Sam Mertes Stats

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 Mertes
 
 
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Birth Name:   Samuel Blair Mertes
Nickname:   Sam or Sandow
Born On:   08-06-1872  (Leo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   San Francisco, California
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-12-1945 (100 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Villa Grande, California
Cemetery:   Woodlawn Memorial Park, Daly City, California
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   225
First Game:   06-30-1896 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-15-1906
Draft:   Not Applicable
Sam Mertes

Sam Mertes 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
1902 30 White Stockings 1 0 1 1 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 0 8.0 0 6 1 2 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP 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 -
Sam Mertes

Sam Mertes Hitting Stats
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 Stockings 137 545 94 151 16 17 5 0 98 52 - - 20 - 6 - .277 .347 .396
1902 30 White Stockings 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
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 Mertes

Sam Mertes Fielding Stats
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 Stockings 2B 132 - - 780 5.9 733 337 396 47 54 n/a n/a n/a .940 0.00
1901 White Stockings LF 5 - - 20 4.0 20 20 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1902 White Stockings 1B 1 - - 11 11.0 11 10 1 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1902 White Stockings 2B 1 - - 9 9.0 7 1 6 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .778 0.00
1902 White Stockings 3B 1 - - 6 6.0 5 4 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 0.00
1902 White Stockings C 2 - - 4 2.0 3 3 0 1 0 0 - - .750 0.00
1902 White Stockings OF 120 - - 270 2.3 249 223 26 21 5 n/a n/a n/a .922 0.00
1902 White Stockings P 1 0 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1902 White Stockings 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
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
P Totals 1 0 24 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
3B Totals 1 0 0 6 6.0 5 4 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .833 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 Mertes

Sam Mertes Miscellaneous Stats
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 Stockings 46 - - 0 0 n/a 109.0 0.0 5.6 - - -
1902 White Stockings 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 - - -
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 Mertes

Sam Mertes Miscellaneous Items of Interest
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 Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1902 Chicago White Stockings 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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