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

0.1

18.0

4254

1199

.188

.282

598

RBI

474

205

OBP

.261

.328

SLG

.300

.418

OPS

.561

.746

OPS+

102

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

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)

2023 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 30	TOR	@	STL	W,10-9	CG	47	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
2	3 (1)	Apr 2	TOR	@	STL	L,4-9	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 4	TOR	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	6	Apr 5	TOR	@	KCR	W,3-0	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	7	Apr 6	TOR	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	8	Apr 7	TOR	@	LAA	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
7	9	Apr 8	TOR	@	LAA	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
8	10	Apr 9	TOR	@	LAA	W,12-11	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	12 (1)	Apr 12	TOR		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	13	Apr 13	TOR		DET	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
11	15 (1)	Apr 15	TOR		TBR	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
12	16	Apr 16	TOR		TBR	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	18 (1)	Apr 18	TOR	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	19	Apr 19	TOR	@	HOU	L,1-8	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
15	21 (1)	Apr 22	TOR	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	22	Apr 23	TOR	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	23	Apr 24	TOR		CHW	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
18	24	Apr 25	TOR		CHW	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
19	25	Apr 26	TOR		CHW	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	26	Apr 28	TOR		SEA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
21	28 (1)	Apr 30	TOR		SEA	L,8-10	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	29	May 1	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	30	May 2	TOR	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
24	31	May 3	TOR	@	BOS	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	32	May 4	TOR	@	BOS	L,5-11	GF	13	3.0	0	2	0	2	0
26	33	May 5	TOR	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	34	May 6	TOR	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
28	35	May 7	TOR	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	36	May 9	TOR	@	PHI	L,4-8	GS	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
30	37	May 10	TOR	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS	39	9.2	0	1	0	1	0
31	38	May 12	TOR		ATL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	39	May 13	TOR		ATL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
33	40	May 14	TOR		ATL	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
34	41	May 15	TOR		NYY	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
35	42	May 16	TOR		NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
36	43	May 17	TOR		NYY	W,3-0	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	44	May 18	TOR		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	45	May 19	TOR		BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	46	May 20	TOR		BAL	L,5-6	GF	15	3.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	47	May 21	TOR		BAL	L,3-8	GS	48	11.0	3	3	0	6	1
41	48	May 22	TOR	@	TBR	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
42	49	May 23	TOR	@	TBR	W,20-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
43	50	May 24	TOR	@	TBR	L,3-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	52 (1)	May 26	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
45	53	May 27	TOR	@	MIN	L,7-9	GS	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	54	May 28	TOR	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	55	May 30	TOR		MIL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
48	56	May 31	TOR		MIL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	57	Jun 1	TOR		MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
50	58	Jun 2	TOR	@	NYM	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
51	59	Jun 3	TOR	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
52	60	Jun 4	TOR	@	NYM	W,6-4	GS	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
53	61	Jun 5	TOR		HOU	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
54	62	Jun 6	TOR		HOU	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
55	63	Jun 7	TOR		HOU	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
56	64	Jun 8	TOR		HOU	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	65	Jun 9	TOR		MIN	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	2	0	1	3	0
58	66	Jun 10	TOR		MIN	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
59	67	Jun 11	TOR		MIN	W,7-6	GS	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
60	68	Jun 13	TOR	@	BAL	L,6-11	GS	39	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	69	Jun 14	TOR	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	70	Jun 15	TOR	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
63	71	Jun 16	TOR	@	TEX	W,2-1	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	72	Jun 17	TOR	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
65	73	Jun 18	TOR	@	TEX	L,7-11	CG	45	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
66	75 (1)	Jun 20	TOR	@	MIA	W,2-0	GS	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
67	76	Jun 21	TOR	@	MIA	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
68	77	Jun 23	TOR		OAK	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
69	78	Jun 24	TOR		OAK	W,7-3	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
70	79	Jun 25	TOR		OAK	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	80	Jun 27	TOR		SFG	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	81	Jun 28	TOR		SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
