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Fred Merkle

Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle (Bonehead)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 20, 1888 in Watertown, WI
High School: Toledo HS (Toledo, OH) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1907
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cubs/Robins/Yankees 1907-1926

Final Game: September 26, 1926
Died: March 2, 1956 in Daytona Beach, FL
Buried: Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, FL
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 14, 2012 2:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #784. Charlie Jamieson… #785. Nick Swisher… #786. Jim Gantner… #787. FRED MERKLE… #788. Tom Haller… #789. Josh Willingham… #790. Bobby Lowe… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1907 18 NYG NL 15 49 47 0 12 1 0 0 5 0 1 7 .255 .271 .277 .547 69 13 0 1 3
1908 19 NYG NL 38 47 41 6 11 2 1 1 7 0 4 9 .268 .333 .439 .772 141 18 0 2 3/O45
1909 20 NYG NL 79 257 236 15 45 9 1 0 20 8 16 45 .191 .245 .237 .482 49 56 1 4 3/4
1910 21 NYG NL 144 572 506 75 148 35 14 4 70 23 44 59 .292 .353 .441 .793 131 223 3 19 *3
1911 22 NYG NL 149 604 541 80 153 24 10 12 84 49 43 60 .283 .342 .431 .773 114 233 6 14 *3 MVP-7
1912 23 NYG NL 129 537 479 82 148 22 6 11 84 37 42 70 .309 .374 .449 .823 121 215 8 8 *3 MVP-18
1913 24 NYG NL 153 617 563 78 147 30 12 3 69 35 18 41 60 .261 .315 .373 .688 95 210 3 10 *3
1914 25 NYG NL 146 572 512 71 132 25 7 7 63 23 52 80 .258 .327 .375 .702 112 192 1 7 *3
1915 26 NYG NL 140 557 505 52 151 25 3 4 62 20 15 36 39 .299 .348 .384 .732 126 194 2 14 *3O
1916 27 TOT NL 135 527 470 51 111 20 3 7 46 19 0 40 50 .236 .308 .336 .644 102 158 9 8 *3/O
1916 27 NYG NL 112 449 401 45 95 19 3 7 44 17 0 33 46 .237 .308 .352 .659 107 141 8 7 *3
1916 27 BRO NL 23 78 69 6 16 1 0 0 2 2 0 7 4 .232 .312 .246 .558 71 17 1 1 3/O
1917 28 TOT NL 148 616 557 66 147 31 9 3 57 13 42 61 .264 .320 .368 .688 105 205 4 13 *3/O
1917 28 BRO NL 2 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .250 .375 13 2 0 0 /3
1917 28 CHC NL 146 608 549 65 146 30 9 3 57 13 42 60 .266 .323 .370 .692 106 203 4 13 *3/O
1918 29 CHC NL 129 541 482 55 143 25 5 3 65 21 35 36 .297 .349 .388 .737 123 187 4 20 *3
1919 30 CHC NL 133 545 498 52 133 20 6 3 62 20 33 35 .267 .315 .349 .665 100 174 2 12 *3/4
1920 31 CHC NL 92 367 330 33 94 20 4 3 38 3 5 24 32 .285 .335 .397 .732 109 131 1 12 3/7O
1925 36 NYY AL 7 16 13 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .385 .429 .462 .890 128 6 0 2 /3
1926 37 NYY AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /3
16 Yrs 1638 6426 5782 720 1580 290 81 61 733 272 38 454 644 .273 .331 .383 .714 110 2215 44 146
162 Game Avg. 162 636 572 71 156 29 8 6 72 27 45 64 .273 .331 .383 .714 110 219 4 14
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
NYG (10 yrs) 1105 4261 3831 504 1042 192 57 49 508 212 33 312 475 .272 .332 .390 .722 111 1495 32 86
CHC (4 yrs) 500 2061 1859 205 516 95 24 12 222 57 5 134 163 .278 .330 .374 .704 109 695 11 57
BRO (2 yrs) 25 86 77 7 17 2 0 0 2 2 0 7 5 .221 .294 .247 .541 65 19 1 1
NYY (2 yrs) 8 18 15 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .333 .375 .400 .775 99 6 0 2
NL (14 yrs) 1630 6408 5767 716 1575 289 81 61 732 271 38 453 643 .273 .331 .383 .714 110 2209 44 144
AL (2 yrs) 8 18 15 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .333 .375 .400 .775 99 6 0 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1907 18 NYG NL 15 49 -2 0 0 -2 -0 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.4 .467 .497 -0.1 -0.3 -0 $ 3
1908 19 NYG NL 38 47 2 0 0 0 -1 1 0.1 1 2 0.3 .504 .501 0.3 -0.1 2 $ 3/O45
