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.

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1909 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	May 10	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	25 (7)	May 19	NYG		CIN	W,18-3	GF	0		4	0	0	4	0
3	30 (4)	May 28 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,1-11	GF	0		3	1	0	4	0
4	31	May 28 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,3-0	CG	0	6.0	5	1	0	6	0
5	32	May 29	NYG		PHI	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	37 (4)	Jun 6	NYG	@	STL	W,12-1	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
7	48 (10)	Jun 23 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,11-1	GF	0		1	1	0	2	0
8	50 (1)	Jun 24 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,12-5	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	69 (18)	Jul 12 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,0-9	GF	0		1	0	0	1	0
10	78 (8)	Jul 21	NYG		STL	W,11-7	GF	0		2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	88 (9)	Aug 3	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-6	GF	0		3	0	1	4	0
12	91 (2)	Aug 7	NYG	@	STL	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	2
13	92	Aug 8	NYG	@	STL	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
14	93	Aug 9	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	6	0	1	7	0
15	94	Aug 10	NYG	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	16	0	0	16	0
16	95	Aug 11	NYG	@	STL	W,19-3	CG	0	9.0	11	0	0	11	1
17	96	Aug 12 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
18	97	Aug 12 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
19	98	Aug 13	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	13	1	1	15	1
20	99	Aug 14	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS	0		9	0	0	9	0
21	100	Aug 15	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	11	0	0	11	0
22	101	Aug 16	NYG	@	PIT	T,2-2	CG	0	8.0	13	0	0	13	1
23	102	Aug 18 (1)	NYG	@	PHI	W,14-1	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
24	103	Aug 18 (2)	NYG	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	1
25	107 (3)	Aug 21	NYG		CIN	W,1-0	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
26	108	Aug 23	NYG		CIN	W,12-9	GF	0		5	0	0	5	0
27	109	Aug 24 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
28	110	Aug 24 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,3-11	CG	0	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
29	111	Aug 25	NYG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
30	112	Aug 26	NYG		PIT	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
31	113	Aug 27	NYG		CHC	L,6-8	GS	0		7	0	0	7	0
32	114	Aug 28	NYG		CHC	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
33	115	Aug 30 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,0-2	CG	0	11.0	12	0	0	12	0
34	116	Aug 30 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	1
35	117	Aug 31	NYG		CHC	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	118	Sep 1	NYG		STL	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	17	0	0	17	1
37	119	Sep 2	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
38	120	Sep 3	NYG		STL	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	1
39	121	Sep 4	NYG		BSN	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	1
40	122	Sep 6 (1)	NYG		BSN	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
41	123	Sep 6 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	13	1	0	14	0
42	124	Sep 7	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
43	125	Sep 8 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
44	126	Sep 8 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
45	127	Sep 9	NYG		BRO	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
46	128	Sep 11 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	1
47	129	Sep 11 (2)	NYG		BRO	L,1-10	CG	0	9.0	8	1	0	9	1
48	130	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
49	131	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	T,4-4	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
50	134 (2)	Sep 17	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	8	1	1	10	1
51	135	Sep 18	NYG	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
52	136	Sep 19	NYG	@	CHC	T,4-4	CG	0	14.0	11	2	0	13	0
53	137	Sep 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	6	1	2	9	0
54	138	Sep 22	NYG	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
55	139	Sep 23 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
56	140	Sep 23 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,12-5	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	3
57	141	Sep 24	NYG	@	CIN	W,12-9	CG	0	9.0	10	1	1	12	1
58	142	Sep 25 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	10	0	1	11	0
59	143	Sep 25 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	T,1-1	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	0
60	144	Sep 26 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	8	0	1	9	0
61	145	Sep 26 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	0	5.0	7	0	1	8	0
62	146	Sep 27 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	13	1	0	14	1
63	147	Sep 27 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
64	148	Sep 28	NYG	@	PIT	W,13-9	CG	0	9.0	9	0	1	10	0
65	149	Sep 29	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	14	0	0	14	0
66	150	Sep 30 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	15	1	0	16	0
67	151	Sep 30 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
68	152	Oct 2 (1)	NYG		PHI	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	13	0	0	13	1
69	153	Oct 2 (2)	NYG		PHI	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
70	154	Oct 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	12	0	0	12	0
71	155	Oct 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,1-1	CG	0	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	156	Oct 6 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	9	1	1	11	0
73	157	Oct 6 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	11	1	0	12	0
							71gm		570.0	626	30	16	672	29