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+

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

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1933 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 15	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
3	4	Apr 17	BOS	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
4	5	Apr 18	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	6	Apr 21	BOS		NYY	L,5-7	CG	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
6	7	Apr 22	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
7	8	Apr 23	BOS		PHA	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
8	9	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,10-16	CG	53	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
9	10	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	11	Apr 27	BOS		WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
11	12	Apr 28	BOS	@	PHA	L,8-9	GS	35	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	13	Apr 29	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
13	14	Apr 30 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16 (1)	May 2	BOS	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	36	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
15	17	May 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	18	May 7 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-4	GS	34	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
				Player went from Boston Red Sox to St. Louis Browns
17	26	May 14 (1)	SLB		NYY	W,5-1	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
18	28 (1)	May 16	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	29	May 17	SLB	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	30	May 18	SLB	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	31	May 19	SLB	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	32	May 20	SLB	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
23	33	May 21	SLB	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	34	May 22	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
25	35	May 23	SLB	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	37 (1)	May 25	SLB	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	39 (1)	May 28	SLB	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
28	41 (1)	May 30 (2)	SLB	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	42	Jun 1	SLB		CLE	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
30	43	Jun 2 (1)	SLB		CLE	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
31	44	Jun 2 (2)	SLB		CLE	L,0-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	45	Jun 3	SLB		CLE	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
33	46	Jun 4 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,6-13	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
34	48 (1)	Jun 5	SLB		CHW	L,7-14	GS	41	7.0	5	2	0	7	0
35	49	Jun 6	SLB		CHW	L,3-5	GS	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
36	50	Jun 7	SLB		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
37	53 (2)	Jun 11	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-1	GS	31	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
38	54	Jun 12	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	55	Jun 13	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	56	Jun 14	SLB	@	CHW	W,14-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	57	Jun 17	SLB		WSH	L,3-10	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	59 (1)	Jun 18 (2)	SLB		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	11	2	0	13	1
43	60	Jun 19	SLB		WSH	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
44	61	Jun 21	SLB		NYY	L,3-5	CG	50	13.0	3	1	0	4	1
45	62	Jun 22	SLB		NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	13	1	0	14	2
46	63	Jun 23 (1)	SLB		NYY	L,6-10	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
47	65 (1)	Jun 24	SLB		NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
48	66	Jun 25 (1)	SLB		BOS	W,10-6	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
49	68 (1)	Jun 26	SLB		BOS	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	69	Jun 27	SLB		BOS	L,4-5	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
51	70	Jun 29	SLB		PHA	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
52	71	Jun 30 (1)	SLB		PHA	W,12-11	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	73 (1)	Jul 1	SLB		PHA	W,15-14	CG	53	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
54	74	Jul 2 (1)	SLB		PHA	L,5-6	GS	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	0
55	76 (1)	Jul 3	SLB		DET	L,5-8	GS	36	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
56	77	Jul 4 (1)	SLB		DET	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
57	79 (1)	Jul 5	SLB		DET	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
58	80	Jul 8	SLB	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
59	81	Jul 9 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
60	83 (1)	Jul 10	SLB	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	84	Jul 11	SLB	@	NYY	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
62	85	Jul 12	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	26	6.0	2	3	0	5	0
63	86	Jul 13	SLB	@	NYY	L,0-12	GS	19	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	87	Jul 14	SLB	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	88	Jul 15 (1)	SLB	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
66	90 (1)	Jul 16	SLB	@	WSH	W,7-0	GS	0		2	0	0	2	0
67	91	Jul 18	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	92	Jul 19	SLB	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
69	93	Jul 20	SLB	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	2	1	0	3	0
70	94	Jul 21	SLB	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS	46	10.0	7	0	0	7	0
71	95	Jul 22 (1)	SLB	@	PHA	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
72	97 (1)	Jul 25	SLB	@	DET	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	98	Jul 26	SLB	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
74	99	Jul 27	SLB	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	58	12.0	7	1	0	8	1
75	100	Jul 29	SLB	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
76	101	Jul 30 (1)	SLB	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	0	9.2	2	0	0	2	0
77	103 (1)	Jul 31	SLB		CLE	W,12-8	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	104	Aug 1	SLB		CLE	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
79	105	Aug 2	SLB		CLE	L,8-16	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
80	106	Aug 3	SLB		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
81	107	Aug 5	SLB		CHW	W,10-9	CG	55	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
82	108	Aug 6 (1)	SLB		CHW	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
83	109	Aug 6 (2)	SLB		CHW	W,7-1	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
84	110	Aug 7	SLB		CHW	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
85	111	Aug 12	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	44	9.1	2	0	0	2	0
86	112	Aug 13 (1)	SLB	@	CLE	L,3-5	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
87	114 (1)	Aug 15	SLB		NYY	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
88	116 (1)	Aug 17	SLB		NYY	W,7-6	GF	16	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	127 (10)	Aug 27 (2)	SLB		BOS	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	129 (1)	Aug 29 (2)	SLB		BOS	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
91	130	Sep 2	SLB		DET	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
92	131	Sep 3 (1)	SLB		DET	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	132	Sep 3 (2)	SLB		DET	T,5-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1
94	134 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	SLB	@	CLE	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
95	135	Sep 6	SLB	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	4	0	1	5	0
96	139 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	SLB	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
97	144 (4)	Sep 16 (2)	SLB	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	11	0	1	12	0
98	146 (1)	Sep 19	SLB	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
99	148 (1)	Sep 21	SLB	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
100	151 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	SLB	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	152	Sep 30	SLB	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
							101gm		837.0	376	71	2	449	17