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Fred Merkle

Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle

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

Born: December 20, 1888 in Watertown, WI
High School: Toledo (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,in Daytona Beach, FL
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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 .255 .271 .277 .547 69 13 0 1 3
1908 19 NYG NL 38 47 41 6 11 2 1 1 7 0 4 .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 .191 .245 .237 .482 48 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 .773 113 233 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 .702 111 192 1 7 *3
1915 26 NYG NL 140 557 505 52 151 25 3 4 62 20 15 36 39 .299 .348 .384 .732 127 194 2 14 *3O
1916 27 TOT NL 135 527 470 51 111 20 3 7 46 19 0 40 50 .236 .308 .336 .644 101 158 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 70 17 1 1 3/O
1917 28 TOT NL 148 616 557 66 147 31 9 3 57 13 42 61 .264 .320 .368 .688 104 205 4 13 *3/O
1917 28 BRO NL 2 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .250 .375 12 2 0 0 /3
1917 28 CHC NL 146 608 549 65 146 30 9 3 57 13 42 60 .266 .323 .370 .692 105 203 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 99 174 2 12 *3/4
1920 31 CHC NL 92 367 330 33 94 20 4 3 38 3 5 24 32 .285 .335 .397 .732 108 131 1 12 3/O
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 Seasons 1638 6426 5782 720 1580 290 81 61 733 272 38 454 583 .273 .331 .383 .714 109 2215 44 146
162 Game Avg. 162 636 572 71 156 29 8 6 72 27 45 .273 .331 .383 .714 109 219 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 33 312 414 .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 .704 108 695 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 38 453 582 .273 .331 .383 .714 109 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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 Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1907 NYG NL 18 1B 15 136 122 7 7 4 .949 8.60 .985 10.25
1908 NYG NL 19 1B 11 61 60 1 0 2 1.000 5.55 .985 10.67
1908 NYG NL 19 OF 5 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.60 .967 2.00 2-0-3
1908 NYG NL 19 2B 1 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00 .950 5.00
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 10.58
1909 NYG NL 20 2B 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .925 4.70
1910 NYG NL 21 1B 144 1503 1390 84 29 87 .981 10.24 .984 6.94
1911 NYG NL 22 1B 148 1514 1375 117 22 73 .985 10.08 .985 6.76 MVP-7
1912 NYG NL 23 1B 129 1328 1229 72 27 77 .980 10.09 .988 7.75 MVP-18
1913 NYG NL 24 1B 153 1561 1463 76 22 86 .986 10.06 .986 6.54
1914 NYG NL 25 1B 146 1567 1463 88 16 80 .990 10.62 .988 6.85
1915 NYG NL 26 1B 110 1189 1123 53 13 62 .989 10.69 .990 9.09
1915 NYG NL 26 OF 30 75 68 5 2 1 .973 2.43 .959 2.01 0-27-5
1916 TOT NL 27 1B 127 1392 1309 62 21 64 .985 10.80 .987 9.07
1916 NYG NL 27 1B 112 1261 1183 58 20 61 .984 11.08 .987 8.93
1916 BRO NL 27 1B 15 131 126 4 1 3 .992 8.67 .987 10.15
1916 BRO NL 27 OF 4 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.50 .967 2.00 3-1-0
1917 TOT NL 28 1B 142 1531 1438 67 26 85 .983 10.60 .988 7.19
1917 BRO NL 28 1B 2 24 23 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 .987 10.50
1917 CHC NL 28 1B 140 1507 1415 66 26 84 .983 10.58 .988 7.14
1917 CHC NL 28 OF 6 17 15 2 0 1 1.000 2.83 .959 2.08 5-1-0
1918 CHC NL 29 1B 129 1485 1388 82 15 69 .990 11.40 .987 7.75
1919 CHC NL 30 1B 132 1573 1494 56 23 66 .985 11.74 .988 7.58
1919 CHC NL 30 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.10
1920 CHC NL 31 1B 85 975 906 54 15 52 .985 11.29 .990 10.80
1920 CHC NL 31 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1925 NYY AL 36 1B 5 29 28 1 0 3 1.000 5.80 .986 9.86
1926 NYY AL 37 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 .983 10.30
16 Seasons 1B 1547 16518 15419 847 252 839 .985 10.51 .987 7.86
5 Seasons OF 46 101 91 8 2 2 .980 2.15 .959 2.02 11-29-8
3 Seasons 2B 3 8 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.67 .938 4.93
1 Season 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.30
16 Seasons TOT 1597 16627 15513 860 254 842 .985 10.25 .972 7.68 11-29-8
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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 (529th)

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 (184th)

Singles s c a p y
1918 NL  110 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1910 NL  131 (9th)
1915 NL  127 (10th)

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 (185th)

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)

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 (313), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1678), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1941), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Dan McGann (906)
  2. Enos Cabell (901)
  3. Mike Hargrove (897)
  4. Al Cowens (896)
  5. Dave Philley (894)
  6. Gus Suhr (891)
  7. Duffy Lewis (889)
  8. Willie Montanez (888)
  9. Elbie Fletcher (885)
  10. Dode Paskert (884)
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  1. Howie Schultz (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Phil Cavarretta (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Phil Cavarretta (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Phil Cavarretta (958)  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 (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Phil Cavarretta (946)  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 (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ed Konetchy (939)  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 (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Dave Philley (896)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

September, 1907: Purchased by the New York Giants from Tecumseh (Southern Michigan). (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 25, 1916: Traded by the New York Giants to the Brooklyn Robins for Lew McCarty.

April 21, 1917: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Brooklyn Robins for $3,500.

June 17, 1925: Purchased by the New York Yankees from Rochester (International) for $6,000.

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Name and misspellings: Carl Frederick Charles Fred Rudolf Merkle

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