Fred Merkle Stats

Fred Merkle was born on Thursday, December 20, 1888, in Watertown, Wisconsin. Merkle was 18 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 21, 1907, with the New York Giants. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Fred Merkle baseball stats page.
"Considered by John McGraw, manager of the (New York) Giants, as a shrewd and aggressive player, (Fred) Merkle also packed a wallop at the plate in the days of the 'dead' ball." - New York Times Obituary (March 3, 1956)

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Fred Merkle
 
 
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Birth Name:   Frederick Charles Merkle
Nickname:   Bonehead
Born On:   12-20-1888  (Sagittarius)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Watertown, Wisconsin
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-02-1956 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Daytona Beach, Florida
Cemetery:   Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, Florida
High School:   Toledo High School (Toledo, OH)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   190
First Game:   09-21-1907 (Age 18)
Last Game:   09-26-1926
Draft:   Not Applicable
Fred Merkle

Fred Merkle Pitching Stats
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
- - Did Not Pitch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
Fred Merkle

Fred Merkle Hitting Stats
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1907 19 Giants 15 47 0 12 1 0 0 0 5 1 - - 1 - 0 - .255 .271 .277
1908 20 Giants 38 41 6 11 2 1 1 0 7 4 - - 2 - 0 - .268 .333 .439
1909 21 Giants 79 236 15 45 9 1 0 0 20 16 - - 4 - 1 - .191 .245 .237
1910 22 Giants 144 506 75 148 35 14 4 0 70 44 - 59 19 - 3 - .292 .353 .441
1911 23 Giants 149 541 80 153 24 10 12 0 84 43 - 60 14 - 6 - .283 .342 .431
1912 24 Giants 129 479 82 148 22 6 11 0 84 42 - 70 8 - 8 - .309 .374 .449
1913 25 Giants 153 563 78 147 30 13 2 0 69 41 - 60 10 - 3 - .261 .315 .371
1914 26 Giants 146 512 71 132 25 7 7 0 63 52 - 80 7 - 1 - .258 .327 .375
1915 27 Giants 140 505 52 151 25 3 4 0 62 36 - 39 14 - 2 - .299 .348 .384
1916 28 Giants 112 401 45 95 19 3 7 0 44 33 - 46 7 - 8 - .237 .308 .352
1916 28 Robins 23 69 6 16 1 0 0 0 2 7 - 4 1 - 1 - .232 .312 .246
1917 29 Robins 2 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 - 0 - .125 .125 .250
1917 29 Cubs 146 549 65 146 30 9 3 0 57 42 - 60 13 - 4 - .266 .323 .370
1918 30 Cubs 129 482 55 143 25 5 3 0 65 35 - 36 20 - 4 - .297 .349 .388
1919 31 Cubs 133 498 52 133 20 6 3 0 62 33 - 35 12 - 2 - .267 .315 .349
1920 32 Cubs 92 330 33 94 20 4 3 0 38 24 - 32 12 - 1 - .285 .335 .397
1925 37 Yankees 7 13 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 - 1 2 - 0 - .385 .429 .462
1926 38 Yankees 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 - .000 .000 .000
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GRSL RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
16 Years 1,638 5,782 720 1,580 290 82 60 0 733 454 - 583 146 - 44 - .273 .331 .383
Fred Merkle

