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.

1906 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1906 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	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	2	Apr 13	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 14	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	0		0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 16	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 17	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 19	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	9	Apr 21	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	10	Apr 24	NYG		BRO	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 25	NYG		PHI	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 26	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
13	15 (2)	Apr 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16	May 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	17	May 2	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
16	18	May 3	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	19	May 4	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	20	May 5	NYG		BSN	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	21	May 7	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	22	May 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	23	May 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	2	0	0	2	0
22	24	May 13	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	25	May 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	26	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	27	May 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	28	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
27	29	May 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	30	May 19	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	31	May 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-10	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	32	May 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
31	33	May 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	34	May 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
33	35	May 25	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	36	May 26	NYG	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
35	37	May 27	NYG	@	STL	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
36	38	May 28	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	39	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	40	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	41	May 31	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	42	Jun 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
41	43	Jun 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	44	Jun 4	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	45	Jun 5	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
44	46	Jun 6	NYG		CHC	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	47	Jun 7	NYG		CHC	L,0-19	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	48	Jun 8	NYG		CHC	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
47	49	Jun 9	NYG		CIN	W,7-1	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
48	50	Jun 11	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	51	Jun 12	NYG		CIN	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
50	52	Jun 13	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	53	Jun 14	NYG		STL	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
52	54	Jun 15	NYG		STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	55	Jun 16	NYG		STL	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	56	Jun 20	NYG		PIT	L,2-15	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	57	Jun 21	NYG		PIT	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
56	58	Jun 22	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
57	59	Jun 23	NYG		PHI	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	60	Jun 25	NYG		PHI	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
59	61	Jun 26	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	62	Jun 27	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
61	63	Jun 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	64	Jun 29	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	65	Jun 30	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	66	Jul 2	NYG		BRO	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	67	Jul 4	NYG		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	68	Jul 5	NYG		BSN	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	69	Jul 6	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	70	Jul 7	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
69	71	Jul 9	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	72	Jul 10	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	73	Jul 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	9	0	0	9	0
72	74	Jul 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,16-11	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
				Player went from New York Giants to St. Louis Cardinals
73	84	Jul 16	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	85	Jul 17	STL		BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
75	86	Jul 18	STL		BRO	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
76	87	Jul 19	STL		BRO	L,3-6	CG	0	15.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	88	Jul 20	STL		BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	89	Jul 21	STL		BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
79	90	Jul 22	STL		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	91	Jul 23	STL		BSN	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
81	92	Jul 24	STL		BSN	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
82	93	Jul 26	STL	@	BRO	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
83	94	Jul 27	STL	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
84	95	Jul 28	STL	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	96	Jul 30	STL	@	BRO	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	97	Jul 31	STL	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	98	Aug 1	STL	@	NYG	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
88	99	Aug 3	STL	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
89	100	Aug 4	STL	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	101	Aug 6 (1)	STL	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	102	Aug 6 (2)	STL	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	0	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	103	Aug 7	STL	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
93	104	Aug 9	STL	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	105	Aug 10	STL	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
95	106	Aug 11 (1)	STL	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	1	0	0	1	0
96	107	Aug 11 (2)	STL	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	108	Aug 16 (1)	STL		NYG	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	109	Aug 16 (2)	STL		NYG	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
99	110	Aug 17	STL		NYG	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	111	Aug 18	STL		PHI	L,2-11	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	112	Aug 19 (1)	STL		PHI	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	113	Aug 19 (2)	STL		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	114	Aug 22	STL		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	115	Aug 23	STL		BSN	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
105	116	Aug 24	STL		BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
106	117	Aug 25	STL		BRO	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
107	118	Aug 27 (1)	STL		BRO	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	119	Aug 27 (2)	STL		BRO	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
109	120	Aug 29	STL		PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	121	Aug 30	STL		PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	2	3	0
111	122	Aug 31	STL		PIT	L,5-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	123	Sep 1	STL	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
113	124	Sep 2	STL	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
114	125	Sep 3 (1)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
115	126	Sep 3 (2)	STL	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	0	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
116	127	Sep 4	STL	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	128	Sep 5	STL	@	PIT	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
118	129	Sep 6 (1)	STL	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
119	130	Sep 6 (2)	STL	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
120	131	Sep 7	STL		CIN	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
121	132	Sep 9 (1)	STL		CIN	L,0-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	133	Sep 9 (2)	STL		CIN	L,1-3	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	134	Sep 13	STL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	135	Sep 14	STL		CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	136	Sep 15 (1)	STL		CHC	L,2-6	CG	0	13.0	6	0	1	7	0
							126gm			196	14	14	224	0