Sam Mertes

Positions: Leftfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 185lb (178cm, 83kg)

Born: August 6, 1872 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: March 11, 1945 in Villa Grande, CA

Buried: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, CA

Debut: June 30, 1896 (Age 23-329d, 1,948th in major league history)

Last Game: September 15, 1906 (Age 34-040d)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1896 season

Full Name: Samuel Blair Mertes

Nicknames: Sandow

Pronunciation: \MUR-teez\

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1905 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.5

4405

1227

.279

695

RBI

721

396

OBP

.346

SLG

.398

OPS

.744

OPS+

113

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

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1904 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 15	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 16	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	4	Apr 18	NYG	@	PHI	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
5	5	Apr 19	NYG	@	PHI	T,1-1	CG	0	15.0	2	0	0	2	0
6	6	Apr 21	NYG		PHI	L,1-12	CG	0	9.0	4	0	1	5	0
7	7	Apr 22	NYG		PHI	W,18-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	8	Apr 23	NYG		PHI	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	9	Apr 25	NYG		BRO	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
10	10	Apr 26	NYG		BRO	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
11	11	Apr 29	NYG		BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	12	Apr 30	NYG		BSN	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	NYG	@	BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
14	14	May 3	NYG	@	BSN	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 4	NYG	@	BSN	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	16	May 5	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
17	17	May 7	NYG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	18	May 9	NYG	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
19	19	May 10	NYG	@	STL	L,1-14	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	20	May 11	NYG	@	CIN	W,14-10	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	21	May 12	NYG	@	CIN	L,7-13	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	22	May 14	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	23	May 15	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-13	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
24	24	May 16	NYG	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	25	May 17	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	26	May 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 20	NYG	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
29	29	May 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
30	30	May 23	NYG	@	CHC	T,1-1	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 25	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	32	May 26	NYG		BRO	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	33	May 27	NYG		BRO	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	34	May 28	NYG		BRO	W,4-3	CG	0	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	35	May 29	NYG	@	BRO	W,7-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	40 (4)	Jun 3	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	41	Jun 4	NYG		CIN	T,2-2	CG	0	11.0	4	0	1	5	0
38	42	Jun 6	NYG		PIT	W,15-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
39	43	Jun 7	NYG		PIT	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	44	Jun 8	NYG		PIT	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	45	Jun 10	NYG		CHC	W,5-0	GS	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	46	Jun 11	NYG		CHC	L,0-1	CG	0	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
43	47	Jun 13	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
44	48	Jun 14	NYG		STL	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	49	Jun 15	NYG		STL	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	1
46	50	Jun 16	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
47	51	Jun 17	NYG		BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	52	Jun 18	NYG		BRO	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
49	53	Jun 19	NYG	@	BRO	W,11-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	54	Jun 20	NYG		BRO	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	55	Jun 21	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
52	56	Jun 22	NYG	@	BSN	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
53	57	Jun 23	NYG	@	BSN	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
54	58	Jun 24	NYG	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
55	59	Jun 25	NYG		PHI	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	60	Jun 27	NYG		PHI	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	61	Jun 28	NYG		PHI	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	62	Jun 29	NYG		BSN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	63	Jun 30	NYG		BSN	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	64	Jul 1	NYG		BSN	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
61	65	Jul 2	NYG		BSN	W,14-1	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
62	66	Jul 4 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	67	Jul 4 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	68	Jul 5	NYG	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	0	9.2	0	0	0	0	0
65	69	Jul 6	NYG	@	PHI	W,12-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
66	70	Jul 9 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
67	71	Jul 9 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	72	Jul 10 (1)	NYG	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
69	73	Jul 10 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
70	74	Jul 12	NYG	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	75	Jul 13	NYG	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	76	Jul 14	NYG	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
73	77	Jul 15	NYG	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	78	Jul 16	NYG	@	PIT	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
75	79	Jul 18	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	80	Jul 19	NYG	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
77	81	Jul 20	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	3	0	0	3	0
78	82	Jul 21	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
79	83	Jul 22	NYG	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	84	Jul 23	NYG	@	CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	85	Jul 24	NYG	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
82	86	Jul 27	NYG		BRO	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
83	87	Jul 29 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	88	Jul 29 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	89	Jul 30	NYG		PHI	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	90	Aug 3	NYG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	91	Aug 4 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
88	92	Aug 4 (2)	NYG		CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
89	93	Aug 6	NYG		STL	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	94	Aug 8	NYG		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
91	95	Aug 9	NYG		STL	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
92	96	Aug 11	NYG		CIN	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
93	97	Aug 12 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	98	Aug 12 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
95	99	Aug 13	NYG		CIN	L,1-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
96	100	Aug 15	NYG		CIN	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
97	101	Aug 16 (1)	NYG		PIT	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	102	Aug 16 (2)	NYG		PIT	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
99	103	Aug 17	NYG		PIT	W,9-6	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
100	104	Aug 18	NYG		PIT	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
101	105	Aug 19	NYG		PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	106	Aug 20	NYG	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
103	107	Aug 23 (1)	NYG	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	108	Aug 23 (2)	NYG	@	PIT	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
105	109	Aug 24 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
106	110	Aug 24 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	T,2-2	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
107	111	Aug 25 (1)	NYG	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	0	10.0	5	0	1	6	0
108	112	Aug 25 (2)	NYG	@	CHC	W,12-1	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
109	113	Aug 26	NYG	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
110	114	Aug 27	NYG	@	STL	W,9-3	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
111	115	Aug 28 (1)	NYG	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
112	116	Aug 28 (2)	NYG	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
113	117	Aug 29	NYG	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	118	Aug 30	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
115	119	Aug 31 (1)	NYG	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	0	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
116	120	Aug 31 (2)	NYG	@	CIN	W,4-1	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	121	Sep 3	NYG		BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
118	122	Sep 5 (1)	NYG		BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	123	Sep 5 (2)	NYG		BSN	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
120	124	Sep 6	NYG		BSN	W,8-7	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
121	130 (5)	Sep 10 (1)	NYG		PHI	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
122	131	Sep 10 (2)	NYG		PHI	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
123	132	Sep 12	NYG	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
124	133	Sep 13 (1)	NYG	@	BSN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
125	134	Sep 13 (2)	NYG	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
126	135	Sep 15	NYG		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
127	136	Sep 16 (1)	NYG		BRO	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
128	137	Sep 16 (2)	NYG		BRO	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
129	138	Sep 17 (1)	NYG	@	BRO	W,3-0	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
130	139	Sep 17 (2)	NYG	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
131	140	Sep 21 (1)	NYG		CIN	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
132	141	Sep 21 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,0-2	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
133	142	Sep 22 (1)	NYG		CIN	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
134	143	Sep 22 (2)	NYG		CIN	L,3-7	CG	0	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
135	144	Sep 23	NYG		PIT	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
136	145	Sep 24	NYG		PIT	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
137	146	Sep 26 (1)	NYG		PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
138	147	Sep 26 (2)	NYG		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
139	148	Sep 27	NYG		CHC	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
140	149	Sep 28	NYG		CHC	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	150	Sep 29	NYG		CHC	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
142	151	Sep 30 (1)	NYG		CHC	L,9-12	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
143	152	Sep 30 (2)	NYG		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
144	153	Oct 1 (1)	NYG		STL	L,1-5	CG	0	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
145	154	Oct 1 (2)	NYG		STL	L,6-8	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
146	155	Oct 3	NYG		STL	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
147	156	Oct 4 (1)	NYG		STL	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
148	158 (1)	Oct 8	NYG	@	BRO	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
							148gm		9.0	248	19	12	279	2