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.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 14	BRO		PHI	L,3-11	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
2	3	Apr 16	BRO		NYG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
				Player went from Brooklyn Robins to Chicago Cubs
3	11	Apr 22	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
4	12	Apr 23	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-10	CG	37	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
5	13	Apr 24	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
6	14	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
7	15	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	31	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
8	16	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	49	11.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	17	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
10	18	May 2	CHC		CIN	L,0-1	CG	32	10.0	7	1	0	8	2
11	19	May 3	CHC		CIN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
12	20	May 4	CHC		CIN	W,11-3	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
13	21	May 5	CHC		CIN	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	0
14	22	May 6	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
15	23	May 7	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
16	24	May 9	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
17	25	May 10	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	26	May 11	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
19	27	May 12	CHC	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
20	28	May 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
21	29	May 15	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
22	30	May 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
23	31	May 17	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
24	32	May 18	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
25	33	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	10	1	0	11	0
26	34	May 21	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
27	35	May 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	2	10	0
28	36	May 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
29	37	May 24	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
30	38	May 25	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
31	39	May 26	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
32	40	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
33	41	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	42	Jun 1	CHC		BRO	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	17	1	0	18	0
35	43	Jun 2	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	1	10	2
36	44	Jun 3	CHC		BRO	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
37	45	Jun 4	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
38	46	Jun 6	CHC		PHI	L,0-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	2
39	47	Jun 8	CHC		PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
40	48	Jun 9	CHC		NYG	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
41	49	Jun 10	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	1	3	1
42	50	Jun 11	CHC		NYG	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	15	1	1	17	0
43	51	Jun 12	CHC		NYG	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
44	52	Jun 14	CHC		BSN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
45	53	Jun 15	CHC		BSN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	2
46	54	Jun 16	CHC		BSN	L,4-7	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
47	55	Jun 17	CHC		BSN	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	2	5	1
48	56	Jun 18	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
49	57	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
50	58	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	29	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
51	59	Jun 20	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	11	0	0	11	1
52	60	Jun 21	CHC	@	PIT	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
53	61	Jun 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
54	62	Jun 23 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
55	63	Jun 23 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-4	CG	43	10.0	10	0	0	10	1
56	64	Jun 24	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	2
57	65	Jun 26 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	56	14.0	14	0	0	14	3
58	66	Jun 26 (2)	CHC	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	67	Jun 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
60	68	Jun 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	2
61	69	Jun 28	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
62	70	Jun 29	CHC		STL	L,2-9	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
63	71	Jun 30	CHC		STL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	72	Jul 1	CHC		STL	L,0-4	CG	33	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
65	73	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
66	74	Jul 3	CHC		CIN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
67	75	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
68	76	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,10-13	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	77	Jul 6	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
70	78	Jul 7	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	33	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
71	79	Jul 10 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
72	80	Jul 10 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
73	81	Jul 13 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-7	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
74	82	Jul 13 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	9	0	0	9	0
75	83	Jul 14 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
76	84	Jul 14 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	T,3-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
77	85	Jul 16	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
78	86	Jul 17	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
79	87	Jul 18	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
80	88	Jul 20	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
81	89	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
82	90	Jul 23	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	49	12.2	9	0	1	10	0
83	91	Jul 24	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
84	92	Jul 26	CHC		NYG	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
85	93	Jul 27	CHC		NYG	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
86	94	Jul 28	CHC		NYG	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	10	0	0	10	0
87	95	Jul 29	CHC		NYG	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	96	Jul 30	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
89	97	Jul 31 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
90	98	Jul 31 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-8	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	99	Aug 2 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	14	1	0	15	2
92	100	Aug 2 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	101	Aug 3	CHC		PHI	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
94	102	Aug 4	CHC		PHI	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	1	10	1
95	103	Aug 5	CHC		PHI	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
96	104	Aug 6	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	11	0	1	12	1
97	105	Aug 8	CHC		BRO	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
98	106	Aug 9	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	10	2	1	13	2
99	107	Aug 10	CHC		BRO	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
100	108	Aug 11	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	50	11.0	13	2	0	15	0
101	109	Aug 12	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
102	110	Aug 13	CHC		PIT	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
103	111	Aug 14	CHC		PIT	L,0-2	CG	40	12.0	20	0	0	20	2
104	112	Aug 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
105	113	Aug 18 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
106	114	Aug 18 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
107	115	Aug 20	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
108	116	Aug 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	5	1	1	7	0
109	117	Aug 21 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
110	118	Aug 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
111	119	Aug 23	CHC	@	NYG	T,0-0	CG	16	5.0	7	0	0	7	0
112	120	Aug 24 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
113	121	Aug 24 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
114	122	Aug 25 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	8	2	0	10	1
115	123	Aug 25 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
116	124	Aug 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-7	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
117	125	Aug 28	CHC	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
118	126	Aug 29	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	41	8.2	10	1	0	11	0
119	127	Aug 31	CHC	@	CIN	T,8-8	CG	48	11.0	15	0	0	15	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
120	128	Sep 1 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
121	129	Sep 1 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	29	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
122	130	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
123	131	Sep 2 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	2
124	132	Sep 3 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
125	133	Sep 3 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
126	134	Sep 4	CHC		STL	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
127	135	Sep 5	CHC		STL	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
128	137 (1)	Sep 7	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
129	138	Sep 8	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
130	139	Sep 9	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
131	140	Sep 11 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	17	0	0	17	1
132	141	Sep 11 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	142	Sep 12	CHC		CIN	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
134	143	Sep 15	CHC		STL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
135	144	Sep 16	CHC		STL	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
136	145	Sep 17	CHC		NYG	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	1	11	1
137	146	Sep 18	CHC		NYG	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
138	147	Sep 19	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
139	148	Sep 21	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
140	149	Sep 22 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-2	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
141	150	Sep 22 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
142	151	Sep 23 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
143	152	Sep 23 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,4-11	GS	0	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
144	153	Sep 24	CHC		BRO	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	154	Sep 25	CHC		BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
146	155	Sep 26	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
147	156	Sep 29	CHC		BSN	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
148	157	Sep 30	CHC		BSN	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							148gm		1267.0	1452	69	26	1547	86