Win Mercer

Q: When was Win Mercer born?

Win Mercer was born on June 20, 1874.

Q: Where was Win Mercer born?

Win Mercer was born in Chester, WV .

Q: How tall was Win Mercer?

Win Mercer was 5-9 (175 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Win Mercer weigh when playing?

Win Mercer weighed 154 lbs (69 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Win Mercer in the Hall of Fame?

Win Mercer has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: What position did Win Mercer play?

Win Mercer was a Pitcher, Third Baseman and Outfielder.

Q: How many strikeouts did Win Mercer have?

Win Mercer had 532 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Win Mercer played for?

Win Mercer played for 4 teams; the Washington Senators, New York Giants, Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers.

Q: When did Win Mercer retire?

Win Mercer last played in 1902.

Positions: Pitcher, Third Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-9, 154lb (175cm, 69kg)

Born: June 20, 1874 in Chester, WV us

Died: January 12, 1903 in San Francisco, CA

Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, East Liverpool, OH

Debut: April 21, 1894 (Age 19-305d, 1,772nd in major league history)

Last Game: September 27, 1902 (Age 28-099d)
vs. CLE 9.0 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 2 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1894 season

Full Name: George Barclay Mercer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

27.2

132

164

ERA

3.98

335

300

2484.2

532

WHIP

1.544

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Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1894	20	WHS	NL	17	23	.425	3.85	50	39	10	30	0	3	339.1	445	285	145	9	126	72	14	0	11	1562	137	4.97	1.683	11.8	0.2	3.3	1.9	0.57
1895	21	WHS	NL	13	23	.361	4.42	44	38	6	32	0	2	313.1	432	281	154	17	96	85	18	0	2	1454	109	4.84	1.685	12.4	0.5	2.8	2.4	0.89
1896	22	WHS	NL	25	18	.581	4.13	46	45	1	38	2	0	366.1	456	266	168	10	117	94	20	0	10	1645	107	4.26	1.564	11.2	0.2	2.9	2.3	0.80
1897	23	WHS	NL	21	20	.512	3.18	47	43	4	35	3	3	342.0	403	219	121	5	104	91	28	0	10	1517	135	4.13	1.482	10.6	0.1	2.7	2.4	0.88
1898	24	WHS	NL	12	18	.400	4.81	33	30	3	24	0	0	233.2	309	181	125	3	71	52	18	0	1	1068	76	3.63	1.626	11.9	0.1	2.7	2.0	0.73
1899	25	WHS	NL	7	14	.333	4.60	23	21	2	21	0	0	186.0	234	128	95	2	53	28	6	0	2	822	85	3.73	1.543	11.3	0.1	2.6	1.4	0.53
1900	26	NYG	NL	13	17	.433	3.86	33	29	4	26	1	0	242.2	303	138	104	5	58	39	20	0	3	1072	93	3.74	1.488	11.2	0.2	2.2	1.4	0.67
1901	27	WSH	AL	9	13	.409	4.56	24	22	2	19	1	1	179.2	217	126	91	8	50	31	10	0	3	796	81	4.16	1.486	10.9	0.4	2.5	1.6	0.62
1902	28	DET	AL	15	18	.455	3.04	35	33	2	28	4	1	281.2	282	129	95	5	80	40	10	0	1	1170	123	3.57	1.285	9.0	0.2	2.6	1.3	0.50
9 Yrs				132	164	.446	3.98	335	300	34	253	11	10	2484.2	3081	1753	1098	64	755	532	144	0	43	11106	107	4.18	1.544	11.2	0.2	2.7	1.9	0.70
162 Game Avg.				14	18	.446	3.98	36	32	4	27	1	1	266	330	188	118	7	81	57	15	0	5	1189	107	4.18	1.544	11.2	0.2	2.7	1.9	0.70

WHS (6 yrs)				95	116	.450	4.08	243	216	26	180	5	8	1780.2	2279	1360	808	46	567	422	104	0	36	8068	110	4.33	1.598	11.5	0.2	2.9	2.1	0.74
WSH (1 yr)				9	13	.409	4.56	24	22	2	19	1	1	179.2	217	126	91	8	50	31	10	0	3	796	81	4.16	1.486	10.9	0.4	2.5	1.6	0.62
NYG (1 yr)				13	17	.433	3.86	33	29	4	26	1	0	242.2	303	138	104	5	58	39	20	0	3	1072	93	3.74	1.488	11.2	0.2	2.2	1.4	0.67
DET (1 yr)				15	18	.455	3.04	35	33	2	28	4	1	281.2	282	129	95	5	80	40	10	0	1	1170	123	3.57	1.285	9.0	0.2	2.6	1.3	0.50

