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Fred Merkle Fred Merkle
Full name: Carl Frederick Rudolf Merkle
Born: December 20, 1888, Watertown, Wisconsin
Died March 2, 1956, Daytona Beach, Florida
Buried at Daytona Memorial Park, Daytona Beach, Florida
First Game: September 21, 1907; Final Game: September 26, 1926
Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 190
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1907 NY  N                15    47    0   12   1   0   0    5    1            0   1                    0      .255  .271  .277  -0.4 1907 NY  N
1908 NY  N                38    41    6   11   2   1   1    7    4            0   2                    0      .268  .333  .439   0.1 1908 NY  N
1909 NY  N                79   236   15   45   9   1   0   20   16            1   4                    8      .191  .245  .237  -2.1 1909 NY  N
1910 NY  N               144   506   75  148  35  14   4   70   44       59   3  19                   23      .292  .353  .441   1.7 1910 NY  N
1911 NY  N Daily Splits  149   541   80  153  24  10  12   84   43   0   60   6  14   0   0i 15i  0   49   0  .283  .342  .431   1.8 1911 NY  N
1912 NY  N               129   479   82  148  22   6  11   84   42       70   8   8                   37      .309  .374  .449   0.9 1912 NY  N
1913 NY  N               153   563   78  147  30  13   2   69   41       60   3  10                   35      .261  .315  .371  -1.2 1913 NY  N
1914 NY  N               146   512   71  132  25   7   7   63   52       80   1   7                   23      .258  .327  .375   0.8 1914 NY  N
1915 NY  N               140   505   52  151  25   3   4   62   36       39   2  14                   20  15  .299  .348  .384   1.1 1915 NY  N
1916 NY  N               112   401   45   95  19   3   7   44   33       46   8   7                   17      .237  .308  .352   0.2 1916 NY  N
1916 BRO N                23    69    6   16   1   0   0    2    7        4   1   1                    2      .232  .312  .246  -0.4 1916 BRO N
1916 TOT N               135   470   51  111  20   3   7   46   40       50   9   8                   19      .236  .308  .336  -0.2 1916 TOT N
1917 BRO N                 2     8    1    1   1   0   0    0    0        1   0   0                    0      .125  .125  .250  -0.1 1917 BRO N
1917 CHI N               146   549   65  146  30   9   3   57   42       60   4  13                   13      .266  .323  .370  -0.5 1917 CHI N
1917 TOT N               148   557   66  147  31   9   3   57   42       61   4  13                   13      .264  .320  .368  -0.6 1917 TOT N
1918 CHI N               129   482   55  143  25   5   3   65   35       36   4  20                   21      .297  .349  .388   1.2 1918 CHI N
1919 CHI N               133   498   52  133  20   6   3   62   33       35   2  12                   20      .267  .315  .349  -1.6 1919 CHI N
1920 CHI N                92   330   33   94  20   4   3   38   24       32   1  12                    3   5  .285  .335  .397   0.1 1920 CHI N
1925 NY  A                 7    13    4    5   1   0   0    1    1        1   0   2                    1   0  .385  .429  .462   0.0 1925 NY  A
1926 NY  A                 1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0        0   0   0                    0   0  .000  .000  .000  -0.1 1926 NY  A
Total NL                1630  5767  716 1575 289  82  60  732  453   0i 582i 44 144   0i  0i 15i  0i 271  20i .273  .331  .383   1.6 Total NL        
Total AL                   8    15    4    5   1   0   0    1    1        1   0   2                    1   0  .333  .375  .400  -0.1 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1638  5782  720 1580 290  82  60  733  454   0i 583i 44 146   0i  0i 15i  0i 272  20i .273  .331  .383   1.5 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
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World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1911 NY  N Daily Splits    6    20    1    3   1   0   0    1    2   0    6   1   0   1   0   0   0    0   1  .150  .250  .200 1911 NY  N
1912 NY  N Daily Splits    8    33    5    9   2   1   0    3    0   0    7   0   1   0   0   0   0    1   1  .273  .273  .394 1912 NY  N
1913 NY  N Daily Splits    4    13    3    3   0   0   1    3    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .231  .286  .462 1913 NY  N
1916 BRO N Daily Splits    3     4    0    1   0   0   0    1    2   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .500  .250 1916 BRO N
1918 CHI N Daily Splits    6    18    1    5   0   0   0    1    4   0    3   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   1  .278  .409  .278 1918 CHI N
Total            Splits   27    88   10   21   3   1   1    9    9   0   18   1   1   1   0   1   1    1   3  .239  .313  .330 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1907 NY  N        1B   15                     122    7    7    4      .949
1908 NY  N        1B   11                      60    1    0    2     1.000
1908 NY  N        OF    5                       3    0    0    0     1.000     2    0    3 
1908 NY  N        2B    1                       2    2    0    1     1.000
1908 NY  N        3B    1                       0    0    0    0         -
1909 NY  N        1B   70                     625   27   16   29      .976
1909 NY  N        2B    1                       1    3    0    0     1.000
1910 NY  N        1B  144                    1390   84   29   87      .981
1911 NY  N Daily  1B  148  148  140  1278.2  1375  117   22   73   0  .985
1912 NY  N        1B  129                    1229   72   27   77      .980
1913 NY  N        1B  153                    1463   76   22   86      .986
1914 NY  N        1B  146                    1463   88   16   80      .990
1915 NY  N        1B  110                    1123   53   13   62      .989
1915 NY  N        OF   30                      68    5    2    1      .973     0   27    5 
1916 NY  N        1B  112                    1183   58   20   61      .984
1916 BRO N        1B   15                     126    4    1    3      .992
1916 BRO N        OF    4                       5    1    0    0     1.000     3    1    0 
1916 TOT N        1B  127                    1309   62   21   64      .985
1917 BRO N        1B    2                      23    1    0    1     1.000
1917 CHI N        1B  140                    1415   66   26   84      .983
1917 CHI N        OF    6                      15    2    0    1     1.000     5    1    0 
1917 TOT N        1B  142                    1438   67   26   85      .983
1918 CHI N        1B  129                    1388   82   15   69      .990
1919 CHI N        1B  132                    1494   56   23   66      .985
1919 CHI N        2B    1                       0    0    0    0         -
1920 CHI N        1B   85                     906   54   15   52      .985
1920 CHI N        OF    1                       0    0    0    0         -     1    0    0 
1925 NY  A        1B    5                      28    1    0    3     1.000
1926 NY  A        1B    1                       6    0    0    0     1.000
Total             1B 1547  148i 140i 1278.2i15419  847  252  839   0i .985
Total             OF   46                      91    8    2    2      .980    11   29    8 
Total             2B    3                       3    5    0    1     1.000
Total             3B    1                       0    0    0    0         -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete
World Series Fielding RecordWorld Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG
1911 NY  N Daily  1B    6    6    6    54      62    4    2    0   0  .971
1912 NY  N Daily  1B    8    8    8    73.2    83    1    2    2   0  .977
1913 NY  N Daily  1B    4    4    3    33      37    1    2    0   0  .950
1916 BRO N Daily  1B    1    1    1     9       9    1    1    0   0  .909
1918 CHI N Daily  1B    6    6    6    52      52    9    0    6   0 1.000
Total             1B   25   25   24   221.2   243   16    7    8   0  .974
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG

TransactionsTransactions
Traded by New York Giants to Brooklyn Robins in exchange for Lew McCarty (August 20,
1916).

Sold by Brooklyn Robins to Chicago Cubs for $3500 (August 16, 1917).


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