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.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYG		BRO	W,16-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
2	2	Apr 15	NYG		BRO	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	17	0	0	17	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYG		BRO	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
4	4	Apr 17	NYG		PHI	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
5	5	Apr 19	NYG		PHI	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1
6	6	Apr 20	NYG		PHI	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
7	7	Apr 21	NYG		PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	2
8	8	Apr 22	NYG	@	BRO	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
9	9	Apr 24	NYG	@	BRO	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
10	10	Apr 26	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
11	11	Apr 27	NYG		BSN	L,5-12	CG	48	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
12	12	Apr 29	NYG		BSN	L,8-13	GS	33	6.0	7	0	0	7	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	29 (16)	May 27	NYG		STL	L,5-6	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	30	May 28	NYG		STL	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
15	31	May 29	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1
16	32	May 31 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
17	33	May 31 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	34	Jun 1	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
19	35	Jun 2	NYG	@	BSN	T,5-5	CG	43	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
20	36	Jun 3	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
21	37	Jun 5	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
22	38	Jun 6	NYG	@	CHC	L,6-8	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	0
23	39	Jun 8	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
24	40	Jun 9	NYG	@	STL	L,10-11	CG	0	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
25	41	Jun 10	NYG	@	STL	L,2-13	CG	0	8.0	12	0	0	12	1
26	42	Jun 11	NYG	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	17	0	0	17	1
27	43	Jun 12	NYG	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	2
28	44	Jun 14	NYG	@	CIN	T,5-5	CG	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	1
29	45	Jun 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
30	46	Jun 16	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	0	12.0	9	0	0	9	1
31	47	Jun 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
32	48	Jun 18	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
33	49	Jun 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
34	50	Jun 22	NYG		PHI	T,1-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
35	51	Jun 23	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	43	11.0	12	1	0	13	2
36	52	Jun 24	NYG		PHI	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	2
37	53	Jun 25	NYG		BSN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
38	54	Jun 26	NYG		BSN	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	1	11	0
39	55	Jun 28 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	19	0	0	19	0
40	56	Jun 28 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	2
41	57	Jun 29 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
42	58	Jun 29 (2)	NYG		BSN	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	4
43	59	Jun 30	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-7	CG	34	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	60	Jul 1	NYG	@	BRO	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
45	61	Jul 2	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	9	0	1	10	1
46	62	Jul 3 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	9	2	0	11	1
47	63	Jul 3 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
48	64	Jul 5	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
49	65	Jul 6	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
50	66	Jul 7 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	13	0	2	15	1
51	67	Jul 7 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	9.1	13	1	0	14	2
52	68	Jul 9 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
53	69	Jul 9 (2)	NYG		CIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
54	70	Jul 10	NYG		CIN	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
55	71	Jul 12	NYG		CIN	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
56	72	Jul 13	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
57	73	Jul 14 (1)	NYG		CHC	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
58	74	Jul 14 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
59	75	Jul 15	NYG		CHC	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	2
60	76	Jul 16	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
61	77	Jul 17 (1)	NYG		STL	W,5-4	CG	63	16.0	23	0	0	23	1
62	78	Jul 17 (2)	NYG		STL	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
63	79	Jul 19	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	0
64	80	Jul 20	NYG		STL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	14	0	2	16	0
65	81	Jul 23 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
66	82	Jul 23 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
67	83	Jul 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
68	84	Jul 24 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
69	85	Jul 26 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
70	86	Jul 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
71	87	Jul 27	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1
72	88	Jul 30 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
73	89	Jul 30 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
74	90	Jul 31 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
75	91	Jul 31 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,9-2	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	92	Aug 1 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	0	9.2	1	0	0	1	0
77	93	Aug 1 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	94	Aug 4 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,11-9	GS	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
79	95	Aug 4 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	96	Aug 5 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
81	97	Aug 5 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	98	Aug 6	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	99	Aug 7	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
84	100	Aug 10	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	101	Aug 12	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
86	102	Aug 13	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	103	Aug 14	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
88	104	Aug 16	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-1	GS	33	10.0	9	1	0	10	1
89	105	Aug 17	NYG		BRO	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	106	Aug 18	NYG		CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
91	107	Aug 19	NYG		CIN	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	108	Aug 20	NYG		CIN	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
93	109	Aug 21	NYG		STL	L,4-5	CG	55	13.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	110	Aug 23 (1)	NYG		STL	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
95	111	Aug 23 (2)	NYG		STL	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	112	Aug 24	NYG		STL	L,1-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
97	113	Aug 25 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
98	114	Aug 25 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,7-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
99	115	Aug 26	NYG		PIT	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	116	Aug 27	NYG		PIT	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	117	Aug 28	NYG		CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	118	Aug 31 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	119	Aug 31 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
104	120	Sep 1	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	GS	37	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
105	121	Sep 2 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
106	122	Sep 2 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
107	123	Sep 3	NYG		PHI	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
108	124	Sep 4	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	8	0	0	8	1
109	125	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
110	126	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-0	CG	30	9.0	11	3	0	14	0
111	127	Sep 7	NYG		BSN	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
112	128	Sep 8	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	1
113	129	Sep 9 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
114	130	Sep 9 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	39	8.0	10	3	1	14	1
115	131	Sep 10	NYG	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	13	0	0	13	2
116	132	Sep 11	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
117	133	Sep 12 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,17-5	GS	0		12	0	0	12	3
118	134	Sep 12 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	0
119	135	Sep 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	12	0	1	13	0
120	136	Sep 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
121	137	Sep 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
122	138	Sep 17 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	1
123	139	Sep 17 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
124	140	Sep 18 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
125	141	Sep 18 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
126	142	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
127	143	Sep 21 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
128	144	Sep 21 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	L,3-5	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
129	145	Sep 22	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	11	2	0	13	0
130	146	Sep 23	NYG	@	STL	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
131	147	Sep 25	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	14	1	0	15	1
132	148	Sep 26	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	0		7	0	0	7	1
133	149	Sep 29	NYG		BRO	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
134	150	Sep 30	NYG		BRO	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
135	151	Oct 4 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1
136	152	Oct 4 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,4-5	CG	49	11.2	13	0	0	13	1
137	153	Oct 6 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
138	154	Oct 6 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
139	155	Oct 7	NYG	@	BSN	W,15-8	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
							143gm		959.0	1191	58	15	1264	64