Whit Merrifield

Positions: Second Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

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, 21,122nd 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

18.2

293

4467

1249

.222

.280

632

RBI

485

218

OBP

.311

.328

SLG

.314

.413

OPS

.625

.741

OPS+

101

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

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2019 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 28	KCR		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
2	2	Mar 30	KCR		CHW	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
3	3	Mar 31	KCR		CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
4	4	Apr 2	KCR		MIN	L,4-5	GS	49	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 3	KCR		MIN	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	6	Apr 4	KCR	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	1	1	6	0
7	7	Apr 6	KCR	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
8	8	Apr 7	KCR	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
9	9	Apr 8	KCR		SEA	L,5-13	GS	33	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	10	Apr 9	KCR		SEA	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	11	Apr 10	KCR		SEA	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
12	12	Apr 11	KCR		SEA	L,6-7	GS	43	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	13	Apr 12	KCR		CLE	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
14	14	Apr 13	KCR		CLE	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
15	15	Apr 14	KCR		CLE	W,9-8	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
16	16	Apr 15	KCR	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
17	17	Apr 16	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
18	18	Apr 17	KCR	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	19	Apr 18	KCR	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
20	20	Apr 19	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	11	1	1	13	3
21	21	Apr 20	KCR	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	Apr 21	KCR	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	44	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
23	23	Apr 22	KCR	@	TBR	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
24	24	Apr 23	KCR	@	TBR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
25	25	Apr 24	KCR	@	TBR	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
26	26	Apr 26	KCR		LAA	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
27	27	Apr 27	KCR		LAA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
28	28	Apr 28	KCR		LAA	L,3-7	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
29	29	Apr 29	KCR		TBR	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	30	May 1 (1)	KCR		TBR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
31	31	May 1 (2)	KCR		TBR	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
32	33 (1)	May 3	KCR	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
33	34	May 4	KCR	@	DET	W,15-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
34	35	May 5	KCR	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	42	9.2	4	4	0	8	1
35	36	May 6	KCR	@	HOU	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	2	5	0	7	0
36	37	May 7	KCR	@	HOU	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
37	38	May 8	KCR	@	HOU	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
38	39	May 10	KCR		PHI	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
39	40	May 11	KCR		PHI	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
40	41	May 12	KCR		PHI	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
41	42	May 14	KCR		TEX	W,11-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	43	May 15	KCR		TEX	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	44	May 16	KCR		TEX	L,1-16	CG	56	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
44	45	May 17	KCR	@	LAA	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	47 (1)	May 19	KCR	@	LAA	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
46	48	May 22 (1)	KCR	@	STL	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	49	May 22 (2)	KCR	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	50	May 25 (1)	KCR		NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	51	May 25 (2)	KCR		NYY	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
50	52	May 26	KCR		NYY	W,8-7	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	53	May 27 susp	KCR	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	1	2	0	3	0
52	54	May 28	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
53	55	May 29	KCR	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	56	May 30	KCR	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	57	May 31	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	58	Jun 1	KCR	@	TEX	L,2-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	59	Jun 2	KCR	@	TEX	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
58	60	Jun 4	KCR		BOS	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
59	61	Jun 5	KCR		BOS	L,0-8	GS	37	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
60	62	Jun 6	KCR		BOS	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	63	Jun 7	KCR		CHW	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
62	64	Jun 8	KCR		CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
63	65	Jun 9	KCR		CHW	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	67 (1)	Jun 12	KCR		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
65	68	Jun 13	KCR		DET	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
66	69	Jun 14	KCR	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	6	4	0	10	2
67	70	Jun 15	KCR	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	71	Jun 16	KCR	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	48	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
69	72	Jun 17	KCR	@	SEA	W,6-4	GS	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
70	73	Jun 18	KCR	@	SEA	W,9-0	GS	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
71	74	Jun 19	KCR	@	SEA	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
72	75	Jun 20	KCR		MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	76	Jun 21	KCR		MIN	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	77	Jun 22	KCR		MIN	L,3-5	GS	41	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
