Merv Shea

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: September 5, 1900 in San Francisco, CA us

Died: January 27, 1953 in Sacramento, CA

Buried: St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sacramento, CA

Debut: April 23, 1927 (Age 26-230d, 6,541st in major league history)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 19, 1944 (Age 43-349d)
vs. PIT 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1928 season

Full Name: Mervyn John Shea

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

1197

263

.220

105

RBI

115

OBP

.327

SLG

.277

OPS

.603

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-27 / in Starts: 9-17
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	35 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 97 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	49 (24-15-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 97 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (32-20-11)

Most Driven In
J Tavener	2
C Galloway	1
P Easterling	1
C Gehringer	1
B Fothergill	1
H Heilmann	1
J Warner	1
M McManus	1

Most Driven In By
C Gehringer	2
H Rice	2
B Sweeney	1
S Gibson	1
J Billings	1
M McManus	1
K Holloway	0
V Sorrell	0

1928 Batting Game Log

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1928 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	35	1	Apr 11	DET		SLB	L,1-4	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	.76	-0.025	1.88	-0.04%	-0.15	C
2	36	5 (3)	Apr 15	DET		CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8	.78	-0.010	1.27	-0.01%	-0.07	C
3	37	7 (1)	Apr 17	DET		CLE	L,4-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1.44	-0.124	2.28	-0.12%	-1.18	C
4	38	12 (4)	Apr 22	DET		CHW	L,3-9	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	8						C
5	39	18 (5)	Apr 28	DET	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	1.21	0.051	1.76	0.04%	0.57	C
6	40	19	Apr 29	DET	@	CLE	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.188	.250	.438	8	1.59	0.049	2.09	0.04%	0.77	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	41	22 (2)	May 2	DET	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.350	.550	8	.35	0.026	.43	0.02%	0.40	C
8	42	23	May 4	DET	@	PHA	L,5-10	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.190	.333	.524	8	1.77	-0.082	2.76	-0.08%	-0.96	C
9	43	25 (1)	May 6	DET		BOS	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.208	.333	.542	8	.55	0.035	.59	0.02%	0.39	C
10	44	26	May 7	DET	@	PHA	L,0-10	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.250	.407	.657	8	.40	-0.048	.51	-0.04%	0.24	C
11	45	29 (2)	May 11	DET	@	WSH	L,5-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.250	.367	.617	8	.41	0.019	.53	0.01%	0.12	C
12	46	31 (1)	May 13	DET	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.250	.353	.603	8	.66	0.007	.78	0.01%	-0.02	C
13	47	39 (7)	May 24	DET	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.194	.237	.333	.570	8	.85	-0.044	.29	-0.01%	-0.36	C
14	48	40	May 25	DET	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		1	0	.211	.268	.342	.610	8	1.53	-0.001	.57	0.00%	0.27	C
15	49	43 (2)	May 30 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG(12)	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.279	.326	.395	.721	8	2.28	0.217	.63	0.04%	1.69	C
16	50	44	May 31	DET	@	CLE	W,9-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.277	.320	.426	.746	8	.63	0.114	.20	0.02%	0.65	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	51	45	Jun 1	DET	@	CLE	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.296	.392	.688	8	.45	-0.056	.16	-0.01%	-1.24	C
18	52	46	Jun 2	DET		NYY	L,2-5	GS-10	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.276	.364	.639	8	.93	-0.100	.52	-0.03%	-0.91	C
19	53	49 (2)	Jun 9 (1)	DET		BOS	L,4-11	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.246	.295	.368	.664	8						C
20	54	54 (4)	Jun 13	DET		PHA	L,5-12	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.254	.302	.373	.674	8	1.48	-0.004	.16	0.00%	0.14	C
21	55	55	Jun 14	DET		WSH	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.297	.367	.664	9	.23	-0.006	.01	0.00%	-0.26	PH
22	56	61 (5)	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	SLB	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.309	.391	.699	8	.69	0.015	.02	0.00%	0.52	C
23	57	66 (4)	Jun 26	DET		CHW	L,2-5	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.324	.385	.709	8	1.56	0.068	.02	0.00%	0.52	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	58	78 (11)	Jul 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.311	.368	.678	8	1.03	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.77	C
25	59	80 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.268	.333	.380	.714	8	1.20	0.114	.00	0.00%	1.13	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
26	60	101 (20)	Aug 2	DET		WSH	W,5-4	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.268	.342	.380	.722	1						PH
27	61	103 (1)	Aug 4	DET		PHA	L,4-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.264	.338	.375	.713	9	.56	-0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
28	62	104	Aug 5	DET		PHA	L,1-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.333	.370	.703	1	.49	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.26	PH
29	63	112 (7)	Aug 15	DET	@	PHA	W,6-3	8-GF	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.325	.360	.685	9	2.12	0.150	.00	0.00%	0.48	PH C
30	64	113	Aug 16	DET	@	PHA	L,6-18	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.321	.355	.677	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
31	65	114	Aug 17	DET	@	WSH	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.318	.351	.668	9	.46	-0.012	.00	0.00%	-0.11	PH
32	66	119 (4)	Aug 22 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,4-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.318	.351	.668	4						C
33	67	124 (4)	Aug 27 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.314	.346	.660	8	4.59	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-0.37	PH
34	68	127 (2)	Aug 29	DET		CLE	L,5-9	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.241	.310	.342	.652	9						PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
35	69	133 (5)	Sep 3 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,5-7	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.238	.307	.338	.644	9						PH
36	70	134	Sep 4 (1)	DET	@	CHW	L,2-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.238	.315	.338	.652	9	5.48	0.091	.00	0.00%	0.34	PH
37	71	140 (5)	Sep 11	DET		CHW	W,7-6	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.232	.308	.329	.637	8	1.27	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.47	C
38	72	141	Sep 15	DET		WSH	L,2-12	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	0	.235	.316	.329	.645	8						C
39	73	150 (8)	Sep 27 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.316	.329	.645	8						C
							12-27		97	85	8	20	2	3	0	9	9	0	12	1	1		0		2	0	.235	.316	.329	.645		1.09	0.150	.61	-0.13%	0.74

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