Whit Merrifield

Positions: Second Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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, 18,738th in MLB history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2021 Contract Status: Signed thru 2022, 4 yrs/$16.25M (19-22) & 23 team option

Service Time (01/2021): 4.101 • Free Agent: 2023

Agents: The L. Warner Companies

Full Name: Whitley David Merrifield

Nicknames: Whit Bird

Twitter: @WhitMerrifield

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2020

Career

WAR

0.5

13.8

AB

248

2459

H

725

HR

BA

.282

.295

R

355

RBI

271

SB

119

OBP

.325

.342

SLG

.440

.444

OPS

.764

.787

OPS+

106

110

11/30 The Royals announced Monday that they’ve signed outfielder Michael A. Taylor to a one-year, Major League contract. A client of the newly formed ALIGND Sports, Taylor will receive a $1.75MM base salary
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Games by Position

Standard Batting
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2010	21	KCR-min	A	47	209	186	24	47	8	3	5	26	5	3	15	42	.253	.317	.409	.726		76	2	3	4	1	0		BUR · MIDW
2011	22	KCR-min	A+	126	547	477	74	125	30	3	5	36	24	14	52	89	.262	.337	.369	.706		176	8	4	10	4	0		WMT · CARL
2012	23	KCR-min	A+,AA	125	546	476	71	123	22	4	9	44	28	7	49	88	.258	.329	.378	.707		180	16	4	11	6	0		WMT,NTA · CARL,TL
2013	24	KCR-min	AA	94	353	322	31	87	20	5	3	43	17	7	22	57	.270	.319	.391	.710		126	14	2	5	2	0		NTA · TL
2014	25	KCR-min	AAA,AA	120	535	483	79	154	41	4	8	49	16	11	39	79	.319	.371	.470	.840		227	9	3	6	4	1		OMA,NTA · PCL,TL
2015	26	KCR-min	AAA	135	594	544	83	144	29	5	5	38	32	9	39	66	.265	.317	.364	.681		198	13	4	4	3	1		OMA · PCL
2016	27	KCR-min	AAA	69	304	274	46	73	19	0	8	29	20	2	22	55	.266	.321	.423	.745		116	4	2	2	4	1		OMA · PCL
2016	27	KCR	AL	81	332	311	44	88	22	3	2	29	8	3	19	72	.283	.323	.392	.716	91	122	1	0	1	1	1	47/5H93D
2017	28	KCR-min	AAA	9	37	34	6	14	4	0	3	9	1	1	1	4	.412	.432	.794	1.227		27	0	1	0	1	0		OMA · PCL
2017	28	KCR	AL	145	630	587	80	169	32	6	19	78	34	8	29	88	.288	.324	.460	.784	106	270	13	6	1	7	0	*49/7H35
2018	29	KCR	AL	158	707	632	88	*192*	43	3	12	60	45	10	61	114	.304	.367	.438	.806	120	277	12	6	2	6	2	48D/937H	MVP-17
2019	30	KCR	AL	*162*	735	*681*	105	*206*	41	10	16	74	20	10	45	126	.302	.348	.463	.811	112	315	8	5	0	4	5	498/D37	AS
2020	31	KCR	AL	60	265	*248*	38	70	12	0	9	30	12	3	12	33	.282	.325	.440	.764	106	109	3	4	0	1	0	*984/73
5 Yrs				606	2669	2459	355	725	150	22	58	271	119	34	166	433	.295	.342	.444	.787	110	1093	37	21	4	19	8
162 Game Avg.				162	713	657	95	194	40	6	16	72	32	9	44	116	.295	.342	.444	.787	110	292	10	6	1	5	2

Player Value--Batting

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