Matt Merullo
Matthew Bates Merullo
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 4, 1965 in Winchester, MA
School: University of North Carolina
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 7th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1989
Final Game: September 29, 1995
Relatives: Grandson of Lennie Merullo
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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
1989 23 CHW AL 31 90 81 5 18 1 0 1 8 0 1 6 14 .222 .273 .272 .544 57 22 2 0 2 1 0 2/D
1991 25 CHW AL 80 154 140 8 32 1 0 5 21 0 0 9 18 .229 .268 .343 .611 70 48 1 0 1 4 1 23/D
1992 26 CHW AL 24 53 50 3 9 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 8 .180 .208 .240 .448 26 12 0 1 0 1 0 2/D
1993 27 CHW AL 8 21 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .050 .050 .050 .100 -73 1 1 0 1 0 0 /D
1994 28 CLE AL 4 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .100 .250 .100 .350 -4 1 0 0 1 0 0 /2
1995 29 MIN AL 76 216 195 19 55 14 1 1 27 0 1 14 27 .282 .335 .379 .714 85 74 5 3 1 3 0 2D/3
6 Seasons 223 547 496 37 116 17 2 7 59 0 2 32 69 .234 .281 .319 .600 63 158 9 4 6 9 1
162 Game Avg. 162 397 360 27 84 12 1 5 43 0 1 23 50 .234 .281 .319 .600 63 115 7 3 4 7 1
CHW (4 yrs) 143 318 291 17 60 3 1 6 32 0 1 16 41 .206 .245 .285 .530 49 83 4 1 4 6 1
MIN (1 yr) 76 216 195 19 55 14 1 1 27 0 1 14 27 .282 .335 .379 .714 85 74 5 3 1 3 0
CLE (1 yr) 4 13 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .100 .250 .100 .350 -4 1 0 0 1 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1989 23 CHW AL 90 69 6 2.3 91 .254 .222 .257 .273 .322 .272 .379 .544 .700 57 .242 -4.7 -0.5 .409 .111 .049 .0
1991 25 CHW AL 154 114 14 3.3 95 .223 .229 .258 .268 .326 .343 .391 .611 .718 70 .358 -6.1 -0.6 .523 .179 .114 .0
1992 26 CHW AL 53 42 3 1.9 93 .209 .180 .258 .208 .327 .240 .383 .448 .710 26 .180 -5.2 -0.5 .341 .080 .060
1993 27 CHW AL 21 21 0 0.0 101 .053 .050 .264 .050 .335 .050 .404 .100 .739 -73 .000 -4.9 -0.5 .050 .000 .000
1994 28 CLE AL 13 10 0 0.0 111 .111 .100 .271 .250 .343 .100 .432 .350 .776 -4 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .333 .200 .000
1995 29 MIN AL 216 150 25 4.4 110 .318 .282 .271 .335 .345 .379 .429 .714 .774 85 .428 -3.8 -0.4 .616 .164 .097 .0
6 Seasons 547 406 48 3.2 101 .254 .234 .264 .281 .334 .319 .405 .600 .738 63 .320 -26.2 -2.6 .491 .145 .085 .0
162 Game Avg. 397 295 35 3.2 101 .254 .234 .264 .281 .334 .319 .405 .600 .738 63 .320 -26.2 -2.6 .491 .145 .085
CHW (4 yrs) 318 246 23 2.5 94 .216 .206 .258 .245 .326 .285 .387 .530 .713 49 .257 -20.8 -2.1 .419 .131 .079 .0
MIN (1 yr) 216 150 25 4.4 110 .318 .282 .271 .335 .345 .379 .429 .714 .774 85 .427 -3.8 -0.4 .616 .164 .097 .0
CLE (1 yr) 13 10 0 0.0 111 .111 .100 .271 .250 .343 .100 .432 .350 .776 -4 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .333 .200 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1989 23 CHW AL 90 1.1% 15.6% 6.7% 2.2% 11% 2.33 5.8 81.0 10.1 0.48 0.56 74% 26% 2.5% 13%
1991 25 CHW AL 154 3.3% 11.7% 5.8% 3.9% 19% 2.00 7.8 28.0 6.7 0.52 0.67 79% 21% 7.1% 16%
1992 26 CHW AL 53 0.0% 15.1% 1.9% 3.8% 22% 8.00 6.3 16.7 0.59 0.71 81% 23% 0.0% 19%
1993 27 CHW AL 21 0.0% 4.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 20.0 0.27 0.43 90% 0% 0.0% 27%
1994 28 CLE AL 13 0.0% 7.7% 15.4% 0.0% 0% 0.50 10.0 0.80 1.25 69% 10% 0.0% 20%
1995 29 MIN AL 216 0.5% 12.5% 6.5% 7.4% 29% 1.93 7.2 195.0 7.2 0.75 1.14 79% 24% 1.3% 20%
6 Seasons 547 1.3% 12.6% 5.9% 4.8% 22% 2.16 7.2 70.9 8.4 0.59 0.79 78% 22% 3.1% 18%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1989 23 CHW AL 2 0 17% 30 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 38% 4 3 1 2 0 1 2 1 1