Fred Merkle Fielding Stats
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1907 Giants 1B 15 - - 136 9.1 129 122 7 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00
1908 Giants 1B 11 - - 61 5.5 61 60 1 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1908 Giants 2B 1 - - 4 4.0 4 2 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1908 Giants 3B 1 - - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1909 Giants 1B 70 - - 668 9.5 652 625 27 16 29 n/a n/a n/a .976 0.00
1909 Giants 2B 1 - - 4 4.0 4 1 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1910 Giants 1B 144 - - 1,503 10.4 1,474 1,390 84 29 87 n/a n/a n/a .981 0.00
1911 Giants 1B 148 148 3,834 1,514 10.2 1,492 1,375 117 22 73 n/a n/a n/a .985 10.51
1912 Giants 1B 129 - - 1,328 10.3 1,301 1,229 72 27 77 n/a n/a n/a .980 0.00
1913 Giants 1B 153 - - 1,561 10.2 1,539 1,463 76 22 86 n/a n/a n/a .986 0.00
1914 Giants 1B 146 - - 1,567 10.7 1,551 1,463 88 16 80 n/a n/a n/a .990 0.00
1915 Giants 1B 110 108 2,757 1,189 10.8 1,176 1,123 53 13 62 n/a n/a n/a .989 11.52
1915 Giants CF 27 26 624 264 9.8 262 258 4 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .992 11.34
1915 Giants LF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1915 Giants RF 5 4 75 11 2.2 11 10 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.96
1916 Giants 1B 112 111 2,904 1,261 11.3 1,241 1,183 58 20 61 n/a n/a n/a .984 11.54
1916 Robins CF 1 1 27 4 4.0 4 3 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
1916 Robins LF 3 1 - 2 0.7 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1916 Robins 1B 15 13 333 131 8.7 130 126 4 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .992 10.54
1917 Robins 1B 2 2 54 24 12.0 24 23 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.00
1917 Cubs CF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1917 Cubs LF 5 5 135 17 3.4 17 15 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.40
1917 Cubs 1B 140 141 3,714 1,507 10.8 1,481 1,415 66 26 84 n/a n/a n/a .983 10.77
1918 Cubs 1B 129 1 378 1,485 11.5 1,470 1,388 82 15 69 n/a n/a n/a .990 105.00
1919 Cubs 1B 132 132 3,543 1,573 11.9 1,550 1,494 56 23 66 n/a n/a n/a .985 11.81
1919 Cubs 2B 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1920 Cubs 1B 85 85 2,277 975 11.5 960 906 54 15 52 n/a n/a n/a .985 11.38
1920 Cubs LF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1925 Yankees 1B 5 2 - 29 5.8 29 28 1 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1926 Yankees 1B 1 0 - 6 6.0 6 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF
1B Totals 1,547 743 19,794 16,518 10.7 16,266 15,419 847 252 839 n/a n/a n/a .985 22.19
CF Totals 29 27 651 268 9.2 266 261 5 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .993 11.03
LF Totals 10 6 135 19 1.9 19 17 2 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.80
RF Totals 5 4 75 11 2.2 11 10 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.96
2B Totals 3 0 0 8 2.7 8 3 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
3B Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
16 Years 1,595 780 20,655 16,824 10.5 16,570 15,710 860 254 843 n/a n/a n/a .985 21.66
Fred Merkle

Fred Merkle Miscellaneous Stats
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1907 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 9.4 - - -
1908 Giants 0 - - 0 0 n/a 41.0 0.0 5.9 - - -
1909 Giants 8 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 11.8 - - -
1910 Giants 23 - - 0 0 n/a 126.5 8.6 7.2 - - -
1911 Giants 49 - - 0 0 n/a 45.1 9.0 6.4 - - -
1912 Giants 37 - - 0 0 n/a 43.5 6.8 5.7 - - -
1913 Giants 35 18 .660 0 0 n/a 281.5 9.4 8.2 - - -
1914 Giants 23 - - 0 0 n/a 73.1 6.4 8.1 - - -
1915 Giants 20 15 .571 0 0 n/a 126.3 12.9 8.1 - - -
1916 Giants 17 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 57.3 8.7 9.1 - - -
1916 Robins 2 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 0.0 17.3 34.5 - - -
1917 Robins 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 8.0 0.0 - - -
1917 Cubs 13 - - 0 0 n/a 183.0 9.2 9.6 - - -
1918 Cubs 21 - - 0 0 n/a 160.7 13.4 7.4 - - -
1919 Cubs 20 - - 0 0 n/a 166.0 14.2 8.0 - - -
1920 Cubs 3 5 .375 7 0 n/a 110.0 10.3 8.7 - - -
1925 Yankees 1 0 1.000 2 0 n/a 0.0 13.0 13.0 - - -
1926 Yankees 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
16 Years 272 38 .877 9 0 n/a 96.4 9.9 7.9 - - -
Fred Merkle

Fred Merkle Miscellaneous Items of Interest
1907 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1908 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1909 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1910 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1911 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1912 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1913 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1914 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1915 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a -
1916 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1916 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1917 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1917 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1918 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a Stats
1919 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1920 Chicago Cubs n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 New York Yankees n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 New York Yankees n/a Undetermined n/a -




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