Lennie Merullo

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 166lb (180cm, 75kg)

Born: May 5, 1917 in Boston, MA us

Died: May 30, 2015 in Reading, MA

Buried: Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading, MA

High School: St. John's Preparatory School (Danvers, MA)

Schools: Villanova University (Villanova, PA), Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Debut: September 12, 1941 (Age 24-130d, 9,113th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 22, 1947 (Age 30-109d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Leonard Richard Merullo

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Relatives: Grandfather of Matt Merullo

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

2071

497

.240

191

RBI

152

OBP

.291

SLG

.301

OPS

.592

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 8)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	32	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
2	2	Apr 17	CHC		PIT	L,1-7	CG	37	9.0	2	4	2	8	1
3	3	Apr 18	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
5	5	Apr 20	CHC	@	STL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
6	6	Apr 21	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
7	7	Apr 22	CHC		CIN	L,6-7	CG	46	10.0	0	3	0	3	1
8	8	Apr 23	CHC		CIN	W,7-1	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
9	9	Apr 24	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
10	10	Apr 26	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
11	11	Apr 27	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
12	12	Apr 29	CHC	@	BRO	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
13	13	Apr 30	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-5	GS	26	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
15	15	May 6	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
16	16	May 8 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
17	17	May 8 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	1
18	18	May 9	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
19	19	May 10	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	0	5	2	7	0
20	20	May 11 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
21	21	May 11 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	2	1	0	3	1
22	22	May 13	CHC		BSN	L,4-7	GS	31	6.0	1	3	0	4	1
23	23	May 15	CHC		NYG	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
24	24	May 16	CHC		NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
25	25	May 17	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	48	11.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	26	May 18	CHC		BRO	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
27	27	May 19	CHC		BRO	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
28	28	May 20	CHC		PHI	W,3-2	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
29	29	May 21	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
30	30	May 24	CHC		CIN	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
31	31	May 25	CHC		CIN	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
32	32	May 26	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	GS	27	6.0	1	1	1	3	1
33	33	May 27	CHC	@	STL	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
34	34	May 28	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	42	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
35	35	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	37	9.2	2	1	1	4	1
36	36	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
37	37	May 31	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	3
39	39	Jun 3	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
40	40	Jun 4	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
41	41	Jun 5 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	42	Jun 5 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 6	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
44	44	Jun 9	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	37	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
45	45	Jun 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
46	46	Jun 11 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
47	47	Jun 11 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	48	Jun 12	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	49	Jun 13	CHC		PHI	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
50	50	Jun 14	CHC		PHI	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	51	Jun 15	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
52	52	Jun 16	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	GS	34	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
53	53	Jun 18	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
54	54	Jun 19	CHC		BRO	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
55	55	Jun 20	CHC		BSN	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
56	56	Jun 21	CHC		BSN	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
57	66 (9)	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	67	Jul 3	CHC		STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
59	68	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
60	69	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
61	70	Jul 5	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	7	1	9	3
62	71	Jul 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
63	72	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
64	73	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	3
65	74	Jul 10 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
66	75	Jul 11	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
67	76	Jul 12 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
68	77	Jul 12 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	0	2	1	3	0
69	78	Jul 13 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,7-8	GS	0		1	2	0	3	0
70	79	Jul 13 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	42	8.2	2	2	0	4	0
71	80	Jul 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
72	81	Jul 15	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
73	82	Jul 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	6	1	11	3
74	83	Jul 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
75	84	Jul 20 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
76	85	Jul 20 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
77	86	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	3	4	0	7	1
78	87	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
79	88	Jul 23	CHC		BSN	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
80	89	Jul 24	CHC		BSN	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
81	90	Jul 25	CHC		NYG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	91	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
83	92	Jul 27	CHC		NYG	L,6-12	CG	49	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
84	93	Jul 28	CHC		BRO	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
85	94	Jul 29	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	3	1	2	6	0
86	95	Jul 30	CHC		PHI	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
87	96	Jul 31	CHC		PHI	L,0-3	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	97	Aug 1	CHC		BRO	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	4	3	2	9	2
89	98	Aug 2	CHC		BRO	W,12-7	GS	3	0.2	0	0	1	1	0
90	99	Aug 3	CHC		BRO	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
91	100	Aug 4	CHC		STL	L,1-8	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
92	101	Aug 5	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
93	102	Aug 6	CHC		PIT	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
94	103	Aug 7	CHC		PIT	L,0-3	GS	34	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
95	104	Aug 8	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	9	3	0	12	0
96	105	Aug 9 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
97	106	Aug 9 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
98	107	Aug 10	CHC		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
99	108	Aug 11	CHC	@	STL	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
100	109	Aug 12	CHC	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
101	110	Aug 13	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	111	Aug 15	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
103	112	Aug 16	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
104	113	Aug 17 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
105	114	Aug 17 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
106	115	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
107	116	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,2-8	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	120 (3)	Aug 22	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	GS	0		0	4	0	4	1
							108gm		906.0	219	322	29	570	77