Whit Merrifield

Positions: Second Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Team: Philadelphia Phillies (majors)

Born: January 24, 1989 in Florence, SC us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

High School: Davie County HS (Mocksville, NC)

School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: May 18, 2016 (Age 27-115d, 21,121st in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$8M (24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 7.101 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Warner Sports Management

Full Name: Whitley David Merrifield

Nicknames: Whit Bird or Two-hit Whit

Pronunciation: \MERR-uh-field\

Twitter: @WhitMerrifield

Instagram: @whitmerrifield

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.3

17.6

4205

1188

.129

.283

591

RBI

471

202

OBP

.182

.329

SLG

.226

.419

OPS

.408

.747

OPS+

102

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

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2018 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 29	KCR		CHW	L,7-14	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
2	2	Mar 31	KCR		CHW	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
3	3	Apr 2	KCR	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
4	4	Apr 3	KCR	@	DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
5	5	Apr 6	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
6	6	Apr 7	KCR	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	7	Apr 8	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	34	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
8	8	Apr 9	KCR		SEA	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
9	9	Apr 10	KCR		SEA	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
10	10	Apr 11	KCR		SEA	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
11	12 (1)	Apr 13	KCR		LAA	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	13	Apr 14	KCR		LAA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	14	Apr 17 (1)	KCR	@	TOR	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
14	15	Apr 17 (2)	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
15	16	Apr 18	KCR	@	TOR	L,5-15	CG	48	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
16	17	Apr 20 (1)	KCR	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	34	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
17	18	Apr 20 (2)	KCR	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
18	19	Apr 21	KCR	@	DET	L,4-12	CG	48	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
19	20	Apr 22	KCR	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	2
20	21	Apr 24	KCR		MIL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
21	22	Apr 25	KCR		MIL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
22	24 (1)	Apr 27	KCR		CHW	L,4-7	CG	44	11.0	4	2	0	6	1
23	25	Apr 28 (1)	KCR		CHW	L,0-8	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
24	26	Apr 28 (2)	KCR		CHW	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
25	27	Apr 29	KCR		CHW	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
26	28	Apr 30	KCR	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	29	May 1	KCR	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	54	13.0	3	4	0	7	0
28	30	May 2	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
29	31	May 3	KCR		DET	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
30	32	May 4	KCR		DET	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
31	34 (1)	May 6	KCR		DET	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
32	36 (1)	May 9	KCR	@	BAL	L,3-5	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
33	37	May 10	KCR	@	BAL	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
34	38	May 11	KCR	@	CLE	W,10-9	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
35	39	May 12	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	40	May 13	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
37	41	May 14	KCR		TBR	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
38	43 (1)	May 16	KCR		TBR	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
39	44	May 18	KCR		NYY	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
40	45	May 19	KCR		NYY	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
41	46	May 20	KCR		NYY	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
42	47	May 21	KCR	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
43	48	May 22	KCR	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
44	49	May 23	KCR	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	38	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
45	50	May 24	KCR	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
46	51	May 25	KCR	@	TEX	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
47	52	May 26	KCR	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
48	53	May 27	KCR	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
49	54	May 28	KCR		MIN	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
50	55	May 29	KCR		MIN	W,2-1	CG	56	14.0	2	4	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	57 (1)	Jun 1	KCR		OAK	L,0-16	CG	47	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
52	58	Jun 2	KCR		OAK	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
53	59	Jun 3	KCR		OAK	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
54	60	Jun 4	KCR	@	LAA	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	61	Jun 5	KCR	@	LAA	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
56	62	Jun 6	KCR	@	LAA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
57	63	Jun 7	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
58	65 (1)	Jun 9	KCR	@	OAK	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	66	Jun 10	KCR	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	5	2	0	7	2
60	67	Jun 12	KCR		CIN	L,1-5	CG	43	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	68	Jun 13	KCR		CIN	L,0-7	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	69	Jun 15	KCR		HOU	L,3-7	GS	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	70	Jun 16	KCR		HOU	L,2-10	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
64	71	Jun 17	KCR		HOU	L,4-7	GS	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	1
65	73 (1)	Jun 19	KCR		TEX	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
66	74	Jun 20	KCR		TEX	L,2-3	GS	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
