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.

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1935 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	13 (12)	May 1	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-11	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
2	18 (4)	May 9	CHW		BOS	L,1-10	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	19	May 10	CHW		BOS	L,2-12	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	47 (27)	Jun 14	CHW		WSH	L,11-16	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	48	Jun 15	CHW		NYY	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
6	50 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,2-1	GS	39	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
7	51	Jun 21	CHW		PHA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
8	52	Jun 22	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
9	54 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
10	55	Jun 24	CHW		BOS	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
11	56	Jun 27	CHW		DET	L,5-9	GS	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	58 (1)	Jun 29	CHW	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	60 (1)	Jun 30 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	61	Jul 1	CHW		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
15	62	Jul 3	CHW		SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	64 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
17	67 (2)	Jul 7 (2)	CHW		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
18	70 (2)	Jul 11 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
19	79 (8)	Jul 20 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
20	85 (5)	Jul 28 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	0	8.1	5	0	0	5	0
21	87 (1)	Jul 30	CHW		CLE	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	93 (5)	Aug 4 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
23	95 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,2-5	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
24	96	Aug 7 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	41	10.0	7	2	0	9	0
25	99 (2)	Aug 10	CHW	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
26	102 (2)	Aug 14	CHW		BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
27	106 (3)	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,8-2	CG	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	108 (1)	Aug 19 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
29	110 (1)	Aug 20 (2)	CHW		PHA	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
30	116 (5)	Aug 25 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
31	118 (1)	Aug 26 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
32	120 (1)	Aug 27 (2)	CHW		NYY	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
33	122 (1)	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	128 (5)	Sep 7 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
35	130 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
36	134 (3)	Sep 12 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
37	137 (2)	Sep 14 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	34	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
38	139 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	50	9.2	7	0	0	7	0
39	142 (2)	Sep 18 (1)	CHW	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
40	146 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	147	Sep 24 (1)	CHW		SLB	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
42	151 (3)	Sep 28 (2)	CHW		DET	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
43	153 (1)	Sep 29 (2)	CHW		DET	W,14-2	CG	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
							43gm		333.0	161	30	2	193	2