Lou Merloni Stats

Lou Merloni was born on Tuesday, April 6, 1971, in Framingham, Massachusetts. Merloni was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 10, 1998, with the Boston Red Sox. 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 Lou Merloni baseball stats page.

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Lou Merloni

Lou Merloni Autograph on a 1996 Bowman Baseball Card (#322)

Lou Merloni Autograph on a 1996 Bowman Baseball Card (#322)

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Birth Name:   Louis William Merloni (Twitter: @LouMerloni)
Nickname:   Lou
Born On:   04-06-1971  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Framingham, Massachusetts
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Framingham High School (Framingham, MA)
College:   Providence College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   05-10-1998 (Age 27)
Last Game:   06-04-2006
Draft:   1993 : 10th Round (275th)

Lou Merloni

Lou Merloni Pitching Stats

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Lou Merloni Hitting Stats

1998 27 Red Sox 39 96 10 27 6 0 1 0 15 7 1 20 1 0 2 1 .281 .343 .375
1999 28 Red Sox 43 126 18 32 7 0 1 0 13 8 0 16 3 1 2 6 .254 .307 .333
2000 29 Red Sox 40 128 10 41 11 2 0 0 18 4 1 22 4 2 1 8 .320 .341 .438
2001 30 Red Sox 52 146 21 39 10 0 3 0 13 6 0 31 2 2 3 6 .267 .306 .397
2002 31 Red Sox 84 194 28 48 12 2 4 0 18 20 0 35 2 1 5 4 .247 .332 .392
2003 32 Padres 65 151 20 41 7 2 1 0 17 22 2 33 2 3 1 3 .272 .362 .364
2003 32 Red Sox 15 30 4 7 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 .233 .324 .267
2004 33 Indians 71 190 25 55 12 1 4 0 28 14 1 41 4 3 3 9 .289 .343 .426
2005 34 Angels 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 .000 .143 .000
2006 35 Indians 9 19 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 2 0 0 1 .211 .286 .263
9 Years 423 1,085 138 294 67 7 14 0 125 88 5 213 20 13 17 38 .271 .332 .384

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Lou Merloni Fielding Stats

1998 Red Sox 2B 32 22 630 116 3.6 113 47 66 3 10 n/a n/a n/a .974 4.84
1998 Red Sox 3B 5 3 108 14 2.8 12 5 7 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .857 3.00
1998 Red Sox SS 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1999 Red Sox 1B 1 1 24 11 11.0 10 9 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 11.25
1999 Red Sox 2B 8 7 186 39 4.9 37 17 20 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .949 5.37
1999 Red Sox 3B 9 6 186 26 2.9 23 6 17 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .885 3.34
1999 Red Sox LF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1999 Red Sox SS 24 17 483 90 3.8 86 36 50 4 12 n/a n/a n/a .956 4.81
2000 Red Sox 3B 40 35 899 97 2.4 90 26 64 7 3 n/a n/a n/a .928 2.70
2001 Red Sox 2B 5 3 82 19 3.8 18 10 8 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .947 5.93
2001 Red Sox 3B 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2001 Red Sox SS 45 36 996 156 3.5 154 54 100 2 19 n/a n/a n/a .987 4.17
2002 Red Sox 1B 3 0 9 1 0.3 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
2002 Red Sox 2B 66 47 1,366 244 3.7 241 99 142 3 28 n/a n/a n/a .988 4.76
2002 Red Sox 3B 8 6 174 30 3.8 29 5 24 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .967 4.50
2002 Red Sox LF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2002 Red Sox RF 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2002 Red Sox SS 5 1 51 7 1.4 6 2 4 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .857 3.18
2003 Padres 1B 2 0 17 5 2.5 5 5 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.94
2003 Padres 2B 10 2 102 20 2.0 19 9 10 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .950 5.03
2003 Padres 3B 25 17 487 53 2.1 49 12 37 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .925 2.72
2003 Padres LF 2 0 6 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
2003 Padres SS 23 16 424 79 3.4 78 35 43 1 11 n/a n/a n/a .987 4.97
2003 Red Sox 2B 7 2 81 10 1.4 10 5 5 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.33
2003 Red Sox 3B 7 4 135 20 2.9 20 6 14 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
2003 Red Sox LF 1 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2004 Indians 1B 42 38 893 297 7.1 296 282 14 1 18 n/a n/a n/a .997 8.95
2004 Indians 2B 7 4 123 30 4.3 29 12 17 1 4 n/a n/a n/a .967 6.37
2004 Indians 3B 10 9 241 22 2.2 21 1 20 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.35
2004 Indians LF 4 1 57 4 1.0 3 2 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 1.42
2005 Angels 1B 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
2005 Angels 3B 4 2 51 9 2.3 9 1 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.76
2006 Indians 2B 3 3 69 6 2.0 6 3 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.35
2006 Indians 3B 3 1 51 4 1.3 4 1 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.12
2006 Indians SS 3 1 27 4 1.3 4 0 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.00
2B Totals 138 90 2,639 484 3.5 473 202 271 11 53 n/a n/a n/a .977 4.84
3B Totals 112 83 2,338 275 2.5 257 63 194 18 11 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.97
SS Totals 101 71 1,987 336 3.3 328 127 201 8 44 n/a n/a n/a .976 4.46
1B Totals 49 39 949 314 6.4 312 297 15 2 19 n/a n/a n/a .994 8.88
LF Totals 9 1 72 6 0.7 5 4 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 1.88
RF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
9 Years 410 284 7,985 1,415 3.5 1,375 693 682 40 127 n/a n/a n/a .972 4.65