1909 20 NYG NL 79 257 -14 0 0 -2 -2 -18 -2.2 8 -10 -1.4 .472 .486 -1.2 -0.4 -8 $ 3/4
1910 21 NYG NL 144 572 17 -0 0 -1 -5 11 1.3 16 27 2.9 .508 .508 3.0 -0.6 28 $ *3
1911 22 NYG NL 149 604 8 5 0 11 -5 19 1.9 16 36 3.5 .514 .513 2.5 0.6 25 $ *3 MVP-7
1912 23 NYG NL 129 537 12 2 0 -4 -4 6 0.5 15 20 2.0 .504 .504 2.5 -0.9 24 $ *3 MVP-18
1913 24 NYG NL 153 617 -4 2 0 -4 -5 -11 -1.2 17 6 0.5 .492 .492 0.9 -1.0 10 $ *3
1914 25 NYG NL 146 572 6 -0 0 2 -5 3 0.2 16 19 1.9 .503 .502 1.7 -0.4 17 $ *3
1915 26 NYG NL 140 557 15 0 0 -4 -5 7 0.7 16 22 2.3 .506 .505 2.9 -1.1 26 $ *3O
1916 27 NYG NL 112 449 4 0 0 -3 -4 -2 -0.3 13 11 1.0 .498 .498 1.4 -0.8 14 $ *3
1916 27 BRO NL 23 78 -2 -0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -0 -0.1 .486 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ 3/O
1917 28 BRO NL 2 8 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .448 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /3
1917 28 CHC NL 146 608 4 -0 0 -5 -5 -7 -0.9 17 10 0.8 .494 .494 1.4 -1.3 15 $ *3/O
1918 29 CHC NL 129 541 12 -0 0 6 -5 13 1.5 15 28 3.1 .512 .510 2.4 0.1 22 $ *3
1919 30 CHC NL 133 545 0 -0 0 -1 -5 -6 -0.9 15 8 0.6 .494 .495 0.8 -0.9 10 $ *3/4
1920 31 CHC NL 92 367 3 -0 0 -2 -3 -2 -0.3 11 8 0.7 .497 .498 1.0 -0.7 10 $ 3/7O
1925 36 NYY AL 7 16 1 0 0 0 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .511 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $6,000 /3
1926 37 NYY AL 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .438 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /3
16 Seasons 1638 6426 62 8 0 -9 -55 5 -0.6 180 186 17.6 .500 .500 19.3 -7.9 195 $6,000
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
NYG (10 yrs) 1105 4261 45 9 0 -7 -35 12 0.5 119 131 12.6 .501 .501 13.9 -5.0 138 $
CHC (4 yrs) 500 2061 19 -2 0 -2 -19 -3 -0.7 58 55 5.2 .499 .499 5.6 -2.7 57 $
BRO (2 yrs) 25 86 -2 -0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.2 .483 .499 -0.2 -0.1 -1 $
NYY (2 yrs) 8 18 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $6,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1911 22 NYG NL WS PHA L 6 24 20 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 .150 .250 .200 .450 4 0 1 0 1 0
1912 23 NYG NL WS BOS L 8 34 33 5 9 2 1 0 3 1 1 0 7 .273 .273 .394 .667 13 0 0 1 0 0
1913 24 NYG NL WS PHA L 4 14 13 3 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 2 .231 .286 .462 .747 6 1 0 0 0 0
1916 27 BRO NL WS BOS L 3 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 0 0 0 0 0
1918 29 CHC NL WS BOS L 6 22 18 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 3 .278 .409 .278 .687 5 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs (5 Series) 27 100 88 10 21 3 1 1 9 1 3 9 18 .239 .313 .330 .643 29 1 1 1 1 0
5 WS 27 100 88 10 21 3 1 1 9 1 3 9 18 .239 .313 .330 .643 29 1 1 1 1 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1907 NYG NL 18 1B 15 136 122 7 7 4 .949 8.60 .984 10.58
1908 NYG NL 19 1B 11 61 60 1 0 2 1.000 5.55 .986 11.07
1908 NYG NL 19 OF 5 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 .960 2.04 2-0-3
1908 NYG NL 19 2B 1 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 .955 5.10
1908 NYG NL 19 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
1909 NYG NL 20 1B 70 668 625 27 16 29 .976 9.31 .985 10.83
1909 NYG NL 20 2B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .938 4.90
1910 NYG NL 21 1B 144 1503 1390 84 29 87 .981 10.24 .984 10.40
1911 NYG NL 22 1B 148 1514 1375 117 22 73 .985 10.08 .985 10.23 MVP-7
1912 NYG NL 23 1B 129 1328 1229 72 27 77 .980 10.09 .988 10.17 MVP-18
1913 NYG NL 24 1B 153 1561 1463 76 22 86 .986 10.06 .986 10.40
1914 NYG NL 25 1B 146 1567 1463 88 16 80 .990 10.62 .988 10.60
