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 24)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-10	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 17	NYG	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
3	3	Apr 18	NYG	@	BRO	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
4	4	Apr 21	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
5	5	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	W,12-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
6	6	Apr 24	NYG		PHI	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
7	7	Apr 27	NYG		PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
8	8	Apr 28	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	9	May 1	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
10	10	May 2	NYG		BRO	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
11	11	May 4	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
12	12	May 6	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	0
13	13	May 7	NYG		BSN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
14	14	May 9	NYG		BSN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
15	15	May 11	NYG		BSN	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
16	16	May 14	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
17	17	May 15	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
18	18	May 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
19	19	May 17	NYG	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
20	20	May 18	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
21	21	May 19	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
22	22	May 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
23	23	May 21	NYG	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	0	8.0	7	3	1	11	0
24	24	May 22	NYG	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
25	25	May 23	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
26	26	May 24	NYG	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	0	11.0	13	0	0	13	1
27	27	May 25	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
28	28	May 26	NYG	@	CHC	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
29	29	May 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
30	30	May 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
31	31	May 30 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
32	32	May 30 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	33	Jun 1	NYG	@	PHI	W,11-7	GS	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	1
34	39 (5)	Jun 8	NYG		STL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
35	40	Jun 9	NYG		STL	L,2-5	GS	11	3.0	2	2	0	4	1
36	41	Jun 10	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	42	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
38	43	Jun 12	NYG		CHC	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
39	44	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	W,8-4	GS	27	7.0	9	2	0	11	1
40	46 (1)	Jun 16	NYG		PIT	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
41	47	Jun 17	NYG		PIT	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	14	0	0	14	2
42	48	Jun 18	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
43	49	Jun 19	NYG		CIN	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
44	50	Jun 20	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
45	51	Jun 22	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	2
46	52	Jun 24 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	1
47	53	Jun 24 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
48	54	Jun 25	NYG	@	BSN	L,6-7	CG	45	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
49	55	Jun 26 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
50	56	Jun 26 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
51	57	Jun 27	NYG	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
52	58	Jun 29 (1)	NYG		BRO	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
53	59	Jun 29 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
54	60	Jun 30	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	61	Jul 2	NYG		BRO	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
56	62	Jul 3	NYG		PHI	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
57	63	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
58	64	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	15	1	0	16	2
59	65	Jul 6 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
60	66	Jul 6 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
61	67	Jul 7	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
62	68	Jul 8	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
63	69	Jul 9	NYG	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	0	12.2	16	2	1	19	2
64	70	Jul 10	NYG	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
65	71	Jul 11	NYG	@	STL	W,13-9	GS	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	1
66	72	Jul 12	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
67	73	Jul 13	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
68	74	Jul 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-8	CG	46	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	75	Jul 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
70	76	Jul 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	79	21.0	24	0	0	24	2
71	77	Jul 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
72	78	Jul 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG	43	10.0	13	1	1	15	0
73	79	Jul 20	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
74	80	Jul 21	NYG	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	50	13.0	11	1	0	12	2
75	81	Jul 22	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	30	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
76	82	Jul 23	NYG	@	CIN	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
77	83	Jul 25	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
78	84	Jul 27	NYG		PIT	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
79	85	Jul 29	NYG		PIT	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	9	2	1	12	0
80	86	Jul 30	NYG		CIN	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
81	87	Jul 31	NYG		CIN	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	88	Aug 1	NYG		CIN	L,1-6	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
83	89	Aug 3 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	3
84	90	Aug 3 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
85	91	Aug 4	NYG		CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
86	92	Aug 5	NYG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	3
87	93	Aug 6	NYG		CHC	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
88	94	Aug 7	NYG		CHC	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
89	95	Aug 8	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	16	0	1	17	0
90	96	Aug 10	NYG		STL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
91	97	Aug 11	NYG		STL	L,2-3	CG	22	5.0	4	2	0	6	0
92	98	Aug 12	NYG		STL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
93	99	Aug 13	NYG		BSN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
94	100	Aug 14	NYG		BSN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	10	2	0	12	2
95	101	Aug 15	NYG		BSN	L,0-2	CG	37	10.0	12	0	0	12	0
96	102	Aug 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
97	103	Aug 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
98	104	Aug 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
99	105	Aug 21	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	12	1	1	14	1
100	108 (2)	Aug 26 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
101	109	Aug 26 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	28	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
102	110	Aug 27	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
103	111	Aug 29 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	11	1	0	12	0
104	112	Aug 29 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	16	1	0	17	0
105	113	Aug 30	NYG	@	CHC	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
106	114	Aug 31	NYG	@	PIT	T,1-1	CG	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
107	115	Sep 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	11	1	1	13	0
108	116	Sep 3 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
109	117	Sep 3 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
110	118	Sep 4	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
111	119	Sep 5 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
112	120	Sep 5 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
113	121	Sep 7 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	9	0	0	9	0
114	122	Sep 7 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	2
115	123	Sep 8	NYG	@	BSN	L,3-8	GS	17	3.0	2	1	0	3	0
116	124	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
117	125	Sep 10 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
118	126	Sep 10 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	18	0	1	19	0
119	127	Sep 11	NYG		BRO	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0
120	128	Sep 12 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-1	GS	23	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
121	129	Sep 12 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
122	130	Sep 14 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
123	131	Sep 14 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	39	8.0	9	0	1	10	0
124	132	Sep 15	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
125	133	Sep 16	NYG		CIN	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
126	134	Sep 17	NYG		CIN	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	0
127	135	Sep 18	NYG		CIN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	13	1	1	15	2
128	136	Sep 19	NYG		CHC	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
129	137	Sep 21	NYG		CHC	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	8	3	0	11	1
130	138	Sep 22	NYG		CHC	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
131	139	Sep 23 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-2	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
132	140	Sep 23 (2)	NYG		STL	L,0-9	CG	42	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
133	141	Sep 24	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
134	142	Sep 25	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	10	2	0	12	0
135	143	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	2
136	144	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
137	145	Sep 28 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
138	146	Sep 28 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,13-6	CG	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	1
139	147	Sep 29	NYG		PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
140	148	Sep 30 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
141	149	Sep 30 (2)	NYG		BSN	T,7-7	CG	0	8.0	9	1	1	11	0
142	150	Oct 1	NYG		BSN	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
143	151	Oct 2	NYG		BSN	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
144	152	Oct 3 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
145	153	Oct 3 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
146	154	Oct 5	NYG		PHI	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
							146gm		1274.0	1463	88	16	1567	80