1991 25 CHW AL 2 0 8% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1992 26 CHW AL 1 0 27% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
1993 27 CHW AL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 28 CLE AL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 29 MIN AL 0 0 25% 77 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 44% 10 7 3 5 3 2 10 3 6
6 Seasons 5 0 21% 148 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 8 40% 22 16 6 8 3 3 15 5 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1989 23 CHW AL 90 88% 18 3 0 7 3 0 0 0.79 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 100% 16 2 13% 10 3 30% 59 7 12% 8 5 63% 5 1 20% 0
1991 25 CHW AL 154 94% 32 9 0 40 7 2 6 2.19 5 0 4 5 0 1 4 0 1 1 100% 22 1 5% 14 5 36% 118 18 15% 12 7 58% 14 5 36% 0
1992 26 CHW AL 53 94% 9 3 0 7 0 0 0 2.09 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 4 3 75% 39 4 10% 2 2 100% 4 2 50% 0
1993 27 CHW AL 21 100% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 3 2 67% 11 0 0% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1994 28 CLE AL 13 85% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 8 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1995 29 MIN AL 216 84% 55 4 1 17 3 0 0 1.73 1 1 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 50% 46 5 11% 22 13 59% 156 26 17% 15 11 73% 18 14 78% 0
6 Seasons 547 89% 116 19 1 73 13 2 6 1.93 7 1 17 5 2 3 4 0 7 6 86% 105 9 9% 55 27 49% 391 55 14% 38 25 66% 43 24 56% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 23 CHW AL 90 288 3.20 190 66% 21% 13% 29% 37% 79% 0% 52% 83% 41% 3% 3 0 10% 9 6 6% 5 2 43% 0 0 0
1991 25 CHW AL 154 505 3.28 338 67% 20% 13% 30% 38% 80% 2% 53% 84% 40% 3% 5 0 11% 17 12 6% 9 6 17% 0 0 0
1992 26 CHW AL 53 176 3.32 111 63% 19% 14% 29% 39% 81% 0% 51% 83% 49% 6% 3 0 9% 5 2 8% 4 4 13% 0 0 0
1993 27 CHW AL 21 50 2.38 34 68% 12% 9% 21% 59% 88% 0% 60% 90% 52% 0% 0 0 5% 1 1 5% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
1994 28 CLE AL 13 40 3.08 24 60% 33% 0% 25% 42% 67% 0% 40% 100% 46% 8% 1 0 15% 2 1 8% 1 0 100% 0 0 0
1995 29 MIN AL 183 656 3.58 419 64% 18% 11% 36% 35% 81% 0% 52% 86% 41% 4% 8 0 17% 32 18 7% 13 9 27% 33 0 1
6 Seasons 514 1715 3.34 1116 65% 19% 12% 31% 37% 80% 1% 52% 85% 42% 4% 20 0 13% 66 40 6% 33 22 27% 33 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 23 31 90 81 5 18 1 0 1 8 0 1 6 14 .222 .273 .272 .544 57 22 2 0 2 1 0
1990 24 31 90 81 5 18 1 0 1 8 0 1 6 14 .222 .273 .272 .544 57 22 2 0 2 1 0
1991 25 111 244 221 13 50 2 0 6 29 0 1 15 32 .226 .270 .317 .586 65 70 3 0 3 5 1
1992 26 135 297 271 16 59 3 1 6 32 0 1 16 40 .218 .259 .303 .561 58 82 3 1 3 6 1
1993 27 143 318 291 17 60 3 1 6 32 0 1 16 41 .206 .245 .285 .530 49 83 4 1 4 6 1
1994 28 147 331 301 18 61 3 1 6 32 0 1 18 42 .203 .245 .279 .524 47 84 4 1 5 6 1
1995 29 223 547 496 37 116 17 2 7 59 0 2 32 69 .234 .281 .319 .600 63 158 9 4 6 9 1

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1989 23 31 91 83 6 20 1 0 1 10 0 7 14 .241 .297 .289 .586 7 31
1991 25 80 156 142 9 34 1 0 5 23 0 10 18 .239 .282 .352 .634 15 80
1992 26 24 54 51 3 10 1 1 0 3 0 1 8 .196 .222 .255 .477 3 24
1993 27 8 20 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1994 28 6 17 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .000 .176 .000 .176 0 4
1995 29 86 239 218 20 60 15 1 1 28 0 15 30 .275 .326 .367 .693 26 76
6 Seasons 235 577 528 39 124 18 2 7 64 0 36 72 .235 .284 .316 .601 51 223
162 Game Avg. 162 398 364 27 85 12 1 5 44 0 25 50 .235 .284 .316 .601 35 223

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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