Sam Mertes stats

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Sam Mertes played 10 MLB seasons, 1896 to 1906.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

PA
4,999
TB
1,751
XBH
336
HBP
33
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Standard 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.
1896PHI1574682000
1898CHC316103136000
1899CHC474199380000
1900CHC548196363000
1901CHW623216386000
1902CHW544180312000
1903SF592226533000
1904SF611209433000
1905SF627230495000
1906SF/STL507146273000

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

Career Postseason

GP
5
AB
17
R
2
H
3
HR
0
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.176

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
4,999
TB
1,751
XBH
336
HBP
33
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.
1896PHI1574682000
1898CHC316103136000
1899CHC474199380000
1900CHC548196363000
1901CHW623216386000
1902CHW544180312000
1903SF592226533000
1904SF611209433000
1905SF627230495000
1906SF/STL507146273000

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

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
21.6
RC
728.5
RC/27
5.90
ISOP
.119
SECA
.305
BB/K
42.20
AB/HR
110.1
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.
1896PHI-0.517.64.2.0840.30.800
1898CHC1.449.96.9.0860.302690
1899CHC2.680.36.9.1690.4047.30
1900CHC2.081.86.1.1120.3068.70
1901CHW3.589.85.9.1190.301090
1902CHW1.473.15.4.0800.204970
1903SF3.595.36.7.1570.4073.90
1904SF3.987.65.8.1170.301330
1905SF3.396.56.3.1380.30110.20
1906SF/STL0.5574.4.0880.304440

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

Bio

Age
154 yearsAug 6, 1872
Debut
1896

What were Sam Mertes's career stats?

Sam Mertes played 10 seasons for the Phillies, the Cubs, the White Sox and the Giants. He was a career .279 hitter with 1,227 hits, 40 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1899: a .298 batting average, 9 home runs and 0 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

10 seasons, 1 postseason, 1896 to 1906

Championships

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