Lennie Merullo

Position: Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 166lb (180cm, 75kg)

Born: May 5, 1917 in Boston, MA us

Died: May 30, 2015 in Reading, MA

Buried: Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading, MA

High School: St. John's Preparatory School (Danvers, MA)

Schools: Villanova University (Villanova, PA), Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)

Debut: September 12, 1941 (Age 24-130d, 9,113th in major league history)
vs. PHI 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 22, 1947 (Age 30-109d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Leonard Richard Merullo

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Relatives: Grandfather of Matt Merullo

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.7

2071

497

.240

191

RBI

152

OBP

.291

SLG

.301

OPS

.592

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
Triple Plays: 1 (Aug 22)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 16	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	GF	0		0	1	0	1	1
2	4	Apr 17	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
3	5	Apr 19	CHC		CIN	L,1-2	GS	40	11.0	1	5	1	7	0
4	6	Apr 20	CHC	@	PIT	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	7	Apr 21	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	1	2	1
6	8	Apr 22	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
7	9	Apr 23	CHC		STL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
8	10	Apr 24	CHC		STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
9	11	Apr 25	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	3	4	0	7	0
10	12	Apr 26	CHC	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
11	13	Apr 27	CHC	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	47	11.0	2	4	0	6	0
12	14	Apr 28	CHC		BSN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	15	Apr 29	CHC		BSN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
14	16	Apr 30	CHC		BSN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	17	May 1	CHC		NYG	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
16	18	May 2	CHC		NYG	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
17	19	May 3 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
18	20	May 3 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
19	21	May 5	CHC		PHI	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
20	22	May 8	CHC		PIT	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	3
21	23	May 9	CHC		PIT	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
22	24	May 10 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
23	25	May 10 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
24	26	May 12	CHC	@	BSN	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
25	27	May 13	CHC	@	BSN	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
26	28	May 14	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
27	29	May 15	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
28	30	May 17 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
29	31	May 17 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	32	May 18	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
31	33	May 19	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
32	34	May 20	CHC	@	NYG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
33	35	May 23	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
34	36	May 24 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,7-5	CG	44	10.0	4	2	0	6	1
35	37	May 24 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
36	38	May 25	CHC		STL	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
37	39	May 26	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	43	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
38	40	May 27	CHC		CIN	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
39	41	May 28	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	44	12.0	0	4	0	4	0
40	42	May 29	CHC		CIN	W,6-5	CG	47	11.0	0	3	1	4	2
41	43	May 30 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
42	44	May 30 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
43	45	May 31	CHC		STL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	46	Jun 2	CHC		NYG	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	0	8	0	8	0
45	47	Jun 3	CHC		NYG	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
46	48	Jun 4	CHC		NYG	L,3-4	CG	50	11.0	3	3	0	6	3
47	49	Jun 5 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	1
48	50	Jun 5 (2)	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	2	3	0	5	0
49	51	Jun 6	CHC		BRO	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	2
50	52	Jun 7 (1)	CHC		BRO	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
51	53	Jun 7 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,3-4	CG	41	10.0	3	5	0	8	2
52	54	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
53	55	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
54	56	Jun 12	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
55	57	Jun 13	CHC		BSN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
56	58	Jun 14 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	59	Jun 14 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-10	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
58	60	Jun 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
59	61	Jun 17	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	62	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
61	63	Jun 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-6	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	64	Jun 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
63	65	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
64	66	Jun 21 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,7-2	GS	32	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
65	67	Jun 23	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	68	Jun 24	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
67	69	Jun 25	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
68	70	Jun 26	CHC	@	BSN	W,6-4	GS	28	7.0	2	2	0	4	1
69	71	Jun 27	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-4	GS	33	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
70	72	Jun 28 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
71	73	Jun 28 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
72	74	Jun 30	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	75	Jul 1	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
74	76	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	77	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-9	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	1
76	78	Jul 5 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
77	79	Jul 5 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
78	80	Jul 9	CHC		BSN	L,3-4	CG	54	13.0	0	1	1	2	1
79	81	Jul 10	CHC		BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	5	1	7	2
80	82	Jul 11	CHC		BSN	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	83	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
82	84	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	85	Jul 14	CHC		NYG	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	86	Jul 15	CHC		BRO	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
85	87	Jul 16 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
86	88	Jul 16 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,1-2	GS	32	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
87	89	Jul 17	CHC		BRO	L,5-10	GS	36	7.0	2	1	1	4	0
88	90	Jul 18	CHC		PHI	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
89	91	Jul 19 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,5-8	CG	45	9.0	0	0	2	2	0
90	92	Jul 19 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,8-4	GS	25	7.0	0	0	1	1	0
91	93	Jul 21	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-4	CG	74	16.0	0	1	1	2	0
92	94	Jul 22	CHC	@	BSN	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
93	96 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-4	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
94	97	Jul 26 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
95	98	Jul 28 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	L,5-9	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
96	99	Jul 28 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	L,0-3	GS	27	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	104 (4)	Aug 2 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	GF	13	2.2	2	0	1	3	0
98	107 (2)	Aug 5	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
99	110 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,10-8	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
100	112 (1)	Aug 11	CHC		STL	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	0	3	2	5	0
101	113	Aug 12 (1)	CHC		STL	L,4-9	CG	39	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
102	114	Aug 12 (2)	CHC		STL	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
103	115	Aug 13	CHC		STL	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
104	116	Aug 14	CHC		PIT	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
105	117	Aug 15 (1)	CHC		PIT	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
106	118	Aug 15 (2)	CHC		PIT	L,7-8	CG	52	11.0	3	3	1	7	2
107	119	Aug 16 (1)	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	2	9	0	11	1
108	120	Aug 16 (2)	CHC		PIT	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
109	121	Aug 18	CHC	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
110	122	Aug 19	CHC	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
111	123	Aug 21	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
112	124	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	48	11.0	3	5	0	8	1
113	125	Aug 23 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
114	126	Aug 23 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-0	CG	27	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
115	127	Aug 25	CHC		PHI	L,4-6	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
116	128	Aug 26 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,2-3	CG	45	11.0	1	4	0	5	2
117	129	Aug 26 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
118	130	Aug 28	CHC		BRO	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
119	131	Aug 29	CHC		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
120	132	Aug 30 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,6-8	GS	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
121	133	Aug 30 (2)	CHC		NYG	T,5-5	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
122	134	Aug 31	CHC		NYG	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	135	Sep 1	CHC		NYG	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
124	136	Sep 2	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	36	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
125	137	Sep 4	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
126	138	Sep 6 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-6	CG	0	8.0	5	4	0	9	0
127	139	Sep 6 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
128	140	Sep 7 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
129	141	Sep 7 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
130	142	Sep 10	CHC	@	BRO	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
131	143	Sep 11	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	45	8.2	5	1	0	6	0
132	144	Sep 13 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	L,6-11	CG	46	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
133	145	Sep 13 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,12-8	CG	0	8.0	2	1	4	7	0
134	146	Sep 14	CHC	@	BSN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	1
135	147	Sep 16 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
136	148	Sep 16 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
137	149	Sep 17	CHC	@	PHI	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	4	4	1	9	3
138	150	Sep 20 (1)	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
139	151	Sep 20 (2)	CHC		STL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
140	152	Sep 22 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
141	153	Sep 22 (2)	CHC		CIN	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
142	154	Sep 27 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	1	3	1
143	155	Sep 27 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
							143gm		1230.0	299	438	42	779	80