75	78	Jun 23	KCR		MIN	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	79	Jun 24	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	80	Jun 25	KCR	@	CLE	W,8-6	GS	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
78	81	Jun 26	KCR	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	82	Jun 28	KCR	@	TOR	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
80	83	Jun 29	KCR	@	TOR	L,5-7	CG	36	8.1	0	0	0	0	0
81	84	Jun 30	KCR	@	TOR	W,7-6	GS	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	85	Jul 1	KCR	@	TOR	L,4-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
83	86	Jul 2	KCR		CLE	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	87	Jul 3	KCR		CLE	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	88	Jul 4	KCR		CLE	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	89	Jul 5	KCR	@	WSN	W,7-4	GS	56	11.0	7	1	0	8	0
87	90	Jul 6	KCR	@	WSN	L,0-6	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
88	91	Jul 7	KCR	@	WSN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	92	Jul 12	KCR		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	93	Jul 13	KCR		DET	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	95 (1)	Jul 15	KCR		CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	96	Jul 16	KCR		CHW	W,11-0	GS	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
93	97	Jul 17	KCR		CHW	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
94	98	Jul 18	KCR		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	100 (1)	Jul 20	KCR	@	CLE	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
96	101	Jul 21	KCR	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
97	102	Jul 23	KCR	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	103	Jul 24	KCR	@	ATL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	6	0	10	1
99	104	Jul 25	KCR		CLE	L,4-5	GS	64	14.0	3	4	1	8	1
100	105	Jul 26	KCR		CLE	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
101	106	Jul 27	KCR		CLE	L,1-9	GS	35	7.0	0	4	0	4	0
102	107	Jul 28	KCR		CLE	W,9-6	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
103	108	Jul 29	KCR		TOR	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
104	109	Jul 30	KCR		TOR	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	110	Jul 31	KCR		TOR	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	111	Aug 2	KCR	@	MIN	L,9-11	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	112	Aug 3	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-11	GS	31	6.0	1	2	0	3	0
108	114 (1)	Aug 5	KCR	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	1	6	0	7	1
109	115	Aug 6	KCR	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
110	116	Aug 7 susp	KCR	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	44	9.1	1	0	0	1	0
111	117	Aug 8	KCR	@	DET	L,8-10	CG	45	8.1	3	1	2	6	0
112	118	Aug 9	KCR	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
113	119	Aug 10	KCR	@	DET	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
114	120	Aug 11	KCR	@	DET	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	2
115	121	Aug 13	KCR		STL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	122	Aug 14	KCR		STL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
117	123	Aug 16	KCR		NYM	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
118	124	Aug 17	KCR		NYM	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
119	125	Aug 18	KCR		NYM	L,5-11	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
120	127 (1)	Aug 20	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
121	128	Aug 21	KCR	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
122	129	Aug 23	KCR	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	3	0	6	3
123	130	Aug 24	KCR	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
124	131	Aug 25	KCR	@	CLE	W,9-8	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
125	132	Aug 26	KCR		OAK	L,4-19	CG	55	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
126	133	Aug 27	KCR		OAK	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
127	134	Aug 28	KCR		OAK	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
128	135	Aug 29	KCR		OAK	L,8-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
129	136	Aug 30	KCR		BAL	L,2-14	CG	51	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	137	Aug 31	KCR		BAL	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	138	Sep 1	KCR		BAL	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	139	Sep 3	KCR		DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
133	140	Sep 4	KCR		DET	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
134	141	Sep 5	KCR		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
135	142	Sep 6	KCR	@	MIA	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
136	143	Sep 7	KCR	@	MIA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
137	144	Sep 8	KCR	@	MIA	L,0-9	GS	36	7.0	2	0	1	3	0
138	145	Sep 10	KCR	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
139	146	Sep 11	KCR	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
140	147	Sep 12	KCR	@	CHW	W,6-3	GS	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
141	148	Sep 13	KCR		HOU	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
142	149	Sep 14	KCR		HOU	L,1-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
143	151 (1)	Sep 16	KCR	@	OAK	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
144	152	Sep 17	KCR	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
145	153	Sep 18	KCR	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	40	10.2	1	3	0	4	2
146	154	Sep 19	KCR	@	MIN	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
147	155	Sep 20	KCR	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
148	156	Sep 21	KCR	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
149	157	Sep 22	KCR	@	MIN	L,8-12	CG	46	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
150	158	Sep 24	KCR		ATL	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
151	159	Sep 25	KCR		ATL	L,2-10	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
152	160	Sep 27	KCR		MIN	L,2-6	CG	33	7.0	7	4	0	11	1
153	161	Sep 28	KCR		MIN	L,3-4	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
154	162	Sep 29	KCR		MIN	W,5-4	GS	13	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
							169gm		1331.1	334	232	11	577	66