Sam Mertes was born on Tuesday, August 6, 1872, in San Francisco, California. Mertes was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 30, 1896, with the Philadelphia Phillies. 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 Sam Mertes baseball stats page.
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Sam MertesSam Mertes 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 |
1902 | 30 | White Sox | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
1 Year | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Sam MertesSam Mertes 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 |
1896 | 24 | Phillies | 37 | 143 | 20 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | - | 10 | 4 | - | 2 | - | .238 | .288 | .322 |
1898 | 26 | Orphans | 83 | 269 | 45 | 80 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 34 | - | - | 7 | - | 6 | - | .297 | .388 | .383 |
1899 | 27 | Orphans | 117 | 426 | 83 | 127 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 81 | 33 | - | - | 15 | - | 0 | - | .298 | .349 | .467 |
1900 | 28 | Orphans | 127 | 481 | 72 | 142 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 60 | 42 | - | - | 22 | - | 3 | - | .295 | .356 | .407 |
1901 | 29 | White Sox | 137 | 545 | 94 | 151 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 98 | 52 | - | - | 20 | - | 6 | - | .277 | .347 | .396 |
1902 | 30 | White Sox | 129 | 497 | 60 | 140 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 37 | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | .282 | .334 | .362 |
1903 | 31 | Giants | 138 | 517 | 100 | 145 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 104 | 61 | - | - | 11 | - | 3 | - | .280 | .360 | .437 |
1904 | 32 | Giants | 148 | 532 | 83 | 147 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 78 | 54 | - | - | 22 | - | 3 | - | .276 | .346 | .393 |
1905 | 33 | Giants | 150 | 551 | 81 | 154 | 27 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 108 | 56 | - | - | 15 | - | 5 | - | .279 | .351 | .417 |
1906 | 34 | Giants | 71 | 253 | 37 | 60 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 29 | - | - | 6 | - | 3 | - | .237 | .323 | .332 |
1906 | 34 | Cardinals | 53 | 191 | 20 | 47 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | - | - | 9 | - | 0 | - | .246 | .304 | .325 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
10 Years | 1,190 | 4,405 | 695 | 1,227 | 188 | 108 | 40 | 1 | 721 | 422 | - | 10 | 139 | - | 33 | - | .279 | .346 | .398 |
Sam MertesSam Mertes Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1896 Phillies | 2B | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1896 Phillies | OF | 35 | - | - | 97 | 2.8 | 88 | 85 | 3 | 9 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .907 | 0.00 |
1896 Phillies | SS | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1898 Orphans | 1B | 2 | - | - | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1898 Orphans | 2B | 4 | - | - | 33 | 8.3 | 28 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .848 | 0.00 |
1898 Orphans | OF | 60 | - | - | 125 | 2.1 | 110 | 97 | 13 | 15 | 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .880 | 0.00 |
1898 Orphans | SS | 14 | - | - | 49 | 3.5 | 42 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .857 | 0.00 |
1899 Orphans | 1B | 3 | - | - | 30 | 10.0 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .933 | 0.00 |
1899 Orphans | OF | 108 | - | - | 235 | 2.2 | 217 | 197 | 20 | 18 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 0.00 |
1899 Orphans | SS | 1 | - | - | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 0.00 |
1900 Orphans | 1B | 33 | - | - | 367 | 11.1 | 357 | 340 | 17 | 10 | 16 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 0.00 |
1900 Orphans | OF | 88 | - | - | 209 | 2.4 | 193 | 180 | 13 | 16 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 0.00 |
1900 Orphans | SS | 7 | - | - | 33 | 4.7 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .939 | 0.00 |
1901 White Sox | 2B | 132 | - | - | 780 | 5.9 | 733 | 337 | 396 | 47 | 54 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .940 | 0.00 |
1901 White Sox | LF | 5 | - | - | 20 | 4.0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1902 White Sox | 1B | 1 | - | - | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1902 White Sox | 2B | 1 | - | - | 9 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .778 | 0.00 |
1902 White Sox | 3B | 1 | - | - | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 0.00 |
1902 White Sox | C | 2 | - | - | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | .750 | 0.00 |
1902 White Sox | OF | 120 | - | - | 270 | 2.3 | 249 | 223 | 26 | 21 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .922 | 0.00 |
1902 White Sox | P | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1902 White Sox | SS | 5 | - | - | 32 | 6.4 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1903 Giants | 1B | 1 | - | - | 10 | 10.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 0.00 |
1903 Giants | C | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1903 Giants | LF | 137 | - | - | 297 | 2.2 | 289 | 265 | 24 | 8 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .973 | 0.00 |
1904 Giants | OF | 147 | - | - | 273 | 1.9 | 261 | 244 | 17 | 12 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 0.00 |
1904 Giants | SS | 1 | - | - | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1905 Giants | OF | 150 | - | - | 250 | 1.7 | 240 | 230 | 10 | 10 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 0.00 |
1906 Giants | OF | 71 | - | - | 133 | 1.9 | 129 | 119 | 10 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .970 | 0.00 |
1906 Cardinals | LF | 53 | - | - | 91 | 1.7 | 81 | 77 | 4 | 10 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .890 | 0.00 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
OF Totals | 779 | 0 | 0 | 1,592 | 2.0 | 1,487 | 1,375 | 112 | 105 | 23 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .934 | 0.00 | |
LF Totals | 195 | 0 | 0 | 408 | 2.1 | 390 | 362 | 28 | 18 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 0.00 | |
2B Totals | 138 | 0 | 0 | 822 | 6.0 | 768 | 349 | 419 | 54 | 61 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .934 | 0.00 | |
1B Totals | 40 | 0 | 0 | 419 | 10.5 | 406 | 384 | 22 | 13 | 21 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 0.00 | |
SS Totals | 29 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 4.4 | 119 | 55 | 64 | 10 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .922 | 0.00 | |
C Totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | .800 | 0.00 | |
3B Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .833 | 0.00 | |
P Totals | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
10 Years | 1,186 | 0 | 24 | 3,381 | 2.9 | 3,179 | 2,532 | 647 | 202 | 120 | 0 | n/a | n/a | .940 | 3,576.38 |
Sam MertesSam Mertes 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 |
1896 Phillies | 19 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 14.3 | 10.2 | - | - | - |
1898 Orphans | 27 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 269.0 | 0.0 | 5.7 | - | - | - |
1899 Orphans | 45 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 47.3 | 0.0 | 5.3 | - | - | - |
1900 Orphans | 38 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 68.7 | 0.0 | 8.0 | - | - | - |
1901 White Sox | 46 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 109.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 | - | - | - |
1902 White Sox | 46 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 497.0 | 0.0 | 6.3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
1903 Giants | 45 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 73.9 | 0.0 | 5.0 | - | - | - |
1904 Giants | 47 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 133.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | - | - | - |
1905 Giants | 52 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 110.2 | 0.0 | 5.1 | - | - | - |
1906 Giants | 21 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 253.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | - | - | - |
1906 Cardinals | 10 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 | - | - | - |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
10 Years | 396 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 110.1 | 440.5 | 6.1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Sam MertesSam Mertes Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1896 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1898 Chicago Orphans | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1899 Chicago Orphans | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1900 Chicago Orphans | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1901 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1902 Chicago White Sox | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1903 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1904 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1905 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | Stats |
1906 New York Giants | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1906 St. Louis Cardinals | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
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