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.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 28	CHC		PIT	W,11-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
2	18 (6)	May 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-2	CG	27	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
3	19	May 6	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
4	39 (19)	May 31 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	15	1	1	17	0
5	40	May 31 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	41	Jun 1	CHC		CIN	L,5-6	GS	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
7	42	Jun 2	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
8	43	Jun 4	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	8	0	1	9	2
9	44	Jun 5	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	40	8.0	15	0	0	15	0
10	45	Jun 6	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
11	46	Jun 8	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
12	47	Jun 9	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
13	48	Jun 10	CHC	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	54	10.2	9	1	0	10	0
14	49	Jun 11	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	8	0	1	9	1
15	50	Jun 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
16	51	Jun 14	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	2
17	52	Jun 16	CHC	@	BSN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	2
18	53	Jun 19	CHC	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	48	12.0	15	1	0	16	1
19	54	Jun 20	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
20	55	Jun 22	CHC	@	NYG	W,10-4	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
21	56	Jun 23	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	1
22	57	Jun 24	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	11	2	0	13	0
23	58	Jun 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
24	59	Jun 26	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
25	60	Jun 27	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
26	61	Jun 28 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
27	62	Jun 28 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	15	1	1	17	0
28	63	Jun 29 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,3-4	CG	48	11.0	13	2	0	15	0
29	64	Jun 29 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,14-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
30	65	Jun 30	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	15	0	1	16	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	66	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	12	1	1	14	0
32	67	Jul 2	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	44	10.1	16	1	0	17	0
33	68	Jul 3	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
34	76 (7)	Jul 10	CHC		NYG	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
35	77	Jul 11	CHC		NYG	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	1
36	78	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-13	CG	48	9.0	12	1	0	13	2
37	79	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
38	80	Jul 13	CHC		BRO	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
39	83 (2)	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	15	2	0	17	0
40	84	Jul 16	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	42	11.0	6	1	0	7	2
41	85	Jul 17	CHC		BSN	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
42	86	Jul 18	CHC		BSN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
43	87	Jul 19	CHC		BSN	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	2
44	88	Jul 20	CHC		BSN	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
45	89	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	L,1-6	CG	39	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
46	90	Jul 22	CHC		PHI	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
47	93 (2)	Jul 25	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	101 (7)	Aug 3	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	41	10.0	15	1	0	16	1
49	104 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	10	0	0	10	0
50	106 (1)	Aug 7	CHC	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	29	8.0	6	0	1	7	1
51	108 (1)	Aug 9	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
52	109	Aug 11 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
53	110	Aug 11 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	1	12	3
54	111	Aug 12	CHC	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
55	112	Aug 14	CHC		CIN	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
56	113	Aug 15	CHC		CIN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	114	Aug 16	CHC		CIN	L,1-9	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
58	115	Aug 17	CHC		CIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
59	116	Aug 20	CHC		NYG	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
60	117	Aug 21	CHC		NYG	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
61	118	Aug 22	CHC		NYG	L,1-4	CG	43	11.0	10	0	0	10	0
62	119	Aug 23	CHC		BSN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
63	120	Aug 24	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
64	121	Aug 25	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
65	122	Aug 26	CHC		BRO	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	2
66	123	Aug 27	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	13	1	1	15	1
67	124	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1
68	125	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
69	126	Aug 30	CHC		PHI	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	128 (1)	Sep 3	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	54	13.0	13	1	0	14	0
71	129	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	1
72	130	Sep 5	CHC		PIT	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
73	131	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
74	132	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	7	1	2	10	0
75	135 (2)	Sep 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	7	2	1	10	1
76	136	Sep 12	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	0
77	137	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	10	0	0	10	2
78	138	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
79	139	Sep 14	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
80	140	Sep 15	CHC	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
81	141	Sep 16	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
82	142	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	15	0	0	15	0
83	143	Sep 18	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
84	152 (8)	Oct 1	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	69	17.0	21	0	0	21	0
85	153	Oct 2	CHC		STL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
							86gm		766.0	906	54	15	975	52