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Merv Shea
Mervyn John Shea

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut April 23, 1927
Final Game August 19, 1944
Born September 5, 1900 in San Francisco, CA
Died January 27, 1953 in Sacramento, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1927 26 DET AL  34   85    5   15   6  3   0    9   0  0   7  15  .176  .239  .318   43   27   2           0    
 1928 27 DET AL  39   85    8   20   2  3   0    9   2  2   9  11  .235  .316  .329   69   28   2           1    
 1929 28 DET AL  50  162   23   47   6  0   3   24   2  1  19  18  .290  .365  .383   93   62   1           0    
 1933 32 TOT AL 110  335   27   81  14  1   1   35   2  0  47  33  .242  .335  .299   65  100   3           0    
         BOS AL  16   56    1    8   3  0   0    8   0  0   4   7  .143  .200  .196    5   11   0           0    
         SLB AL  94  279   26   73  11  1   1   27   2  0  43  26  .262  .360  .319   77   89   3           0    
 1934 33 CHW AL  62  176    8   28   3  0   0    5   0  1  24  19  .159  .260  .176   13   31   2           0    
 1935 34 CHW AL  46  122    8   28   2  0   0   13   0  0  30   9  .230  .382  .246   64   30   2           0    
 1936 35 CHW AL  14   24    3    3   0  0   0    2   0  0   6   5  .125  .300  .125    7    3   1           0    
 1937 36 CHW AL  25   71    7   15   1  0   0    5   1  0  15  10  .211  .349  .225   48   16   0           0    
 1938 37 BRO NL  48  120   14   22   5  0   0   12   1     28  20  .183  .338  .225   56   27   0           0   2
 1939 38 DET AL   4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1944 43 PHI NL   7   15    2    4   0  0   1    1   0      4   4  .267  .421  .467  153    7   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     439 1197  105  263  39  7   5  115   8  4 189 145  .220  .327  .277   58  331  13   0   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        442   39   97  14  3   2   42   3  1  70  54  .220  .327  .277   58  122   5   0   0   0   1
 Career High    110  335   27   81  14  3   3   35   2  2  47  33  .242  .335  .299   65  100   3   0   0   1   2
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1927 26 DET AL   94   72    6   2.2   111| .176  .294| .239  .362| .318  .413| .557  .776|  43  .193  -7.9  -0.8   0%
 1928 27 DET AL   97   69    8   3.1   109| .235  .290| .316  .355| .329  .412| .645  .767|  69  .314  -4.1  -0.4  50%
 1929 28 DET AL  182  117   23   5.2   112| .290  .292| .365  .358| .383  .421| .748  .780|  93  .526  -1.4  -0.1  66%
 1933 32 TOT AL  385  257   34   3.6   111| .242  .287| .335  .359| .299  .414| .634  .773|  65  .369 -15.9  -1.6 100%
         BOS AL   60   48    2   1.1   107| .143  .282| .200  .354| .196  .406| .396  .760|   5  .066  -7.8  -0.8   0%
         SLB AL  325  209   32   4.1   111| .262  .288| .360  .360| .319  .415| .679  .775|  77  .433  -8.1  -0.8 100%
 1934 33 CHW AL  202  151    8   1.4   114| .159  .292| .260  .366| .176  .420| .436  .787|  13  .089 -23.4  -2.2   0%
 1935 34 CHW AL  154   96   11   3.1   113| .230  .290| .382  .363| .246  .419| .628  .782|  64  .288  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 1936 35 CHW AL   31   22    1   1.2   125| .125  .304| .300  .380| .125  .446| .425  .826|   7  .058  -3.6  -0.3   0%
 1937 36 CHW AL   86   56    6   2.8   117| .211  .290| .349  .365| .225  .432| .574  .797|  48  .244  -5.2  -0.5 100%
 1938 37 BRO NL  148  100    9   2.4   100| .183  .277| .338  .341| .225  .394| .563  .736|  56  .249  -5.8  -0.6     
 1939 38 DET AL    2    2    0   0.0   120| .000  .295| .000  .371| .000  .436| .000  .807|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1944 43 PHI NL   19   12    3   6.7    92| .267  .264| .421  .331| .467  .371| .888  .703| 153  .702   1.3   0.1     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     1400  954  109   3.0   111| .220  .289| .327  .359| .277  .415| .604  .774|  58  .299 -71.6  -7.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1927 26 DET AL C 31 94 17 6 1 .949 .974 3.58 3.91 3 1928 27 DET AL C 30 93 24 6 2 .951 .976 3.90 4.03 2 1929 28 DET AL C 46 157 32 7 4 .964 .976 4.11 4.04 2 1933 32 TOT AL C 101 376 71 2 17 .996 .988 4.43 4.28 3 BOS AL C 16 48 11 0 2 1.000 .988 3.69 4.28 0 SLB AL C 85 328 60 2 15 .995 .988 4.56 4.28 3 1934 33 CHW AL C 60 240 35 8 4 .972 .981 4.58 4.36 7 1935 34 CHW AL C 43 161 30 2 2 .990 .984 4.44 4.20 2 1936 35 CHW AL C 14 32 3 0 0 1.000 .978 2.50 4.22 0 1937 36 CHW AL C 25 91 21 4 1 .966 .980 4.48 4.62 0 1938 37 BRO NL C 47 149 19 4 2 .977 .979 3.57 4.26 0 1939 38 DET AL C 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.25 4.45 0 1944 43 PHI NL C 6 18 2 1 0 .952 .980 3.33 3.95 1
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1927 26 DET AL C 31 94 17 6 1 .949 .974 3.58 3.91 3 1928 27 DET AL C 30 93 24 6 2 .951 .976 3.90 4.03 2 1929 28 DET AL C 46 157 32 7 4 .964 .976 4.11 4.04 2 1933 32 TOT AL C 101 376 71 2 17 .996 .988 4.43 4.28 3 BOS AL C 16 48 11 0 2 1.000 .988 3.69 4.28 0 SLB AL C 85 328 60 2 15 .995 .988 4.56 4.28 3 1934 33 CHW AL C 60 240 35 8 4 .972 .981 4.58 4.36 7 1935 34 CHW AL C 43 161 30 2 2 .990 .984 4.44 4.20 2 1936 35 CHW AL C 14 32 3 0 0 1.000 .978 2.50 4.22 0 1937 36 CHW AL C 25 91 21 4 1 .966 .980 4.48 4.62 0 1938 37 BRO NL C 47 149 19 4 2 .977 .979 3.57 4.26 0 1939 38 DET AL C 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.000 0.25 4.45 0 1944 43 PHI NL C 6 18 2 1 0 .952 .980 3.33 3.95 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C 407 1412 254 41 33 .976 .982 4.09 4.22 20 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 407 1412 254 41 33 .976 .982 4.09 4.22
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Oldest Player
1938 NL-37-7
1939 AL-38-5
1944 NL-43-1

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3469) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

January 7, 1933: Traded by the Louisville (American Association) to the Boston Red Sox for Al Van Camp and cash.

May 9, 1933: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with cash to the St. Louis Browns for Rick Ferrell and Lloyd Brown.

December 11, 1933: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from the St. Louis Browns.

May 3, 1938: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

September 22, 1938: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

June 14, 1945: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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