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.

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1913 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	NYG		BSN	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
2	2	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
3	3	Apr 17	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	12	2	2	16	1
4	4	Apr 18	NYG	@	BSN	W,13-4	CG	41	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
5	5	Apr 19 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
6	6	Apr 19 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
8	8	Apr 22	NYG		PHI	T,2-2	CG	48	13.0	17	0	0	17	0
9	9	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
10	10	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
11	11	Apr 25	NYG		PHI	T,0-0	CG	38	11.0	12	1	0	13	1
12	12	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
13	13	Apr 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	45	13.0	17	0	1	18	3
14	14	Apr 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
16	16	May 2	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
17	17	May 3	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	32	8.2	15	0	0	15	0
18	18	May 5	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
19	19	May 6	NYG		CIN	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
20	20	May 7	NYG		CIN	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
21	21	May 8	NYG		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
22	22	May 9	NYG		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	23	May 10	NYG		CHC	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	11	2	1	14	1
24	24	May 12	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
25	25	May 13	NYG		CHC	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
26	26	May 14	NYG		CHC	W,14-11	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	27	May 15	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
28	28	May 16	NYG		PIT	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
29	29	May 17	NYG		PIT	T,1-1	CG	45	12.0	17	2	0	19	1
30	30	May 19	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	55	14.0	10	0	0	10	0
31	31	May 20	NYG		STL	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
32	32	May 21	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
33	33	May 26	NYG	@	BSN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
34	34	May 27 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.2	15	0	0	15	0
35	35	May 27 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-5	GS	17	5.0	6	0	0	6	0
36	36	May 29	NYG		PHI	W,7-6	GS	0		7	0	0	7	0
37	37	May 30 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	7	1	1	9	1
38	38	May 30 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
39	39	May 31	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	40	Jun 1	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
41	41	Jun 3	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
42	42	Jun 4	NYG	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
43	43	Jun 7	NYG	@	STL	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
44	44	Jun 8	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	7	1	0	8	1
45	45	Jun 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
46	46	Jun 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	38	9.2	10	0	0	10	2
47	47	Jun 11	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	36	10.0	13	0	0	13	0
48	48	Jun 12	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
49	49	Jun 13	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
50	50	Jun 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
51	51	Jun 16	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
52	52	Jun 17	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	40	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
53	53	Jun 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
54	54	Jun 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
55	55	Jun 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
56	56	Jun 21	NYG		BRO	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
57	57	Jun 23 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	9	0	2	11	1
58	58	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
59	59	Jun 24	NYG		BRO	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
60	60	Jun 25 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
61	61	Jun 25 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
62	62	Jun 26 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
63	63	Jun 26 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
64	64	Jun 27	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
65	65	Jun 28	NYG		BSN	W,10-9	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
66	66	Jun 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-10	CG	46	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,10-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
68	68	Jul 2	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
69	69	Jul 3	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	10	1	0	11	0
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	4
72	72	Jul 5	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
73	73	Jul 7	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
74	74	Jul 8	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
75	75	Jul 9	NYG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
76	76	Jul 10	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
77	77	Jul 11	NYG		CHC	W,14-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	78	Jul 12	NYG		CIN	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
79	79	Jul 14	NYG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
80	80	Jul 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	13	3	0	16	2
81	81	Jul 16	NYG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
82	82	Jul 17 (1)	NYG		STL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	83	Jul 17 (2)	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
84	84	Jul 18 (1)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	11	1	1	13	2
85	85	Jul 18 (2)	NYG		STL	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
86	86	Jul 19	NYG		STL	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
87	87	Jul 21	NYG		STL	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
88	88	Jul 22 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
89	89	Jul 22 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	12	1	0	13	1
90	90	Jul 23	NYG		PIT	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
91	91	Jul 26	NYG	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
92	92	Jul 27	NYG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	1
93	93	Jul 28	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
94	94	Jul 29 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
95	95	Jul 29 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
96	96	Jul 30	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
97	97	Jul 31	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	98	Aug 1	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
99	99	Aug 2	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
100	100	Aug 4	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
101	101	Aug 5	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
102	102	Aug 6	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	12	1	0	13	0
103	103	Aug 7	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
104	104	Aug 8	NYG	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.2	9	1	0	10	0
105	105	Aug 9	NYG	@	CIN	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	2
106	106	Aug 10	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
107	107	Aug 12	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-5	CG	43	11.0	8	1	1	10	1
108	108	Aug 14 (1)	NYG		STL	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
109	109	Aug 14 (2)	NYG		STL	W,7-3	CG	36	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
110	110	Aug 15	NYG		STL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
111	111	Aug 16	NYG		PIT	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	3
112	112	Aug 18 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	113	Aug 18 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
114	114	Aug 19	NYG		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
115	115	Aug 20	NYG		PIT	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
116	116	Aug 21	NYG		CHC	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
117	117	Aug 22	NYG		CHC	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
118	118	Aug 23	NYG		CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
119	119	Aug 25	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
120	120	Aug 26	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
121	121	Aug 27	NYG		CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
122	122	Aug 28	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
123	123	Aug 29	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	40	9.2	11	0	0	11	0
124	124	Aug 30	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	34	8.0	13	1	0	14	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	125	Sep 1 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
126	126	Sep 1 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	51	14.0	15	2	1	18	0
127	127	Sep 2	NYG		BSN	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
128	128	Sep 3	NYG		BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
129	129	Sep 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
130	130	Sep 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
131	131	Sep 5	NYG		BRO	W,5-0	CG	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
132	132	Sep 6	NYG		BRO	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
133	133	Sep 8	NYG		BRO	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
134	134	Sep 10	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
135	135	Sep 11	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
136	136	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	14	0	1	15	1
137	137	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
138	138	Sep 14	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-7	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
139	139	Sep 15	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	48	13.0	9	0	0	9	1
140	140	Sep 19 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	37	9.1	18	3	0	21	1
141	141	Sep 19 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	1
142	142	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
143	143	Sep 21 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
144	144	Sep 24	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
145	145	Sep 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
146	146	Sep 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
147	147	Sep 27	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
148	148	Sep 29 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	3
149	149	Sep 29 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-8	CG	33	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
150	151 (1)	Oct 2 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
151	152	Oct 2 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,3-4	GS	11	2.0	3	0	0	3	2
152	153	Oct 3 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,13-3	GS	18	6.0	6	0	0	6	0
153	155 (1)	Oct 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	15	0	1	16	0
							153gm		1377.0	1463	76	22	1561	86