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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1989 CHW AL 23 C 27 21 186.0 113 100 10 3 0 .973 -4.0 -25.8 -4 5.32 4.07 .989 6.24 5.20 3 12 19 3 14%
1989 CHW AL 23 DH 1
1991 CHW AL 25 C 27 13 136.2 88 79 8 1 1 .989 0.0 0.0 0 5.73 3.22 .990 6.49 5.28 3 4 15 8 35%
1991 CHW AL 25 1B 16 10 76.2 87 80 6 1 10 .989 -0.6 -9.4 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 10.10 5.38 .992 9.76 8.30
1991 CHW AL 25 DH 6
1992 CHW AL 26 C 16 12 107.0 69 64 3 2 0 .971 -2.0 -22.4 -2 5.64 4.19 .990 6.20 5.26 3 5 10 3 23%
1992 CHW AL 26 DH 1
1993 CHW AL 27 DH 6
1994 CLE AL 28 C 4 4 33.0 23 22 0 1 0 .957 -2.0 -72.7 -2 6.00 5.50 .991 6.79 5.72 0 2 7 0 0%
1995 MIN AL 29 C 46 37 336.1 224 210 11 3 2 .987 -5.0 -17.8 -5 5.91 4.80 .990 6.74 5.64 3 14 37 5 12%
1995 MIN AL 29 DH 13
1995 MIN AL 29 1B 2 0 5.0 7 5 2 0 0 1.000 1.0 240.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0 12.60 3.50 1.000 9.54 8.30
5 Seasons C 120 87 799.0 517 475 32 10 3 .981 -13.0 -19.5 -13 5.71 4.23 .990 6.51 5.41 12 37 88 19 18%
5 Seasons DH 27
2 Seasons 1B 18 10 81.2 94 85 8 1 10 .989 0.4 5.9 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 10.25 5.17 .993 9.74 8.30
6 Seasons TOT 138 97 880.2 611 560 40 11 13 .982 -12.6 -17.2 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 -13 6.13 4.35 .972 6.81 5.79 12 37 88 19 18%

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
1989 CHW AL 23 31 21 31 27 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
1991 CHW AL 25 80 26 80 40 0 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 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 5 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 9 23 0
6 Seasons 223 115 223 135 0 120 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 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 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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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 23 858 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 25 612 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 26 482 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 28 153 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 1590 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 3695 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*

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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 1.04 0.83
1991 CHW AL 25 3 4 235 15 8 4 35% 14 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 28 9 1.23 1.37
1992 CHW AL 26 3 5 168 10 3 1 23% 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 4 1.61 1.62
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 1.62 1.27
5 Seasons 12 37 1395 88 19 12 18% 75 16 11 3 2 0 0 0 172 22 1.45 1.30
MLB Averages 32% 1.31 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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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 25 319 60% 74% 32% 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 23 48% 96% 30% 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 342 59% 76% 32% 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 56% 76% 32% 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 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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