Bill Merritt
William Henry Merritt
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 30, 1870 in Lowell, MA
School: College of the Holy Cross (All Transactions)
Debut: August 8, 1891
Final Game: October 15, 1899
Died: November 17, 1937 in Lowell, MA
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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 PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1891 CHC NL 20 C 11 44 31 11 2 1 .955 3.82 .923 5.45 5
1891 CHC NL 20 1B 1 11 10 0 1 1 .909 10.00 .982 10.50
1892 LOU NL 21 C 46 248 175 58 15 6 .940 5.07 .935 5.58 24
1893 BSN NL 22 C 37 163 129 25 9 6 .945 4.16 .936 4.51 14
1893 BSN NL 22 OF 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .900 2.15 2-0-0
1894 TOT NL 23 C 60 253 170 68 15 6 .941 3.97 .924 4.32 13
1894 TOT NL 23 1B 5 26 25 0 1 0 .962 5.00 .977 9.54
1894 TOT NL 23 OF 4 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 .900 2.22 2-1-1
1894 BSN NL 23 C 8 42 30 7 5 1 .881 4.63 .929 4.32 1
1894 BSN NL 23 OF 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .900 2.20 0-1-0
1894 PIT NL 23 C 28 126 85 35 6 5 .952 4.29 .923 4.32 9
1894 PIT NL 23 1B 4 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 .978 9.55
1894 PIT NL 23 OF 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.25 2-0-0
1894 CIN NL 23 C 24 85 55 26 4 0 .953 3.38 .922 4.32 3
1894 CIN NL 23 3B 3 13 2 10 1 2 .923 4.00 .869 3.40
1894 CIN NL 23 1B 1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 7.00 .975 9.50
1894 CIN NL 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 0-0-1
1895 TOT NL 24 C 83 412 310 77 25 10 .939 4.66 .937 4.30 26
1895 CIN NL 24 C 20 88 65 19 4 3 .955 4.20 .936 4.30 6
1895 CIN NL 24 2B 1 7 5 1 1 0 .857 6.00 .943 5.60
1895 PIT NL 24 C 63 324 245 58 21 7 .935 4.81 .937 4.30 20
1895 PIT NL 24 1B 2 29 27 1 1 2 .966 14.00 .979 9.90
1896 PIT NL 25 C 62 337 242 75 20 5 .941 5.11 .943 4.33 14
1896 PIT NL 25 3B 5 16 3 9 4 0 .750 2.40 .906 3.40
1896 PIT NL 25 1B 3 35 33 2 0 2 1.000 11.67 .980 10.20
1896 PIT NL 25 2B 3 12 4 8 0 1 1.000 4.00 .933 5.40
1896 PIT NL 25 SS 2 6 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50 .917 5.50
1897 PIT NL 26 C 53 259 202 43 14 6 .946 4.62 .948 4.54 8
1897 PIT NL 26 1B 7 73 68 4 1 4 .986 10.29 .979 9.99
1899 BSN NL 28 C 1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 4.40 1
8 Seasons C 353 1720 1261 359 100 40 .942 4.59 .937 4.57 105
5 Seasons 1B 18 174 163 7 4 9 .977 9.44 .979 9.92
2 Seasons 3B 8 29 5 19 5 2 .828 3.00 .890 3.40
2 Seasons OF 6 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .900 2.20 4-1-1
2 Seasons 2B 4 19 9 9 1 1 .947 4.50 .937 5.45
1 Season SS 2 6 4 1 1 0 .833 2.50 .917 5.50
8 Seasons TOT 391 1954 1448 395 111 52 .943 4.71 .883 4.77 4-1-1 105
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1891 CHC NL 20 11 11 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1892 LOU NL 21 46 46 46 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1893 BSN NL 22 39 39 39 0 37 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
1894 PIT NL 23 36 36 36 0 28 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
1894 CIN NL 23 29 29 29 0 24 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1
1894 BSN NL 23 10 10 10 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1895 PIT NL 24 67 67 67 0 63 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1895 CIN NL 24 22 22 22 0 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1896 PIT NL 25 77 77 77 0 62 3 3 5 2 0 0 0 0
1897 PIT NL 26 62 62 62 0 53 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1899 BSN NL 28 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 400 400 400 0 353 18 4 8 2 4 1 1 6
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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