Matt Merullo

Matthew Bates Merullo

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 4, 1965 in Winchester, MA
School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 7th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1989
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Twins/Indians 1989-1995

Final Game: September 29, 1995
Relatives: Grandson of Lennie Merullo
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Standard Batting

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
1986	20	CHW-min	A	64	231	208	21	63	12	2	3	35	1	0	19	16	.303	.359	.423	.782		88		1	0	3	3		PNS · CARL
1987	21	CHW-min	A,AA	118	449	417	39	111	18	6	6	64	2	1	26	38	.266	.305	.381	.686		159		0	0	6	1		DYB,BIR · FLOR,SOUL
1988	22	CHW-min	AA	125	496	449	58	117	26	0	6	60	3	2	40	59	.261	.323	.359	.682		161		3	1	3	3		BIR · SOUL
1989	23	CHW-min	AA,AAA	36	152	128	19	37	7	0	3	25	0	1	18	16	.289	.369	.414	.783		53		0	3	3	2		BIR,VAN · SOUL,PCL
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

1990	24	CHW-min	AA	102	420	378	57	110	26	1	8	50	2	4	34	49	.291	.353	.429	.781		162		3	3	2	6		BIR · SOUL
1991	25	CHW-min	AA	8	30	28	5	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	4	.214	.267	.429	.695		12	1	0	0	0	0		BIR · SOUL
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-min	AAA	14	46	45	2	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	1	2	.178	.196	.311	.507		14	3	0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
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-min	AAA	103	386	352	50	117	30	1	12	65	0	2	28	47	.332	.384	.526	.910		185	12	3	1	2	6		NVL · AA
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-min	AAA	112	455	417	52	125	20	6	12	75	2	0	25	47	.300	.340	.463	.803		193	15	4	2	7	4		CHR · IL
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
1996	30	CHC-ANA-min	AAA,A+	39	141	125	16	29	10	0	2	16	1	0	13	22	.232	.305	.360	.665		45	2	1	0	2	0		IWA,LEL · AA,CALL
6 Yrs				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

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
1989	23	CHW	AL	31	90	-4	-1	-0	-4	1	-7	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.475	.495	-0.1	-0.3	-1	$	2/D

1991	25	CHW	AL	80	154	-6	0	0	-1	-0	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.1	.492	.496	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	23/D
1992	26	CHW	AL	24	53	-4	-0	0	-2	1	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.5	.472	.496	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$140,000	2/D
1993	27	CHW	AL	8	21	-5	0	-0	0	-1	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.426	.496	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$150,000	/D
1994	28	CLE	AL	4	13	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.420	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$160,000	/2
1995	29	MIN	AL	76	216	-6	-1	-0	-4	1	-10	-0.9	7	-3	-0.3	.487	.494	0.1	-0.2	1	$200,000	2D/3
6 Seasons				223	547	-27	-2	-0	-13	2	-39	-3.8	18	-21	-2.2	.482	.496	-0.9	-0.8	-9	$650,000

CHW (4 yrs)				143	318	-19	-1	0	-7	1	-26	-2.6	10	-15	-1.6	.481	.496	-0.9	-0.5	-8	$290,000
MIN (1 yr)				76	216	-6	-1	-0	-4	1	-10	-0.9	7	-3	-0.3	.487	.494	0.1	-0.2	1	$200,000
CLE (1 yr)				4	13	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.3	0	-3	-0.3	.420	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$160,000

Advanced Batting

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	110	.111	.100	.270	.250	.342	.100	.430	.350	.772	-4	.000	-1.6	-0.1	.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 Yrs				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	.428	-3.8	-0.4	.616	.164	.097	.0
CLE (1 yr)				13	10	0	0.0	110	.111	.100	.270	.250	.342	.100	.430	.350	.772	-4	.000	-1.6	-0.1	.333	.200	.000

