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Sam Mertes

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Full Name: Samuel Blair Mertes Primary Position: OF,2B
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/185 First Game: June 30, 1896
Birthdate: August 6, 1872 Final Game: September 15, 1906
Birthplace: San Francisco, California MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: March 12, 1945
Deathplace: Villa Grande, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Batting Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Pitching Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Sam Mertes (Samuel Blair Mertes) was born on August 6, 1872 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on June 30, 1896 for the Philadelphia Phillies. In 1896, his rookie year, he hit .238 with 0 home runs and 14 RBI. Mertes played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Orphans, Chicago White Sox, New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 10 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Sam Mertes's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1903, when he stole 45 bases, hit for a .280 average and knocked in 104 runs. However, others believe that it was 1905, when he stole 52 bases, hit for a .279 average and knocked in 108 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1896 PHI N 37 143 20 34 0 14 .238 .288 .322 4 4 8 10 2 4 19 0 0
1898 CHI N 83 269 45 80 1 47 .297 .388 .383 4 8 34 0 6 7 27 0 0
1899 CHI N 117 426 83 127 9 81 .298 .349 .467 13 16 33 0 0 15 45 0 0
1900 CHI N 127 481 72 142 7 60 .295 .356 .407 25 4 42 0 3 22 38 0 0
1901 CHI A 137 545 94 151 5 98 .277 .347 .396 16 17 52 0 6 20 46 0 0
1902 CHI A 129 497 60 140 1 79 .282 .334 .362 23 7 37 0 2 8 46 0 0
1903 NY N 138 517 100 145 7 104 .280 .360 .437 32 14 61 0 3 11 45 0 0
1904 NY N 148 532 83 147 4 78 .276 .346 .393 28 11 54 0 3 22 47 0 0
1905 NY N 150 551 81 154 5 108 .279 .351 .417 27 17 56 0 5 15 52 0 0
1906 STL N 53 191 20 47 0 19 .246 .304 .325 7 4 16 0 0 9 10 0 0
1906 NY N 71 253 37 60 1 33 .237 .323 .332 9 6 29 0 3 6 21 0 0
1906 TOT N 124 444 57 107 1 52 .241 .315 .329 16 10 45 0 3 15 31 0 0
Total NL 924 3363 541 936 34 544 .278 .348 .403 149 84 333 10 25 111 304 0 0
Total AL 266 1042 154 291 6 177 .279 .341 .380 39 24 89 0 8 28 92 0 0
Total 1190 4405 695 1227 40 721 .279 .346 .398 188 108 422 10 33 139 396 0 0

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1896 PHI N OF 35 0 0 85 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .907
1896 PHI N 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1896 PHI N SS 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1898 CHI N OF 60 0 0 97 13 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 .880
1898 CHI N 1B 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1898 CHI N SS 14 0 0 19 23 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 .857
1898 CHI N 2B 4 0 0 11 17 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 .848
1899 CHI N SS 1 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1899 CHI N OF 108 0 0 197 20 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1899 CHI N 1B 3 0 0 24 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 .933
1900 CHI N SS 7 0 0 12 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .939
1900 CHI N OF 88 0 0 180 13 16 4 0 0 0 0 0 .923
1900 CHI N 1B 33 0 0 340 17 10 16 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1901 CHI A OF 5 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1901 CHI A 2B 132 0 0 337 396 47 54 0 0 0 0 0 .940
1902 CHI A C 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750
1902 CHI A P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1902 CHI A OF 120 0 0 223 26 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 .922
1902 CHI A 2B 1 0 0 1 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .778
1902 CHI A 1B 1 0 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1902 CHI A SS 5 0 0 17 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1902 CHI A 3B 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833
1903 NY N 1B 1 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .900
1903 NY N C 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1903 NY N OF 137 0 0 265 24 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 .973
1904 NY N SS 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1904 NY N OF 147 0 0 244 17 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 .956
1905 NY N OF 150 0 0 230 10 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 .960
1906 STL N OF 53 0 0 77 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 .890
1906 NY N OF 71 0 0 119 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .970
1906 TOT N OF 124 0 0 196 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 .938
1906 TOT N LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 3B 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .833
Total P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total 1B 40 0 0 384 22 13 21 0 0 0 0 0 .969
Total C 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .800
Total SS 29 0 0 55 64 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 .922
Total 2B 138 0 0 349 419 54 61 0 0 0 0 0 .934
Total OF 974 0 0 1737 140 123 28 0 0 0 0 0 .938

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1902 CHI A 1 0 1 0 1.12 0 2 1 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Traded by Columbus (Western) with a player to be named to Chicago Orphans in exchange for Danny Friend and Buttons Briggs (July, 1898).
  • Traded by New York Giants with Doc Marshall to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Spike Shannon (July 13, 1906).

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