NL (7 yrs)				108	133	.448	4.06	276	245	30	206	6	8	2023.1	2582	1498	912	51	625	461	124	0	39	9140	108	4.26	1.585	11.5	0.2	2.8	2.1	0.74
AL (2 yrs)				24	31	.436	3.63	59	55	4	47	5	2	461.1	499	255	186	13	130	71	20	0	4	1966	102	3.80	1.363	9.7	0.3	2.5	1.4	0.55

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Player Value--Pitching

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1894	20	WHS	NL	0.2	53	175	165	29	48	5	2	2	29	9	9	20	.291	.328	.382	.709	73	.321	68	63	0	1	1/O
1895	21	WHS	NL	-0.5	64	221	201	26	51	9	1	1	26	7	12	33	.254	.306	.323	.629	63	.290	58	65	3	5	1/6O54
1896	22	WHS	NL	0.1	49	171	156	23	38	1	1	1	14	9	9	18	.244	.302	.282	.584	54	.283	55	44	4	2	1/O
1897	23	WHS	NL	0.9	50	151	139	23	44	2	5	0	19	7	6	13	.317	.354	.403	.757	100	.353	97	56	2	4	1
1898	24	WHS	NL	1.2	80	277	249	38	80	3	5	2	25	14	18	31	.321	.369	.398	.767	119	.365	114	99	1	9	16O/54
1899	25	WHS	NL	0.1	108	417	375	73	112	6	7	1	35	16	32	17	.299	.360	.360	.720	98	.349	101	135	4	6	51O/36
1900	26	NYG	NL	0.9	76	279	248	32	73	4	0	0	27	15	26	26	.294	.366	.310	.676	92	.330	98	77	2	3	15O/64
1901	27	WSH	AL	0.8	51	171	140	26	42	7	2	0	16	10	23	13	.300	.402	.379	.781	118	.376	122	53	1	3	1/389H756
1902	28	DET	AL	-0.4	35	112	100	8	18	2	0	0	6	1	6	7	.180	.226	.200	.426	17	.210	13	20	0	3	1
9 Yrs				3.3	566	1974	1773	278	506	39	23	7	197	88	141	178	.285	.344	.345	.689	87	.329	86	612	17	36	15O6/3894H7
162 Game Avg				1.0	162	565	507	80	145	11	7	2	56	25	40	51	.285	.344	.345	.689	87	.329	86	175	5	10

WHS (6 Yrs)				2.0	404	1412	1285	212	373	26	21	7	148	62	86	132	.290	.342	.360	.701	88	.332	85	462	14	27	15O6/43
NYG (1 Yr)				0.9	76	279	248	32	73	4	0	0	27	15	26	26	.294	.366	.310	.676	92	.330	98	77	2	3	15O/64
WSH (1 Yr)				0.8	51	171	140	26	42	7	2	0	16	10	23	13	.300	.402	.379	.781	118	.376	122	53	1	3	1/389H756
DET (1 Yr)				-0.4	35	112	100	8	18	2	0	0	6	1	6	7	.180	.226	.200	.426	17	.210	13	20	0	3	1

NL (7 Yrs)				2.9	480	1691	1533	244	446	30	21	7	175	77	112	158	.291	.346	.352	.697	88	.331	87	539	16	30	15O6/43
AL (2 Yrs)				0.5	86	283	240	34	60	9	2	0	22	11	29	20	.250	.333	.304	.637	77	.311	82	73	1	6	1/389H756