Ratio Batting*

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 Yrs				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					2.2%	15.2%	8.7%	6.9%	30%	1.75	5.8	40.2	8.2	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.5%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	23	CHW	AL	-4.7	-0.5	92	-0.6	1.1	-1.7	.98	-0.6	0.0	-7.6	-0.8	1.00	-6.0	0.74	7

1991	25	CHW	AL	-6.1	-0.6	156	-1.1	2.9	-3.9	1.34	-0.7	-0.1	-5.8	-0.6	0.97	-4.1	2.15	41
1992	26	CHW	AL	-5.2	-0.5	53	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	1.17	-0.5	0.1	-5.3	-0.5	0.99	-5.8	2.01	7
1993	27	CHW	AL	-4.9	-0.5	21	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	1.25	-0.5	-0.0	-4.3	-0.4	0.90	-5.1	1.89	3
1994	28	CLE	AL	-1.6	-0.2	13	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.26	-0.2	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.92	-2.0		0
1995	29	MIN	AL	-3.8	-0.4	220	-0.8	3.6	-4.3	1.07	-0.3	-0.4	-3.8	-0.4	0.96	-5.3	1.74	20
6 Yrs				-26.2	-2.6	555	-3.7	8.2	-12.0	1.15	-2.7	-0.5	-29.3	-2.9	0.97	-28.3	1.90	78

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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	4	3	44%	10	7	3	5	3	2	10	3	6
6 Yrs				5	0	21%	148	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	8	40%	22	16	6	8	3	3	15	5	9

Situational Hitting*

						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	0.74	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	100%	16	2	13%	10	3	30%	59	7	12%	8	5	63%	5	2	40%	0

1991	25	CHW	AL	154	94%	32	9	0	41	7	2	7	2.15	5	0	4	5	0	1	4	0	1	1	100%	22	1	5%	14	5	36%	118	18	15%	12	7	58%	7	2	29%	0
1992	26	CHW	AL	53	94%	9	3	0	7	0	0	0	2.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	4	3	75%	39	4	10%	2	2	100%	3	2	67%	0
1993	27	CHW	AL	21	100%	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.89	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	20	4	0	1	1.74	1	1	8	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	50%	46	5	11%	22	13	59%	156	26	17%	15	11	73%	13	10	77%	0
6 Yrs				547	89%	116	19	1	78	14	2	8	1.90	7	1	17	5	2	3	4	0	7	6	86%	105	9	9%	55	27	49%	391	55	14%	38	25	66%	30	18	60%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	91	289	3.18	190	66%	21%	13%	29%	37%	79%	0%	52%	83%	41%	3%	3	0	10%	9	6	5%	5	2	43%	-1	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	22	52	2.36	35	67%	11%	11%	20%	57%	89%	0%	60%	87%	55%	0%	0	0	5%	1	1	5%	1	1	0%	-1	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 Yrs				516	1718	3.33	1117	65%	19%	12%	31%	37%	80%	1%	52%	85%	42%	4%	20	0	13%	66	40	6%	33	22	27%	31	0	1
MLB Averages						3.65		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	2	32	69	.234	.281	.319	.600	63	158	9	4	6	9	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	23	31	93	83	6	20	1	0	1	9	0	7	14	.241	.297	.289	.586	7	31

1991	25	80	155	141	8	33	1	0	5	22	0	9	18	.234	.273	.348	.620	14	80
1992	26	24	54	51	4	10	1	1	0	4	0	1	8	.196	.222	.255	.477	3	24
1993	27	8	21	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1994	28	6	18	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	.000	.176	.000	.176	0	4
1995	29	86	240	218	20	60	15	1	1	29	0	15	30	.275	.326	.367	.693	26	76
6 Yrs		235	581	527	38	123	18	2	7	64	0	35	72	.233	.282	.315	.597	50	223
162 Game Avg.		162	401	363	26	85	12	1	5	44	0	24	50	.233	.282	.315	.597	34	223

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