How many home runs did Whit Merrifield have in 2021?

102021 Regular Season

Whit Merrifield recorded 10 home runs in the 2021 regular season, 181st in the MLB.

  • 6th-best of Whit Merrifield's 9 seasons on file; the high is 19 in 2017.
  • Up 1 from 9 in 2020.
  • 8% of the Kansas City Royals' home runs that regular season.

Average of 9 regular seasons, 2016 through 2024. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

2016 to 2024
2016: 2162017: 19192018: 122019: 162020: 92021: 1010212022: 112023: 112024: 424
How many home runs did Whit Merrifield have in 2021?, season by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
2016KC8131144882298.283.323.392.716
2017KC14558780169197834.288.324.460.784
2018KC15863288192126045.304.367.438.806
2019KC162681105206167420.302.348.463.811
2020KC60248387093012.282.325.440.764
2021KC16266497184107440.277.317.395.711
2022KC/TOR13950470126115816.250.298.375.673
2023TOR14554766149116726.272.318.382.700
2024PHI/ATL95293446541517.222.311.314.625

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS

Whit Merrifield, 2021 regular season

GP
162
AB
664
R
97
H
184
HR
10
RBI
74
SB
40
AVG
.277