Player Value--Batting

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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					Standard											Range Factor
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	Awards
1894	20	WHS	NL	P	50			339.0	89	15	69	5	1	.944	.912	2.23	2.19	1.68	2.09	11
1894	20	WHS	NL	OF	4			32.0	8	6	1	1	0	.875	.915	1.97	2.36	1.75	2.28
1895	21	WHS	NL	P	44			311.0	95	25	58	12	2	.874	.918	2.40	2.53	1.89	2.42	2
1895	21	WHS	NL	SS	7			44.0	31	8	11	12	1	.613	.899	3.89	5.85	2.71	5.63
1895	21	WHS	NL	OF	6			39.0	8	7	1	0	0	1.000	.918	1.85	2.26	1.33	2.18
1895	21	WHS	NL	3B	3			21.0	10	4	5	1	0	.900	.872	3.86	3.60	3.00	3.47
1895	21	WHS	NL	2B	1			4.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	.933	6.75	5.85	3.00	5.70
1896	22	WHS	NL	P	46			366.0	146	36	89	21	3	.856	.916	3.07	2.72	2.72	2.62	10
1896	22	WHS	NL	OF	1			4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.930	2.25	2.25	1.00	2.20
1897	23	WHS	NL	P	47			333.0	106	24	67	15	4	.858	.920	2.46	2.55	1.94	2.44	10
1898	24	WHS	NL	P	33			234.0	73	14	49	10	2	.863	.918	2.42	2.65	1.91	2.55	1
1898	24	WHS	NL	SS	23			161.0	115	38	63	14	6	.878	.913	5.65	5.88	4.39	5.66
1898	24	WHS	NL	OF	19			125.0	36	33	0	3	0	.917	.937	2.38	2.16	1.74	2.08
1898	24	WHS	NL	3B	5			30.0	12	6	4	2	0	.833	.902	3.00	3.60	2.00	3.48
1898	24	WHS	NL	2B	1			2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	5.85	0.00	5.60
1899	25	WHS	NL	3B	62			463.0	195	71	94	30	6	.846	.902	3.21	3.75	2.66	3.59
1899	25	WHS	NL	P	23			186.0	71	9	59	3	1	.958	.910	3.29	2.68	2.96	2.56	2
1899	25	WHS	NL	OF	16			139.0	38	29	3	6	1	.842	.944	2.07	2.25	2.00	2.15
1899	25	WHS	NL	1B	1			2.0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.980	0.00	10.80	0.00	10.50
1899	25	WHS	NL	SS	1			2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	5.85	0.00	5.70
1900	26	NYG	NL	P	33			243.0	87	14	67	6	3	.931	.921	3.00	2.67	2.45	2.59	3
1900	26	NYG	NL	3B	19			159.0	86	18	51	17	2	.802	.895	3.91	3.94	3.63	3.82
1900	26	NYG	NL	OF	14			130.0	22	19	3	0	0	1.000	.940	1.52	2.24	1.57	2.17
1900	26	NYG	NL	SS	7			53.0	44	18	18	8	5	.818	.922	6.11	6.06	5.14	5.87
1900	26	NYG	NL	2B	3			24.0	17	6	10	1	1	.941	.938	6.00	5.44	5.33	5.27
1901	27	WSH	AL	P	24	22	19	180.0	71	17	50	4	1	.944	.930	3.35	2.99	2.79	2.90	3
1901	27	WSH	AL	OF	16	13	11	110.0	26	14	5	7	2	.731	.931	1.55	2.10	1.19	2.03
1901	27	WSH	AL	1B	7	6	6	54.0	66	60	2	4	7	.939	.974	10.33	11.13	8.86	10.77
1901	27	WSH	AL	CF	7	6	5		8	5	1	2	0	.750	.949			0.86	2.29
1901	27	WSH	AL	RF	6	5	4		13	7	4	2	2	.846	.919			1.83	1.68
1901	27	WSH	AL	LF	3	2	2		5	2	0	3	0	.400	.922			0.67	2.13
1901	27	WSH	AL	3B	1	0	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	.900	1.50	3.75	1.00	3.60
1901	27	WSH	AL	SS	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0			0.00	5.40	0.00	5.30
1902	28	DET	AL	P	35	33	28	282.0	124	13	103	8	2	.935	.928	3.70	3.10	3.31	3.03	1
					Standard											Range Factor
				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	lgRFG	WP	Awards
9 Yrs					553	74	64	4080.0	1582	507	884	191	50	.879	.919	3.07	3.12	2.52	3.03	43

P (9 Yrs)				P	335	55	47	2474.0	862	167	611	84	19	.903	.919	2.83	2.65	2.32	2.54	43
OF (7 Yrs)				OF	76	13	11	579.0	139	109	13	17	3	.878	.936	1.90	2.21	1.61	2.12
3B (5 Yrs)				3B	90	0	0	679.0	304	100	154	50	8	.836	.899	3.37	3.78	2.82	3.63
SS (5 Yrs)				SS	39	0	0	262.0	190	64	92	34	12	.821	.913	5.36	5.91	4.00	5.68
2B (3 Yrs)				2B	5			30.0	20	7	12	1	1	.950	.938	5.70	5.52	3.80	5.42
1B (2 Yrs)				1B	8	6	6	56.0	67	60	2	5	7	.925	.974	9.96	11.12	7.75	10.74
CF (1 Yr)				CF	7	6	5		8	5	1	2	0	.750	.949			0.86	2.29
RF (1 Yr)				RF	6	5	4		13	7	4	2	2	.846	.919			1.83	1.68
LF (1 Yr)				LF	3	2	2		5	2	0	3	0	.400	.922			0.67	2.13

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Win Mercer born?

Win Mercer was born on June 20, 1874.

Where was Win Mercer born?

Win Mercer was born in Chester, WV.

How tall was Win Mercer?

Win Mercer was 5-9 (175 cm) tall.

How much did Win Mercer weigh when playing?

Win Mercer weighed 154 lbs (69 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Win Mercer play?

Win Mercer played 9 seasons.

Is Win Mercer in the Hall of Fame?

Win Mercer has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

What position did Win Mercer play?

Win Mercer was a Pitcher, Third Baseman and Outfielder.

How many strikeouts did Win Mercer have?

Win Mercer had 532 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Win Mercer played for?

Win Mercer played for 4 teams; the Washington Senators, New York Giants, Washington Senators and Detroit Tigers.

When did Win Mercer retire?

Win Mercer last played in 1902.

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