Whit Merrifield

Positions: Second Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Team: Philadelphia Phillies (majors)

Born: January 24, 1989 in Florence, SC us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 9th round of the 2010 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC).

High School: Davie County HS (Mocksville, NC)

School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)

Debut: May 18, 2016 (Age 27-115d, 21,121st in major league history)
vs. BOS 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$8M (24) & 25 team option

Service Time (01/2024): 7.101 • Free Agent: 2025

Agents: Warner Sports Management

Full Name: Whitley David Merrifield

Nicknames: Whit Bird or Two-hit Whit

Pronunciation: \MERR-uh-field\

Twitter: @WhitMerrifield

Instagram: @whitmerrifield

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

-0.4

17.5

4202

1187

.107

.283

590

RBI

470

202

OBP

.167

.329

SLG

.107

.418

OPS

.274

.746

OPS+

-21

102

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	26-34 / in Starts: 26-34
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	14 games
Most Games w/o HR	13 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 265 PAs	30
Actual Runners on Base	125 (62-39-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 265 PAs	32
Avg. Runners on Base	162 (82-52-27)

Most Driven In
Self	9
N Lopez	4
A MondesÃ	3
M Franco	3
C Gallagher	3
B Phillips	2
E Mejia	1
A Gordon	1

Most Driven In By
S PÃ©rez	10
Self	9
M Franco	5
J Soler	4
H Dozier	3
A MondesÃ	3
R O'Hearn	3
N Lopez	0

