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	16-46 / in Starts: 14-40
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	60 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 202 PAs	5
Actual Runners on Base	120 (61-42-17) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 202 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	137 (70-42-24)

Most Driven In
B Boken	2
A Simmons	1
L Appling	1
M Hopkins	0
J Hayes	0
J Dykes	0
J Chamberlain	0

Most Driven In By
F Uhalt	1
Z Bonura	1
E Swanson	1
S Jones	1
M Gaston	1

1934 Batting Game Log

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1934 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	234	1	Apr 17	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7	.56	-0.055	1.42	-0.08%	-0.54	C
2	235	2	Apr 18	CHW		DET	L,5-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	7	2.52	-0.075	5.79	-0.10%	-0.36	C
3	236	4 (1)	Apr 22	CHW		SLB	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.250	.333	.250	.583	7	1.63	-0.082	3.56	-0.11%	-0.67	C
4	237	5	Apr 24	CHW	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	8	1.07	-0.089	2.30	-0.11%	-1.01	C
5	238	6	Apr 25	CHW	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	8	.94	-0.049	1.85	-0.06%	-0.46	C
6	239	7	Apr 26	CHW	@	DET	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.188	.133	.321	8	1.11	-0.059	2.36	-0.08%	-0.54	C
7	240	10 (2)	Apr 30	CHW		CLE	W,20-10	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	8	.20	-0.027	.37	-0.03%	1.33	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
8	241	11	May 1	CHW		CLE	L,1-12	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.100	.217	.100	.317	8	.44	-0.019	.93	-0.02%	-0.14	C
9	242	12	May 5	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.087	.192	.087	.279	8	1.04	-0.080	1.88	-0.09%	-1.00	C
10	243	13	May 6	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-5	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.077	.172	.077	.249	8						C
11	244	36 (22)	May 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.069	.156	.069	.225	8	1.25	-0.142	1.33	-0.09%	-1.15	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
12	245	42 (5)	Jun 5 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,5-10	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.094	.171	.094	.265	8	.66	0.046	.42	0.02%	0.31	C
13	246	46 (3)	Jun 9	CHW	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	8	.79	-0.096	.21	-0.02%	-1.50	C
14	247	48 (1)	Jun 13 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-11	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.081	.150	.081	.231	9	.23	-0.007	.06	0.00%	-0.64	PH
15	248	57 (8)	Jun 20	CHW	@	BOS	L,9-14	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.079	.146	.079	.225	8	.07	-0.002	.01	0.00%	-0.27	C
16	249	59 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.122	.182	.122	.304	8	.75	0.092	.04	0.00%	0.66	C
17	250	60	Jun 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.229	.140	.369	8	.38	0.042	.03	0.00%	0.38	C
18	251	61	Jun 23	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-10	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.269	.174	.443	8	.22	-0.021	.01	0.00%	0.56	C
19	252	62	Jun 24	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.291	.204	.495	8	.62	-0.024	.02	0.00%	-0.30	C
20	253	63	Jun 25	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-13	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.310	.216	.526	8	.54	-0.019	.01	0.00%	0.19	C
21	254	64	Jun 26	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.295	.204	.499	8	1.71	-0.175	.03	0.00%	-1.70	C
22	255	65	Jun 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,7-8	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.290	.200	.490	9	1.00	-0.026	.01	0.00%	-0.32	PH
23	256	67 (1)	Jun 29	CHW		CLE	L,2-5	GS-11	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.288	.220	.508	6	1.56	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.69	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	257	70 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.271	.206	.478	8	1.31	-0.119	.01	0.00%	-0.82	C
25	258	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.288	.227	.515	8	.66	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
26	259	74 (1)	Jul 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.299	.243	.542	8	.76	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.18	C
27	260	76 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-10	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.233	.309	.260	.569	8	1.00	0.075	.00	0.00%	0.56	C
28	261	78 (1)	Jul 14	CHW		PHA	W,10-5	CG	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.329	.267	.596	8	.89	0.067	.00	0.00%	0.90	C
29	262	79	Jul 15 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,7-11	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.244	.344	.269	.614	8	.66	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.49	C
30	263	81 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.340	.259	.600	8	2.27	-0.062	.00	0.00%	-0.37	C
31	264	83 (1)	Jul 17	CHW		BOS	L,2-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.226	.337	.250	.587	8	.46	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