73	82	Jun 29	TOR		SFG	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
74	83	Jun 30	TOR		BOS	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	85 (1)	Jul 2	TOR		BOS	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
76	86	Jul 4	TOR	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
77	87	Jul 6 (1)	TOR	@	CHW	W,6-2	GS	39	11.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	88	Jul 6 (2)	TOR	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
79	89	Jul 7	TOR	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
80	90	Jul 8	TOR	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
81	91	Jul 9	TOR	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	40	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
82	92	Jul 14	TOR		ARI	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	93	Jul 15	TOR		ARI	W,5-2	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	94	Jul 16	TOR		ARI	W,7-5	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
85	95	Jul 18	TOR		SDP	L,1-9	GS	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
86	96	Jul 19	TOR		SDP	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	97	Jul 20	TOR		SDP	W,4-0	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	98	Jul 21	TOR	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	40	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
89	100 (1)	Jul 23	TOR	@	SEA	W,4-3	GS	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
90	101	Jul 24	TOR	@	LAD	W,6-3	CG	46	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
91	102	Jul 25	TOR	@	LAD	L,7-8	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	103	Jul 26	TOR	@	LAD	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
93	104	Jul 28	TOR		LAA	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
94	105	Jul 29	TOR		LAA	W,6-1	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
95	106	Jul 30	TOR		LAA	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	107	Jul 31	TOR		BAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	108	Aug 1	TOR		BAL	L,3-13	GS	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
98	109	Aug 2	TOR		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
99	110	Aug 3	TOR		BAL	L,1-6	GS	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	111	Aug 4	TOR	@	BOS	W,7-3	GS	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	112	Aug 5	TOR	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
102	113	Aug 6	TOR	@	BOS	W,13-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
103	114	Aug 7	TOR	@	CLE	W,3-1	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	115	Aug 8	TOR	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	116	Aug 9	TOR	@	CLE	W,1-0	GS	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
106	117	Aug 10	TOR	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
107	118	Aug 11	TOR		CHC	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	119	Aug 12	TOR		CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	120	Aug 13	TOR		CHC	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
110	121	Aug 15	TOR		PHI	W,2-1	GS	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
111	122	Aug 16	TOR		PHI	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
112	123	Aug 18	TOR	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	33	8.1	1	3	0	4	1
113	124	Aug 19	TOR	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
114	125	Aug 20	TOR	@	CIN	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
115	126	Aug 22	TOR	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	42	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
116	127	Aug 23	TOR	@	BAL	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
117	128	Aug 24	TOR	@	BAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
118	129	Aug 25	TOR		CLE	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
119	130	Aug 26	TOR		CLE	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	131	Aug 27	TOR		CLE	L,7-10	GF	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
121	132	Aug 28	TOR		WSN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
122	133	Aug 29	TOR		WSN	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
123	134	Aug 30	TOR		WSN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	135	Sep 1	TOR	@	COL	W,13-9	GS	33	8.0	0	5	0	5	1
125	136	Sep 2	TOR	@	COL	L,7-8	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
126	137	Sep 3	TOR	@	COL	W,7-5	GS	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
127	138	Sep 4	TOR	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS	38	10.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	139	Sep 5	TOR	@	OAK	W,7-1	GS	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
129	140	Sep 6	TOR	@	OAK	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
130	141	Sep 8	TOR		KCR	W,5-4	GS	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
131	143 (1)	Sep 10	TOR		KCR	W,5-2	GS	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
132	146 (2)	Sep 13	TOR		TEX	L,0-10	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	147	Sep 14	TOR		TEX	L,2-9	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	149 (1)	Sep 16	TOR		BOS	W,4-3	CG	48	13.0	4	0	0	4	0
135	152 (2)	Sep 20	TOR	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
136	153	Sep 21	TOR	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	154	Sep 22	TOR	@	TBR	W,6-2	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	155	Sep 23	TOR	@	TBR	L,6-7	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
139	156	Sep 24	TOR	@	TBR	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
140	158 (1)	Sep 27	TOR		NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	161 (2)	Sep 30	TOR		TBR	L,5-7	GS	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
142	162	Oct 1	TOR		TBR	L,8-12	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							171gm		1226.1	235	144	5	384	29