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+

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

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1929 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	GS	42	10.0	4	1	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 17	DET	@	CLE	W,15-3	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 19	DET	@	CLE	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
4	5	Apr 20	DET	@	SLB	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	17 (11)	May 4	DET		BOS	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	19 (1)	May 6	DET		BOS	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	20	May 7	DET		WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	22 (1)	May 9	DET		WSH	L,3-6	GS	26	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
9	23	May 10	DET		NYY	L,5-10	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
10	37 (13)	May 25 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
11	40 (2)	May 27 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-6	GS	0	11.0	8	1	0	9	0
12	44 (3)	May 30 (2)	DET		SLB	L,9-13	GS	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	48 (3)	Jun 4	DET	@	PHA	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	49	Jun 5	DET	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	51 (1)	Jun 7	DET	@	WSH	W,17-11	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
16	53 (1)	Jun 10	DET	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	2	5	0
17	55 (1)	Jun 13	DET	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
18	57 (1)	Jun 15	DET	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	58	Jun 16	DET	@	NYY	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
20	59	Jun 17 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
21	61 (1)	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	29	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
22	62	Jun 20	DET	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
23	63	Jun 22	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	64	Jun 23	DET	@	CLE	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	65	Jun 24	DET		CHW	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	66	Jun 25	DET		CHW	W,14-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
27	67	Jun 26	DET		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
28	68	Jun 27	DET		CLE	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	69	Jun 28	DET		CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
30	70	Jun 29	DET		CLE	L,9-12	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
31	71	Jun 30	DET		CLE	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	72	Jul 2	DET	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
33	73	Jul 3	DET	@	SLB	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
34	74	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,6-12	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	0
35	91 (16)	Jul 23	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
36	94 (2)	Jul 27	DET	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
37	97 (2)	Jul 31	DET	@	PHA	L,1-10	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	99 (1)	Aug 2	DET	@	PHA	L,10-11	CG	45	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
39	102 (2)	Aug 5	DET	@	WSH	L,5-21	GF	34	6.0	1	0	1	2	0
40	110 (7)	Aug 14	DET		NYY	W,17-13	CG	51	9.0	4	0	1	5	1
41	112 (1)	Aug 16	DET		NYY	L,2-12	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	113	Aug 17	DET		NYY	L,2-7	GF	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	116 (2)	Aug 19 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
44	118 (1)	Aug 21	DET		BOS	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
45	119	Aug 22	DET		WSH	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
46	121 (1)	Aug 24	DET		WSH	L,6-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
							46gm		370.0	157	32	7	196	4