1915 NYG NL 26 1B 110 1189 1123 53 13 62 .989 10.69 .990 10.61
1915 NYG NL 26 OF 30 75 68 5 2 1 .973 2.43 .959 2.12 0-27-5
1916 TOT NL 27 1B 127 1392 1309 62 21 64 .985 10.80 .987 10.80
1916 NYG NL 27 1B 112 1261 1183 58 20 61 .984 11.08 .987 10.80
1916 BRO NL 27 1B 15 131 126 4 1 3 .992 8.67 .987 10.80
1916 BRO NL 27 OF 4 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.15 3-1-0
1917 TOT NL 28 1B 142 1531 1438 67 26 85 .983 10.60 .988 10.92
1917 BRO NL 28 1B 2 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 .988 10.90
1917 CHC NL 28 1B 140 1507 1415 66 26 84 .983 10.58 .988 10.92
1917 CHC NL 28 OF 6 17 15 2 0 1 1.000 2.83 .963 2.20 5-1-0
1918 CHC NL 29 1B 129 129 126 1485 1388 82 15 75 .990 11.40 .987 11.24
1919 CHC NL 30 1B 132 132 131 1573 1494 56 23 74 .985 11.74 .988 11.24
1919 CHC NL 30 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.40
1920 CHC NL 31 1B 85 85 84 975 906 54 15 52 .985 11.29 .990 11.09
1920 CHC NL 31 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1920 CHC NL 31 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.30
1925 NYY AL 36 1B 5 2 0 29 28 1 0 3 1.000 5.80 .988 10.46
1926 NYY AL 37 1B 1 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 .990 10.80
16 Seasons 1B 1547 348 341 16518 15419 847 252 853 .985 10.51 .987 10.68
5 Seasons OF 46 0 0 101 91 8 2 2 .980 2.15 .960 2.13 11-29-8
3 Seasons 2B 3 0 0 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.67 .946 5.13
1 Season (incomplete) LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
16 Seasons TOT 1597 348 341 16627 15513 860 254 856 .985 10.25 .987 10.42 11-29-8
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (7, 30%)
1912 NL (18, 6%)
0.36 Career Shares (551st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1911 NL  3.5 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1915 NL  .299 (6th)
1918 NL  .297 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1910 NL  .441 (4th)
1912 NL  .449 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1910 NL  .793 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1913 NL  153 (5th)
1918 NL  129 (2nd)

At Bats s c a p y
1913 NL  563 (10th)
1918 NL  482 (7th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1913 NL  617 (10th)
1918 NL  541 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1918 NL  143 (4th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1910 NL  223 (10th)
1911 NL  233 (10th)
1918 NL  187 (5th)

Doubles s c a p y
1910 NL  35 (4th)
1913 NL  30 (7th)
1917 NL  31 (2nd)
1918 NL  25 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1910 NL  14 (8th)
1913 NL  12 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1911 NL  12 (5th)
1912 NL  11 (3rd)
1914 NL  7 (9th)
1916 NL  7 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1910 NL  70 (10th)
1911 NL  84 (10th)
1912 NL  84 (9th)
1918 NL  65 (4th)
1919 NL  62 (6th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1910 NL  59 (10th)
1912 NL  70 (6th)
1914 NL  80 (1st)
1917 NL  61 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1911 NL  49 (4th)
1912 NL  37 (5th)
1913 NL  35 (9th)
1918 NL  21 (10th)
Career  272 (188th)

Singles s c a p y
1918 NL  110 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1910 NL  131 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1918 NL  64 (4th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1910 NL  53 (4th)
1911 NL  46 (10th)
1913 NL  45 (10th)
1917 NL  43 (5th)
1918 NL  33 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1918 NL  182 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1910 NL  .681 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1912 NL  8 (5th)
1916 NL  9 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1918 NL  20 (10th)
