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Sam Mertes    \MUR-teez\

Samuel Blair Mertes (Sandow)

Positions: Leftfielder and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 6, 1872 in San Francisco, CA(All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1896 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Giants/Orphans/WhiteSox/Cardinals/Phillies 1896-1906

Final Game: September 15, 1906 (Age 34)
Died: March 12, 1945 in Villa Grande, CA
Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Daly City, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1896 PHI NL 23 OF 35 97 85 3 9 0 .907 2.51 .933 2.16 1-33-1
1896 PHI NL 23 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.50
1896 PHI NL 23 SS 1 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 .903 5.60
1898 CHC NL 25 OF 60 125 97 13 15 6 .880 1.83 .937 2.08 4-5-53
1898 CHC NL 25 SS 14 49 19 23 7 4 .857 3.00 .913 5.66
1898 CHC NL 25 2B 4 33 11 17 5 6 .848 7.00 .943 5.62
1898 CHC NL 25 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 .980 10.35
1899 CHC NL 26 OF 108 235 197 20 18 4 .923 2.01 .944 2.15 16-47-46
1899 CHC NL 26 1B 3 30 24 4 2 4 .933 9.33 .977 10.50
1899 CHC NL 26 SS 1 6 2 3 1 1 .833 5.00 .910 5.60
1900 CHC NL 27 OF 88 209 180 13 16 4 .923 2.19 .940 2.17 10-78-0
1900 CHC NL 27 1B 33 367 340 17 10 16 .973 10.82 .979 10.55
1900 CHC NL 27 SS 7 33 12 19 2 2 .939 4.43 .922 5.87
1901 CHW AL 28 2B 132 780 337 396 47 54 .940 5.55 .935 5.71
1901 CHW AL 28 OF 5 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 .931 2.02 5-0-0
1902 CHW AL 29 OF 120 270 223 26 21 5 .922 2.08 .944 2.07 111-0-9
1902 CHW AL 29 SS 5 32 17 15 0 2 1.000 6.40 .928 5.74
1902 CHW AL 29 C 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 .958 4.90 0 1 0 0% 44%
1902 CHW AL 29 1B 1 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 11.00 .980 10.90
1902 CHW AL 29 2B 1 9 1 6 2 1 .778 7.00 .948 5.40
1902 CHW AL 29 3B 1 6 4 1 1 0 .833 5.00 .912 3.60
1902 CHW AL 29 P 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.00
1903 NYG NL 30 OF 137 297 265 24 8 5 .973 2.11 .942 1.94 137-0-0
1903 NYG NL 30 1B 1 10 9 0 1 0 .900 9.00 .977 10.60
1903 NYG NL 30 C 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .970 6.10 0 0 1 100% 45%
1904 NYG NL 31 OF 147 273 244 17 12 1 .956 1.78 .947 1.89 130-17-0
1904 NYG NL 31 SS 1 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 .920 5.40
1905 NYG NL 32 OF 150 250 230 10 10 3 .960 1.60 .955 1.97 149-2-0
1906 TOT NL 33 OF 124 224 196 14 14 0 .938 1.69 .959 1.89 124-0-1
1906 NYG NL 33 OF 71 133 119 10 4 0 .970 1.82 .959 1.89 71-0-1
1906 STL NL 33 OF 53 91 77 4 10 0 .890 1.53 .959 1.89 53-0-0
10 Seasons OF 974 2000 1737 140 123 28 .939 1.93 .946 2.01 687-182-110
4 Seasons 2B 138 822 349 419 54 61 .934 5.57 .935 5.70
5 Seasons 1B 40 419 384 22 13 21 .969 10.15 .979 10.55
6 Seasons SS 29 129 55 64 10 10 .922 4.10 .919 5.71
2 Seasons C 3 5 3 1 1 0 .800 1.33 .960 5.30 0 1 1 50% 44%
1 Season 3B 1 6 4 1 1 0 .833 5.00 .912 3.60
1 Season P 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 3.00
10 Seasons TOT 1186 8.0 3381 2532 647 202 120 .940 0.00 2.68 .946 3.15 2.83 687-182-110 0 1 1 50% 44%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1896 PHI NL 23 37 37 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 33 1 35 0
1898 CHC NL 25 83 83 0 0 2 4 0 14 4 5 53 60 0
1899 CHC NL 26 117 117 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 47 46 108 0
1900 CHC NL 27 127 127 0 0 33 0 0 7 10 78 0 88 0
1901 CHW AL 28 137 137 0 0 0 132 0 0 5 0 0 5 0
1902 CHW AL 29 129 129 1 2 1 1 1 5 111 0 9 120 0
1903 NYG NL 30 138 138 0 1 1 0 0 0 137 0 0 137 0
1904 NYG NL 31 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 1 130 17 0 147 0
1905 NYG NL 32 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 149 2 0 150 0
1906 NYG NL 33 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 0 1 71 0
1906 STL NL 33 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 53 0
10 Seasons 1190 1190 1 3 40 138 1 29 687 182 110 974 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1901 AL  132 (3rd)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1901 AL  337 (4th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1901 AL  396 (5th)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1901 AL  54 (5th)

Def. Games as OF s c a p y
1903 NL  137 (5th)
1904 NL  147 (4th)
1905 NL  150 (4th)

Assists as OF s c a p y
1902 AL  26 (1st)
1903 NL  24 (2nd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1902 AL  21 (2nd)
1906 NL  14 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1898 NL  6 (5th)
1902 AL  5 (4th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1901 AL  .940 (2nd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1903 NL  .973 (1st)

                           

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