Jack Merson stats

Last played for the Boston Red Sox, 1953

Age 104

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Jack Merson played 3 MLB seasons, 1951 to 1953.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
125
AB
452
R
47
H
116
HR
6
RBI
52
SB
1
AVG
.257
Standard 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.
1951PIT13506181140.360
1952PIT11139841985381.246
1953BOS1400000.000

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

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
480
TB
164
XBH
32
HBP
1
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
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.
1951PIT522750000
1952PIT424137271000
1953BOS4000000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
0.4
RC
49.6
RC/27
3.90
ISOP
.106
SECA
.157
BB/K
0.51
AB/HR
75.3
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
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.
1951PIT0.69.67.9.1800.20.1500
1952PIT0.040.53.6.0980.20.679.60
1953BOS-0.2-0.4-2.7.0000000

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
104 yearsJan 17, 1922
Debut
1951

What were Jack Merson's career stats?

Jack Merson played 3 seasons for the Pirates and the Red Sox. He was a career .257 hitter with 116 hits, 6 home runs and 52 RBI. His best season was 1951: a .360 batting average, 1 home run and 14 RBI.

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