Fred Merkle

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: December 20, 1888 in Watertown, WI us

Died: March 2, 1956 in Daytona Beach, FL

Buried: Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, FL

High School: Toledo HS (Toledo, OH)

Debut: September 21, 1907 (Age 18-275d, 2,986th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 26, 1926 (Age 37-280d)
vs. SLB 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1909 season

Full Name: Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle

Nicknames: Bonehead

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.8

5782

1580

.273

720

RBI

740

272

OBP

.331

SLG

.383

OPS

.714

OPS+

109

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1912 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	NYG	@	BRO	W,18-3	CG	27	6.0	8	1	0	9	1
2	2	Apr 12	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-4	CG	31	7.0	10	0	0	10	0
3	3	Apr 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
4	5 (1)	Apr 16	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
5	6	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
6	7	Apr 19	NYG		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
7	8	Apr 20	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
8	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-4	CG	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
9	10	Apr 25	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	1
10	11	Apr 26	NYG		BSN	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	15	0	1	16	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	12	May 1	NYG		PHI	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	13	May 2	NYG		PHI	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
13	14	May 3	NYG		PHI	L,6-8	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	2
14	15	May 4	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
15	16	May 6	NYG	@	STL	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
16	17	May 7	NYG	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
17	18	May 8	NYG	@	STL	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
18	19	May 9	NYG	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
19	20	May 10	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
20	21	May 11	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
21	22	May 13	NYG	@	CHC	T,4-4	CG	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
22	23	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
23	24	May 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
24	25	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
25	26	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	41	9.1	8	0	0	8	1
26	27	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
27	28	May 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	11	2	1	14	2
28	29	May 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
29	30	May 24	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	50 (19)	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	51	Jun 19	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-5	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
32	52	Jun 20	NYG	@	BSN	W,21-12	GS	20	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
33	53	Jun 21	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
34	54	Jun 22 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,17-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
35	55	Jun 22 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,14-12	CG	51	9.0	9	0	3	12	0
36	56	Jun 24	NYG		PHI	W,11-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
37	57	Jun 25	NYG		PHI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
38	58	Jun 26	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	1	14	2
39	59	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
40	60	Jun 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
41	61	Jun 28 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,12-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
42	62	Jun 29	NYG		BSN	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	63	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
44	64	Jul 2	NYG		BSN	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
45	65	Jul 3 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
46	66	Jul 3 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
47	67	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,4-10	CG	46	9.0	8	1	2	11	2
48	68	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
49	69	Jul 5	NYG		BRO	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
50	70	Jul 6	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
51	71	Jul 8	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
52	72	Jul 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
53	73	Jul 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
54	74	Jul 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,7-11	CG	38	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
55	75	Jul 13	NYG	@	STL	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	13	3	1	17	0
56	76	Jul 14 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	7	0	0	7	1
57	77	Jul 14 (2)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	78	Jul 15	NYG	@	STL	L,6-10	CG	42	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
59	79	Jul 16	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	1
60	80	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
61	81	Jul 19 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
62	82	Jul 19 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
63	83	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	10	3	0	13	2
64	84	Jul 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	2
65	85	Jul 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
66	86	Jul 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-1	GS	26	7.0	8	0	1	9	0
67	87	Jul 24	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	10	0	1	11	1
68	88	Jul 26	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
69	89	Jul 27	NYG		CHC	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
70	90	Jul 29	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	91	Jul 30	NYG		CHC	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	9	2	1	12	3
72	92	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	93	Aug 1 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
74	94	Aug 1 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
75	95	Aug 2	NYG		CIN	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
76	96	Aug 3	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
77	97	Aug 5	NYG		PIT	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
78	98	Aug 6	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	14	1	1	16	1
79	99	Aug 7	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	4
80	100	Aug 8	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	11	0	0	11	0
81	101	Aug 9	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
82	102	Aug 10	NYG		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
83	103	Aug 12	NYG		STL	L,6-8	CG	45	9.0	6	1	2	9	0
84	104	Aug 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
85	105	Aug 16	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	106	Aug 17	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	11	1	0	12	0
87	107	Aug 18	NYG	@	STL	W,11-1	GS	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	111 (3)	Aug 22 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	1	9	1
89	112	Aug 22 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
90	113	Aug 23 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	13	0	0	13	1
91	114	Aug 23 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
92	115	Aug 24	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
93	116	Aug 26	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	2
94	117	Aug 27	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
95	118	Aug 29	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
96	119	Aug 30	NYG		BRO	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	120	Sep 2 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	46	12.0	13	0	0	13	1
98	121	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-1	CG	29	7.0	10	1	0	11	0
99	122	Sep 3	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
100	123	Sep 4 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
101	124	Sep 4 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
102	125	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
103	126	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
104	127	Sep 6 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
105	128	Sep 6 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
106	129	Sep 7	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
107	130	Sep 9 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
108	131	Sep 9 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
109	132	Sep 10	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
110	133	Sep 12 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	13	0	1	14	1
111	134	Sep 12 (2)	NYG		STL	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
112	135	Sep 13	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
113	136	Sep 14	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
114	137	Sep 16	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
115	138	Sep 17	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
116	139	Sep 19 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
117	140	Sep 19 (2)	NYG		CIN	T,2-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
118	141	Sep 20 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
119	142	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
120	143	Sep 21	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
121	144	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	3
122	145	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
123	146	Sep 27	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
124	147	Sep 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
125	149 (1)	Sep 30	NYG		PHI	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
126	151 (1)	Oct 2	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
127	152	Oct 3	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
128	153	Oct 4	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
129	154	Oct 5	NYG	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
							129gm		1129.0	1229	72	27	1328	77