Fred Merkle

Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle
Born: December 20, 1888
Watertown, WI USA
Deceased: 1956
Daytona Beach, FL USA
Primary Position: 1B
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
Career: 1907-1926
Minor League Statistics

Fred Merkle compiled a career batting average of .273 with 61 home runs and 733 RBI in his 1645-game career with the New York Giants, Brooklyn Robins, Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1907 season and last took the field during the 1926 campaign.

New York Giants

Brooklyn Robins

Chicago Cubs

New York Yankees

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Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1907	NL	New York Giants	15	49	47	0	12	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.255	.271	.277	.547	13	0	1
1908	NL	New York Giants	38	47	41	6	11	2	1	1	7	0	0	4	9	.268	.333	.439	.772	18	0	2
1909	NL	New York Giants	79	257	236	15	45	9	1	0	20	8	0	16	46	.191	.245	.237	.482	56	1	4
1910	NL	New York Giants	144	572	506	75	148	35	14	4	70	23	0	44	59	.292	.353	.441	.793	223	3	19
1911	NL	New York Giants	149	604	541	80	153	24	10	12	84	49	0	43	60	.283	.342	.431	.773	233	6	14
1912	NL	New York Giants	129	537	479	82	148	22	6	11	84	37	0	42	70	.309	.374	.449	.823	215	8	8
1913	NL	New York Giants	153	617	563	78	147	30	13	3	69	35	0	41	60	.261	.315	.377	.691	212	3	10
1914	NL	New York Giants	146	572	512	71	132	25	7	7	63	23	0	52	80	.258	.327	.375	.702	192	1	7
1915	NL	New York Giants	140	557	505	52	151	25	3	4	62	20	15	36	39	.299	.348	.384	.732	194	2	14
1916	NL	New York Giants	112	449	401	45	95	19	3	7	44	17	0	33	46	.237	.308	.352	.659	141	8	7
1916	NL	Brooklyn Robins	23	78	69	6	16	1	0	0	2	2	0	7	4	.232	.312	.246	.558	17	1	1
1917	NL	Brooklyn Robins	2	8	8	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.250	.375	2	0	0
1917	NL	Chicago Cubs	146	608	549	65	146	30	9	3	57	13	0	42	60	.266	.323	.370	.692	203	4	13
1918	NL	Chicago Cubs	129	541	482	55	143	25	5	3	65	21	0	35	36	.297	.349	.388	.737	187	4	20
1919	NL	Chicago Cubs	133	545	498	52	133	20	6	3	62	20	0	33	35	.267	.315	.349	.665	174	2	12
1920	NL	Chicago Cubs	92	367	330	33	94	20	4	3	38	3	5	24	32	.285	.335	.397	.732	131	1	12
1925	AL	New York Yankees	7	16	13	4	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	.385	.429	.462	.890	6	0	2
1926	AL	New York Yankees	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals			1638	6426	5782	720	1580	290	82	61	733	272	20	454	645	.273	.331	.383	.714	2217	44	146

Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1907	NL	New York Giants	1B	15	14	112.0	122	7	7	4	.949	1.366	8.600
1908	NL	New York Giants	1B	11	1	42.0	60	1	0	2	1.000	13.071	5.545
1908	NL	New York Giants	OF	5	1	17.0	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.588	.600
1908	NL	New York Giants	2B	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.000	4.000
1908	NL	New York Giants	3B	1	0	4.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1909	NL	New York Giants	1B	70	61	561.0	625	27	16	29	.976	1.460	9.314
1909	NL	New York Giants	2B	1	1	9.0	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.000	4.000
1910	NL	New York Giants	1B	144	143	1277.0	1390	84	29	87	.981	1.388	1.236
1911	NL	New York Giants	1B	148	0	0.0	1375	117	22	73	.985		1.081
1912	NL	New York Giants	1B	129	0	0.0	1229	72	27	77	.980		1.085
1913	NL	New York Giants	1B	153	0	0.0	1463	76	22	86	.986		1.059
1914	NL	New York Giants	1B	146	0	0.0	1463	88	16	80	.990		1.623
1915	NL	New York Giants	1B	110	0	0.0	1123	53	13	62	.989		1.691
1915	NL	New York Giants	OF	30	0	0.0	68	5	2	1	.973		2.433
1916	NL	New York Giants	1B	112	0	0.0	1183	58	20	61	.984		11.080
1916	NL	Brooklyn Robins	1B	15	0	0.0	126	4	1	3	.992		8.667
1916	NL	Brooklyn Robins	OF	4	0	0.0	5	1	0	0	1.000		1.500
1917	NL	Brooklyn Robins	1B	2	0	0.0	23	1	0	1	1.000		12.000
1917	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	140	0	0.0	1415	66	26	84	.983		1.579
1917	NL	Chicago Cubs	OF	6	0	0.0	15	2	0	1	1.000		2.833
1918	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	129	0	0.0	1388	82	15	69	.990		11.395
1919	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	132	0	0.0	1494	56	23	66	.985		11.742
1919	NL	Chicago Cubs	2B	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000
1920	NL	Chicago Cubs	1B	85	0	0.0	906	54	15	52	.985		11.294
1920	NL	Chicago Cubs	OF	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000
1925	AL	New York Yankees	1B	5	0	0.0	28	1	0	3	1.000		5.800
1926	AL	New York Yankees	1B	1	0	0.0	6	0	0	0	1.000		6.000
Totals				1597	222	2031.0	15513	860	254	842	.985	72.554	1.252

Postseason - Batting:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
1911	NL	New York Giants	WS	6	24	20	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	.150	.250	.200	.450	4	0	1	0	1
1912	NL	New York Giants	WS	8	34	33	5	9	2	1	0	3	1	1	0	7	.273	.273	.394	.667	13	0	0	1	0
1913	NL	New York Giants	WS	4	14	13	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.462	.747	6	1	0	0	0
1916	NL	Brooklyn Robins	WS	3	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	.250	.500	.250	.750	1	0	0	0	0
1918	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	6	22	18	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	.278	.409	.278	.687	5	0	0	0	0
Totals				27	100	88	10	21	3	1	1	9	1	3	9	18	.239	.313	.330	.643	29	1	1	1	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1911	NL	New York Giants	WS	1B	6	6	54.0	62	4	2	0	.971	11.000	11.000
1912	NL	New York Giants	WS	1B	8	8	73.7	83	1	2	2	.977	1.262	1.500
1913	NL	New York Giants	WS	1B	4	4	33.0	37	1	2	0	.950	1.364	9.500
1916	NL	Brooklyn Robins	WS	1B	1	1	9.0	9	1	1	0	.909	1.000	1.000
1918	NL	Chicago Cubs	WS	1B	6	6	52.0	52	9	0	6	1.000	1.558	1.167
Totals					25	25	221.7	243	16	7	8	.974	1.516	1.360

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