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

-0.3

17.6

4202

1187

.107

.283

590

RBI

470

202

OBP

.167

.329

SLG

.107

.418

OPS

.274

.746

OPS+

-22

102

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2017 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	Apr 18	KCR		SFG	L,1-2	CG	45	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	14	Apr 19	KCR		SFG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
3	16 (1)	Apr 21	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
4	17	Apr 22	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	18	Apr 23	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
6	19	Apr 24	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-12	CG	41	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
7	21 (1)	Apr 26	KCR	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
8	22	Apr 28	KCR		MIN	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	23	Apr 30	KCR		MIN	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	25 (1)	May 2	KCR		CHW	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
11	26	May 3	KCR		CHW	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
12	27	May 4	KCR		CHW	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
13	28	May 5	KCR		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
14	29	May 6	KCR		CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
15	30	May 7	KCR		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
16	31	May 8	KCR	@	TBR	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
17	32	May 9	KCR	@	TBR	W,7-6	CG	52	12.0	3	5	0	8	2
18	34 (1)	May 11	KCR	@	TBR	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
19	35	May 12	KCR		BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
20	36	May 13	KCR		BAL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	37	May 14	KCR		BAL	W,9-8	CG	47	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
22	38	May 16	KCR		NYY	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
23	39	May 17	KCR		NYY	L,7-11	GS	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	40	May 18	KCR		NYY	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
25	41	May 19	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	42	9.1	0	2	0	2	0
26	42	May 21 (1)	KCR	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
27	44 (1)	May 22	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	1	5	1
28	45	May 23	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
29	46	May 24	KCR	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
30	47	May 26	KCR	@	CLE	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
31	48	May 27	KCR	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
32	49	May 28	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-10	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
33	50	May 29	KCR		DET	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
34	51	May 30	KCR		DET	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
35	52	May 31	KCR		DET	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	53	Jun 2	KCR		CLE	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	5	0	10	4
37	54	Jun 3	KCR		CLE	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	55	Jun 4	KCR		CLE	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	2	8	1	11	1
39	56	Jun 5	KCR		HOU	L,3-7	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
40	57	Jun 6	KCR		HOU	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
41	58	Jun 7	KCR		HOU	W,7-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	59	Jun 8	KCR		HOU	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	60	Jun 9	KCR	@	SDP	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
44	61	Jun 10	KCR	@	SDP	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
45	62	Jun 11	KCR	@	SDP	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	63	Jun 13	KCR	@	SFG	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
47	64	Jun 14	KCR	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
48	65	Jun 15	KCR	@	LAA	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
49	66	Jun 16	KCR	@	LAA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
50	67	Jun 17	KCR	@	LAA	L,0-9	GS	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	69 (1)	Jun 19	KCR		BOS	W,4-2	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	70	Jun 20	KCR		BOS	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	71	Jun 21	KCR		BOS	W,6-4	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
54	72	Jun 23	KCR		TOR	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
55	73	Jun 24	KCR		TOR	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
56	74	Jun 25	KCR		TOR	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	75	Jun 27	KCR	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	76	Jun 28	KCR	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
59	77	Jun 29	KCR	@	DET	L,3-7	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	78	Jun 30	KCR		MIN	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	79	Jul 1 (1)	KCR		MIN	W,11-6	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
62	80	Jul 1 (2)	KCR		MIN	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
63	81	Jul 2	KCR		MIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
64	82	Jul 3	KCR	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	83	Jul 4	KCR	@	SEA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
66	84	Jul 5	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-6	CG	39	10.0	2	2	0	4	0
67	85	Jul 7	KCR	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
68	86	Jul 8	KCR	@	LAD	L,4-5	GS	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
69	87	Jul 9	KCR	@	LAD	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
70	88	Jul 14	KCR		TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
71	89	Jul 15	KCR		TEX	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
72	90	Jul 16	KCR		TEX	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
73	91	Jul 17	KCR		DET	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
74	92	Jul 18	KCR		DET	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
75	93	Jul 19	KCR		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	8	0	9	0
76	94	Jul 20	KCR		DET	W,16-4	GS	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
77	95	Jul 21	KCR		CHW	W,7-6	GS	41	10.0	1	2	1	4	1
78	96	Jul 22	KCR		CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
79	97	Jul 23	KCR		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
80	98	Jul 24	KCR	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	48	12.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	99	Jul 25	KCR	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	100	Jul 26	KCR	@	DET	W,16-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
83	101	Jul 28	KCR	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
84	102	Jul 29	KCR	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	47	9.2	2	3	0	5	1
85	103	Jul 30	KCR	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
86	104	Jul 31	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	105	Aug 1	KCR	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
88	106	Aug 2	KCR	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
89	107	Aug 3	KCR		SEA	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	108	Aug 4	KCR		SEA	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
91	109	Aug 6 (1)	KCR		SEA	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
92	110	Aug 6 (2)	KCR		SEA	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
93	111	Aug 7	KCR		STL	L,3-11	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
94	112	Aug 8	KCR		STL	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
95	113	Aug 9	KCR	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
96	114	Aug 10	KCR	@	STL	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
97	115	Aug 11	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
98	116	Aug 12	KCR	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
99	117	Aug 13	KCR	@	CHW	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
100	118	Aug 14	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
101	119	Aug 15	KCR	@	OAK	L,8-10	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
102	120	Aug 16	KCR	@	OAK	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
103	121	Aug 18	KCR		CLE	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
104	122	Aug 19	KCR		CLE	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
105	123	Aug 20	KCR		CLE	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	124	Aug 22	KCR		COL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
107	125	Aug 23	KCR		COL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
108	126	Aug 24	KCR		COL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
109	127	Aug 25	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
110	128	Aug 26	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
111	129	Aug 27	KCR	@	CLE	L,0-12	CG	44	8.0	4	5	1	10	3
112	130	Aug 28	KCR		TBR	L,0-12	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
113	131	Aug 29	KCR		TBR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
114	132	Aug 30	KCR		TBR	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	133	Sep 1	KCR	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
116	134	Sep 2	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-17	CG	46	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
117	135	Sep 3	KCR	@	MIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
118	136	Sep 4	KCR	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
119	137	Sep 5	KCR	@	DET	L,2-13	GS	28	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	138	Sep 6	KCR	@	DET	W,13-2	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
121	139	Sep 7	KCR		MIN	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
122	140	Sep 8	KCR		MIN	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	141	Sep 9	KCR		MIN	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
124	142	Sep 10	KCR		MIN	W,11-3	GS	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
125	143	Sep 11	KCR		CHW	L,3-11	GS	41	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
126	144	Sep 12	KCR		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
127	145	Sep 13	KCR		CHW	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
128	146	Sep 14	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
129	147	Sep 15	KCR	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
130	148	Sep 16	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
131	149	Sep 17	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
132	150	Sep 19	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
133	151	Sep 20	KCR	@	TOR	W,15-5	GS	20	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
134	152	Sep 21	KCR	@	TOR	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
135	153	Sep 22	KCR	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
136	154	Sep 23	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
137	155	Sep 24	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-8	GS	34	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
138	156	Sep 25	KCR	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	1
139	157	Sep 26	KCR		DET	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	4	6	0	10	4
140	158	Sep 27	KCR		DET	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
141	159	Sep 28	KCR		DET	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
142	160	Sep 29	KCR		ARI	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
143	161	Sep 30	KCR		ARI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
144	162	Oct 1	KCR		ARI	L,2-14	CG	52	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
							151gm		1258.2	258	343	12	613	93