Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1998
- College
- Providence
Bio
- Height
- 5' 10"
- Debut
- 1998
- College
- Providence
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 423
- AB
- 1,085
- R
- 138
- H
- 294
- HR
- 14
- RBI
- 125
- SB
- 9
- AVG
- .271
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | BOS | 39 | 96 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 1 | .281 |
| 1999 | BOS | 43 | 126 | 18 | 32 | 1 | 13 | 0 | .254 |
| 2000 | BOS | 40 | 128 | 10 | 41 | 0 | 18 | 1 | .320 |
| 2001 | BOS | 52 | 146 | 21 | 39 | 3 | 13 | 2 | .267 |
| 2002 | BOS | 84 | 194 | 28 | 48 | 4 | 18 | 1 | .247 |
| 2003 |  SD/BOS | 80 | 181 | 24 | 48 | 1 | 18 | 2 | .265 |
| 2004 | CLE | 71 | 190 | 25 | 55 | 4 | 28 | 1 | .289 |
| 2005 | LAA | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| 2006 | CLE | 9 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .211 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- AB
- 6
- R
- 1
- H
- 2
- HR
- 0
- RBI
- 1
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .333
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,223
- TB
- 417
- XBH
- 88
- HBP
- 17
- IBB
- 5
- GIDP
- 38
- P/PA
- 2.01
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | BOS | 106 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | BOS | 140 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | BOS | 139 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | BOS | 159 | 58 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | BOS | 222 | 76 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 2003 | SD/BOS | 213 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 2004 | CLE | 214 | 81 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3.5 |
| 2005 | LAA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | CLE | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 2.4
- RC
- 133.1
- RC/27
- 4.10
- ISOP
- .113
- SECA
- .195
- BB/K
- 0.41
- AB/HR
- 77.5
- GO/FO
- 0.80
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | BOS | 0.3 | 12.9 | 4.9 | .094 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 96 | 0 |
| 1999 | BOS | 0.0 | 11.7 | 3 | .079 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 126 | 0 |
| 2000 | BOS | 0.0 | 16.7 | 4.5 | .117 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | BOS | 0.5 | 16.3 | 3.7 | .130 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 48.7 | 0 |
| 2002 | BOS | 1.2 | 25.3 | 4.4 | .144 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 48.5 | 0 |
| 2003 | SD/BOS | 0.1 | 23.7 | 4.4 | .083 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 181 | 0 |
| 2004 | CLE | 0.6 | 25.3 | 4.5 | .137 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 47.5 | 0.8 |
| 2005 | LAA | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.7 | .000 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | CLE | -0.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | .053 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.3 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Lou Merloni's career stats?
Lou Merloni played 9 seasons for the Red Sox, the Guardians and the Angels. He was a career .271 hitter with 294 hits, 14 home runs and 125 RBI. His best season was 2000: a .320 batting average, 0 home runs and 18 RBI.
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