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Lou Merloni Miscellaneous Stats

1998 Red Sox 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 96.0 4.8 6.4 - - -
1999 Red Sox 0 0 .000 4 1 5 126.0 7.9 9.7 - - -
2000 Red Sox 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 5.8 7.1 - - -
2001 Red Sox 2 1 .667 3 1 0 48.7 4.7 11.2 - - -
2002 Red Sox 1 2 .333 4 7 0 48.5 5.5 10.8 - - -
2003 Padres 2 3 .400 14 0 0 151.0 4.6 8.9 - - -
2003 Red Sox 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0.0 3.8 30.0 - - -
2004 Indians 1 2 .333 19 3 3 47.5 4.6 6.8 - - -
2005 Angels 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 2.5 5.0 - - -
2006 Indians 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0.0 3.8 19.0 - - -
9 Years 9 8 .529 49 14 8 77.5 5.1 8.7 - - -

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Lou Merloni Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1998 Boston Red Sox 50 $170,000.00 - -
1999 Boston Red Sox 26 $200,000.00 - -
2000 Boston Red Sox 26 $250,000.00 - -
2001 Boston Red Sox 26 $275,000.00 - -
2002 Boston Red Sox 26 $290,000.00 - -
2003 San Diego Padres 28 "     "     - -
2003 Boston Red Sox 13 $560,000.00 - -
2004 Cleveland Indians 12 $560,000.00 - -
2005 Los Angeles Angels 21 $500,000.00 - -
2006 Cleveland Indians 12 $500,000.00 - -

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Louis William Merloni was a Major League Baseball player with the Boston Red Sox (1998-1999, 2000–2003), San Diego Padres (2003), Cleveland Indians (2004), Los Angeles Angels (2005), and Cleveland Indians (2006). When Sweet Lou, his nickname, made his big league debut on May 10, 1998, he became the first Framingham High School graduate to play in the majors!

What is the Merloni Shuffle? Lou was called-up to the majors by the BoSox in May 1998, then sent back down to the their Triple-A affiliate, the Pawtucket Red Sox, in July. He was recalled to the majors that September. The following year, Merloni made the Opening Day roster, but got sent back down to Pawtucket in late-April. By late June he was back on the 25-man roster, but two months later, he was in Pawtucket yet again. That September, he was recalled to the majors again! These transfers back-and-forth continued, at least four more times, and became known as The Merloni Shuttle, named in "honor" of Lou Merloni!

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