Fred Merkle stats
Bio
- Age
- 137 yearsDec 20, 1888
Fred Merkle played 16 MLB seasons, 1907 to 1926.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,638
- AB
- 5,782
- R
- 720
- H
- 1,580
- HR
- 60
- RBI
- 39
- SB
- 272
- AVG
- .273
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | SF | 15 | 47 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .255 |
| 1908 | SF | 38 | 41 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| 1909 | SF | 79 | 236 | 15 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .191 |
| 1910 | SF | 144 | 506 | 75 | 148 | 4 | 0 | 23 | .292 |
| 1911 | SF | 149 | 541 | 80 | 153 | 12 | 0 | 49 | .283 |
| 1912 | SF | 129 | 479 | 82 | 148 | 11 | 0 | 37 | .309 |
| 1913 | SF | 153 | 563 | 78 | 147 | 2 | 0 | 35 | .261 |
| 1914 | SF | 146 | 512 | 71 | 132 | 7 | 0 | 23 | .258 |
| 1915 | SF | 140 | 505 | 52 | 151 | 4 | 0 | 20 | .299 |
| 1916 |  SF/LAD | 135 | 470 | 51 | 111 | 7 | 0 | 19 | .236 |
| 1917 |  LAD/CHC | 148 | 557 | 66 | 147 | 3 | 0 | 13 | .264 |
| 1918 | CHC | 129 | 482 | 55 | 143 | 3 | 0 | 21 | .297 |
| 1919 | CHC | 133 | 498 | 52 | 133 | 3 | 0 | 20 | .267 |
| 1920 | CHC | 92 | 330 | 33 | 94 | 3 | 38 | 3 | .285 |
| 1925 | NYY | 7 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .385 |
| 1926 | NYY | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 27
- AB
- 88
- R
- 10
- H
- 21
- HR
- 1
- RBI
- 0
- SB
- 1
- AVG
- .239
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,426
- TB
- 2,214
- XBH
- 432
- HBP
- 44
- IBB
- 0
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | SF | 49 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | SF | 47 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1909 | SF | 257 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | SF | 572 | 223 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1911 | SF | 604 | 233 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | SF | 537 | 215 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | SF | 617 | 209 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | SF | 572 | 192 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | SF | 557 | 194 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | SF/LAD | 527 | 158 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | LAD/CHC | 616 | 205 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1918 | CHC | 541 | 187 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | CHC | 545 | 174 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | CHC | 367 | 131 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NYY | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NYY | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 17.6
- RC
- 822.4
- RC/27
- 5.10
- ISOP
- .110
- SECA
- .232
- BB/K
- 0.78
- AB/HR
- 96.4
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | SF | -0.4 | 3.5 | 2.6 | .021 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | SF | 0.3 | 6.4 | 5.4 | .171 | 0.3 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 1909 | SF | -1.4 | 14.8 | 2.1 | .047 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1910 | SF | 2.9 | 86.4 | 6.2 | .148 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 126.5 | 0 |
| 1911 | SF | 3.5 | 92.8 | 6.2 | .148 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 45.1 | 0 |
| 1912 | SF | 2.0 | 90.4 | 7.2 | .140 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 43.5 | 0 |
| 1913 | SF | 0.5 | 76.1 | 4.8 | .110 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 281.5 | 0 |
| 1914 | SF | 1.9 | 71.6 | 5 | .117 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 73.1 | 0 |
| 1915 | SF | 2.3 | 69.5 | 4.9 | .085 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 126.3 | 0 |
| 1916 | SF/LAD | 0.9 | 56.4 | 4.1 | .100 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 67.1 | 0 |
| 1917 | LAD/CHC | 0.7 | 72.2 | 4.6 | .104 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 185.7 | 0 |
| 1918 | CHC | 3.1 | 73.5 | 5.5 | .091 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 160.7 | 0 |
| 1919 | CHC | 0.6 | 62 | 4.4 | .082 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 166 | 0 |
| 1920 | CHC | 0.7 | 44.9 | 4.8 | .112 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 110 | 0 |
| 1925 | NYY | 0.1 | 2.8 | 7.7 | .077 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NYY | -0.1 | -0.2 | -2.7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO
Bio
- Age
- 137 yearsDec 20, 1888
- Debut
- 1907
What were Fred Merkle's career stats?
Fred Merkle played 16 seasons for the Giants, the Cubs and the Yankees. He was a career .273 hitter with 1,580 hits, 60 home runs and 39 RBI. His best season was 1925: a .385 batting average, 0 home runs and 1 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1907 to 1926
All-time career rank
- 199th in stolen bases (272)
Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.