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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1989 CHW AL 23 C 27 21 15 186.0 113 100 10 3 0 .973 -4 -26 5.32 4.07 .989 6.24 6.17 3 12 19 3 14% 31% 0
1989 CHW AL 23 DH 1 0
1991 CHW AL 25 C 27 13 3 136.2 88 79 8 1 1 .989 0 0 5.73 3.22 .990 6.49 6.48 3 4 15 8 35% 34% 0
1991 CHW AL 25 1B 16 10 1 76.2 87 80 6 1 10 .989 -1 -9 10.10 5.38 .992 9.76 9.74
1991 CHW AL 25 DH 6 3
1992 CHW AL 26 C 16 12 8 107.0 69 64 3 2 0 .971 -2 -22 5.64 4.19 .989 6.20 6.18 3 5 10 3 23% 34% 0
1992 CHW AL 26 DH 1 1
1993 CHW AL 27 DH 6 5
1994 CLE AL 28 C 4 4 1 33.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -2 -73 6.00 5.50 .991 6.79 6.75 0 2 7 0 0% 31% 0
1995 MIN AL 29 C 46 37 30 336.1 224 210 11 3 2 .987 -5 -18 5.91 4.80 .990 6.74 6.67 3 14 37 5 12% 31% 0
1995 MIN AL 29 DH 13 9
1995 MIN AL 29 1B 2 0 0 5.0 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 1 240 12.60 3.50 .993 9.54 9.50
5 Seasons C 120 87 57 799.0 517 475 32 10 3 .981 -13 -20 5.71 4.23 .990 6.51 6.45 12 37 88 19 18% 32% 0
2 Seasons 1B 18 10 1 81.2 94 85 8 1 10 .989 0 6 10.25 5.17 .992 9.74 9.71
6 Seasons TOT 138 97 58 880.2 611 560 40 11 13 .982 -13 -17 6.13 4.35 .990 6.81 6.88 12 37 88 19 18% 32% 0
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1989 CHW AL 23 C -4 -26 -4
1991 CHW AL 25 C 0 0 0
1991 CHW AL 25 1B -1 -9 -1 -0 -0 0
1992 CHW AL 26 C -2 -22 -2
1994 CLE AL 28 C -2 -73 -2
1995 MIN AL 29 C -5 -18 -5
1995 MIN AL 29 1B 1 240 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons C -13 -20 -13
2 Seasons 1B 0 6 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons TOT -13 -17 0 0 0 0 -13

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1989 CHW AL 23 31 21 31 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1
1991 CHW AL 25 80 26 80 40 0 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 47 1
1992 CHW AL 26 24 13 24 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
1993 CHW AL 27 8 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
1994 CLE AL 28 4 4 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 MIN AL 29 76 46 76 48 0 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 23 0
6 Seasons 223 115 223 135 0 120 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 89 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1989 CHW AL 23 817 4.65 5.08 7 86% 0 0 100 4 0 3 93 11 2 0 0 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1991 CHW AL 25 580 4.02 4.28 4 75% 0 0 79 2 0 3 73 8 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1992 CHW AL 26 458 3.28 3.79 1 100% 0 0 64 1 1 1 61 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 CLE AL 28 145 4.91 5.18 2 50% 0 0 22 0 0 1 21 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1995 MIN AL 29 1539 6.10 6.61 6 83% 2 1 205 2 1 3 199 11 2 1 0 3 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
5 Seasons 3539 4.98 5.42 20 80% 2 1 470 9 2 11 447 33 5 1 0 11 10 1 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 7 57%
MLB Averages 4.03 4.46 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1989 CHW AL 23 3 12 331 19 3 3 14% 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 46 4 1.06 0.82
1991 CHW AL 25 3 4 235 15 8 4 35% 14 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 28 9 1.20 1.35
1992 CHW AL 26 3 5 168 10 3 1 23% 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 4 1.58 1.61
1994 CLE AL 28 0 2 53 7 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 1.82
1995 MIN AL 29 3 14 608 37 5 4 12% 27 3 8 2 2 0 0 0 64 5 1.63 1.26
5 Seasons 12 37 1395 88 19 12 18% 75 16 11 3 2 0 0 0 172 22 1.44 1.28
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 CHW AL 25 310 62% 76% 33% 19 89% 1 80 7 72 1 4 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 2 100%
1995 MIN AL 29 22 50% 100% 32% 4 100% 0 5 1 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 332 61% 78% 33% 23 91% 1 85 8 76 1 5 8 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 2 100%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 33% 93% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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