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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	May 6	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-10	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
2	19 (1)	May 8	BRO	@	STL	L,2-4	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	31 (11)	May 21	BRO		PIT	L,4-5	GF	16	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	40 (8)	Jun 1	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-4	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
5	47 (6)	Jun 8	BRO	@	STL	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
6	51 (3)	Jun 17 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,3-4	GS	38	10.0	7	1	0	8	0
7	60 (8)	Jun 25	BRO		STL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	64 (3)	Jul 1	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	GF	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
9	65	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	L,1-8	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
10	66	Jul 3 (1)	BRO		PHI	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
11	67	Jul 3 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
12	68	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
13	70 (1)	Jul 8	BRO	@	PHI	W,13-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
14	71	Jul 9	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS	45	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
15	72	Jul 10 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
16	73	Jul 10 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
17	74	Jul 12	BRO		NYG	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
18	75	Jul 13	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
19	76	Jul 14	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	0	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
20	78 (1)	Jul 16	BRO	@	CIN	W,12-5	GF	24	6.2	3	0	0	3	0
21	79	Jul 17 (1)	BRO	@	CIN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	80	Jul 17 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	81	Jul 19	BRO	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	82	Jul 21 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	83	Jul 21 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
26	84	Jul 22	BRO	@	STL	L,3-12	GS	13	1.1	0	0	1	1	0
27	85	Jul 23	BRO	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
28	86	Jul 24 (1)	BRO	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
29	87	Jul 24 (2)	BRO	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	92 (4)	Jul 31	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	93	Aug 2 (1)	BRO		STL	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	95 (1)	Aug 3	BRO		STL	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
33	96	Aug 5	BRO		CIN	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
34	98 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	BRO		CIN	W,11-10	GS	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
35	99	Aug 7 (2)	BRO		CIN	W,6-3	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
36	100	Aug 9	BRO		PHI	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	101	Aug 12	BRO	@	BSN	L,1-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
38	102	Aug 13 (1)	BRO	@	BSN	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
39	105 (2)	Aug 14 (2)	BRO	@	BSN	L,4-6	GS	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	0
40	107 (1)	Aug 17	BRO	@	NYG	L,2-4	GS	30	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	108	Aug 18	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	113 (4)	Aug 23	BRO	@	STL	L,7-9	GS	39	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	120 (6)	Aug 29	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-10	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	126 (5)	Sep 4 (2)	BRO		NYG	L,0-7	GS	27	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
45	129 (2)	Sep 6	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
46	135 (5)	Sep 14 (1)	BRO		CIN	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
47	137 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	BRO		STL	L,1-4	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0
							47gm		339.0	149	19	4	172	2