Merv Shea

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: September 5, 1900 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: January 27, 1953 in Sacramento, CA

Buried: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, CA

Debut: April 23, 1927 (Age 26-230d, 6,541st in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 19, 1944 (Age 43-349d)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Mervyn John Shea

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

1197

263

.220

105

RBI

115

OBP

.327

SLG

.277

OPS

.603

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-29 / in Starts: 20-22
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	13 games
Most Games w/o HR	19 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 182 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	90 (43-25-22) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 182 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	123 (61-38-23)

Most Driven In
M McManus	11
D Alexander	5
H Heilmann	2
C Gehringer	1
Self	1
N Richardson	0

Most Driven In By
R Johnson	5
B Fothergill	3
H Rice	2
H Heilmann	1
O Carroll	1
E Whitehill	1
E Yde	1
Y Wuestling	1

1929 Batting Game Log

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1929 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	74	1	Apr 16	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS-11	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.93	-0.069	2.33	-0.10%	-0.90	C
2	75	2	Apr 17	DET	@	CLE	W,15-3	CG	6	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	8	.20	0.037	.46	0.05%	0.15	C
3	76	4 (1)	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.308	.250	.558	8	.84	-0.097	1.97	-0.14%	-1.37	C
4	77	5	Apr 20	DET	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.294	.250	.544	8	.96	-0.050	2.10	-0.07%	-0.60	C
5	78	15 (9)	Apr 30	DET		SLB	L,5-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.278	.235	.513	9	2.47	-0.072	5.28	-0.09%	-0.25	PH
May		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
6	79	17 (1)	May 4	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.318	.250	.568	7	1.22	-0.092	2.27	-0.10%	-0.66	C
7	80	19 (1)	May 6	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.308	.217	.525	7	.35	-0.034	.75	-0.04%	-0.57	C
8	81	20	May 7	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.310	.200	.510	7	.66	0.003	1.54	0.00%	-0.13	C
9	82	22 (1)	May 9	DET		WSH	L,3-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.290	.185	.476	7	.85	-0.048	2.35	-0.08%	-0.52	C
10	83	23	May 10	DET		NYY	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.286	.194	.479	7	.80	-0.017	2.33	-0.03%	-0.25	C
11	84	34 (10)	May 22	DET		CLE	L,4-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.278	.188	.465	9	.24	-0.006	.61	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
12	85	37 (2)	May 25 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.250	.167	.417	7	1.09	-0.114	2.41	-0.15%	-1.16	C
13	86	40 (2)	May 27 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS-0	6	5	2	1	0	0	1	1	1		2	0	0				0	0	.171	.261	.244	.505	7						C
14	87	44 (3)	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,9-13	GS-5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.292	.286	.577	7	.79	0.093	1.81	0.13%	1.03	C
Jun		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
15	88	48 (3)	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.200	.308	.356	.663	7	.80	0.085	.93	0.06%	1.87	C
16	89	49	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.321	.354	.676	7	.36	-0.013	.33	-0.01%	0.16	C
17	90	51 (1)	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	W,17-11	CG	6	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	0	.226	.339	.358	.697	7						C
18	91	53 (1)	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.338	.345	.684	7	1.59	-0.003	1.51	0.00%	-0.09	C
19	92	55 (1)	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.333	.356	.689	7	.51	0.013	.59	0.01%	0.55	C
20	93	57 (1)	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.342	.365	.708	7	.27	0.012	.20	0.01%	0.58	C
21	94	58	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.254	.351	.373	.724	7	1.42	0.016	1.08	0.01%	0.65	C
22	95	59	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.338	.357	.695	7	1.91	-0.187	1.29	-0.08%	-1.23	C
23	96	61 (1)	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG(6)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.337	.356	.694	7	.88	0.024	.55	0.01%	0.09	C
24	97	62	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		1		0	0	.256	.341	.359	.700	7	1.05	0.118	.76	0.05%	0.91	C
25	98	63	Jun 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.256	.341	.359	.700	8						C
26	99	64	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.333	.349	.683	7	.54	0.049	.39	0.02%	0.04	C
27	100	65	Jun 24	DET		CHW	W,13-4	CG	5	4	1	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.357	.368	.725	7	.51	0.118	.36	0.05%	3.12	C
28	101	66	Jun 25	DET		CHW	W,14-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.261	.340	.348	.688	7	.82	-0.093	.61	-0.04%	0.44	C
29	102	67	Jun 26	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.271	.346	.354	.700	7	1.04	-0.054	.73	-0.02%	-0.09	C
30	103	68	Jun 27	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.360	.364	.724	7	.52	0.058	.26	0.02%	1.19	C
31	104	69	Jun 28	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.374	.379	.753	7	1.16	0.142	.61	0.05%	1.19	C
32	105	70	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,9-12	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.370	.368	.738	7	.61	-0.059	.27	-0.02%	-0.77	C
33	106	71	Jun 30	DET		CLE	W,11-10	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.306	.379	.378	.757	7	1.09	-0.002	.39	0.00%	0.46	C
Jul		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
34	107	72	Jul 2	DET	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.304	.375	.374	.749	7	.45	-0.032	.26	-0.01%	-0.90	C
35	108	73	Jul 3	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.305	.379	.381	.760	7	.50	0.008	.26	0.00%	1.01	C
36	109	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-12	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0		0	0	0				0	0	.303	.375	.402	.777	7						C
37	110	89 (14)	Jul 20	DET		PHA	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.301	.372	.398	.771	9	.24	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
38	111	91 (1)	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.299	.369	.394	.762	7	1.51	-0.079	.00	0.00%	-0.68	C
39	112	94 (2)	Jul 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.368	.388	.756	7	1.13	-0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.04	C
40	113	97 (2)	Jul 31	DET	@	PHA	L,1-10	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.363	.382	.745	7	.03	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.40	C
Aug		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
41	114	99 (1)	Aug 2	DET	@	PHA	L,10-11	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.289	.360	.378	.738	7	.51	-0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.41	C
42	115	101 (1)	Aug 4 (2)	DET	@	WSH	W,13-11	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.289	.364	.378	.742	9						PH
43	116	102	Aug 5	DET	@	WSH	L,5-21	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.283	.357	.370	.727	7	.33	-0.024	.00	0.00%	-1.21	PH C
44	117	110 (7)	Aug 14	DET		NYY	W,17-13	CG	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.284	.365	.369	.734	7	1.68	0.111	.00	0.00%	0.92	C
45	118	112 (1)	Aug 16	DET		NYY	L,2-12	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.368	.386	.754	7	.32	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.62	C
46	119	113	Aug 17	DET		NYY	L,2-7	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.295	.372	.390	.762	7	.22	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.28	C
47	120	116 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.287	.363	.380	.743	7	.35	0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.59	C
48	121	118 (1)	Aug 21	DET		BOS	W,13-2	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.370	.390	.760	7	.41	0.098	.00	0.00%	2.17	C
49	122	119	Aug 22	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.297	.373	.392	.765	7	.75	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.14	C
50	123	121 (1)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,6-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.290	.365	.383	.747	7	.59	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
							21-29		182	162	23	47	6	0	3	24	19	0	18	0	0		4		2	1	.290	.365	.383	.747		.79	-0.276	.74	-0.52%	3.62

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