32	265	84	Jul 18	CHW		BOS	L,3-16	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.227	.333	.250	.583	8	.07	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-1.13	C
33	266	87 (2)	Jul 21	CHW		NYY	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.333	.253	.586	8	1.57	-0.067	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
34	267	88	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		NYY	L,2-8	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.234	.333	.255	.589	8						C
35	268	91 (2)	Jul 24	CHW		WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.321	.245	.566	8	.51	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-1.69	C
36	269	94 (2)	Jul 28	CHW		DET	L,1-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.310	.235	.546	8	.13	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-1.19	C
37	270	96 (1)	Jul 29 (2)	CHW		DET	W,6-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.208	.300	.226	.526	8						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
38	271	99 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,10-6	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.312	.229	.541	8	1.46	-0.059	.00	0.00%	-1.03	C
39	272	101 (1)	Aug 2	CHW	@	SLB	L,8-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.204	.302	.221	.524	8	.53	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.88	C
40	273	102	Aug 3	CHW	@	DET	L,0-14	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.295	.216	.511	8	.17	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.87	C
41	274	104 (1)	Aug 5	CHW	@	DET	L,0-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.193	.289	.210	.499	8	1.03	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-1.26	C
42	275	107 (2)	Aug 10	CHW		SLB	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.281	.203	.484	8	1.11	-0.123	.00	0.00%	-1.07	C
43	276	108	Aug 11	CHW		SLB	L,8-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.281	.203	.484	8						C
44	277	109	Aug 12 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,2-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.183	.275	.198	.473	8	1.75	-0.239	.00	0.00%	-2.21	C
45	278	112 (2)	Aug 15 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,1-2	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.180	.276	.195	.471	8	1.35	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
46	279	114 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.268	.189	.458	8	.93	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-1.04	C
47	280	117 (2)	Aug 19	CHW	@	WSH	W,9-8	GS-0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.170	.268	.185	.453	8						C
48	281	118	Aug 22	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.165	.261	.180	.441	8	1.07	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.96	C
49	282	120 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	CHW	@	BOS	W,3-2	8-GF(11)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.163	.258	.177	.435	8	2.36	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-1.12	C
50	283	121	Aug 25 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.256	.176	.432	8	2.43	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.28	C
51	284	122	Aug 26 (1)	CHW	@	NYY	L,5-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.256	.176	.432	8						C
52	285	123	Aug 26 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.166	.258	.179	.437	8	1.21	-0.126	.00	0.00%	-0.81	C
53	286	126 (2)	Aug 31	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.250	.173	.423	8	1.76	-0.242	.00	0.00%	-1.78	C
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
54	287	129 (2)	Sep 2 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.157	.250	.170	.420	8						C
55	288	131 (1)	Sep 7	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.159	.250	.172	.422	8	1.40	-0.037	.00	0.00%	0.10	C
56	289	133 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	CHW		WSH	W,11-3	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1		1	0	0				0	0	.161	.254	.174	.428	8						C
57	290	135 (1)	Sep 10	CHW		WSH	L,4-7	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	.160	.255	.172	.427	8	1.38	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.38	C
58	291	139 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	CHW		BOS	W,12-10	CG	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0				0	0	.164	.270	.182	.452	8						C
59	292	142 (2)	Sep 19 (1)	CHW		PHA	L,3-5	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.271	.185	.455	8	1.34	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
60	293	144 (1)	Sep 20	CHW		PHA	L,5-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.164	.267	.181	.448	8	1.30	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.86	C
61	294	145	Sep 22	CHW		CLE	L,8-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.162	.264	.179	.443	8	.95	-0.051	.00	0.00%	-0.54	C
62	295	146	Sep 23 (1)	CHW		CLE	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0	0	.159	.260	.176	.436	8						C
							16-46		202	176	8	28	3	0	0	5	24	1	19	0	2		0		0	1	.159	.260	.176	.436		.99	-2.618	.36	-0.77%	-25.64

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