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.

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1945 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CHC		STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
2	2	Apr 19	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	30 (27)	May 27 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,6-1	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	33 (2)	May 29	CHC		BRO	L,3-10	GF	21	5.0	0	1	1	2	0
5	34	May 30 (1)	CHC		NYG	L,6-8		21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
6	35	May 30 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	36	Jun 2	CHC		BSN	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	37	Jun 3 (1)	CHC		BSN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
9	38	Jun 3 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,3-1	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	39	Jun 7	CHC	@	STL	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
11	40	Jun 8	CHC		CIN	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
12	41	Jun 9	CHC		CIN	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	6	7	0	13	2
13	42	Jun 10 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	43	Jun 10 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-4	GS	29	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
15	44	Jun 12	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
16	45	Jun 14 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
17	46	Jun 14 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS	0		3	2	0	5	0
18	47	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,8-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	48	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
20	49	Jun 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	50	Jun 20	CHC		PIT	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
22	51	Jun 21	CHC		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	52	Jun 22	CHC		STL	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	53	Jun 23	CHC		STL	L,4-6	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	54	Jun 24 (1)	CHC		STL	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
26	55	Jun 24 (2)	CHC		STL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	56	Jun 27	CHC	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	3	2	1	6	1
28	57	Jun 28	CHC	@	BRO	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
29	58	Jun 29 (1)	CHC	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
30	59	Jun 29 (2)	CHC	@	BRO	W,3-1	GS	16	5.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	62 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
32	63	Jul 3	CHC	@	BSN	W,24-2	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
33	64	Jul 4 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
34	65	Jul 4 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
35	66	Jul 5	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
36	67	Jul 6 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
37	68	Jul 6 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
38	69	Jul 7	CHC	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	70	Jul 8 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
40	71	Jul 8 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
41	72	Jul 12 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
42	73	Jul 12 (2)	CHC		BSN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	74	Jul 13	CHC		BSN	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
44	75	Jul 14	CHC		BSN	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
45	76	Jul 15 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
46	77	Jul 15 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
47	78	Jul 16	CHC		NYG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	6	4	0	10	2
48	79	Jul 17	CHC		NYG	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
49	80	Jul 18 (1)	CHC		BRO	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	4	1	10	2
50	81	Jul 18 (2)	CHC		BRO	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
51	82	Jul 19	CHC		BRO	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
52	83	Jul 20 susp	CHC		BRO	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
53	84	Jul 21	CHC		PHI	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	85	Jul 22 (1)	CHC		PHI	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
55	86	Jul 22 (2)	CHC		PHI	L,6-11	CG	43	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
56	87	Jul 24	CHC		PHI	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	88	Jul 26	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
58	89	Jul 27	CHC		CIN	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	1	8	0	9	1
59	90	Jul 28	CHC		CIN	W,8-3	CG	34	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
60	91	Jul 29 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
61	92	Jul 29 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	93	Aug 1	CHC		PIT	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	94	Aug 2	CHC		PIT	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
64	95	Aug 3 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
65	96	Aug 3 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
66	97	Aug 4	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	3	0	4	2
67	98	Aug 5 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
68	99	Aug 5 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
69	100	Aug 8 (1)	CHC	@	BSN	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
70	101	Aug 8 (2)	CHC	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	12.0	5	4	0	9	1
71	102	Aug 9	CHC	@	BSN	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
72	103	Aug 10	CHC	@	BSN	L,1-2	GS	0		0	0	0	0	0
73	104	Aug 11	CHC	@	BSN	W,8-0	CG	30	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
74	105	Aug 12 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
75	106	Aug 12 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
76	107	Aug 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	1	9	0
77	108	Aug 14	CHC	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
78	109	Aug 15	CHC	@	BRO	W,20-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	110	Aug 16	CHC	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	2
80	111	Aug 17	CHC	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
81	112	Aug 18	CHC	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
82	113	Aug 19 (1)	CHC	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
83	114	Aug 19 (2)	CHC	@	NYG	W,8-0	CG	38	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
84	115	Aug 20	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
85	116	Aug 21	CHC	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
86	117	Aug 24	CHC		STL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
87	118	Aug 25	CHC		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	119	Aug 26	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	5	2	8	0
89	120	Aug 28	CHC	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	5	7	1	13	2
90	121	Aug 29	CHC	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
91	122	Aug 30	CHC	@	PIT	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
92	123	Aug 31	CHC	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	124	Sep 1	CHC	@	STL	L,2-3	GS	27	6.0	1	5	0	6	0
94	125	Sep 2 (1)	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	GS	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
95	126	Sep 2 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
96	127	Sep 3 (1)	CHC		CIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
97	128	Sep 3 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
98	129	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		NYG	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	130	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		NYG	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
100	131	Sep 6	CHC		NYG	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
101	132	Sep 7	CHC		NYG	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	1
102	133	Sep 8	CHC		NYG	L,0-3	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
103	134	Sep 9 (1)	CHC		BSN	W,9-1	CG	32	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
104	135	Sep 9 (2)	CHC		BSN	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
105	136	Sep 10	CHC		BSN	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
106	137	Sep 11	CHC		BSN	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
107	138	Sep 12	CHC		PHI	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
108	139	Sep 14 (1)	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	GS	25	6.0	0	0	1	1	0
109	140	Sep 14 (2)	CHC		PHI	W,6-0	CG	0	6.0	3	1	1	5	1
110	141	Sep 15	CHC		BRO	W,7-6	GS	19	4.0	1	0	1	2	0
111	146 (4)	Sep 19	CHC	@	STL	W,4-1	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
112	147	Sep 20	CHC	@	STL	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
113	150 (2)	Sep 26	CHC		STL	L,6-11	GF	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	151	Sep 27 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	8	2.2	1	1	0	2	0
115	152	Sep 27 (2)	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
116	153	Sep 29 (1)	CHC	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
117	154	Sep 29 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-0	CG	0	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	155	Sep 30	CHC	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
							118gm		978.0	209	336	30	575	49