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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Apr 25(2))

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1910 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-3	CG	0	10.2	20	1	0	21	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	2
3	3	Apr 16	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
4	4	Apr 20	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
5	5	Apr 21	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	6	Apr 22	NYG		BRO	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
7	7	Apr 23	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
8	8	Apr 25	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
9	9	Apr 26	NYG		BRO	W,9-8	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
10	10	Apr 27	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
11	11	Apr 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	0	13.0	11	0	0	11	1
12	12	Apr 30	NYG	@	PHI	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	2
14	14	May 3	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
15	15	May 4	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
16	16	May 5	NYG		PHI	L,3-9	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
17	17	May 6	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
18	18	May 7	NYG		PHI	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
19	19	May 9	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	9	1	1	11	0
20	20	May 10	NYG	@	CHC	L,5-9	CG	0	8.0	9	2	0	11	2
21	21	May 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
22	22	May 12	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
23	23	May 13	NYG	@	STL	L,4-13	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	24	May 14	NYG	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
25	25	May 15	NYG	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
26	26	May 16	NYG	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
27	27	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	W,10-6	CG	0	9.0	16	0	1	17	0
28	28	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
29	29	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
30	30	May 21	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
31	31	May 23	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
32	32	May 25	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	3
33	33	May 27	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
34	34	May 28	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
35	35	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	10.0	8	0	0	8	0
36	36	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-3	GS	0		14	1	0	15	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	40 (3)	Jun 4	NYG		CIN	L,2-8	CG	0	9.0	10	2	0	12	1
38	41	Jun 6	NYG		STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
39	42	Jun 7	NYG		STL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
40	43	Jun 8	NYG		STL	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	2
41	44	Jun 9	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	2	10	1
42	45	Jun 10	NYG		CHC	L,5-6	CG	0	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
43	46	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
44	47	Jun 14	NYG		CHC	L,4-9	GS	0	7.0	8	0	0	8	3
45	48	Jun 15	NYG		PIT	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
46	49	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
47	50	Jun 20	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
48	51	Jun 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
49	52	Jun 22	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
50	53	Jun 23	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
51	54	Jun 25	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
52	55	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
53	56	Jun 28	NYG		PHI	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
54	57	Jun 29	NYG		PHI	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	11	2	0	13	1
55	58	Jun 30	NYG		BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	59	Jul 1	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
57	60	Jul 2	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
58	61	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,6-5	CG	0	13.0	16	1	0	17	2
59	62	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,12-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
60	63	Jul 5	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	15	0	1	16	1
61	64	Jul 6	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-3	CG	0	14.0	17	2	0	19	1
62	65	Jul 7 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	10	3	0	13	0
63	66	Jul 7 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-5	CG	0	7.0	11	0	0	11	0
64	67	Jul 9	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
65	68	Jul 10	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-9	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
66	69	Jul 11	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
67	70	Jul 13	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	9	2	1	12	0
68	71	Jul 14	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	10	1	0	11	0
69	72	Jul 15	NYG	@	PIT	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
70	73	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
71	74	Jul 17	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
72	75	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
73	76	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
74	77	Jul 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	0	11.0	7	1	1	9	0
75	78	Jul 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	10	1	1	12	0
76	79	Jul 21	NYG	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
77	80	Jul 22	NYG	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	0	10	0
78	81	Jul 23	NYG	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
79	82	Jul 24	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
80	83	Jul 27	NYG		PHI	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
81	84	Jul 28	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
82	85	Jul 29	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
83	86	Jul 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
84	87	Jul 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	18	0	0	18	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	88	Aug 1	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
86	89	Aug 2	NYG		CHC	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
87	90	Aug 3	NYG		CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	91	Aug 4	NYG		CHC	L,1-5	GS	0		5	1	0	6	0
89	92	Aug 5	NYG		CHC	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
90	93	Aug 6	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	0	11.0	13	0	1	14	2
91	94	Aug 9	NYG		STL	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
92	95	Aug 11 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
93	96	Aug 11 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
94	97	Aug 12	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
95	98	Aug 13	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
96	99	Aug 15 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	11.0	10	2	0	12	0
97	100	Aug 15 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
98	101	Aug 16	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	17	1	0	18	1
99	102	Aug 17	NYG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	10	0	1	11	1
100	103	Aug 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
101	104	Aug 20	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	12	0	1	13	2
102	105	Aug 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-10	CG	0	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
103	106	Aug 22	NYG	@	STL	W,11-4	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
104	107	Aug 23	NYG	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
105	108	Aug 24	NYG	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
106	109	Aug 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
107	110	Aug 26	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
108	111	Aug 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,18-9	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
109	112	Aug 28	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
110	113	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
111	114	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
112	115	Aug 30	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
113	116	Sep 2 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
114	117	Sep 2 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	0	10.2	11	1	1	13	0
115	118	Sep 3	NYG	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	18	0	0	18	1
116	119	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	7	0	2	9	1
117	120	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
118	121	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	13	3	0	16	1
119	122	Sep 7	NYG		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
120	123	Sep 8	NYG		BSN	T,1-1	CG	0	10.0	10	2	0	12	0
121	124	Sep 9	NYG		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
122	125	Sep 10 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
123	126	Sep 10 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
124	133 (6)	Sep 17 (1)	NYG		STL	W,1-0	GF	0		5	0	0	5	0
125	134	Sep 17 (2)	NYG		STL	W,11-3	GS	0		4	0	0	4	0
126	135	Sep 20 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	9	1	0	10	2
127	136	Sep 20 (2)	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
128	137	Sep 21	NYG		STL	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
129	138	Sep 22 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
130	139	Sep 22 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
131	140	Sep 23	NYG		CHC	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
132	141	Sep 24	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
133	142	Sep 27 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	8	2	1	11	0
134	143	Sep 27 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
135	144	Sep 28	NYG		CIN	W,16-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
136	145	Sep 29	NYG		CIN	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	2	10	2
137	146	Sep 30	NYG	@	BSN	W,17-8	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
138	147	Oct 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
139	148	Oct 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	11	1	0	12	1
140	149	Oct 4	NYG	@	BSN	W,17-9	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
141	150	Oct 6	NYG		BRO	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
142	151	Oct 8 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	0	9.1	4	2	0	6	0
143	152	Oct 8 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	0	6.0	5	0	1	6	0
144	153	Oct 10	NYG		PHI	L,2-8	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
							144gm		1277.0	1390	84	29	1503	87