Career  146 (186th)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1911 NL  19.3 (3rd)
1912 NL  17.0 (2nd)
1914 NL  10.7 (7th)
1916 NL  10.2 (8th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1911 NL  45.1 (5th)
1912 NL  43.5 (4th)
1914 NL  73.1 (10th)
1916 NL  67.1 (8th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1913 NL  444 (10th)
1918 NL  359 (10th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1910 NL  1,390 (4th)
1911 NL  1,375 (4th)
1913 NL  1,463 (3rd)
1914 NL  1,463 (4th)
1916 NL  1,314 (4th)
1917 NL  1,453 (4th)
1918 NL  1,388 (1st)
1919 NL  1,494 (1st)
Career  15,513 (40th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1910 NL  144 (2nd)
1911 NL  148 (4th)
1913 NL  153 (2nd)
1914 NL  146 (4th)
1916 NL  127 (4th)
1917 NL  142 (4th)
1918 NL  129 (1st)
1919 NL  132 (4th)
Career  1,547 (54th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1910 NL  1,390 (4th)
1911 NL  1,375 (4th)
1913 NL  1,463 (3rd)
1914 NL  1,463 (4th)
1916 NL  1,309 (4th)
1917 NL  1,438 (4th)
1918 NL  1,388 (1st)
1919 NL  1,494 (1st)
Career  15,419 (38th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1910 NL  84 (2nd)
1911 NL  117 (1st)
1914 NL  88 (2nd)
1916 NL  62 (5th)
1918 NL  82 (2nd)
Career  847 (72nd)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1909 NL  16 (5th)
1910 NL  29 (1st)
1911 NL  22 (1st)
1912 NL  27 (1st)
1913 NL  22 (3rd)
1914 NL  16 (3rd)
1915 NL  13 (3rd)
1916 NL  21 (3rd)
1917 NL  26 (2nd)
1918 NL  15 (3rd)
1919 NL  23 (1st)
1920 NL  15 (3rd)
Career  252 (17th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1910 NL  10.24 (5th)
1911 NL  10.08 (3rd)
1912 NL  10.09 (5th)
1914 NL  10.62 (4th)
1915 NL  10.69 (3rd)
1916 NL  10.80 (3rd)
1917 NL  10.60 (5th)
1918 NL  11.40 (4th)
1919 NL  11.74 (2nd)
1920 NL  11.29 (2nd)
Career  10.51 (31st)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1911 NL  .985 (4th)
1913 NL  .986 (5th)
1914 NL  .990 (5th)
1918 NL  .990 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1926 AL  born 1888-12-20 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1907 NL  born 1888-12-20 (1st)
1908 NL  born 1888-12-20 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 75 (325), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1738), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1809), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (124th), 17.6 career WAR/16.7 7yr-peak WAR/17.1 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  5. Duffy Lewis (893)
  6. Dave Philley (892)
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  8. Willie Montanez (889)
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  10. Elbie Fletcher (884)
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  3. Phil Cavarretta (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Cavarretta (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Elbie Fletcher (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Phil Cavarretta (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Charlie Grimm (939)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Dick Hoblitzell (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ed Konetchy (937)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ed Konetchy (940)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Ed Konetchy (938)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Dan McGann (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dave Philley (892)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
192536New York Yankees$6,000Contract at HOFContract begins 6/16/25; annual rate given
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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