67	75	Jun 22	KCR	@	HOU	W,1-0	GS	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
68	76	Jun 23	KCR	@	HOU	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	78 (1)	Jun 25	KCR		LAA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
70	79	Jun 26	KCR	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	80	Jun 27	KCR	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
72	81	Jun 29	KCR	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	82	Jun 30	KCR	@	SEA	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	83	Jul 1	KCR	@	SEA	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	84	Jul 2	KCR		CLE	L,3-9	CG	42	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
76	85	Jul 3	KCR		CLE	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
77	86	Jul 4	KCR		CLE	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
78	87	Jul 6	KCR		BOS	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	88	Jul 7	KCR		BOS	L,4-15	CG	54	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
80	89	Jul 8	KCR		BOS	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	3	8	0	11	4
81	90	Jul 9	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
82	91	Jul 10	KCR	@	MIN	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
83	92	Jul 11	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	93	Jul 13	KCR	@	CHW	L,6-9	CG	43	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
85	94	Jul 14	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	95	Jul 15	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-10	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
87	96	Jul 20	KCR		MIN	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	6	2	1	9	0
88	97	Jul 21	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
89	98	Jul 22	KCR		MIN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
90	99	Jul 23	KCR		DET	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
91	100	Jul 24	KCR		DET	W,5-4	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
92	101	Jul 25	KCR		DET	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	102	Jul 26	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	6	0	8	2
94	103	Jul 28 (1)	KCR	@	NYY	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
95	104	Jul 28 (2)	KCR	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
96	105	Jul 29	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
97	106	Jul 31	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	107	Aug 1	KCR	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	109 (1)	Aug 3	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
100	110	Aug 4	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
101	111	Aug 5	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
102	112	Aug 6	KCR		CHC	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	113	Aug 7	KCR		CHC	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
104	114	Aug 8	KCR		CHC	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
105	115	Aug 10	KCR		STL	L,0-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
106	116	Aug 11	KCR		STL	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
107	117	Aug 12	KCR		STL	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
108	118	Aug 13	KCR		TOR	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
109	119	Aug 14	KCR		TOR	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
110	121 (1)	Aug 16	KCR		TOR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	122	Aug 17	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
112	123	Aug 18	KCR	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
113	124	Aug 19	KCR	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	125	Aug 20	KCR	@	TBR	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
115	126	Aug 21	KCR	@	TBR	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
116	127	Aug 22	KCR	@	TBR	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	4	4	1	9	1
117	128	Aug 23	KCR	@	TBR	L,3-4	CG	43	8.1	1	3	1	5	1
118	129	Aug 24	KCR		CLE	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
119	130	Aug 25	KCR		CLE	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	131	Aug 26	KCR		CLE	L,5-12	CG	47	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
121	132	Aug 28	KCR		DET	W,6-2	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
122	133	Aug 29	KCR		DET	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	134	Aug 31	KCR		BAL	W,9-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	135	Sep 1	KCR		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
125	137 (1)	Sep 3	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
126	138	Sep 4	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
127	140 (1)	Sep 7	KCR	@	MIN	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	141	Sep 8	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	29	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
129	143 (1)	Sep 10	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	10.0	1	6	0	7	1
130	144	Sep 11	KCR		CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
131	145	Sep 12	KCR		CHW	L,2-4	CG	47	12.0	2	4	0	6	1
132	146	Sep 13	KCR		MIN	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
133	147	Sep 14	KCR		MIN	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
134	148	Sep 15	KCR		MIN	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
135	149	Sep 16	KCR		MIN	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
136	150	Sep 17	KCR	@	PIT	L,6-7	CG	44	8.2	4	2	0	6	1
137	151	Sep 18	KCR	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	42	10.1	3	0	0	3	0
138	152	Sep 19	KCR	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
139	154 (1)	Sep 21	KCR	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
140	155	Sep 22	KCR	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
141	156	Sep 23	KCR	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
142	157	Sep 25	KCR	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
143	158	Sep 26	KCR	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
144	159	Sep 27	KCR		CLE	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	0	4	0	4	0
145	160	Sep 28	KCR		CLE	L,6-14	CG	47	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
146	161	Sep 29	KCR		CLE	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
147	162	Sep 30	KCR		CLE	L,1-2	GS	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
							152gm		1294.1	311	289	7	607	75