2020 Batting Game Log

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2020 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	547	1	Jul 24	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	1.32	0.025	1.54	0.02%	0.35	CF RF
2	548	2	Jul 25	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	1	1.11	-0.065	1.31	-0.05%	-0.25	RF
3	549	3	Jul 26	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-9	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.400	.764	1	.70	-0.015	.83	-0.01%	0.50	2B
4	550	4	Jul 27	KCR	@	DET	W,14-6	GS-9	6	5	3	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.471	.733	1.204	1	.78	0.324	.93	0.23%	3.42	2B
5	551	5	Jul 28	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368	.429	.789	1.218	1	1.29	0.085	1.57	0.06%	1.15	2B
6	552	6	Jul 29	KCR	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.440	.783	1.223	1	.96	0.028	1.16	0.02%	0.46	RF
7	553	7	Jul 30	KCR	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.667	1.067	1	.94	-0.055	1.13	-0.04%	-0.90	2B
8	554	8	Jul 31	KCR		CHW	L,2-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.343	.563	.905	1	1.61	-0.208	1.98	-0.15%	-1.27	CF RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
9	555	9	Aug 1	KCR		CHW	L,5-11	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.324	.375	.649	1.024	1	.89	0.013	1.05	0.01%	1.33	2B LF
10	556	10	Aug 2	KCR		CHW	L,2-9	GS-8	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.317	.364	.610	.973	1	.67	-0.066	.77	-0.05%	-0.36	2B
11	557	11	Aug 3	KCR	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.333	.556	.889	1	1.12	-0.116	1.11	-0.07%	-1.07	2B
12	558	12	Aug 4	KCR	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.327	.531	.858	1	1.25	0.004	1.12	0.00%	0.19	2B
13	559	13	Aug 5	KCR		CHC	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.283	.321	.509	.831	1	1.36	0.010	1.10	0.00%	-0.53	CF
14	560	14	Aug 6	KCR		CHC	W,13-2	CG	5	4	3	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.298	.344	.561	.906	1	.39	0.133	.28	0.06%	1.20	2B RF
15	561	15	Aug 7	KCR		MIN	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.283	.338	.533	.872	1	1.43	-0.146	1.28	-0.08%	-1.42	RF
16	562	16	Aug 8	KCR		MIN	W,9-6	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.343	.516	.858	1	.58	0.088	.57	0.05%	0.62	1B RF
17	563	17	Aug 9	KCR		MIN	W,4-2	CG	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.351	.507	.859	1	.87	0.028	.95	0.02%	0.16	CF RF
18	564	18	Aug 11	KCR	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG(10)	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.354	.500	.854	1	1.39	0.102	1.44	0.06%	1.08	LF CF
19	565	19	Aug 12	KCR	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	5	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.293	.357	.507	.864	1	.89	0.034	.89	0.02%	0.18	CF
20	566	20	Aug 15 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG(7)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.345	.487	.832	1	1.23	-0.096	1.43	-0.07%	-0.73	CF
21	567	21	Aug 15 (2)	KCR	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG(7)	4	4	1	3	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.305	.363	.549	.911	1	1.64	0.483	1.79	0.32%	3.68	CF RF
22	568	22	Aug 16	KCR	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.302	.358	.535	.893	1	.92	-0.030	1.12	-0.02%	-0.38	CF
23	569	23	Aug 17	KCR	@	MIN	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.354	.522	.876	1	1.07	-0.117	1.19	-0.08%	-1.16	CF
24	570	24	Aug 19 (1)	KCR		CIN	W,4-0	CG(7)	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.298	.350	.511	.860	1	.55	0.075	.49	0.04%	1.13	CF RF
25	571	25	Aug 19 (2)	KCR		CIN	L,0-5	CG(7)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.292	.349	.500	.849	1	1.17	0.054	1.04	0.03%	0.38	CF
26	572	26	Aug 21	KCR		MIN	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.364	.515	.879	1	.69	0.083	.62	0.05%	1.71	CF RF
27	573	27	Aug 22	KCR		MIN	L,2-7	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.308	.365	.510	.875	1	.95	-0.033	.96	-0.02%	-0.37	CF
28	574	28	Aug 23	KCR		MIN	L,4-5	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.303	.358	.495	.854	1	1.42	-0.119	1.24	-0.06%	-0.74	RF
29	575	29	Aug 24	KCR	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.292	.347	.478	.825	1	.70	-0.064	.48	-0.03%	-0.58	CF
30	576	30	Aug 25	KCR	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.341	.466	.807	1	.99	0.037	.58	0.01%	0.16	LF CF
31	577	31	Aug 26	KCR	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.351	.488	.839	1	.83	0.190	.59	0.08%	2.47	CF RF
32	578	32	Aug 28	KCR	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.345	.500	.845	1	1.32	-0.030	.83	-0.01%	0.08	CF RF
33	579	33	Aug 29	KCR	@	CHW	W,9-6	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.347	.489	.836	1	.89	0.001	.47	0.00%	-0.23	CF
34	580	34	Aug 30	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.296	.356	.511	.867	1	1.48	0.397	.91	0.15%	1.85	CF
35	581	35	Aug 31	KCR		CLE	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.346	.496	.843	1	1.57	-0.168	.66	-0.04%	-1.15	LF CF
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	582	36	Sep 1	KCR		CLE	L,1-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280	.338	.483	.820	1	.37	-0.039	.21	-0.01%	-1.01	2B
37	583	37	Sep 2	KCR		CLE	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.272	.329	.469	.799	1	.66	-0.070	.25	-0.02%	-0.75	CF
38	584	38	Sep 3	KCR		CHW	L,6-11	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.319	.454	.773	1	.87	-0.118	.24	-0.02%	-1.42	RF
39	585	39	Sep 4	KCR		CHW	L,4-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.316	.446	.762	1	1.50	-0.151	.23	-0.01%	-1.61	RF
40	586	40	Sep 5	KCR		CHW	L,3-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.309	.435	.743	1	1.00	-0.105	.09	-0.01%	-0.87	2B CF
41	587	41	Sep 6	KCR		CHW	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.302	.424	.726	1	1.26	-0.133	.06	0.00%	-1.14	LF
42	588	42	Sep 7	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249	.301	.420	.721	1	.92	-0.040	.02	0.00%	-0.51	2B
43	589	43	Sep 8	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-6	CG	5	5	2	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.303	.443	.746	1	1.15	0.150	.01	0.00%	2.27	2B RF
44	590	44	Sep 9	KCR	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.307	.444	.751	1	1.16	0.149	.02	0.00%	1.22	2B RF
45	591	45	Sep 10	KCR	@	CLE	W,11-1	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.315	.454	.768	1	.56	0.040	.01	0.00%	1.02	RF
46	592	46	Sep 11	KCR		PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.313	.446	.760	1	.58	-0.043	.03	0.00%	-0.50	RF
47	593	47	Sep 12	KCR		PIT	W,7-4	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.316	.461	.776	1	.63	0.103	.04	0.00%	0.21	RF
48	594	48	Sep 13	KCR		PIT	W,11-0	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.327	.464	.791	1	.31	0.044	.02	0.00%	1.42	2B RF
49	595	49	Sep 15	KCR	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.276	.329	.467	.796	1	.64	0.050	.07	0.00%	0.44	RF
50	596	50	Sep 16	KCR	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.279	.330	.466	.796	1	.58	0.048	.03	0.00%	1.27	RF
51	597	51	Sep 18	KCR	@	MIL	L,5-9	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.332	.464	.796	1	.83	0.006	.08	0.00%	-0.04	RF
52	598	52	Sep 19	KCR	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.326	.455	.781	1	1.17	-0.122	.11	-0.01%	-0.96	RF
53	599	53	Sep 20	KCR	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.281	.329	.456	.785	1	.90	0.024	.05	0.00%	0.55	RF
54	600	54	Sep 21	KCR		STL	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.332	.457	.789	1	.83	0.033	.01	0.00%	0.30	RF
55	601	55	Sep 22	KCR		STL	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.331	.453	.784	1	.70	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.42	RF
56	602	56	Sep 23	KCR		STL	W,12-3	GS-8	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.328	.448	.776	1	.29	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.59	RF
57	603	57	Sep 24	KCR		DET	W,8-7	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.281	.325	.443	.768	1	1.01	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.95	RF
58	604	58	Sep 25	KCR		DET	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.280	.324	.439	.764	1	1.09	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.32	RF
59	605	59	Sep 26	KCR		DET	L,3-4	CG	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.330	.447	.776	1	1.52	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.62	RF
60	606	60	Sep 27	KCR		DET	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.325	.440	.764	2	.82	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-1.01	LF RF
							26-34		265	248	38	70	12	0	9	30	12	0	33	4	0	1	3	3	12	3	.282	.325	.440	.764		.97	0.532	.61	0.39%	8.16

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