	0	6	0
110	110	Aug 31 (2)	CHW		BLA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	111	Sep 1	CHW		BLA	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
112	112	Sep 2 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
113	113	Sep 2 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,9-10	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
114	114	Sep 3	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
115	115	Sep 4	CHW		WSH	W,9-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
116	116	Sep 5 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
117	117	Sep 5 (2)	CHW		WSH	L,7-9	CG	0	9.0	7	5	0	12	0
118	118	Sep 6	CHW		WSH	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
119	119	Sep 7	CHW		BOS	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	6	1	9	2
120	120	Sep 8	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
121	121	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
122	122	Sep 9 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
123	123	Sep 10	CHW	@	MLA	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
124	124	Sep 12 (1)	CHW	@	MLA	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
125	125	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	MLA	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
126	126	Sep 13	CHW		MLA	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
127	127	Sep 15 (1)	CHW		MLA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
128	128	Sep 15 (2)	CHW		MLA	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
129	129	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	BLA	W,10-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
130	130	Sep 18 (2)	CHW	@	BLA	W,5-1	CG	0	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
131	131	Sep 20	CHW	@	PHA	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
132	132	Sep 21	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
133	133	Sep 23	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
134	134	Sep 24	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
135	135	Sep 25	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
136	136	Sep 26	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	1	6	0	7	0
137	137	Sep 27	CHW	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
							137gm		1164.0	357	396	47	800	54