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 MerloniLou Merloni Autograph on a 1996 Bowman Baseball Card (#322) |
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Lou MerloniLou Merloni Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
- | - | Did Not Pitch | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
Lou MerloniLou Merloni Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
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 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
9 Years | 423 | 1,085 | 138 | 294 | 67 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 125 | 88 | 5 | 213 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 38 | .271 | .332 | .384 |
Lou MerloniLou Merloni Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
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 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
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 |
Lou MerloniLou Merloni Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
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 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
9 Years | 9 | 8 | .529 | 49 | 14 | 8 | 77.5 | 5.1 | 8.7 | - | - | - |
Lou MerloniLou Merloni Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
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 | - | - |
Lou Merloni Stats by Baseball Almanac |
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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